Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 19

              lehigh-lafayette should be recognized for the game and violence should be avoided director of student life mark erickson said at the interfraternity council meeting wednesday i'm a strong supporter of it being a fun time he said but get rid of the violence and remember it is a game he said the major adjustment comes in taking away the appeal of challenge and confrontation with police forces students are advised not to be on the field but no police will be surrounding the goalposts he said however those causing major problems on the field will be confronted by police bob robeson assistant dean of students for greek affairs defended the fraternities last year it was obvious that it wasn't massive groups of fraternities assaulting on the field he said he asked the house presidents to advise the fraternity members to stay off the field erickson said about 50 buses will run from lehigh to lafayette anyone who is visibly intoxicated or who does not have a ticket will not be allowed on a bus the buses will be by amy gorman news writer luvme tender • am a i,y samantha ganz members of the lehigh university very modern ensemble performed sunday during a concert at lamberton hatl ....■■ during the black arts movement of the 60s and 70s this poetry completely bypasses sys tematic poetry she said we need to go back deep into our own cultural roots and use our own culture as a vehicle to understanding ourown self-worth fowler said after her presentation the focus of the meeting was shifted toward a discussion of the aspirations of the black student union the lack of a black studies major at lehigh was one of the more-emphasized issues need to focus on what we can control we need to be apart of this university and only then can we love and embrace each other and help to form a situation of mutual under standing gunn said many students voiced concerns about being a minority at lehigh ranging from being hassled by the police to coping with the everyday problems and myths of being a member of the african american society fowler said it is your right to go and do what you want our ancestors slaved them selves to the bone so you can have this right and you deserve it go wherever you want black culture must be preserved professor says ryshan rispress 94 president of the bsu said administration and students can do a lot more if we want to get black studies as a major here if we push for it across the spectrum we'd get it as african-american students we owe it to ourselves to create a sense of community in order to achieve our goals and enlighten our white counterparts to our culture she said raymond gunn a bethlehem resident artist and vietnam veteran who attended the meeting said it'll be a long time before we can have impact on this larger society we by david mederrick news writer the authentic expression and voice of black culture must be preserved said a pro fessor of black literature and african-ameri can studies wednesday at the umoja house carolyn fowler of clark university in atlanta said the image and expression of black literature has been distorted we need to hear the same kind of traditional language that can be heard from the brother on the street fowler a faculty member at clark for 21 years read poetry by leroi jones written the brown and white tuesday november 1 7 1 992 vol 100 no 19 lehigh university financial aid academic policies cause debate see aid page 6 fair if the university extended the 2.0 re newal average to the classes of 93 and 94 as well chad moussa 95 said he is happy that the renewal average was dropped from 2.4 to 2.0 but it is still an undue and unfair pressure which can be harmful especially as a freshman adjusting to college moussa said it's bad enough that a person can feel inferior because they're on aid but now has to work more just to stay in school he said if a needy student has his aid taken away it is equivalent to any other student being by kevin kniffin news writer lehigh s financial aid policy has evolved over the last few years making life easier for financial aid students but it is not given to eligible students without some strings at tached there are some academic requirements that must be met for aid to be granted espe cially for the classes of 93 and 94 according to william stanford director of financial aid the class of 95 was the first to benefit from lehigh s guarantee to meet students established financial needs students enrolled in the class of 95 or later need a 2.0 grade point average each semester to renew their aid students from the classes of 93 and 94 need a 2.4 while those prior to the class of 91 needed a 2.6 each semester even for underclassmen who have lower requirements lehigh requires more of its financial aid students than federal and state agencies federal and state aid require a student to earn at least a 1.6 first semester 1.7 second semester 1.8 sophomore year and a 2.0 cumulative gpa for their junior and senior years federal and state aid also mandates students carry at least 1 2 credits each semester federal and state aid is mostly loans stanford said compared with university aid which is mostly scholarships mike evans 93 said the higher stan dards for a university-aided student create a useful pressure because it makes you do your work he said the 2.0 standard is good for freshmen and sophomores but is kind of low for juniors and seniors evans a me chanical engineering major said people are donating their money for students to learn not to achieve a 2.0 that is a waste of scholarship money kirn compton 94 said the require ment should be more lenient pressure is good because it makes you work but some times it's too much compton an industrial engineering major thought it would be more ifc discusses impact of lehigh-lafayette see ifc page 6 gloria m bower university libraries rm.522a fairchild/martindale libr nq.ooba page 7 tattoos can really get under your skin