Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 35

              by vivian shpigler brown and white news writer nineteenth century southern women did not begin crusading for women's rights until much after their northern counterparts because of their lesser role in southern socie ty according to a professor of women's history as part of women's history month jean friedman from the university of georgia lectured on southern women's culture and the politics of history on march 7 friedman said the point of intersection between community structure and women's psyche sparked an interest in the topic she said she wants to gain an understanding of the relationship between the 19th century social the brown and white lehigh university vol 98 no 35 tuesday march 12 1991 bylaracohn brown and white news writer we all know about the dam age illegal drugs can do to your body your mind and your wallets but you don't need to mess with these dangerous subst ances for a few moments of pleasure said george ober meier a nationally-known consultant and humorist at a thursday night lecture instead he said natural highs from doing something you like can give the same rush as drugs in a much heal thier way despite the potential harm ful effects obermeier said to natural highs are better than chemical ones says humorist lehigh athletes as part of drug and alcohol awareness week some people mistaken ly feel they must take drugs to feel good but he said high doesn't have to involve drugs the original definition as defin ed in the 19605 of high is an altered state of conscious ness which produces a per ceived state of awareness said obermeier in this definition there is no mention of chemicals being high makes yourself feel better he said that used to mean getting high or feeling higher than wherever see high page 8 b&w photo by richard chu george obermeler b&w photo by whitney rearick christine granda 92 and charalambos marangos 91 enjoy last friday's warm weather while conversing on birkel avenue southern women had lower status than those in north says expert bethlehem steel may end steel production 2,000 jobs to be lost by harris collins brown and wnte news writer bethlehem steel corporation recently announced it may cease steel production in its bethlehem plant possibly causing the loss of nearly 2,000 local jobs ed roth of the company's corporate communications said that so far there has only been an agreement between his company and british steel to conduct a feasibility study of a joint venture between the two companies this venture would result in the stopping of production of raw steel in bethlehem and moving those operations to steelton just outside of harrisburg roth said it would mean the elimination of approximately 2,000 jobs in bethlehem bethlehem steel has been seeking to restructure its opera tions in order to meet present and future challenges he said it has decided that joint ventures present opportunities to be both flexible and profitable gus moffitt of bethlehem steel's human resources division said that the move was done to strengthen the company and provide long-term employment frankly the move is necessary to have a long-term positive impact for the corflpany he said at this stage the talks are confidential and are addressing very complex questions bethlehem mayor ken smith said the announcement came as no surprise to the community and that it was in essence the other shoe dropping he said the company has eliminated approximately 11,000 jobs during the last decade and has not been doing any major investing in the bethlehem plant we are prepared and we have created a small task force to cope with both the employment and vacant property issues created smith said he said we intend to aggressively pursue the replacement of the land being vacated with such possibilities as an industrial park smith said the number of jobs being lost while significant when compared to the current number employed is really insignificant when compared with the number of jobs lost over the last decade he said the possibility of the bethlehem plant moving operations was anticipated it was only a question of when he also said the community is optimistic rather than pessim istic about the ftiture lehigh university and president likins have been very active in the community and have had a verv positive impact see bethlehem page 6 structure and the experiences of southern women she said she went into her study wondering why did the southern women's reform move ment emerge only gradually in the late 19th century her aim was to find the reality that has hidden southern women's historic ident ity the answer she said lies in the balance between intimacy and inclusion for white and black women in the southern community friedman said that these cultures overlap ped and that both black and white women placed importance on family she explained that historians traditionally attribute the see women page 8 science conquering phobias page 1 2