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              please see celtic page 4 5,000 competitions were only part of the fun two entertainment tents fea tured live celtic music dancing and comedians poetry concerts and literature readings were held at baw photo by george saghiyyah the highland games featured old-world events like the caber toss were a bit higher in this competition however bands and solo perform ers played for over $ 17,000 in prizes with the first place winner receiving clans of the ancient celtic highland ers who used crude athletic events to keep their soldiers in shape during periods between wars the competition consists of the stone put the sheaf toss the hammer throw the caber toss the braemar stone and the 56-pound weight for distance and height the event attracted the best high land athletes in the world competi tors from canada scotland and the united states were all on hand to test their skill and strength in addition to the games there was the highland dance competition featuring more than 100 dancers the dancers were judged on ac curacy timing technique and the general execution of the dance itself aside from athletics there were many other attractions and contests the highland piping competition offered a chance for some to strut their bag piping skills the stakes yeltsin wrong in russian standoff according to government professor by dan walker news writer please see russian page 4 the russian government is at a standoff following president boris yeltsin s decision to dissolve parlia ment last tuesday and call for the election of a new legislature in de cember donald barry government pro grass of people's deputies in an emergency session thursday to deal with the crisis yeltsin's support ers were quickly relieved of their seats in thecongrcss news fessor said russia has the only parliamentary sys tem that does not have an arrangement for dissolving the legislature therefore yeltsin s action was illegal the russian parliament reacted to the news by convening the con vol 101 no 6 browi * iite lehig tuesday september 28 1993 new dean wants more respect for arts and science program all the lehigh news first baw photo by marc calabrese james hobbs associate dean of the college of arts and science please see dean page 4 james b hobbs wants to dispel the myth that lehigh s arts and sci ence program is less demanding than those of the engineering and busi ness hobbs was appointed the new associate dean of the college of arts and science in september and be by andrea mccloud news writer lieves that his college is second to none arts and science is where it's at it's one of the best places i know of where you can strengthen your mind pull yourself together and make con nections hobbs said hobbs does not understand how the college of arts and science re ceived its third class status he sees a program full of excel lent faculty and interested students and an atmosphere where people can grow intellectually it is vital that students learn how to think and one of the best places to learn is the arts and science school hobbs said hobbs views the college experi ence as a vehicle through which stu center city hosts celtic fair and highland games by jennifer newman news writer the streets of historic bethlehem came alive this weekend with the sights and sounds of the sixth annual chevrolet celtic classic highland games and festival rich in heritage spirit and sports manship the event drew huge crowds from all over the lehigh valley james foley , president of the fes tival said that the event is a celebra tion of the customs culture and tradi tions of ireland scotland and wales we come together to remember these lands that while far away are alwaysclose in our hearts and minds foley said the weekend consisted of events which stretched fromfriday evening to sunday night one of the most popular events was the highland games competition the games originated with the marie c bqltz university libraries rm.306 linoerman library n0 030 sfp-fje fgffgb||js saturday night live 3 l s^is^^shpfl pa e meeting 3 ref^^kß pssffl prssa award 5 lf wr poverty and environment 7 ff jj^ej ama sony minidiscs 8 hfj sports 14-16 kp^h field hockey 1 5 men's soccer 15 football full coverage in sports page 16