Brown and White Vol. 106 no. 7

              the brown and white lehigh university s student newspaper fourided in 1894 vol 106 no 07 friday september 25 1998 all the lehigh news first lutv plans to broadcast by jaime pumphrey news writer planning is underway to introduce a new club on campus that will produce its own student-run televi sion station the station will be called lutv and programming will consist of many different types of shows all pro duced by lehigh students mike edelman 99 president of lutv said the station will air many programs including sports com mentaries and independent films as well as produc tions from the theatre and english departments eventually we would like to have some lehigh alumni who are in the entertainment industry come and see what the club is doing he said todd schnirel 01 program coordinator for lutv is excited about the start of the station students could come in with ideas and have a forum to share them whether it is through a talk show a news show or a debate schnirel said it's a great way for people to express their thoughts and ideas eventually i would like to see lehigh have its own fully-functioning studio he said last year three students produced a show that had a format similar to saturday night live starring several student actors at the end of the show the students formed this club a show like that was a little crazy edelman said there were so many people involved lhat it was hard to keep everything under control while nearly 100 students expressed interest in the club at the club fair lutv slill needs funding and equipment to get started we just presented the club to the student senate and that is where most of the initial funding will prob ably come from edelman said backing from the faculty is also being looked into as it would help lutv kick off the season with a good start we're also working on getting faculty support he said later on down the line we will be fundraising we really applaud their efforts at trying to set up a television station for the university it would add one more piece to the campus media mix jack lule department chairperson of journalism and communication said the club's first organizational meeting will be held in approximately two weeks schnirel said the exact date will be announced on fliers and other advertise ments all interested students are welcome to attend hopefully if we're successful we'll get more sup port and university backing and see this thing take off he said that would be great b<s w w fry af/l/?c af/t lew matt darzano 00 talks with a company representative at the career fair held on wednesday at rauch field house campus police to extend force by geneia esterly news writer student patrols on bicycles employed by the campus police could be reporting for duty as carly as mid november lehigh police are planning to hire students to help improve safety and add to security efforts on campus several students will be hired to ride bikes in areas that patrol cars are unable to reach each patrol unit will consist of one male and one female and they will be stationed in visible high-activity areas on campus the goal of the program is to provide the university with a more extensive security network the program would be an asset to everyone eugene dax chief of campus police said i think it's a good plan and i know that it's going to work the role of students on patrol will be to act as the eyes and ears of the university police dax said who knows the campus better than the students he said student patrols will not be expected to act as police officers but as aides to the police they will carry police radios and report problems so campus police can take fur ther action b&w photo hy tyler cruger student patrols are expected to be riding bicycles such as those ridden by campus police one officer displays his equipment outside of johnson hall see police page 5 —^— aßusm hbsshbh quick b the football team the biology students tell about rav/l prepares to face the department received their experiences lj princeton tigers a 1 2 million grant studying abroad more p eo p e are killed ml see page 1 5 see page 3 see page 7 ttart tanf ra sports 15-20 news 1-6 lifestyle 7-14 mf sji r fcfl women's soccer 18 world news briefs 2 pizza professors 8 111l - bfl h i^l hku field hockey 19 friends of library 4 look who's talking 11 n z ■!•,.•• z-n^j men's soccer 20 aids lecture 6 events guide 14 bin/archives pmo+or