Brown and White Vol. 105 no. 28

              see update page 8 the progress of the campus pub m lamberton hall has stalled due to the wait for a response from the state government on whether a liquor license will be approved for the lehigh campus until a response is received from the state capitol m harrisburg construction on the pub cannot begin jennifer volchko associate dean of stu dent life said that the university administra tion has done all that it can they have answered all of the government's questions and tried to ease any uncertainties this is different from what they have seen before she said colleges around here do not have liquor licenses lehigh is trying to forge new ground volchko explained and that takes some time to accomplish volchko also pointed out that it is diffi cult for the state to accept that people not of drinking age will be m the same environ ment as a pub which can only accept cus tomers that are 2 1 or older in establishing the pub lehigh may be setting a new precedent for many other col sociology professor discusses race relations by chris litman news writer at race as a dynamic process with the racial identity of a person changing over time was another topic washington addressed racial identity is also defined m a legal context she said by how the laws affect the racial identity of various groups as an example of how the meanings of names for particular individuals have changed over time washington cited what is called racial formation as a study of the dynamic nature of race for analytical and practical purposes we have to think of race as a process washington said individuals are m con stant dialogue with the meanings of racial identity and these meanings are constructed and reconstructed emphasis was also placed on the fact that racial identity is based upon interaction between different groups they are negotiatiated encounters with other groups and they are a basis and strug gle for power she said washington then explained what is called critical race theory a perspective that seeks to not only understand the links between the laws and racial power but to also produce change she explained that the motivations behind this discourse are one of an ethical nature there is the ethical commitment to human liberation to exposing the ideologi cal foundations and systems m order to change them she said mary l washington assistant professor of sociology and anthropology gave a lec ture entitled critical race theory and whiteness studies m price hall wednesday afternoon washington discussed her interest m racial identity formation and the role of various social institutions m producing that identity she spoke about a different perspective emphasizing the need to focus more on the relationships of power rather than the cul tural aspects of race the recent scholarly interest m looking see washington page 8 washington also noted that changes m laws are not enough for the human libera tion that critical race theorists prescribe for part of this critique is also a critique of affirmative action a critque of anti-discrim ination law washington said some of this scholarship argues that because of the very nature of law of upholding the status quo that it's the only thing that it can do law alone cannot be the savior of society james mclntosh professor of sociology and anthropology offered another view stat ing that laws can affect the behavior of indi viduals and society law can change behavior and it has the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 friday february 6 1998 all the lehigh news first progress on campus pub stalled wwii scientist's life explained vol 105 no 28 by jessica norris news writer by phoebe levin news writer and industrial research m 1937 from 1939 to 1955 bush was the president of the carnegie institute of washington during the presentation there was a lot of speculation why bush would be president of such an organization he was very ambitious and the institute was m trouble he bounced out all the social sciences cady said cady went on to discuss bush's science policy during world war n parts of bush's policy included independence for academic researchers distrust of the democratic process and convictions that the military ser see scientist page 8 vices were technologically incompetent he fought with the navy from day one cady said during world war 11 bush was involved m the development of many technological advances he assisted with the use of radar the proximity fuse and the construction of the atomic bomb from february to march 1942 215 american naval ships sank bush was aware that radar could change that cady said the navy had not used radar previous to b w photo by scott reynolds sue cady discussed influential scientist vannevar bush at a talk m maginnes hall a presentation on scientist vannevar bush was given by sue cady group leader of administrative planning and advance ment services for information resources wednesday m maginnes hall the presentation was part of the science society and technology program's colloqui um and lecture series vannevar bush is known as the engineer of the american century cady based her presentation on three recent works which provide a history of bush's life and his contributions to science and society during world war 11 he helped make many scientific advances bush was born to a poor unitarian min ister later married and had two sons his education began at tufts university where he received his bachelors degree m 1913 he then went on to massachusetts institute of technology and received his ph.d m 1916 bush always found creative ways to fur ther his goals cady said he cooked up a deal to get his degree m one year from mit she said bush began teaching at mit m 1919 throughout his lifetime bush held a variety of government positions he served as a member of the national advisory commission for aeronautics beginning m 1938 the naca eventually became the national aeronautics and space administration nasa bush 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