Brown and White Vol. 88 no. 35

              lehigh university brown and white vol 88 — no 35 bethlehem pa j tuesday february 22 1977 215-866-0331 administrators study sac deficits byjanemarcin senior news editor ways of eliminating the substantial student activities council sac concert deficit are being considered now by dean of students william quay and nathan harris assistant dean of students and sac advisor the approximate 1500 loss sustained by the sac after the renaissance concert wednesday prompted the move this loss follows an approximate 4200 loss on the harry chapin concert last semester these losses combined with a 2200 profit on last semester's jackson browne con cert brings the deficit of the current sac administration to 3500 total concert deficit for the sac is 13,200 last semester quay said concerts would be stopped if the sac continued to lose money on concerts this is the second year funding for sac concerts has been ap proved while the concert fund has had a deficit quay explained that funding was approved these two years because each year the sac assured him it would not lose money he said he believed the deficit started because student tastes became more diverse larger concerts were produced at an accompanying larger risk and costs for even intermediate-sized programs rose gary hirschberg 78 sac concert chairman pointed out that the sac produces about four to six programs per year as opposed to formerly producing one or two shows per year this doubles the chance for loss the sac concerts are not funded through the approximately 5,000 per semester m the sac budget each sac concert has an individual university ac count which is drawn upon and paid back when the concert revenue comes m all concert accounts according to sac treasurer chuck marino 77 are closed out at the end of the year into one concert account whether or not each concert made money he pointed out that the university is therefore funding the concerts although sac receives no concert subsidy per se this means the university absorbs the sac concert losses by paying the bills quay suggested several ideas to prevent the concert deficits from increasing one of these entails taking an additional 20 or so out of students tuitions per semester this money called an activities fee is attractive to the sac because it would provide more money for sac and other student activities to work with this activities fee would require as b w photo by bloom while frolicking in the freshman quad sunday afternoon £ . i these three women found the freshly fallen snow perfect odowjod for sculpting and throwing they are from left peggyann rogers 78 donna silverstein 80 and pam elliot 79 revisions made m title ix study by nettie taylor many recommendations and comments were reworded and inserted into the revised draft of the title ix self evaluation study of the educational amendment of 1972 by the student affairs equal op portunity steering committee at two meetings last week the committee also incorporated deadlines for the completion of several recommendations the committee inserted these changes upon written suggestions from brian finn 77 chairman of the forum student life committee and christie roysdon senior reference librarian the title ix report is the result of a study conducted by the university last semester that evaluates current policies and attitudes concerning the admission and treatment of students to determine any sex and minority discrimination changes were made m the draft to eliminate some confusion as to the clarity of many comments and recommendations for example the committee eliminated a section of the report stating with a few relatively minor exceptions the university's policies are not dis criminatory with respect to women or minority students . . " the report now reads this study should be recognized as a step but only one step m the direction of establishing complete equality of opportunity and treatment among all members of the university community implementation of the foregoing recommendations is most desirable but it should not be concluded that upon such implementation there will be equality roysdon questioned the committee about the disproportionate amount of space given to discrimination m the area of athletics as compared to university educational policies austin gavin committee chairman and executive consultant to the president explained that there is more opportunity for discrimination m athletics than m the classroom in athletics it's very easy to spot specifics m discrimination he said classroom discrimination is very sub tle roysdon suggested that the committee alarm repairs to he determined by ed bogucz editor-in-chief the buildings and grounds office is currently surveying five residence halls to determine what repairs will be necessary to bring the fire alarm systems back to operating condition between 25 and 30 per cent of the section fire alarms m richards dravo drinker mcclintic-marshall and taylor houses failed to operate properly during fire drills held m residence halls last monday we literally are taking an inventory of the fire alarm systems m the 5 dorms a buildings and grounds employe said university lowest in survey of tuition increase rates the university's tuition increase rate for 1977-78 is the lowest of seven penn sylvania schools surveyed by the brown and white schools surveyed on tuition room and board scholarships and aid statistics from 1975-78 include lafayette college car negie-mellon institute the university of pennsylvania bucknell university franklin and marshall college and muhlenberg college 1 comparison shows the university's increase rate of 7.2 per cent is the lowest followed by lafayette at 7.3 per cent bucknell increasing 10.1 per cent is the highest of those surveyed perms figures for next year were not available in numerical increases the university is level with lafayette at 275 only muhlenburg with 250 is lower bucknell increasing 400 is the highest regarding room and board the university will be charging 1,675 next year for a 21-meal plan and a room m centennials i or 11 carnegie-mellon will be charging 1,875 for similar accom modations perm which offers a variety of living arrangements ranging from suites to hi-rise apartments to rooms with private baths now charges from 902 to see sac page 5 see title page 5 see survey page 9 see college page 4 inside fueled p 5 security tripp p 6 successful saturday p 12