Brown and White Vol. 88 no. 13

              lehigh university brown and white vol 88 — no 13 bethlehem pa friday october 22 1976 215-866-0331 edpol subcommittee report recommends modifications of university admissions by joe burke the university must modify its ad missions policies and educational programs m order to accommodate a projected decline m the nations college age population during the 1980s according to a report made by the educational policy committee's ed pol subcommittee on admissions the report was presented to ed pol wednesday for its consideration the report recommends that the university admit students without regards to sex within certain constraints these include maintaining the character of the three colleges traditional consideration for athletes minorities and talented students and regard for residence halls limitations last november the arts and science college faculty passed a resolution to drop the present 20 per cent women's quota brian brockway dean of the college of business and economics and chairman of the subcommittee on admissions said the resolution was considered m the report in discussing the decline m college-age population the report points out ramifications with regard to the university warning signs the report proposes that ed pol con sider warning signs made by the carnegie commission on higher education with respect to the university one major factor is the problem of high inflation and continued high unemployment another factor is the decrease m birthrate which is resulting m a decrease m the need for teachers at all levels in addition the increase m student's interest m part-time schooling and non-credit courses is an area of concern the university will find it more difficult to recruit students from its traditional pool of applicants the report states the university should expect its applicants to be less qualified m the future the report states implementation of programs in volving remedial work should be con sidered according to the report 4000 undergraduates this year the university has reached its goal of an enrollment of 4000 un dergraduate students according to the report eric ottervik vice president for planning pointed out that an un dergraduate enrollment of 4000 students is crucial to the budget without that number our largest item faculty salaries must be decreased the report states the report recommends that the quality of undergraduate instruction be stressed pointing out that m the last 10 years graduate work and research have been of primary importance at the university there must be active improvement m undergraduate programs through the development of new educational techniques and the exposure of senior faculty members to all levels of courses according to the report the report notes that policies for retraining faculty members m other department areas are necessary some of these programs have already been im plemented the report continues and if successful the more flexible faculty will brian brockway octoberfest eat drink be merry taylor stadium has seen numerous football baseball and lacrosse games as well as a few graduations and band con tests—but tomorrow its first full-fledged beer-flowing oc toberfest will inundate the stadium's west end according to robert lospinoso a residence halls area coordinator the residence halls council rhc sponsored event taking place m taylor stadium parking lot from noon to 5 p.m tomorrow will be the first residence halls-wide activity ever twenty booths will be set up by various living groups adding to the aesthetic value of the afternoon will be live oompah music provided by a student musical group lospinoso said one of the more interesting attractions of this first oc toberfest will be the demolition of a vw minibus donated by a resident of drinker 4 said lospinoso he added that swings at the vw minibus with a sledgehammer will cost 3 for 50 cents the proceeds from this activity will fund the adoption of a foster child by the members of the drinker 4 living group admission to the octoberfest is 1 for residence halls tenants who must provide their meal card for identification of their residence halls status and 1.50 for all others with college ids this fee entitles each admittee to free light and dark beer lospinoso said music will also be provided by a student jazz band a dice game wheel of fortune sponge throw the targets include dean of students william quay as well as other faculty and ad ministration volunteers computer dating and balloon shaving are among the other attractions lospinoso said food including crepes funnel cakes homemade root beer and cotton candy will also be sold at the student-run booths the tradition of octoberfests originates from munich ger many where the traditional celebration of the first tapping of the year's beer supply results m a 15-day party the idea of con cessions booths also comes from germany where agricultural and livestock exhibits are a yearly tradition lospinoso estimates that this first octoberfest will draw 600 participants and most of the money generated from the activity will go to rental fees and local charities city police investigation dropped reported assault ruled unfounded by eileen canzian editor-in-chief a woman student's report that she was attacked on campus last month was an unfounded complaint according to city police investigation of the case has been dropped police would not comment on how the decision to drop the case was reached the brown and white earlier reported the student had reported attacks several times m the past william quay dean of students said the student is undergoing counseling and that the university has decided not to seek disciplinary action against her city police said they would not file charges against the student the student had reported she was at tacked by three young men about 2 a.m sept 17 while walking on the road behind m&m and dravo houses the road behind the dorms is bounded by steep wooded slopes and until recently was virtually unlit police said the student's clothes were torn and she had bruises on her buttocks and back st luke's hospital reports showed the student was not raped but city detectives continued investigation of possible assault campus and city police participated m the initial stage of the investigation before the case was turned over to the city's central division of detectives who conduct long-term investigations william quay by anne fleming safety lights are installed on dravo road additional temporary lighting was in stalled last week on the road behind mc clintic-marshall m&m and dravo houses temporary lighting has also been placed on the path m the woods between drinker and m&m until this month the path had never been lit following a reported incident several weeks ago m which a female student was allegedly attacked on dravo road ad ministrators moved quickly the following week to authorize plans for further tem porary lighting off the road one 50-yard stretch of the road had been m complete darkness last wednesday over one month after the reported attack paul miller superin see policy page 4 see lights page 5 inside weekender p 4 streak to end p 7 net nemesis p 8 maine preview p 8