Brown and White Vol. 103 no. 41

              by ted dimig news writer see greek page 5 b w photo by michelle heyse the pledges of delta gamma were co-winners with pledges from alpha omega pi in the sorority banner contest during opening ceremonies for greek week dg's banner commemorates the summer olympics in atlanta spirits were high and so were the banners on monday afternoon when greek week opening ceremonies kicked off at sayre park hundreds braved the chilly weather to take part in the events of the day the day's activ ities commenced with a parade cf banners made by fraternity and sorority members they displayed their creative abilities to the judges along with festive costumes that corre lated with the banner's theme we were all a little hesitant at first because it was cold and looked like if w going to rain melissa gingrich 99 a sister of delta gamma sorority said but once we got out in the field with everybody else and looked up and saw the student body cheering us on it made it all worthwhile among the many presentations were gamma phi beta sorority's g phi bees who dressed in bee costumes and phi gamma bethlehem steel to be rezoned by patrick doherty news writer see lion page 5 played by charlene fergus 99 a young woman living in ilujinle a small village in nigeria in the 1880s sidi is courted both by a school teacher lakunle played by a.h karambe and by the village ruler baroka played by kahil jones 97 conflicts between the two men and drive the action of the play the dilemma of the story lies in the fact that neither man is truly suitable for sidi though baroka is powerful and attractive he is also stubborn and sexist he quickly becomes bored with his many wives lakunle though he argues the lehigh african heritage festival presented a production of the lion and the jewel in coppee hall on sunday afternoon and monday night the lion and the jewel was authored by wole soyinka a nigerian playwright novelist and human rights activist in 1986 became the first african to win the nobel prize for literature at.c who deli»--ed the 10th annual cohen i id national relat.ons lerture wednesday night the play is the story of sidi bd w photo by phiussa williams the lion and the jewel written by cohen international relations lecturer wole soyinka was performed sunday and monday at coppee hall the brown and white friday april 19 1996 lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 all the lehigh news first greek week off to a banner start vol 103 no 41 by toby bonagura news writer see steel page 5 it has not yet been determined how long the company will serve as overseer of the development we will continue to have control of the property until the right developers come along donches said the rezoning was granted by a 5-2 vote by the city council the votes against the rezoning plans came from councilmen don cunningham and donches who embraced the concept of rezoning but said the approach was too broad and too sweeping the concept is good but the donches said we're still refining our thinking as to what types of developers we are looking br we are ; resented with the opportunity 10 revitalize the south side " donches said the uses of the land will be attractive and excit ing and will hopefully appeal to students from both the lehigh and moravian college campuses bethlehem steel will not act as developer of the land donches said the corporation will serve to oversee and manage the devel opment of the property the developing process is being dis cussed with potential investors and developers african masterpiece enraptures students area to existing operations this is approximately one-tenth of the company's total land c'onches displayed a possible plan to the public at a meeting held on march 29 at the hotel bethlehem it included an addi tional technology area near the bethlehem technology center an area set aside for recreation including an olympic-size swim ming pool ice hockey rink and multi-screen cineplex a steel making museum office and park ing space and an area for industri al and manufacturing sites we think the uses that have been reviewed are feasible a rezoning request by bethlehem steel corporation was granted by the city council on april 2 providing the company with full freedom to decide what will be built on a 160-acre tract of its former plant it will be a challenge to rede velop the land but it is one we will be up to meeting bethlehem steel vice president stephen donches said the 160 acres that will be rezoned stretch from the fahy bridge to the ore yards a surplus a new era in men's basketball is set to begin with former east strousburg university coach sal mentesana at the controls see page 24 sports 21-24 softball 24 jessica feigley 24 student senate viii comes to an end senate ix elects new executive board see page 6 news 1-6 world news briefs 2 dunk tank contest 3 singled out 4 can astrologers accurately forecast one's future thousands of people run their lives based on the heavens see page 9 lifestyle 9-16 cultural awareness 12 crossword 1 4 not just a face 1 5 q¥k the three most popular majors at lehigh are accounting finance and civil engineering source princeton review web page