Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 34

              the brown and white lehigh university friday march 8 1991 vol 98 no 34 government manipulates the public with propaganda says philosopher see chomsky page 15 chomsky defined the prevailing conception of democracy as a system in which the public must be barred in the participation and management of their own affairs in which the means of expression are narrowly and rigidly controlled this guise of a properly functioning democracy he said has two divisions among the public with sepa rate functions one division is a special class of respon sible men who think analyze and make plans--"do eve rything that's important"-and the second is the bewildered herd or the spectators of the action such a democracy deemed an odd view by chomsky is a product of what the linguist calls manufactured consent b4w photo by keith rappaport noam chomsky speaks to more than 600 people tuesday night in packard auditorium by jennifer neiman brown and white lifestyle writer and joanna godown brown and white lifestyle editor democracy is a forum for public participation but unfortunately this ideal fades in practice said noam chomsky philosopher linguist and renowned critic of government and media chomsky addressed a standing-room-only crowd tuesday night in packard lab auditorium described by government professor edward mor gan as the voice of dissent...a treasured national re source chomsky spoke on manufacturing consent the media and freedom of choice lehigh freshman experiences day as university's president by amy mulligan brown and white news writer see president page 16 did you ever wonder what a day as lehigh's president would be like on feb 27 freshman scott forman had the opportunity to find out lambda chi alpha fraternity and alpha omicron pi sorority sponsored the president for-a-day raffle that sent forman on the rounds of presidential duty for a working day britt bensen 92 of lambda chi came up with the idea of reviving the contest more than 750 raised by the rattle won by forman will go to the lehigh valley red cross scott forman 94 however this does not mean that fraternity parties cannot have beer said cram he suggested that fraternities instead institute the byob policy this system is working all over the country fraternities still have parties and rush has not be2n hurt he said this system is working all i over the country fraternities still have parties and rush has not been hurt honorable mitchell crane cram predicted that most people will adjust easily to a byob policy for this system to work he said the fraternities must take reasonable steps to ensure that they will not be held liable he said pennsylvania law will not hold a see liability page 18 byob suggested as greek solution to prevent liability by kara gaffney brown and white news writer a bring-your-own-beer policy byob at lehigh's fraternities would alleviate each house's reponsibility for its guests and thereby help in managing other risks said the honora ble mitchell cram at a risk management seminar monday the greek system cannot exist without liability insurance and sororities and fraternit ies are the third highest risk in the country in insurance claims cram remarked insur ance companies for fraternity nationals will not allow chapter houses to purchase kegs under their recently revised policies will reorganize to improve program by kimberly minarovich v etapm m wfrfo hem v*.?t ; the departments of biology and geology will reorganize to form two new divisions by next fall in order to gain more recognition lor the program said jeffrey sands chairman of the biology dep irnen course offerings and major programs will not be af fected when the two departments become the department of molecular biology and the department of earth and environmental sciences explained sands no courses win disappear the same professors will be here teaching the courses and the majors will not change there is no negative impact on the biology and geology curriculum * said saw 11111 rather sands said the restructuring is merely a better way to group the courses 1 sands also said this change will bring a higher profile to the departments in the long run the new change has received approval rom most of the faculty members within the departments of biology geology and psychology yet is subject to approval by the university's board 01 trustee most are in favor of the change they recognize a net benefit because we will be organized in a way that wri make it easier to mova ahead in molecular and environmental sciences/sands said a biology committee composed of faculty members from the new department will be set up to initiate new program it will meet regularly to make sure things go smoothly and provide for the undergraduate curriculum we want to make sure it's a change that is permanent and for the betterment of the students said sands tr«jnewdep4trmenfof molecular biology will continue research in the molecular blomedical sciences and genet ics it will offer courses and research in infec ft tt gloria m uotfer university libraries rm 522a fairchilo/martindale libr no.ooba i q 1 o q oo m lifestyle the bacchae page 7