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January 20,1999
Community liaison begins
Lehigh's Project IMPACT is
launching a new initiative to improve relations between off-campus students and their
neighbors on Bethle-hem's
South Side.
The IMPACT Community Liaison Program will
support Project IMPACT'S
goal of reducing alcohol
abuse and its second-hand
effects on others. The program will also try to increase the accountability
of students for inappropriate behavior off-campus.
David A. Shook, head
coach of the men's tennis team, will
be the community liaison. Recently
retired from the Northampton
County Adult Probation and Parole Office, where he was an intensive supervision officer, he teaches
criminal justice at Allentown College and is chairman of the board
of Stephen's Place, a half-way
house for addicts. He has 18 years
of experience
with substance abuse
programs.
Shook's responsibilities
will include
prevention,
mediation and
reconciliation.
He will work
God's Dream
Celebrating the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Shook
with Lehigh police, community relations, and dean of students office,
and also with city police and community groups.
"Community members have
been involved in Project IMPACT
since its beginning in 1996," said
John W. Smeaton, vice provost
for student affairs and director of
Project IMPACT. "This initiative
will allow us to work more closely
with our neighbors to prevent
problems and resolve potential
conflicts among students and local
residents, particularly as they relate to abusive drinking. The initial implementation will begin this
spring as a pilot program.
Based on our experience this
spring, we intend to have the program in regular operation at the
beginning of the new school year."
Funding for the program has
been provided by the Dorothy
Rider Pool Health Care Trust.
Shook served seven years on
the board of directors of the Alcohol and Drug Dependence Center,
and four as a director for the Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association. He chaired the
counties' Alcohol Highway Safety
Committee and directed the Community Work Service Program for
eight years.
A Coast Guard veteran, Shook
has a bachelor's in criminal justice
systems administration from
Alvernia College and an M.A. in
government from Lehigh. He received the Bronze Key Award from
the National Council on Alcoholism in 1984.
-Rita Malone-Sorensen
Photos by Paul S. Bartholomew
The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III delivered the main address on Sunday at Lehigh's annual Martin Luther King Day at St. Peter's Lutheran Church on Packer Avenue.
God uses imperfect people
to help bring about positive change, the Rev. Dr.
Calvin O. Butts III said Sunday
(Jan. 17) at Lehigh's annual celebration of the birthday of the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
God can uyu yuyn uiymuijii''"
flawed human being to bring
about the perfection of 'The
Dream,'" Butts said, referring to
King's famous "I Have A Dream"
speech. Butts was the featured
speaker at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church at the celebration, which featured singing
by the Lehigh Gospel Choir, the
Sons of Shiloh Gospel Choir and
soprano Donna Parris.
"I greatly appreciated Reverend Butts coming here, for being so inclusive with his message
and for working to bring all
people together," said Rev. Edith
B. Roberts, senior pastor of St.
Peter's.
During his half-hour speech,
Local soprano Donna Parris joins hands with William Scott,
master of ceremonies.
Robert Riley '02, who read the litany at the
church service, also joined with the gospel
singing.
Butts said that King's "Dream"
of peace, freedom and prosperity was really "God's dream." He
cited Thomas Jefferson,
America's third president, author of the Declaration of Independence and a
slave owner, as
an example of a
flawed man
who nevertheless helped lay
the foundations
of equality for
all people.
In 1961,
Butts replaced
the late Adam
Clayton Powell,
a black congressman from
Harlem, as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist
Church in New
York City.
A prominent
civil rights activist since the
1960s, Butts helped establish
the Thurgood Marshall Academy and has taught courses at
City College of New York and
Fordham University. A board
member of the United Way, he
has been outspoken on topical
issues such as negative rap lyrics, drug use and exploitative
advertising. He also led a group
which painted over liquor and
cigarette advertisements that
were prominently featured on
inner-city buildings.
About 350 people attended
the celebration. William Scott,
director of Africana studies, was
master of ceremonies. Lloyd
Steffen, university chaplain,
offered the invocation, and Ron
Yoshida, dean of education,
joined the Rev. Roberts in welcoming attendees.
-Phil Repash '97
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Student hospitalized;
meningitis possible
David Biddle '01, a resident of
Montclair Avenue, was in critical condition in the intensive-
care unit of St. Luke's
Hospital on Wednesday
morning (Jan. 20), after
becoming ill late Monday night. Biddle, who
was taken early Tuesday   morning   to   St.
Luke's emergency room
by his roommates, has a
severe bloodstream infection and a likely meningococcal disease.
Biddle, an architecture major from
Boalsburg, Pa,, would
be the second Lehigh
student in 15 months to
contract meningococcal
disease. Allyson
Shumway, a freshman,
died of the illness on Oct. 5,1997,
while spending Pacing Break at
her home in South Natick, Mass.
The cases are not related.
Meningococcal disease is not
highly contagious, but some
people may be at risk of contracting it. They are being contacted
by the dean of students office and
being given preventive antibiotics as a precaution by the Student Health Center. People are
considered at risk if they have
had close, prolonged personal
contact with Biddle in the 7 to
10 days prior to Monday, that is,
since Jan. 8.
The disease is primarily
spread through extended exposure to the same air in an enclosed space. A secondary
method of transmission is
through saliva, such as kissing
or sharing a glass. Casual contact like being in the same class
or eating a meal together is not
enough to put someone at risk.
Anyone who has had extended
close contact with Biddle should
visit the Health Center in
Johnson Hall or call it at x83870.
Center hours were extended until 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
Early symptoms of meningococcal disease include high fever,
severe sudden headache, stiff
neck, nausea, vomiting, rash and
lethargy. The incubation period
for the disease is typically 3-4
days and is at maximum 10 days.
Taking preventive antibiotics is
only necessary for those who
have had close, extended exposure to Biddle. The drugs do not
protect against future exposure.
A vaccine that offers protection
against four of the five strains of
meningococcal disease takes 'wo
weeks to become fully effective.
A previously scheduled campus vaccination drive to immunize students against meningococcal disease will take place on
Thursday, Jan. 21, from 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. in the Ulrich Student
Center and the second floor lobby
of the University Center.
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