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              a proposal designed to increase regulation of student housing surrounding the lehigh campus met with strong opposition at last night's community development commit tee meeting after a two-hour debate in bethlehem city hall the comm'ttee voted to send the proposal back to the town administration for further study and review if passed the proposal submitted to council by city solicitor constantine vasiliadis would increase fire regula tions in housing units which primarily cater to lehigh students as a result landlords would be forced to spend money to renovate the houses to comply to the ordinance we are not attempting to restrict or discourage this kind of housing vasiliadis said fire and safety is the focus of the ordinance and the any time you intend to attempt is to pro . . / tect the students |; put any restrictions on living in these i student housing you are homes he said „ . .« „ c vasiliadis said walking the line of the proposal is the unconstitutionality result of six constantine vasiliadis months of in bethlehem city solicitor house discussion and complaints regarding the conflict between permanent south side residents and lehigh students living nearby he said most resident complaints pertain to problems with upkeep and maintenance of student rental units noise violations parking congestion and fire and safety issues most student rental units are modified single-family homes in which five people per bathroom are permitted to live the rooming house ordinance would change the classification of these homes to rooming houses according to fire commissioner carmen olivero the proposal requires that landlords who lease modified single family homes to students alter the houses to meet the strict fire codes of a rooming house required changes would include enclosing all stair wells in one-half inch thick fire retardant wall placing smoke detectors on each floor installing a manual fire alarm system see city page 2 kaufman added that democracy and freedom do have costs the price of liberty is internal vigilance we must participate in the process because united we stand divided we fall kaufman said kaufman who also served as the epa's chief investigator of hazardous sites during the 19705 helped to write many of the federal laws on waste disposal he said the government and the business community conflict when deciding who should pay for the costs of hazardous waste disposal some special interests groups lobby to shift the costs of waste disposal to the general public in the form of higher prices for products and services explained kaufman kaufman said there are two ways that industry can shift the costs of waste disposal onto the taxpayers these include burning hazardous waste in an incinerator and burn ing it in a cement kiln companies are pushing for the government to promote these two ways kaufman said until a few months ago kaufman said that there were no laws to deal with burning of hazardous wastes in a cement kiln on average there were 1,000 violations per year burning waste virtually unregulated kaufman said kaufman also criticized recent legislation which allows companies to earn tax deduc tions for not polluting this is bad public policy because there are tax deductions for not polluting this is like paying thieves not to steal he said by deanne sabarese brown and white news writer environmental degradation in europe is greater than it is in the united states because a democracy allows citizens to protect the environment said an official of the u.s environmental protection agency epa in a lecture tuesday evening in packard auditori um hugh kaufman assistant to the director of the hazardous site control division at the democracy is not a spectator sport the price of liberty is internal vigilance we must participate in the * * hugh kaufman epa hazardous waste official epa said pollution is infinitely worse in europe where there are not many local environmental groups the effort by common citizens is why the united states is hot as polluted as other countries a check and balance system has muted types of environmental damage kaufman said kaufman said in order for a democracy to work the citizens must participate in the process by making their views known democracy is not a spectator sport we as citizens have to participate but the majority of the people don't he said i i wendy brooks 91 left and jim maskulka speak at panhel's business faculty reception see story page 5 the brown ana vv hite vol 98 no 45 friday april 26 1991 parents students misled by tuition increase figures lehigh university pufciltm foi fus»t expenditures by f pe t ms r 164,971,430 although this year's tuition increased 1,050 lehigh president peter likins said it was the lowest percentage hike in 17 years this 7.75 percent figure is deceiving while it was the lowest percentage increase the actual monetary value was greater than last year's 8.3 percent increase which was 29 less james tiefenbrunn lehigh's budget direc tor said ultimately what we are striving to do is have a decrease in the percentage increase although he said this may result in the same dollar value with a model for a balanced budget in place for the next five years likins said lehigh continues to follow conservative economic practices while re-evaluating its plans and reallocating funds at the same time see budget page 6 by vincent keane brown and white news writer epa official urges citizens to guard the environment landlords students residents clash over off campus proposal by kristen kuck brown and white news writer gloria m boker university libraries rm.522a fairchilo/martinoale l i br no.ooba lifestyle dungeons & dragons page 9