Brown and White Vol. 85 no. 7

              lehigh university brown and white vol 85 — no 7 bethlehem pa friday september 21 iw3 bs6-0331 calendar group meeting marked by heated debate by jeff bodenstab heated debate characterized the open meeting of the calendar committee wednesday as students faculty and ad ministrators gathered to hash out a wide range of viewpoints on the schedule of classes exams and holidays issues discussed at the meeting were the proposed calendar's effect on the quality of education no classes on religious holidays and a host of other topics i propose we return to the post christmas examination period this statement appeared in a written memo titled final exams after christmas please distributed by forbes brown professor of mechanics at the meeting brown explained in his statement an hour of learning outside the classroom is more important than an hour in class and he strongly objects therefore to any decrease in the total elapsed time from the beginning to the end of each term he further stated that the present motivation behind the movement to shorten terms might be unhealthy he added in his oral statement i don't think convenience should be of particular im portance jeff bloom 76 contradicted brown saying that classes were more important to the learning process than exams which would be disproportionately emphasized by the long wait over christmas vacation robert folk professor of physics agreed that the final exams should be held after christmas he said studying for exams is a very important educational process we are destroying a very valuable educational tool b&w photo by vlahakes calendar controversy the proposed calendar drew heated debate from various campus interests at the calendar committee's open meeting wednesday no discipline for delta phi states quay by kevin flanagan there is no evidence that i've seen at the present time which would indicate hazing activities william l quay dean of student life said tuesday regarding the death of mitch fishkin fishkin 19 died of multiple head in juries last thursday morning as a result of jumping from a moving car on mountain drive near homer research lab quay stated there will be no further investigation other than an examination of existing facts i believe that all facts are now known what is left is to review what we now know he said i feel it is unwise to come up with restrictions based on rumors there is no u language requirement not necessary says hunt by gary levine my personal position on the language requirement is that there need be no requirement at all in order for us to achieve most of the ends and all of the important ones for which the present requirement is designed said john hunt dean of the college of arts and sciences in a written statement to the arts faculty responding to the idea that the foreign language requirement drives students away from the college of arts and sciences he said that it affects enrollment but not radically hunt said many students come here because the college has such a requirement he said many liberal arts students are attracted to lehigh because it takes a definite stand on what it believes is a liberal education hunt explained in the judgment of the faculty of the college of arts and sciences and confirmed by the university knowledge of a foreign language is a requisite for a person who claims to be liberally educated we can look forward to a future in which we can in general be more responsi vely flexible in our program and in our curriculum hunt said that the most accurate description of the present language requirement is as stated in the 1971-73 lehigh catalogue it reads each student is required to achieve third-year level proficiency in one language the number of hours varies depending on the language four law school advocates meet with trustee committee this is the first of a four-part-series on law school presentations to the board of trustees by four prominent members of the lehigh community dean brian brock way's views are covered this issue with vice-president albert zettlemoyer prof joseph mcfadden and vice-provost eric ottervick to follow ed ) by craig gordon four advocates of establishing a law school at the university met wednesday morning and afternoon with two of the four - members of the board of trustee law school committee h p mcfadden and donald stabler the other two members william ' eagleson and james walker were reported to be out of the country joseph mcfadden chairman of the educational policy committee vice provost eric v ottervick vice-president albert zettlemoyer and dean of the college of business and economics brian g brockway each spoke on different ways a law school would benefit the university mcfadden spoke on the internal benefits ottervik spoke about the budget aspect zettlemoyer discussed how the law school would improve lehigh image and brockway talked about the need for lawyers brockway s presentation centered on the report of the american bar association's special committee on professional utilization given at the an nual meeting of the association in august 1972 among the points emphasized were there is no evidence that in the foreseeable future there will be more lawyers than can be satisfactorily em ployed refuting one of the main arguments against the establishment of a law school at the university it is a natural resource to have a large pool of well-qualified lawyers in a nation no limitation or restriction should be placed on students entering law schools by restricting the number of places in these schools at present many qualified hugh p mcfadden new student aid formula governs who gets loans the needs test was a desirable thing said university financial aid director william stanford the new means or needs test instituted in march 1973 has changed the method of obtaining low interest loans before the means test a family who had an income less than 15,000 could automatically obtain a loan now everyone must undergo the test in order to get financial aid the first step of the test is the filing of a parent's confidential statement for the college scholarship service or a family financial statement for the american college testing program this form is sent to the financial aid director of the school who uses a predetermined table to decide how much money the family can afford to pay the rest of the college cost is the amount of aid the student may receive an in terest-subsidized loan is part of this aid before the means test the financial aid directors played no part in deciding who qualified for loans the means test helps decide which families are most deserving of loans for example a family whose income is below 15,000 may have only one child attending college and not really need the loan and a family with an income over 15,000 may have more children in college and have a real need for the loan many banks are reluctant to give loans as freely as they used to because past borrowers have not paid back their loans the parents who had been expected to pay back the money may have had a falling out with the student and refuse to pay banks generally do not lend more money than the college has determined that the student needs there is talk in congress of reverting back to the old way of giving financial aid but stanford said the means test should be continued although some students have failed to live up to their obligations with loans he said the loans should still be made out to the students many parents however do not want their child saddled with the burden of the loan stanford said a compromise could be made by making some loans out to parents and others to students see quay page 5 see calendar page 5 see u language page 4 see 2 trustees page 4