Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 36

              the academic calendars for fall 1992 and spring 1993 were presented to the forum at yesterday's meeting one of the problems the calendar committee said they faced in arranging the new calendars was the length of the final examination period since the last day of finals will be dec 23 1992 the committee realized that another day of exams could not be scheduled if necessary because of the holiday therefore the exam period was proposed to begin one week earlier than expected another problem the committe members said they faced was that the length of the exams has not yet been determined the committee wanted the exam time to be reduced to two and one-half hours rather than three hours so the see forum page 4 b&w photo by jason stanford caroline west 90 talks to a few children playing kickball in wenceslas square prague while on professor zdenek slouka's trip to czechoslavakia during spring break see story page 6 angelou urges cultural harmony ture is not just the written word but folk music oral traditions body behavior and anything handed down from one generation to anoth er to encourage it to survive more than that to thrive with passion compassion humor and style she said through literature we can recreate the world's thoughts and learn how alike we all are as human beings borrowing from terance a freed black roman slave and popular playwright in 154 8.c see angelou page 2 by kristen kuck brown and white asst news editor internationally acclaimed author and poet maya angelou spoke at lehigh wed nesday night about the grow ing importance of diversity learning to live among people of all backgrounds and races realizing one's greatest poten tial in a new global context the talk was part of the lecture series america and the global wave of the fut ure sink or swim delivering her message through her poetry and song angelou relayed her experi she said there is more to education than getting good grades finding a job and buying a house there is a world of difference between being educated and being tra ined she said the chal lange is what will you do to make this country better than it is today she told the audi ence that there is a wealth of learning exceeding this kind of education angelou said she believes through literature we can learn about other people their cultures and experi ences she explained litera ence observations and inspirations about living to the fullest potential angelou explained the state of the world and american society is in a condition of being separate that as a count ry we are segregated by thought and experience and that gap needs to be bridged how important how diffic ult and if we acheive it how honorable would be the com ing together of cultures she said we achieve this through experience and knowledge she said stressing the import ance of education the brown and white vol 97 no 36 friday march 23 1990 lehigh university asbestos removal and renovations take 8 months to be completed alpha sig returns home finally see alpha sig page 7 an older one in need of repairs joseph said joseph added that that the univers ity tried to be fair to the students by keeping their rent the same during their stay at the former alpha chi rho house and did not charge them for custodial service the fraternity members who had been living in the former crow house since september were told by clark said prior to the changes his fraternity paid the lowest rent on the hill and with the increase their rent will be one of the highest alpha sigma phi will never receive a bill for renovations said david joseph residential services director joseph said the rent will be raised because the fraternity members will be living in a completely renovated facility a higher rent should be expected for a brand new apartment as opposed to by erica crespi brown and white news editor alpha sigma phi fraternity moved back into their house last weekend upon the completion of asbestos removal and renovations tensions developed between the fraternity members and residential services because of the resulting increase in rent and the delays invol ved in completing renovations accord ing to fraternity members asbestos was removed from bedroom ceilings on the first and second floors and new floors walls ceilings and wardrobes were install ed also the hallways were painted alpha sig members should not have to pay the approximately 160,000 for renovations and asbestos removal alpha sig president jonathan clark 91 said clark said the house is owned by lehigh and they should pay for the upkeep and repairs that need to be made just like any other landlord committee shows new calendars exam schedule by jennifer provda brown and white news writer inside news panel of professors speaks on nicaraguan elections page 3 arts & leisure the harry packer mansion an offer of murder and mystery page 14 sports lehigh sends two wrestlers to ncaas page 20