Brown and White Vol. 95 no. 37

              lehign university brown ana white vol 95 — no 37 bethlehem pa tuesday february 28 1984 215 861-4184 proposed calendar issues discussed by judy buckley forum xiv remains at a standstill as to whether to start classes beforeor after labor day in 1985 and 1986 according to dean of students william quay quay said students voted against the new calendars which schedule school to open after labor day to accommodate this later opening there would be a three day pacing break instead of the usual four final exams would stretch over an eight-day period and the review consul tation and study rcs period would fall on a weekend according to quay students objected to these concessions he added that stu dents also voted against the new calendar because they felt their voices were not being heard one student said this the new calendars proposal is being railroaded quay said quay said he was misquoted in the feb 24 brown and white article which had him saying all students voted to start late and all the faculty voted to start early he said rather that most stu dents voted against the proposed calend ars and hence for an early start steve link 85 student forum repre sentative to the calendar committee concurred with quay when he stated students feel it's being rushed through and that their questions are not being answered link said students weighted the rashed-exam period heavier than the advantage of being able to work an extra week if school started later students do not realize that two extra days during the final period does not greatly change their chances of getting back-to-back finals link added as a three-year member of the calendar committee link said he understands the constraints the commit tee works under and compromises which must be made forum co-chairman greg schulze director of intramurals said it's a shame the whole university can't partic ipate in all the data the committee has had to wrestle with if everyone knew they'd concur with the forum to start after labor day the end result needs to be a com promise the committee has weighed all the factors and come out with the best shot the balance of the folks haven't had a chance to weigh some of the data so they don't agree that's the best option schulze stated link said that most of the forum members did not read the four-page proposal but just looked at the new calendars neil singer 85 student forum repre sentative to the calendar committee commented that the students just look at the bad points ignoring the good ones according to university registrar james wagner the all-university cumulative average went up for the just completed fall semester when the exam schedule was compacted into eight days singer said that the students objecting to the shortened exam schedule are not 82 graduate fatally injured in car accident by rob wengert douglas smith 82 was fatally injured in a car collision with a tractor trailer on the connecticut turnpike friday morning and a lafayette college alumnus was critically injured in the accident smith a resident of darien conn was driving along the turn pike 1-95 near stamford conn at about 1:30 a.m when he lost con trol of his car hitting the left guar drail and skidding across the highway according to connecticut state police the car stopped after hitting the right guardrail smith and his passenger bruce ruehl an 82 lafayette alumnus and smith's roommate were jackson provides choice criticizes reagan policies by pete trumbore speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of approximately 3,000 at lafayette col lege's kirby field house saturday the rev jesse jackson called for a new direction in government not just a new president or a new candidate jackson said that the american people must rise above race and sex exploita tion . . . our time has come he said if you want a candidate who has worked and lived for justice here i am a choi ce ... a chance in his speech before a predominantly white audience jackson discussed the goals of his candidacy he said he wants to focus on the misery of the poor tone down the advantages given to private corporations and industry give the american worker a greater say in the workplace cut the defense budget and develop a foreign policy based on ameri can values and diplomatic skill rather than military might following the speech jackson called everyone who was 18 years of age or older and not registered to vote down to the front asking for quiet from the rest of the audience for this right to vote he said many people lost their lives the group of more than 200 people was then led outside to register jackson said that after three years under ronald reagan there is more misery in the nation than ever before he said that 15 percent of the nation is in poverty mostly women children and the elderly most are not on welfare they're too proud most poor work every day they've had their lives stolen by corporate greed jackson said the government must be of the working peo ple not of big business b&w photo by george cook the rev jesse jackson brought his rainbow coalition to lafayette college's kirby field house saturday for a speech before an enthusiastic audience of 3,000 jackson said if you want a candidate who has worked and lived for justice here i am a choice . a chance institute's incubators aid fledgling valley businesses by dhiren shah the university's ben franklin institute is helping to support five small privately owned businesses and has two more in sight for the near future according to michael bolton executive director of the institute and assistant to the president the institute established to bring together private high technology bus iness government and the commun ity has a good start in the lehigh valley as two incubators have been set up bolton said bolton noted that one of the incubators is located in the university's centennial school build ing and one\n bethlehem steel's homer research lab which was donated by bethlehem steel to help the institute get started according to bolton the idea of an incubator is to help small companies get a start and allow companies under one roof to share facilities which helps keep overhead cost and other services down he added that the companies help each other as they experience some of the same problems and must find a solution together bolton said that incubator companies pay rela tively low rent have access to the university computer and may receive grants from the institute the four advanced technology busi nesses in the centennial building are provost presenting paper at international symposium by tony coppola university provost arthur humphrey is currently attending an international symposium in india according to debra hamann assistant to the provost humphrey will be presenting a paper at the seventh international symposium on biological technology being held in kampur india also presenting a paper at the sympo sium is janice phillips assistant profes sor of chemical engineering humphrey who holds a doctorate in chemical engineering left for india on february 16 and will be returning by march 4 hamann said he will be returning through london england in order that he may complete some other business with air products inc arthur's work concerns fermenta tion technology according to sheila humphrey the provost's wife fermen tation technology involves converting the gases from decaying organic matter into energy today there is an increas ing interest in fermentation as a possible route to energy because it is renewable fermentation involves single celled animals last week the provost and nine of his associates were invited to the residence of indira ghandi according to mrs humphrey she said that her husband was impressed with mrs ghandi and found her to be quite an interesting per son she added that the details of the trip and her husband's encounter with ghandi would not be clear until he returns in march see accident page 4 see open page 4 see jackson page 5 see institute 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