Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 35

              do you feel protected by the police lehigh students the major concern is protection murphy said if a student is arrested for drunkenness they must have done some thing to draw attention to them by the way they act the residents of bethlehem sometimes feel that students are inconsiderate because of loud noises garbage and cursing at the residents when there is a problem the resident usually calls the police and often lu applications increase fewer will be admitted with the rising cost of tuition and no guarantee of financial aid students couldn't afford to apply to lehigh he said more funding has allowed us to grant financial aid to students who need it and this gives more students an opportunity for higher education in addition lehigh participated in 250 college fairs this year compared to only 107 fairs last year lehigh had always had a great reputation said debra milne 92 i'm glad that greater recruiting efforts were made this year so that people will be made more aware of how much lehigh has to offer pat boig admissions director said people are realizing that lehigh is just a great place to be percent i think this big jump in applications to lehigh says a lot for the university itself said amy llewellyn 92 lehigh has always been an excellent school but now apparently its reputation is spreading and others want to be a part of it llewellyn said the increase is a result of larger resources in the admissions office this year lehigh made 908 recruiting trips to high schools compared to only 514 last year i would attribute the increase in applications to the fact that this is the first year that lehigh is guaranteeing financial aid to any incoming freshman who needs it fisher said by jennifer steimke news writer although applications to lehigh have increased by 10 percent this year over last year next year's freshman class will likely be smaller than previous years because of lehigh s new policy of guaranteeing financial aid to all accepted freshmen the engineering school has realized the greatest increase in applicants according to robert fisher periodicals edi tor the numbers reveal that applications to the engineering school are up by 1 8 percent which is cyclical in the economy applications to the college of arts and science were up 12 percent while applications to the business school were up five the brown and white lehigh university friday march 6 1992 vol 99 no 35 bsw photo by rob gutman on many nights at least one bethlehem police car can be found in the wawa parking lot new zoning may bring mcdonald's to south side many local residents opposed to the proposed changes by kara villamil science editor angry residents claiming potential park ing problems and aesthetic threats voiced their opposition to the proposed rezoning of a five points property from residential to commercial at tuesday night's city council we are a community that could be on the verge of revitalization and anything you build will greatly impact us mary beth wool south side resident see zoning page 8 meeting council will not take action on the zoning request until the city completes a traffic study of the wyandotte street area and the poten tial impact of the rezoning the residents oppose the plan of the property's owner lester miller to build a fast food restaurant on his properties at 434 38 wyandotte street and 5 10 dakotah street if the zoning change is approved among other complaints they cited the existing parking problem in the area which they say will only be worsened by the addition of a high-traffic business while the proposed commercial venture would add to the current upswing in south side economic development residents still ex by alan calderon news writer the recent crimes on and off campus have caused students to question the effectiveness of the bethlehem police thomas p murphy commissioner of the bethlehem police said the bethlehem police force's major concern is attacks against the people of bethlehem murphy said he feels that communication is poor between the bethlehem police and see police page 2 students are arrested for drinking murphy said we understand the students will not al ways walk the straight and narrow murphy said but they should be considerate it is a two-way street murphy added that he would be willing to talk to students if they feel they have been harassed by bethlehem police he would like what do lu students like to do in their free time page 9