Brown and White Vol. 93 no. 26

              lehigh university brown and white vol 93 - no 26 bethlehem pa friday january 22 1982 215)861 4184 parr retires after 33 year career by jeff eichenfield preston parr dean and vice president of student affairs retired jan 1 after a 33-year association with the university i've thought about it for several years the 60-year-old parr said i think the nature of my job didn't leave me as much time for myself as i wanted i thought i would retire early enough while i have the energy to pursue other things parr's retirement was not made public until early december and the decision surprised many t know it did hesaid i made the decision early in the fall but all this was not settled until a few days before the announcement the retirement of president deming lewis this spring and the appointment of peter likins as his successor was another impetus for parr's decision it makes it so a new president has the opportunity to make some significant appointments i've talked with dr lik ins briefly i think you will like him very much he's very personable and very enthusiastic about lehigh parr attended the university in the early 19405 studying chemistry and chemical engineering after earning b.s and m.s degrees he completed two years of additional graduate work at massachusetts institute of technology he then worked as a chemical engineer for the rohm and haas co in philadelphia he joined the university staff in 1949 as assistant director of the institute of research in 1956 he was named asso ciate dean of students and in 1964 he was appointed dean of student life he was appointed dean and vice president of stu dent affairs in 1970 in 1955 parr received the university's alfred noble robinson award pres ented annually to a staff member under 35 years of age and below the rank of associate professor who has given out standing performance in the service of the university in 1978 he received the fred h . turner award from the national association of student personnel administrators since his days as a student parr has seen the university undergo many sig nificant changes academically it is much more of a university than when i baw photo preston parr join us biw photo by lami scherer debbie kurhka 82 panhellenic council president officially opens sorority rush on wednesday at an informational meeting in rathbone hall panhel adviser larry philippi left also spoke tuition boost of 1 , 1 00 gets trustees approval by mary frances donley a tuition increase of 1 100 for the 1982 83 academic year was approved by the university board of trustees at its janu ary meeting bringing next year's tuition to 7,200 the increase represents an 18 percent jump from last year's tuition of 6,100 according to john woltjen university vice-president and treasurer estimated total costs tuition room and board will be raised to 9,570 from 8,350 the trustees also approved an increase of 110 in the 21-meal plan bringing the cost of the meal plan to 1,240 per year residence hall rents were also raised by 110 to 150 per year depending on the individual hall although inflation is obviously a part of it woltjen said factors such as addi tions to the faculty increased allocations for student affairs and improvements in faculty compensation contributed to the increase one of the most important reasons for the increase according to woltjen is the amount of external aid we've lost through cutbacks in federal and state aid to students since the university has lost nearly 1 million in external aid to stu dents it will have to make up the differ ence by increasing its financial aid budget he said in qrder to maintain the composi tion and diversity of the student body woltjen said the university has done a lot more than it would have ordinarily done to offset the loss in financial aid the university has increased the amount of its contributions to students financial aid packages in order to offset governmental cuts he added in a letter to parents and graduate stu dents explaining the tuition hike univer sity president deming lewis noted that the university will be increasing its support toward financial aid from 2,985,000 to 3,691,000 for its next aca demic year lewis also noted that most of the 16 peer universities with which we asso ciate and compete for students will be increasing their tuition at the same rate woltjen explained that many of the schools with which we compete may increase tuition by approximately 15 percent although in the past the uni versity's total cost including tuition room and board has traditionally been lower lehigh was 235 below the aver age combined rate for tuition room and board in 1976-77 and we will be currently 515 below the average peer school lewis said in his letter woltjen said the university will try to increase its financial aid budget in prop ortion to the tuition increase but be cause of the amount of external aid we've lost financial aid is still hurt ing rape suspect arraigned evidence exists for trial by sanford block a university freshman was arraigned last month after being arrested on charges of rape indecent assault and criminal attempt to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse in connection with alleged incidents in the drinker house lounge on dec 3 district magistrate john gombosi found that the commonwealth did have a prima facie case against robert bell after the hearing on dec 17 the case will now go to court at the hearing the alleged victim told her version of the events of dec 3 bell supposedly came down to the lounge where the woman was typing a paper and after several conversations he attempted to force her to perform a deviate sex act and he raped her she said she was questioned by district attorney richard pepper and by defense attorney repaid baraata representing bell cop assaulted at psi upsilon while investigating burglary by andy leiiren a campus police officer was assaulted jan 2 during an investigation of a bur glary in progress at psi upsilon fraternity arrested monday and charged with the aggravated assault of officer doug geisner was tyrone carnes 1308 e fourth st bethlehem that felony charge was coupled with the misdemea nor of resisting arrest carnes was also charged with the felonies of burglary and criminal trespass geisner was treated for a bruised kid ney at st luke's hospital after suffering internal bleeding he was later released carnes was arraigned before district magistrate elizabeth romig on the three felonies and one misdemeanor bail was set at 1,500 carnes did not meet bail and is being held in northampton county prison a hearing is slated for the end of the month see assault page 3 see interim page 6