Brown and White Vol. 98 no. 33

              about the rich heritages and contribu tions of all people to making america what it is today in her address to a packed house of lehigh faculty students and commun ity members grant explained that an appropriate way to bring a closure to the observation of black history month was to go back and examine one's self self-examination she explained will lead to a greater understanding of one's motives when people begin to accept and be secure in who they are they will no longer be afraid to embrace the contr b&w photo by keith rapaport gwendolyn grant the brown and white tuesday march 5 1991 lehigh university vol 98 no 33 odor causes fear of mudd chemical fire b&w photo by jason stanford nurse lee fredricks prepares to draw blood from matt wylie 93 last wednesday people describe as soviet meddling he said the soviet union has not sent any troops or money to the persian gulf and the united states would prefer that the soviets stay on the sidelines smolansky com mented that republicans and some democrats in washington are accusing the soviets of double dealing bush and his administration did not say that publicly said smolansky they have praised gorbachev for supporting the united states and the u.n they are grateful to the soviet union for their political and diplomatic support see relations page 8 u.s - soviet relationship casuality of gulf war says lehigh professor by jim fotopoulos brown and white news writer the war in the persian gulf has strained relations between the united states and soviet union inter national relations professor oles smolansky said in an interview last week smolansky a professor at lehigh for 27 years is an expert on soviet foreign policy and and its influence in the middle east because the soviets did become involved to save the iraqi army from destruction he said the soviets have contributed to the growing deteriora tion of soviet-american relations the united states is unhappy with what some by heather pauly brown and white asst news editor the bethlehem fire department responded to a possible chemical hazard that turned out to be only a non-toxic odor in the seeley g mudd building thursday night at 7:53 p.m a custodian noticed the odor between the first and third floors when he went into the building and contacted lehigh police we responded immed iately and notified the fire department said lt edward shupp we did a further investigation and it appears as though two organic chemical labs were heating chemicals and the smell was residual odor from the labs richard freeman office of risk management when firemen arrived they confirmed the odor and evacuated the building they then tested the air and discovered there were no dangerous chemical fumes present we made sure the building was evacuated it was handled quickly and professionally without danger to any individuals shupp said a spokesperson from the chemistry department said the smell came from overheated plastic and rubber couplings and that no chemicals escaped richard freeman of the office of risk manage ment said we did a further investigation and it appears as though two organic chemical labs were heating chemicals and the smell was a residual odor from the labs lt keven moyzan of the bethlehem fire depart ment determined that the building appeared safe and that all possible actions had been taken the building remained closed for the night ibutions made by africans to amer ica history can be derived from three perspectives grant said his story her story and the real story according to grant historical accounts found in most american textbooks do not tell the real story and often neglect the contributions made by africans grant asked if the audience knew the name of the african mathematic ian and architect who designed washington d.c benjamin bannek see african page 4 magazine columnist urges people to maintain unique traits by morcine scott special to the brown and white the diverse ethnic groups of the united states should not try to be a well-blended melting pot but should strive to maintain their unique charac teristics gwendolyn goldsby grant said at the unity dinner feb 28 grant a noted media psychologist educator and advice columnist for essence magazine delivered the keynote address at the fourth annual unity dinner which marks the end of black history month she said she supports mandatory classes that would teach students science buildinq a better television page 12