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              we both share the goal to try to eliminate the violence at the game he said we don't have any plans to change the time when it's hosted at lehigh some lehigh students think lafayette's decision to start the game earlier is pointless chris magdelain 94 said i don't un derstand why they ' re doing it people are just going to get up a little earlier to drink last year lafayette started the game at 12 p.m lehigh traditionally starts the game at 1 p.m last year lehigh did not allow admit tance to the game after 2 p.m other students didn't care about the time of the game al campbell 94 said it doesn't bother me lafayette changes game time to 1 0:45 a.m ion the core issue is alcohol abuse because it leads people to do things they wouldn't normally do he said rotberg was quoted by the morning call friday as saying the changes made last year produced a measurable reduction in the number of alcohol-related problems and incidents i hope that starting the game earlier in the day will cut them still further tony cerminaro 94 said well i'll have to start drinking at six smeaton said in addition to alcohol abuse the tearing down of the goalposts is a major problem fisher held where the game will be played is equipped with metal goalposts similar to the ones used at murray h goodman stadium last year in the past students rushed onto the field and fought each other for a piece of the wooden goalposts last year students fought police people are just going to get up a little earlier to 11 drink " chris magdelain 94 guarding the metal goalposts smeaton said that lehigh does not necessar ily agree with lafayette's decision the 128 th lehigh-lafayette football game will be held at 10:45 a.m instead of 12 p.m in an effort to curb alcohol-related violence at the game john smeaton assistant vice president for student affairs said lafayette president robert rotberg decided to start the game earlier to try to diminish the likelihood of problems at the game lehigh had no say in the decision he said smeaton said the same committee that decided to have metal goalposts last year met last spring to determine a way to dispel violence at this year's game in my opin by thomas wolfe news editor the brown and white vol 100 no 2 tuesday september 15 1992 300 million tag set to preserve packer's vision lehigh university see vision page 5 b&w photo by alec thomson with the proposed parking lot at the site of the recently demolished globe-times build ing will help to alleviate the parking prob lems on campus and allow for better south side relations another 6.5 million is going toward the renovation of taylor gym and 4.5 million toward grace hall according to likins there is not a set timeline for these projects they will be completed as the money be lehigh founder asa packer appeared in horse and buggy at rauch held house saturday to announce the start of a 300 million fundraising campaign packer played by allentown actor george miller said before an assembled crowd we would like to enlist your help to take lehigh university into the next century then we will be as prepared in this century as we were in the last one the 300 million campaign is titled preserving the vision which refers to packer's original plans for a university that integrates technical training and classical education lehigh president peter likins said we are preserving the original vision and ap plying it to the future approximately 75 percent of the 300 million goal will go toward student finan cial aid scholarships faculty development academic programs and annual operating support more than 100 million has al ready been received in gifts and pledges michael bolton vice president of de velopment and university relations said we think that we've picked a realistic economy to start the campaign there is always a reason to wait because of this or that it has been our experience that when you're ready you go ahead the campaign will help to secure the central fund of the university this will take place over the next five years likins said one of the main problems faced by prospective students is the rising cost of higher education the campaign has earmarked 125 million to help out with financial aid ten years ago 24 percent of the students received financial aid at that time lehigh supplied approximately 28 percent of the cost of their educations this put lehigh's commitment toward aid at 2.5 million by debby schwartz assistant news editor today 46 percent of lehigh students receive financial aid lehigh's share is now about so percent for a total commitment of 18 million costs have risen dramatically likins said we have been able to meet the cost through a diligent effort to meet gift fund goals another 35 million is going toward academics this money will enhance some of the programs such as international stud ies the berman center for jewish studies and others it will also maintain the excel lence in faculty for which lehigh is known quality and excellence are two words asa packer top played by allentown actor george miller makes the 300 million annoucement participants right cheer the announcement at rauch field house that must describe our students faculty and programs likins said the zoellner arts center is the one new building that will use some of this money likins said the arts center is well on its way to becoming a reality as half of the proposed 30 million has already been raised this enables us to...provide a new cultural tie with thesurroundingcommunity,"likias said the arts center scheduled to be completed by 1995 will provide 190 added parking spaces on the northeast comer of campus this along summer courses take geo students out west page 7