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              please see honor page 4 chad kauffman fredrick noecker and michael petro the induction ceremony also in cluded guest speaker joseph goldstein dean of engineering at the university of massachusetts whose presentation was titled extraterres trial materials - a key to the order of the solar system goldstein helped initiate the le high chapter of alpha sigma mv and is a former president of the society alpha sigma mv is one of the only few honor societies with only one responsibility goldstein said you are expected to carry through with what you are doing continue your excellence m education you are the best and the brightest future stars m this field kauffman said induction to the honor society is quite rewarding within the field of materials sci ence and engineering alpha sigma mv is nationally recognized it's something i would be proud of kauffman said klug agreed even being nomi nated for induction is an honor you are being recognized by your peers by annabel lukins news writer please see egg page 4 something to bethlehem the com munity members will have more respect for lehigh students maybe we won't get beat up anymore he said it will be re warding for both sides it is a shame that what lehigh does now to help is not enough south bethlehem is m bad shape and with bethlehem steel not supporting the area any more the only other big institution is lehigh mango works m state represen tative t.j rooney's office and said he sees people come m every day m such bad shape i am just very happy that the event was so successful he said by the end the kids and the broth ers were all sitting around playing games together the day was a little bit more colorful for 2 1 south side children this easter theta chi fraternity held its first philanthropy day by inviting the south bethlehem neighborhood center for an easter party boys and girls aged 6-13 joined frater nity brothers m a festive easter celebration events included coloring eggs an easter egg hunt dinner and a special appearence by the easter bunny it is a rewarding feeling that less fortunate children of beth lehem get to participate m these activities anand shukla 95 said i also feel that most children have a sense of vibrancy which people our age tend to lack it was good to get that child-like feeling again there were others at the party who felt the event was a success they shared their easter stuff with us and gave us food said 11 year-old crystal matos from the dunagan school m bethlehem i even got my friends to come i want to say thank you to all of them this place is pretty big and i would like to come back here some day said 10-year-old jamar lugo also from the dunagan school anything that exposes these kids to college is very important said chris mango 95 theta chi brother and organizer of the event lehigh is m their back yard and they've never even been here hopefully this experience will open some ques tions at least enough to get them interested mango also ceels that if they give the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 friday april 21 1995 all the lehigh news first affirmative action debate polarizes opinions vol 102 no 41 by erik hume news writer please see action page 4 if a company decided on a ceo based on fair skin and having testicles they would be crazy amidon said after both speakers presented theiropening statements and rebuttals the floor was open to questions from the audience student reaction to the event was mixed i thought the event was a good idea doug rohrer 97 said it's an important issue unfortunately none of the speakers really dealt with it both seemed to be more worried about semantics and making themselves look good than actually delve into the issue and say why it should be changed than any qualification wurth said on the other side amidon argued that affirmative action was not needed because of the effect of the market system he cited ex amples of groups that were previously dis criminated against are now playing a signifi cant role m the marketplace amidon attacked the ideas m affirmative action programs as social engineering cit ing syndicated columnist and economist tho mas sowell amidon listed examples of other nations that engaged m strong affirmative ac tion programs with disastrous consequences amidon also disagreed with ideas that cor porations pick chief executive officers based on gender and race tions is necessary m an american society troubled by discrimination wurth said current indicators used by in dustry and academia to determine an individual's potential do not take into full account that person's abilities using the model of college admissions wurth said that while a student may or may not meet the numerical standards set by a college admissions office this does not indicate how that individual will perform and contribute to college having an undergraduate body that best reflects the social makeup of the nation per formed better than one that did not wurth said representation is worth more for social good the effectiveness of affirmative action pro grams was the topic of a debate titled affir mative action reform debate re-examining america's commitment to minority citizens tuesday m the kenner theater of the ulrich student center david amidon director of the urban stud ies program spoke against affirmative action while albert wurth associate professor of government took the position for the program wurth who opened the debate argued that affirmative action which gives minorities pref erence m hiring and college recruiting situa honor society hosts induction ceremony by molly maginn news writer baw photo by marc caiabrese anand shukla 95 and jon mclellan 97 help children from the south side paint easter eggs theta chi entertains local kids with easter festivities the lehigh chapter of alpha sigma mv the national honor soci ety for materials science and engi neering held its annual lecture and induction ceremony monday m sinclair laboratory auditorium in order to be a member a student must maintain excellence m the field of materials science and be m the top one-third of his or her graduating class daniel lewis 95 president of alpha sigma mv opened the cer emony by introducing david will iams department chairperson for materials science and engineering williams inducted the new senior members of the society those stu dents were megan slusser matthew taylor daniel lewis brett engel jesse nawrocki shannon reaney patrick justison and christopher mazzoni one graduate student catherine jordan was also inducted williams also announced the nominations for next year's induct ees from the class of 1 996 the nomi nees are kevin klug adam scotch paul sheedy thomas hunsinger a news 1-5 world news briefs 2 senate/ifc meetings 3 panhel meeting 5 lifestyle 7-14 sigma nu dance 9 indigo girls 11 sports 15,18-20 men's tennis 19 new basketball coach 20 softball lehigh beats lafayette 6-5 6-1 see sports page 20