LehighWeek Volume 02, Issue 07

              INSIDE QUOTES:
Wrestling made me feel
stronger physically and
mentally. I gained confidence
in myself. 5 9
-Philip Rauch, '33 /j
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Call it one step for the
NCAA, but one giant step
for Peter Likins. 9 9
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By participating in theater, a
student becomes a supporter
of the arts, a more aware
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Volume Two, Issue Seven
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October 19,1988
Who's Afraid Of Heights?
The Lehigh University Phobia Program has been awarded a five-year, half-million dollar grant
by the National Institute of Mental Health to continue its work on agoraphobia, the severe fear
of public places. S. Lloyd Williams, director of th eprogram, and doctoral candidate
Gwendolyn Zane are shown checking out a possible site to help participants overcome the fear ^
of high, open spaces. Photograph by Berhnard J. Suess. See Story on Page %J
$5-Million Raised
For Scholarships
By William Johnson
Lehigh University Writers' Group
Lehigh raised $4.9 million for scholarships in 1987-88,
and in the last two years gifts to the university designated for
financial aid have increased 80 percent over the previous
two-year period.
Michael G. Bolton, vice president for development and
university relations, said the dramatic increase in financial-
aid fund-raising is a response to the times.
"'Families are having to find new ways to finance a
college education, and we're committed to helping them,"
Bolton said.
In announcing results of Lehigh's 1987-88 fund-raising
efforts. Bolton said the university last year passed the $25-
million mark in gifts from private sources for the first time
in the school's history, advancing major campus capital
projects, financial-aid goals and university operations.
Lehigh's chief development official emphasized the
university's commitment to making a Lehigh education
affordable to all qualified students.
"People see Lehigh's new Mountaintop Campus,
Murray Goodman Stadium and our plans for the Rauch
Business Center and it looks like Lehigh is doing very
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Welcome, Freshmen Parents!
Lehigh University will host the parents of its freshmen
students on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. for a
weekend of special cultural, educational, and athletic events.
The weekend's activities will begin at 9 a.m. on
Saturday with a discussion in Whitaker Laboratory Auditorium on student life at Lehigh led by members of the dean
of students office.
At 10:15 a.m. each undergraduate college will hold a
convocation to explain curriculum requirements. University
services, and educational opportunities. The College of Arts
and Science will meet in the Kravis Auditorium of Neville
Hall and the College of Business and Economics will hold
their session in the auditorium of the Sherman Fairchild
Center for the Physical Sciences. The College of Engineering and Applied Science will meet in Packard Laboratory
Auditorium.
More than 1.800 parents, faculty, students and their
guests are expected to attend the Parents Weekend luncheon
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ALUMNUS SHARES EXPERIENCE
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CULTURAL EVENTS ABOUND
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