Brown and White Vol. 92 no. 17

              lehigh university brown and white 215 86m1m vol 92 - no 17 bethlehem pa tuesday november 4 1980 lack of events causes stabler to lose money bj michele gerencher stabler arena currently does not come close to making a profit accord ing io richard met director of auxil iary services to break even 120 to uo event days must be scheduled however he added less than five percent ol facilities i ike the arena meet their operating costs part of our responsibility is to make stabler self-sustaining he said explaining that the arena is designed to mud becoming a drain on tuition dollars university events alone do not make it sell sustaining outside events are necessary metz said the wide variety of events held m stabler such as the royal upi/./.an stal lion show the holiday on ice show trade shows banquets and conferences are also advantageous to both the lehigh valley community and the university metz said at the dedication of the arena m december 1979 donald b stabler com mented on the diversity of such a facility i was intrigued from the beginning by the fact that such a facility would also benefit the community stabler said m his address the opportunity exists here to create a further bridge between a campus and a valley both called lehigh he said parents tailgate some parents or freshmen are at saucon valley and the rest are over ihe hill at ihe pre-game tailgate party m front of the lower centennials alcohol problem at stabler arena y dol'd kogkks the presence ol alcohol both inside and outside stabler arena has been a prob lem at the concerts this year according to richard fritz directorol e enlsal the arena we clem i want any alcohol down here at the concerts fritz said bul it's a problem we rant get rid of the problem we have here is the same as all over the country he said 1 don't think it's the lehigh students for the most part but the rules are still for all of us fritz said his main concern is the safety tact or since alcohol tends localise disorderly conduct the possibility of botl les becoming projectiles is quite dan gerous he added people have been hit with hollies and riots have started fritz explained wo don't want any riots the bethlehem and campus police have aided m security at the concerts aild have been doing a fine job fritz said they are supposed to prohibit the use of alcohol at the arena both m the parking lot and inside the building we post signs outside anc place 55 gallon containers around the arena " he said and nothing is allowed inside the arena bul fritz said it is impossible to tho roughly check 6,000 people who enter the arena m such a short lime the things some people do to hide bottles are incred i hie and when the weather gels colder it will be more difficult tocheckl because of coats fritz noted that the major reason lor so much alcohol consumption is the atti voters count on television former campaigner claims by herb fischkr the adverse influence of television is the main difference between this years political campaign and that of 1948 according to herbert brownell former attorney general of the uni ted states brownell told students and faculty m an informal discussion thursday night at the brodhead house lounge that he envies the days when candi dates spoke face to face with their audience the former campaign manager for ( lovernor dewey m the 1948 presiden tial election said he remembers the day when candidates spoke over the railroad and met m streetcars brownell noted that m 1980 most of our contact with presidential candi dates is made sitting m front of the television set now we hear more from the commentators than we do from the candidates he said we depend too much on what commenta tors say ' explained brownell peo pie get impressions of candidates by listening to third parties who reduce thei r own prej udices into comments ' vccording to brownell this devel ops a wall between the voters and the candidates and causes voters to do a pom job m sizing up the candidates " false faces friends enjoy the spirit of ihe holiday even before dar kness falls and the goblins come out it must he a full moon see vast page 10 see tv i'age i see stabler page â– "> inside law schools p 3 molly hatchet p 7 gridders romp p 1