Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 32

              editor's note this is the last of a series on the incinerator which has just been approved for construction on applebutter road in bethlehem after three years of controversy over a proposal to build an electricity generating incinerator in bethlehem city council members finally approv ed the project tuesday night by a close 4-3 margin see incinerator page 4 financing the project mchale said the solid waste incinerator is an essential element of any serious attempt to meet the needs of the lehigh valley in the ftiture he also supported smith's recent proposal for a recycling facility but said the recy cling project alone would not meet needs of the region we belong to a larger regional community mchale said this is a the decision came after almost three hours during which an emotion al crowd of people voiced opinions most of them ruthlessly opposing the project because of environmental con cerns but among the proposal's pro ponents were mayor ken smith and state rep paul mchale d-133rd dis trict who urged council members to pass the bill because they said it is a safe and essential undertaking to meet the area's nature needs bethlehem is now the first of 62 possible municipalities to commit solid waste to the incinerator which is being planned by the lehigh valley solid waste authority according to the new ordinance the city must contribute a minimum of 45,000 tons of solid waste per year of the 200,000 tons needed for the facility's operation smith affirmed the administration's support for the incinerator in saying the project will minimize risks to participating municipalities having authorized 100 billion for the brown and white lehigh university v 01.98 n0.32 friday march 4 1988 bethlehem pennsylvania ifc bans beds freshmen 215 758-4181 by jim stanley brown and white news writer the interfraternity council ifc met wed nesday attheta xi to discuss issues such as the proposed dry rush schedule and changes in the greek week bed races the social committee chairmen kevin bak er 89 and tony wolk 89 introduced a tentative schedule outlining the proceedings of the fall 1988 fraternity rush program the first week of closed rush would begin the last week in august all freshmen including fem ales would not be allowed in fraternities except for open houses instead the upperclassmen are encouraged to visit fresh men in their dorms or at an ifc promotional gathering open house would take place on three consecutive days with certain groups of houses open each day the proposed open house dates are sept 2-4 the monday after open house would mark the first day of open rush during open rush freshmen are permitted 550 vote for senators 36 represent students byannedontzin brown and white news writer the student senate elections were held march 2 in grace lounge of the university center approximately 550 students voted for the newly created senate positions a total of 36 senators were elected the number of senators will be brought up to 45 when freshman senators are elected in the fall after the new freshman class arrives the new senate seems like it may be more visible and have more influence than the old forum system according to brian cooke 89 a forum member and student senator from what i can tell though everything's still being organized right now creating a new student government is a sticky job and the student heads of forum are still working on making forum's replacement effective and workable itshould be interesting cooke added and i'm glad to be a part of the new system if there's goingi ng to be a chance for me to make a difference when it's needed i'm going to take advantage of it pam brady 91 allison camp 89 beth duncan 90 debbie see senate page 5 to visit the fraternities and go to parties provided there is no alcohol being consumed in the house baker believes that this period of rush will enable houses to rush more level headed people decisions about giving out bids will be made with a clear mind he said also many professors and parents are against the fratern ity system because they think all we do is drink we can change that misconception with a strong rush program rush will conclude on oct 28 bid day when freshmen will be allowed to drink at the fraternity houses enforcement methods of the new rush pro gram are still under consideration it is under stood however that strict penalties will be implemented to fraternities in violation of the rules freshmen will also be penalized for infractions the greek week planning committee dis cussed the new format of this year's bed races see ifc page 3 protege echoes king's crusade by hope goldhaber brown and white desk editor rev joseph roberts who succeed ed martin luther king sr as pastor of the ebenezer baptist church in 1975 in atlanta ga spoke monday evening in neville lounge about how martin luther king jr changed the world by saying no more of this and how we need to say no more to the continu ing injustices surrounding us if one tries to trace the taproots of martin king's philosophy of non violence it is clear that it can really be traced to jesus christ roberts said referring to chapter 22 of luke in the bible roberts said on the day before jesus was to be killed peter cut off the ear of the high priest's guard and jesus said no more of this likewise king said no more of this in 1956 roberts explained while he was in montgomery ala when through some alchemy of the lord through some providential coincid ence martin king the scholar was teamed up with rosa parks the seamstress she sat down on the bus b&w photo by aldo frigo rev joseph roberts places like pennsylvania connec ticut california and ohio as well as in the south he noted that of the 15,000 klan members 15 percent are teenag ers and 33 percent are women and vietnam veterans many members of the klan are see roberts page 5 that day and the scholar and the seamstress changed america in clarifying the method by which king did indeed change america roberts made the distinction between non-violence and non-violent resist ance he said king never said to roll over and play dead but rather to organize in order to peacefully resist roberts said just as jesus healed the ear of the guard king addressed our wounds and tried to heal them the initial wound king tackled was inequality when he started to rectify what had started with thomas jef ferson's interpretation of the black man as a fraction of a man roberts said this refers to three out of five slaves counting towards representa tion in the u s house of representa tives at the signingof the constitution roberts cited the 1964 civil rights act as an example of king's success at achieving equality despite king's impact roberts stat ed racism is a disease that per meates the body politic he cited the resurgence of the ku klux klan in council vote ends 3-year incinerator debate b&w photo by henriette eisner this six-foot tall stuffed bear is part of the senior class chinese auction which will be held tuesday through thursday from 10 a.m to 3 p.m in the university center by kristin upani and mary greczyn brown and white news editors