Brown and White Vol. 87 no. 5

              lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa tuesday september 23 1975 215-866-0331 vol 87 — no 5 cable tv installation possible for future centennial residents by ed fiedler e'able television and radio in every idence hall room on campus may be a lity within the next few years providing the idea gets some immediate support from centennial residents said william quay dean of students results are due in today from the presidents of residence halls in the cen tennial i and ii complexes on whether students living there would be willing to have an extra 7.50 per semester added onto their residence halls bills quay said that fee which amounts to 50 cents per week is half the normal subscription rate of the service electric cable tv company for that fee each room would be wired to receive 12 television channels from new york philadelphia wilkes-barre and the lehigh valley as well as fm signals from the latter three areas the cable would also carry television stations wltn and wlrn-tv and radio stations wlvr-fm in stereo and wlrn students could also take advantage of service electric's home box office package which provides recent movies and extra tv channels the system proposal has received tentative approval from quay he says he will support the system if feedback from centennial residents is favorable as all residents there will be affected it's one of those things you can't do on an individual basis quay said it's a basic service like lounges everyone pays for it even if not everybody can use it the system was designed last spring by chris christian 76 business manager of wltn and bob seidel 75 active in the construction of wltn according to their proposal the total cost for the system is estimated at 11,000 for both centennial complexes if they are done at the same time the money to install the system would come from a university loan to wltn the 7.50 per semester fee would be used to pay off the loan centennial i and ii were chosen because the cable can be fed to each room through existing telephone conduits in those buildings quay added that other buildings may get the service if everything works out well in the initial installation the proposal for the system submitted by seidel and christian mentions that the system will provide a medium for distribution of important local events and educational programming on campus we've got to be realistic quay noted the educational proposal has been exaggerated to some degree the students may just want the system to watch games or soap operas he said there is nothing wrong with using tv for recreation quay said once the system is installed broadcasting of lectures films and other educational material to each room on campus will be possible by sally velthaus market value of endowment rises 6 million the market value of the university endowment fund experienced a rise of more than 6 million during the past year according to elmer w glick university vice president and treasurer . the rise after last year's decline of more than 9 million is due to a fluc tuating stock market according to glick the total endowment market value as of june 30 1974 was 46,420,000 this year's market value is 53,189,343 and the book value is 46,042,501 glick said the market value represents the selling price of the stock the book value represents the amount the stock was worth when it was bought plus any gains from dividends the make-up of the portfolio changes occasionally according to glick about 10 million is invested in corporate bonds a total of 26 million is invested in common stocks in such companies as exxon mobil oil international business machines ibm and general electric the responsibility of making decisions about the changes which are made in the portfolio rests on the finance committee of the board of trustees the com mittee said glick invests for stability and safety the university has experienced a deficit only twice since 1900 according to glick these deficits occurred in 1930-31 and 1969 70 in 1969-70 reserve funds had been allo cated in the budget because the board had anticipated the deficit some reserves for operating expenses are included in the budget each year glick said he does not foresee any reductions in the operating income of the school in the coming year seventy per cent of the total income to operate the school comes from tuition glick said the operating income should be more than last year he added the 2 million rise in the operating income this year results from the increase in tuition rates bb.w photo by martin 8aiz dummy the game was at west point smags student loans to get forum attention by ken bandler the forum student life committee is currently examining the situation at smags including complaints of poor security no transportation high heat bills and no play area for children said william leahy 76 committee chairman leahy and other standing committee chairmen will give their committee reports when forum vi reconvenes tomorrow afternoon in addition to smags leahy will report on the work of student life subcommittees the financial aid subcommittee will be examining the cancellable loan issue and the job situation for financial aid students leahy said that there are still unfilled jobs on campus available for financial aid students the extracurricular activities sub committee will be examining the housing shortage the room lottery and policy on sororities the administration committee is waiting for information on administration growth from dr richard spriggs vice president of administration said lawrence leder committee chairman and chairman of the history department he added that the committee's report on this issue should be completed in a week to 10 days robert sarrubi academic environment committee chairman and associate professor of mechanics will report on the formation of several subcommittees these subcommittees will examine issues including academic regulation faculty loads and apprentice teaching in ad dition subcommittees will look at the possibilities of a student ombudsman and a system of course evaluation he added the priorities planning and development committee will no longer be involved with phase ii of the new century fund it's five year postponement to 1980 does not make the issue a present priority said ferdinand beer committee chair man and chairman of the department of mechanics beer said that the various sub committees will examine the adequacy of library facilities and the acc he added that he was unsure of the affect the committee will have on the acc since most of the important decisions have already been made feaver told to step down as hpt head by ron winters douglas feaver professor of classics and former chairman of the humanities perspectives on technology hpt program has told the brown and white that although he was not happy stepping down from the hpt position this summer he is satisfied with the reasons given to him for the action he added that he is sure the program will continue successfully under edward gallagher associate professor of english john hunt dean of the college of arts and sciences declined to comment on the reasons for feaver's situation feaver said joseph maurer then classics department chairman told him he would have to leave the hpt post due to problems his position caused within the classics department feaver said the reasons stemmed from the fact that the classics department is relatively small and inflexible he added that the high number of students currently studying classics at the university resulted in a squeeze for instructors which was magnified by his spending more than half his working time with hpt feaver said however that he felt that arrangements could have been made to cover his duties in the classics department by part-time personnel he commented that the shortage of faculty in the classics department pressured him into stepping down he added that the hpt program leadership cannot be compared with a department chairmanship feaver said he considered the position that of an in terdisciplinary director bb.w photo by leidner william quay see feaver page 9 inside defense p 12 work load studied p 4 workshop women p 6 sat exams rapped p 9