Brown and White Vol. 111 No. 1

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 all the lehigh news first vol 11l no 1 friday september 5 2003 university loses alumnus friend by jessica glowinski assistant news editor the lehigh community suf fered the loss last month of one of its most prominent and sup portive members with the death of peter c rossin rossin died at the age of 79 on aug 10 in sewickley pa rossin who graduated from lehigh in 1948 with a bache lor's degree in metallurgical engineering is best known as the man behind the p.c rossin college of engineering and applied science the college was named after him in 1999 after he and his wife ada donat ed 25 million to the university in 1998 to strengthen the engi neering program pete was always interested in making sure that students get the best education that they deserve from such a fine aca demic institution as lehigh said mohamed el-aasser dean of the engineering college he wanted to be sure that we have all the resources necessary to achieve this goal lehigh lost a true and loyal friend during the past five years the rossins have given the engineer ing college an additional 2.5 million el-aasser said the money has gone to hire 30 new faculty members as well as create new programs at both the undergrad uate and graduate levels initiatives made possible through the rossin college include the bioengineering and environmen tal engineering programs that were started last year graduate studies in optical technology and an engineering minor that may be started next year multiple rossin fellowships and eight professorships have also been awarded to graduate students and faculty over the years pete's generosity allowed us to propel the college activities and fast track the transformation process that was badly needed to retain a leading position in engineering education on the national scene el-aasser said rossin's involvement with the university went beyond donations however president gregory farrington said that he spent many hours discussing the future of the engi neering college with rossin and that just before he died rossin was planning on visiting the campus to discuss how the col lege was integrating information technology into its programs pete's contributions to lehigh were far more than just financial though his financial generosity was truly exception al farrington said rossin came to campus last october to receive the lehigh engineering ingenuity award and took the time to meet with many engineering professors while he was here el-aasser said he also visited the campus twice in the past two years to hear presentations from new rossin professors for those who knew him rossin was a shining example of not only a successful busi nessman but also of a good per son he was enthusiastic about everything he talked about el aasser said he enjoyed his life and wanted to share it with oth ers around him i will miss him dearly b&w photo by laina erde at the beginning of a damp semester students make their way to morning classes on the path near lewis lab positions filled by some new faces by patrick fulton assistant news editor after a year-long search eric kaplan of the university of pennsylvania has been appoint ed the new dean of admissions and financial aid kaplan was employed at the university of pennsylvania for nine years working his way up to the position of director of admissions he was accepted for his new position in mid-august and will arrive at lehigh on sept 15 kaplan has also worked at brandeis and boston university j president gregory farrington said he has been involved in the management of staff publica tions print literature and has had limited regional responsibility provost ron yoshida said that it is up to the dean of admissions to help make lehigh more com petitive and diverse eric is another set of eyes who can come in and see what the needs are - needs in terms of ideas to recruit students in a bet ter way and help execute a vision yoshida said kaplan said that he is ready rotc international students move by kathrin klenshteyn assistant news editor during the summer the rotc program moved from coxe lab to the basement of the university center and in their place the office of inter national students is scheduled to move to coxe lab some time in november or december these two moves are the domino effect of plans that have been in the making for about a year now according to colonel william kuchinski depart ment chair and professor of military science and leader ship and bill hunter director of the office of international students and scholars the global union was looking for a new facility and thought coxe lab would be a good place to move to university administrators came to the rotc with the proposition the rotc said they wanted a more central ized location and the lower uc turned out to be the per fect fit heads of both organizations see the moves as steps in the right direction i really thought it was a win-win situation kuchinski said it's important to know that the move will be a good thing said bill hunter refer ring to how cramped the offices had become during the past year we outgrew the space he said i don't have an office right now joked rae snell admin istrative coordinator of the office of international students and scholars in fact i don't even have a whole desk the offices grew because the needs grew although the square footage of the uc basement is slightly less than that of coxe lab kuchinski says the design works much better rotc cadet kyle shelato 05 an said i find the new location to offer more space with facilities of higher quali ty theodore zagraniski 04 said he was pleased with the battalion's move to the uc we have a little less space but our facilities are now brand new courtesy of % lehigh and i really appreciate all the support we got from the university during our move i see deans page 3 see move page 3 men's soccer game called due to fatigue and lightning see story page 20 sports 19-20 field hockey 19 football preview 20 university releases crime statistics to campus see story page 2 news 1-4 b&w online 4 students gain real world experience from internships see story page 7 lifestyle 7-14 matter of opinion 9 horoscopes 13 in tune 14 quick once c human reaches age 35 he/she will start losing about 7,000 brain cells a day source www.amusingfacts.com