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              forum xlvs recommendation to con vert williams house to a coed-by-room dormitory next year received positive reactions from current williams residents those interviewed felt that students are mature enough to handle the situa tion and that for the most part the change would not cause them to move out the forum recommendation consists of two alternative housing plans for the 1984-85 school year both plans include the establishment of a residential college in taylor house but only the first plan includes a coed-by-room option accord ing to a straw vote taken at last tues day's meeting of the full forum xiv the excesses ambitions of shah blamed for hostage situation male student found dead by rhonda stone r stephen savinelli 84 was found dead in his hill house room wed nesday by campus police campus police chief eugene dax said savinelli 22 died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds according to the results of an examination by northampton county coroner joseph reichel reichel estimated savinelli had been dead at least seven days before his body was discovered a memorial mass will be given for savinelli on tuesday at 12:10 p.m at packer chapel an ecu menical service will take place the see hill house page 4 see coed page 4 also of williams affirmed this by saying i don't think any problems would arise that mature people couldn't handle according to some of the residents coed-by-room housing would enhance student relations in the dormitory especially in this dorm the guys and girls don't mix i think room-by-room there would be a lot more interaction kathi diclemente 86 said it would be good socially errickson said you can meet more people and interact better with them there are a lot of girls downstairs that we don't know very well and i'm sure that there are a lot of guys on our floor that they don't know this might help get the floors together first plan is the one preferred both recommendations are presently being reviewed by university president peter likins and the board of trustees visiting committee for residence life tom wignot residence area coordina tor said he feels the students are capable of dealing with the new situation i don't foresee any problems wignot said the reason why williams is mentioned is because we have two professional staff here myself and a resident assistant . . i think most students will tend to act more mature and will be responsible enough to handle themselves there " rich errickson 85 a williams resi dent said i think all the students would be adult enough to deal with something that could arise ed mcdermott 85 good egg b&w photo by leslie george the chicken man from the 3rd street emporium made a promotional appearance at the merchant's fair many of the southslde merchants participated in the event see story on page 3 goal they lacked the skilled work force necessary to achieve and maintain their goal the shah's main support came from a strong military significantly bolstered by the united states according to schaefer he said the iranians had one of the best air forces in the middle east schaefer added that one of the major reasons the u.s supported the shah in addition to iran's rich oil reserves was because of its strategic position the united states military was able to moni tor the soviet union from outposts in iran and this is why the expulsion of the united states from iran was deemed as a major loss he added according to schaefer several key factors contributed to the revolution in iran the goal of the shah - the moderni zation program of the shah was consi see former page 5 by tony coppola among the reasons given by former hostage ret air force col thomas schaefer 53 for the iranian crisis were the overly ambitious goals of the shah and the harsh methods he inflicted on the population to achieve those goals schaefer a university graduate who spoke in neville auditorium of the seely g mudd building tuesday was working as a military attache representing the u.s department of defense in iran when he was taken hostage for 444 days in 1980-81 the goal of the shah was to make iran one of the five greatest industrial nations in the world according to schaefer he said that although the shah had tremend ous capital reserves with which to work 22 billion per year from oil exports , iran was severely lacking in manpower he added that even if the iranian govern ment had been able to approach this lehigh university brown and white vol 95 — no 24 bethlehem pa..friday december 9 1983 215 861-4184 by stuart silberman the university is currently consider ing the purchase of the brith sholom community center building located on the corner of brodhead and west packer avenues but nothing definitive has been decided according to john woltjen university vice president and treasurer woltjen said he has had several meet ings with the congregation contacts to discuss terms which might lead to the eventual purchase of the property woltjen explained that the congrega tion approached us last summer with the intent of selling the property he commented that the majority of their membership has shifted from the south side to the north side of bethlehem and that they apparently don't have as many members as they had in recent years as a result the upkeep of the building might not be practical gary miller president of congrega tion brith sholom called the negotia tions a delicate situation . . the details williams residents endorse coed plan of which are not for public consumption miller said that ' information has been leaked despite instructions to the con trary and added that although many details were mentioned those things are not confirmed woltjen said that the congregation did have a meeting sunday to consider an offer from the university he added we can't go any further until we get a response from the jewish community center . . they need to make a decision the university owns a five-acre tract of land in hanover township just north of bethlehem that the congrega tion was interested in long before the initial proposal of the sale of the temple woltjen said miller would only comment that lehigh owns a parcel that we are inter ested in and that we have made some inquiries about university may eventually buy brith sholom on packer ave ahw sis jackie krasis 87 left watches while her big sister pat smink 84 slurps some ice cream at the big and little sister ice cream sundae party in the uc wednesday night by jonathan ansbacher