Brown and White Vol. 102 no. 7

              wlvr's possible concert with the beastie boys was delayed indefi nitely until the station is better able to organize the details and review its options bridget marshall 96 wlvr's station manager said the proposal given to senate was very unspecific we wanted to ask for the money so that we could ex plore the options for a concert marshall said she added that the reason for pre senting wlvr's plans to senate was to get funds for a concert the beastie boys was a name that they were using tentatively and the station had please see women page 5 another goal dillon has is to get female alumni involved in the pro gram she would like to see alumni come back and speak to students in a panel discussion on how lehigh has prepared or not prepared them for life outside of school as women dillon is primarily a philosophy professor yet students who have taken her ethics or women's studies one of the goals as director is to make sure we have access to the resources robin s dillon director of the women's studies program robin s dillon associate profes sor of philosophy has been named the new director of the women's studies program replacing lucy gans associate professor of art and architecture as director of the program which offers a women studies minor but not a major dillon handles the day to-day operations including repre senting the program in other disci ( plines such as history and art dillon is also responsible for advising stu dents in the women's studies mi nor some goals dillon has are to raise visibility of the program and to make people aware of what women's studies involves and why it is a valuable program students speak highly of dillon's work dana jacobs 96 member of the women's studies council and a women's studies mi nor said she dillon is really in terested in expanding women s stud ies on campus especially the women's center she brings in a lot of the cultural side to the program dillon hopes to further the devel opment of the program and make it stronger by encouraging new courses and by creating courses for women at fl<t w photo by kirsten rokita robin s dillon director of women's studies program courses say she has the same level of excitement for both barb gross 97 a student in dillon's introduction to women's studies class and her ethics class said she is just as passionate about the women's studies course as she is about her ethics gross said dillon structures her classes to minimize stress gross be lieves that quality is difficult to find on campus the women's studies program is one of at least 19 programs at lehigh that do not have there own departments women's studies in cludes interdisciplinary work spread out over 10 departments departments including history philosophy and art and architecture take part in the program twenty two faculty from 10 departments teach over 25 courses involving the study of women women's studies involves every discipline dillon said in her classes dillon tries to teach students to ask the questions but to also think about answers the thing she has taught me the most is critical thinking jacobs said she's made the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 friday september 30 1994 vol 102 no 7 face-lift for christmas-saucon opens doors all the lehigh news first by alison checkoff news writer rarily closed off although the entrance of christmas-saucon hall is in shambles now students hope that the benefits of the ramps to the handicapped will make current problems with construction worth while in the long run it does look pretty bad and it is a little annoying when you're running late to class but in a week or two it will be finished and it will help a lot of people jared horowitz 95 said most students are willing to cope with the minor inconvenience so the building can be made accessible for everyone being that the construction is for a good cause the slight inconvenience is minimal alexandra salas 97 said anyway it will be beneficial and it is nice to know that lehigh is taking a step to accommodate the handicapped most of the faculty who work in christmas saucon are aware of the reason for the current construction but are not sure that il is enough judy arroyo coordinator of the mathematics department said it is a good idea to make the building handicapped accessible but the only problem is that the building does not have an elevator so the first floor is the only place they would have access to christmas-saucon hall is currently under construction to make the building accessible for the handicapped the steps leading to the building are being replaced by small slopes in order to enable the handicapped to enter christmas-saucon the main reason for this is to make career services available to everyone the actual idea of the project was thought of about a month ago gary falasca director of the physical plant of facilities services said the repairs did not begin until the evening of last thursday though falasca believes the construction should be completed by the middle of next week but delays are probable due to the rainy weather caution ropes blocking the steps leading to the doorway have been hung in front of christ mas-saucon to warn people of the construc tion in order for students and faculty to enter the building they must walk around the ropes and onto a wooden slope that leads up to the front entrance the area from the top of the steps to the wooden walkway has been tempo baw photo by david j baker wooden ramps mark the beginning of construction at christmas-saucon hall wlvr's beastie boys concert plan cancelled new director seeks to improve women's studies program by michelle de mooy assistant news editor by jessica norris news writer other colleges in the area she also wants to make sure women's studies courses are offered regularly to students one of the goals as director is to make sure we have access to the resources to make sure our courses are offered more often dillon said i am concerned about the affects of downsizing of the school and what the affect will have on our capabili ties on courses we want to offer and need to offer no specific plans to book the band the beastie boys management has not commented directly but marshall said it is still uncertain whether or not the band is touring at all this year brian lucy 96 wlvr's busi ness manager said the 22,000 that senate approved will be available later if wlvr gets the beastie boys next semester but the station will have to get the funds reapproved by senate if they decide to book another band later a lot had to go right in order to get the beastie boys and because things did not work out we aban doned the idea for this semester lucy said bk'g y_l news 1-5 f^____sf world news briefs 2 8 jhp ifc-panhel 3 mwph fraternity centennials 4 '______â–  j^bk lifestyle 7-14 j azz ensemble 8 | . ,^- j look who's talking 11 sports 18-20 | golf 19 women's soccer 20 field hockey lehigh beats drexel 1-0 see sports page 20