Brown and White Vol. 91 no. 22

              lehigh university brown and white hmw-41m !>£■ i rll^citimrl w a iveouay pwembhi iw#w w.«»ifca lafayette trounced in game engineers earn play off bid by philip mcginnh the players in the engineer locker room emphatically chanted who's stopping us who's stopping us after defeating lafayette 24-3 the engineer coaches sighed in relief as the reality of winning this all-important game began to register t we said let's go 9-2 if we got lucky great we wanted to be surprised said engineer assistant coach ron klein the engineers 9-2 played the game the same way they've played each game all year defense and ball-control offense the offense was led by game mvp joe rabuck the sophomore halfback and rich andres the senior quarterback rabuck rushed for 113 yards in 27 carries to earn the mvp trophy this is great great rabuck said following the game the offense dominated the second half and the defense had been there all year he added the engineer football team was selected by the ncaa monday as the division iaa playoff eastern representative and will visit murray ky state university dec 8 in the playoff's opening round murray state is the division's southern representative as they finished their ohio valley conference season with a 9-1-1 record two other teams will be selected later this month engineer coach john whitehead said he feels good about the bid and said he feels that the gridders deserved it we were happy that we were picked and we're very happy to be going he said this is the fourth time in the last seven seasons that the engineers have been invited to the playoffs the engineer defense certainly was there saturday they allowed 94 total yards in the game all passing — and six first downs from the opening kick-off the defense seemed to tell the leopards 5-3-2 they were going to be in for a long day leopard quarterback hal hocking threw twice in the first series around a one-yard run by tailback ed rogusky before they had to punt the ball-control engineer offense took over and the rout was on andres 4 and junior running back bob mw photo by heidenreich the goalposts at the east end of taylor stadium fell im felted mediately following the final score of saturday's game bethlehem police allowed the uprights to fall with little in terference - . . . ■ - ■ • goalposts survive until last minutes no serious injury the university has received no reports of serious injury as a result of saturday's football game against lafayette ac cording to william quay dean of students i think it was one of the best games we have had in terms of the decorum of the spectators quay said yesterday people really had a good time — they wore watching the game the crowd was very orderly the west goalposts went down with about three minutes left in the game which the engineers won 24-3 the east goalposts were toppled shortly thereafter immediately following the final scoring in the game a lehigh extra point though bethlehem police were seen confiscating liquor during the game no major brawls developed between the crowd and the security forces mace or a similar riot-control chemical spray was reportedly used by police defending the west goal police at the east end of the field allowed the goal posts to fall with little interference valley iranians afraid to comment iranian students studying in the lehigh valley had few comments to make about the hostages being held in the american embassy in tehren when contacted by the brown and white " *-■■■;;■■. while nearly a dozen members of the lehigh muhlenberg and surrounding academic communities were contacted few would even remain on the line after hearing that it was the b w citing fear of retribution to themselves in this country or their families who remained in iran if their opinions should be published i came here to study while the shah was our sovereign said one who asked that his identity and school of origin not be revealed what can i go home to will i be sent home next week by your govern ment to be exited by mine i can do nothing say nothing fear for parents others contacted said they feared their parents would be prosecuted for en couraging infidels and the signs of heresy in their children several students said they felt the increasing rejection of western ways would render the skills they have acquired relatively useless will i be permitted to be an american engineer there one doctoral candidate asked if my country wishes to go back to a simpler time is it traitorous to have 20th century ambitions these were typical of the sentiments expressed by most of the students fears of mass deportation were fairly high but as one put it we must trust your govern ment as we cannot live here without that bond between us we cane here in good faith to learn now our country has changed while we went here plans were announced by the state department last monday to deport students in violation of their visas mast register the 50,000 iranian students presently in the united states must register with immigration officials by dec 14 or face deportation there are several other reasons besides failure to register that could lead to deportation if a person is no longer in school if a visa has expired — if a student is working without per mission if a student is not taking a full course hw pho»o by youngentob defensive back lou d'annibale 42 holds the football aloft after sis 30-yard return of an interception for the first touch lynched down of saturday's 24-3 shellacking of lafayette it was the 115th meeting between the engineers and the leopards hi the most-played series in college football see engineers page 8 see deportation page s era debate p 6 of^p o^bi or v w f next issue the next issue of the drown and white will appear on friday november ao hare a food thanksgiving break