Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 40

              oaw pholu b wts sohwandt university president peter likins middle announces the appointment of joe sterrett left to the position of athletic director at a press conference yesterday by caroune west brown and white managing editor lehigh alumnus and former all-american quarterback joseph sterrett has been named to the position of athletic director and assistant vice president of student affairs effective july 1 the decision which was made by a search committee was announced yesterday by vice president of student affairs marsha duncan sterrett will take over for current athletic director john whitehead who is retiring after three years in the position in his opening comment sterrett said athletic director has a role in higher education that transcends the competitive fields courts mats and pool and it needs to become something that is valued by all the people that are associated with it sterrett said a lot has been done at lehigh with the athletic program and the school has made very clear its committment to athletics as a part of what lehigh is about he said he would like determine what can be accomplished we have a good sense of where we've been and i think its incumbent upon all of us to say where might we go " after whitehead announced his retirement last fall lehigh initiated a nationwide search including advertising through the ncaa and received more than 100 applications after reviewing the resumes several of the candidates were brought to lehigh for on-campus interviews with the search committee the committee included board of trustees member keith rust assistant vice president of facilities services anthony corallo industrial engineering professor george kane depart see director page 20 ralliers demand divestment b&w photo by jessica wiluams psa co-chairman dan anders 90 addresses ralliers calling for lehigh's divestment from companies doing business in south africa byamysavitsky brown and white news write do you know where your money is lehigh has 40 million invested in south africa stated a huge banner hanging outside the fairchild-martindale library tuesday after noon at the rally the progressive student alliance psa addressed approximately 90 people calling for lehigh to divest all interests from companies doing business with south africa the south african system of apartheid is immoral and lehigh university's invest ments in south africa maintain the apartheid system states the psa petition lastsemester it was signed by 1,300 people in two days the psa is calling for the lehigh board of trustees to develop a program of complete divestment of the university's holdings in south africa the divestment proposal to be reviewed by the board of trustees states lehigh univers ity shall not support through the investment policy of the board of trustees south africa's social or political system of apartheid when a company invests money in south africa they are indirectly supporting the apartheid regime because of the 30 percent tax charged by the government according to its supporters two out of every five black south african children die before the age of five another banner read psa co-chairman dan anders/90 said the blacks are accustomed to suffering and they are willing to go through more if it will bring the end of apartheid other rally speakers supported his statement kvery little bit counts i x.'high has to decide where it stands one speaker said another added lehigh's reaction has been silence actions speak louder than words and this silence has been lehigh's policy to continue the way they are other speakers at the rally admitted it would take time and effort to get lehigh to divest but said the psa would persevere in its cause until it reached its goal the ralliers said it if time to combat the racial terrorism in south africa and confront the hypocracy of americans who chastise politicians for extra-marital affairs but fail to take a stand against apartheid the brown and white vol.loo n0.40 lehigh university alumnus replaces whitehead friday april 7 1989 bethlehem pennsylvania 215 758-4181 arts&leisure talent show benefits local homeless page 14 washington forum describes international careers page 15 news forum reduces faculty seats due to lack of interest page 5 commission listens to minority concerns page 7 what 1 s inside sports ladies lacrosse suffers first loss to ursinus page 20 men laxers crushed by f&m diplomats 9-7 page 20