Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 34

              the brown and white vol 99 no 34 lehigh university tuesday march 3 1992 lu asked to dump tobacco company stock by kelly prather news writer a national initiative of public health ad vocates has called upon lehigh to divest shares of stock in tobacco companies from the school's endowment fund the tobacco divestment project tdp wants lehigh to end its association with companies which target children minorities and third world countries as replacement smokers for the 1 , 1 00 smokers who die each day from tobacco-induced diseases tdp is a national organization of pro health activists which calls upon institutions of higher education and public health to help battle tobacco addiction tdp feels that colleges and universities should not be shareholders in companies whose marketing practices continually deny the harmful effects of smoking tdp has also asked hospitals states cities municipalities religious and charitable organizations as well as medical institutions to divest their shares the lehigh board of trustees has the ultimate authority over the endowment fund the endowment fund provides approxi mately eight percent income to the university to help provide education said denise blew , associate treasurer colleen callahan assistant professor of economics said she is in favor of the divest ment stocks such as phillip morris have generated much cash flow but there are many other stocks that are just as attractive she said denise mann 92 said she was astounded to learn that lehigh holds such stocks espe cially in light of recent controversy sur b&w photo by binoy jani patrick gormley 93 and andrew laudenslager 93 make adjustments to their bicycles on one of the spring-like days of last week math and science are keys to next century says space shuttle pilot by robert dellinger news writer education particularly math and science will be the key to the devel opment of the united states in the 21st century nasa astronaut ken neth cameron said thursday in packard lab auditorium we have to try and motivate students to continue studying in the technical areas cameron said this will provide us with the people we need to continue the exploration of space to continue economic devel opment and to revitalize industry a colonel in the united states marine corps cameron joined nasa in 1984 and became an astro naut a year later last april he pi loted the space shuttle atlantis on a five-day mission he talked of the excitement gen erated by the space program in the past and the positive effects it has had on the country i was a student in elementary school when we first started launch ing mercury capsules beginning the exploration of space he said that was an exciting time that really had a revolutionary effect on education cameron said with the cold war over cameron expressed that education is a key factor for the success or demise of the technology industry in america we are not so much competing militarily anymore he said we are competing economically and education plays an important role in that especially for you here at lehigh who are right on the leading edge of it all cameron also stressed nasa's need for engineers we are all un officially recruiters for nasa but we need engineers to fill positions at research centers across the coun try according to cameron the clos est facility to bethlehem is the goddard research center in greenville md this center was naacp executive advocates political activism by rebecca hanley news writer naacp executive director benjamin hooks urged a packer chapel audience saturday to participate vote and take action following the tradition of martin luther king jr addressing an audience that included about 80 prospec tive minority students as part of the closing ceremonies of black history month hooks recalled a speech delivered by king on april 3 1968 in memphis tenn in all the years i heard him speak it was never with more power or passion he spoke about death and the longevity of life there were tears running down his face ... little did i know that within 24 hours he'd be dead hooks said hooks said that at the time he did not know what king had meant when the civil rights leader said we have dark and difficult days ahead civil rights bills were being passed lyndon baines johnson was in the oval office and to hooks it seemed that blacks had already come so far today more than 20 years after he died i can join dr king in saying we've had some dark and difficult days hooks said later he discussed the national association for the ad vancement of colored people's failed effort to halt the appointment of supreme court justice clarence thomas i'm afraid that if we took the brains of the majority of the supreme court members and put their brains in the head of a bird the bird would fly backward and backward and backward he said hooks also expressed concern about the negative effect drugs and violence have on the black family he said that young black men are still killing each other usually due to drugs twenty-thousand young men are killed by each other each year that's more than in vietnam he said nobody can save us from us but us yet hooks emphasized the importance of focusing on the positive see tobacco page 6 see astronaut page 4 see naacp page 6 campus communicates through fiber optics page 7