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              see gays page 6 lehigh's greek system and new ideas have trouble seeding there truver sees the greek system as a whole resisting change and acceptance of alternative lifestyles not so much the individuals within the system it is not the individuals but rather the institution of the greek system that pro motes homophobia truver said the fraternity and sorority systems areamock ery because they advertise friendship but only if you act a certain way in residence halls there is more free think ing some students agree that lehigh does not foster open acceptance of homosexu ality and bisexuality but others just do not view the issue as being important enough to become active about byerickirchberger news writer acceptance of homosexuality and bi sexuality at lehigh is a growing issue from merely tolerating those with differ ent sexual preferences to outright activ ism supporting it lehigh students fill the spectrum on the issue the president of the lesßigay lesbi ans bisexuals and gays alliance james truver 95 feels that lehigh fosters anti gay feelings students at lehigh are apathetic but they tend to draw the line at gays and lesbians truver said truver sees the greek system as one of the main institutions that refuses to wholly accept homosexuality lehigh is very conservative and much of this comes from the hill truver said old ways and old thinking dominate russian power struggle blurs yeltsin's future at the stage door bert ice berry who holds a doctorate in sociology performs her comedy routine saturday night at the stage door investors gauge potential in latin america europe see invest page 6 both areas are undergoing widespread transition from state-owned to privately owned businesses as nations part from socialist ideas according toßi chard aronson professor of economics he said the trans formation thus far has been slow and ineffective but progress is being made in the former soviet union the history of industry reveals the motives behind the recent changes taking place for a long time the soviet for the study of private enter prise according the nicholas balabkins professor of eco nomics the conference was successful at examining invest ment opportunities in central europe latin americaand other developing regions while focus ing specifically on the impacts ofptivali/xition,stabili/iition,lir eralization and integration the conference was a complete success inraising the important issues in latin america and central europe balabkins said a transformation toward privatization in central europe and latin america will lead to new investmentopportunities members of the international investment community said last week the investment and eco nomic specialists which in cluded members of the world bank and governments of ar gentina columbia and the czech republic gathered at a three-day conference held by the lehigh martindale center by bradley berk news writer see yeltsin page 6 barry said rutskoi would have a major effect on the pace of reform congress needs a two-thirds majority in order to remove yeltsin from office most politicians either for or against yeltsin do not believe the opposition can generate enough support since his televised statement claim ing special powers and asking for a refer endum yeltsin has lost support from his vice president parliament and the con stitutional court while receiving support only from important security ministers yeltsin is demanding an april 25 referendum to resolve the political crisis barry said a new constitution is probably necessary and the possibili ty of its com plete construction may not be far away adopting a new constitution is per haps a year away barry said russia seems to be at an impasse unless they get an agreement involving either drastic changes in the constitution or a new consti tution they cannotmoveaheadpolitically yeltsin'stelevised address askedßus sians to vote on three questions confi dence in his rule approval of a new constitution and approval of new voting by jenn wilson news writer now that a serious power struggle is taking place in russia the world is watch ing while the country's fate begins to unfold the question remains whether or not russian president boris yeltsin can continue his fight for reform and democ racy against the possible return of totali tarian rule ruslan khasbulatov speaker for the russian parliament called last tuesday for yeltsin's xtthtttq impeachment fslj wo after the legis ipttjtt'tst!j1 p ttjtt't5t!j lature ruled that kilm kimiiimwrwajiirf yeltsin had violated the constitution by claiming special pow ers to rule by decree khasbulatov sug gested that thecongressofpeople'sdepu ties russia's supreme legislature should replace yeltsin with his more conserva tive vice president alexander rutskoi professor donald barry director of the international studies center thinks that if impeachment is successful russia will have a major setback vice president rutskoi is less com mitted to economic reform than yeltsin vol 100 no 37 lehigh is anti-gay group leader says tuesday march 30 1 993 the brown and white lehigh university page 7 the re-emergence of the tuberculosis plague