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              regular postage has priority over non profit postage which is delivered at the post offices discretion franklin said lewis said that when hedid not recieve a copy of the letter in the mail two or three days after it was sent he pur suaded stabler arena to extend the ticket offer until august 15 although stu dents were not notified of the change richard metz university director of auxiliary services said student ticket orders were still accepted after the august 15 deadline overall ticket sales were going bet ter than average with the possibility of a sellout at the door according to mas terson tickets are still available for seats behind the stage ever catherine franklin director of central copying service from where the letters were sent claimed that lewis was informed that although the postage is cheaper third-class mail is usually delayed there is no way in god's world that most of the letters would have been deli vered to students by aug 10 said franklin adding that two weeks was not an extraordinarily long time for such let ters to be delivered third class non-profit postage costs three cents per piece to deliver while first class costs 18 cents per piece regular third class postage also costs 18 cents per piece however it has differ ent weight restrictions than first class vol 93 — no 1 bethlehem pa friday august 28 1981 215 861-4184 new committee suspends delts for four years by jeff eichenfield the university chapter of delta tau delta fraternity has been suspended from campus for four years following a review by a special committee ordered by president deming lewis and chaired by vice president and dean of student affairs preston parr our task was to conduct a review parr said the committee consulted alumni officers the national fraternity and their faculty advisor the judgment was that the fraternity itself would not turn itself around and that the relation ship should be discontinued for a college generation " other committee members were edna deangeli classics department chair man richard barsness dean of the business college and joseph workman a university alumnus doug rogers former president of the delts said he believed the decision was unfair to the brothers the majority of whom have worked hard in the last ytfar or two to upgrade the delts the decision was the university's b&w photo by jeff eichenfiflo the university's newest residence hall approp nity the building is now home for both men and women riately called hill house still bears the remains of the students who can now share the uphill climb with the l'ni name of its former occupants the delta tau delta frater versity's other fraternity-housed men university implements revised social code by nicholas king following increased violence crimi nal acts and disturbances on campus the university has instituted sweeping changes in social regulations in order to strike the proper balance between the academic and the social life on campus according to an administration report the changes include the limitation of organizations to three open parties per semester the restriction of weekday pub nights and the cancellation of greek week in addition a fund of 112,000 has been appropriated by the university to clubs and organizations in order to enhance and initiate alternative univer sity social offerings assistant to the dean of students larry philippi explained that the grow ing reports of student harassment assaults and disorderly conduct the alleged rape of a former muhlenberg stu dent and the serious difficulties encoun tered during greek week convinced the administration that the present social environment was too conducive to these problems and thus necessitated change as a result six task forces were appointed by university vice president and provost arthur humphrey in early summer to consider ways to prevent the recurrence of those events which trans pired during the 1981 spring semester upon completion in july their recom mendations were sent to president lewis and the board of trustees for approval and implementation a repre sentative group of trustees approved the regulations august 15 the regulations themselves confine virtually all parties or social gatherings in which alcoholic beverages are served to friday and saturday nights prohibit parties before eight p.m or after two a.m at two a.m the band or music must stop and the bar must close all parties must be registered with the dean of stu dents office by two p.m the monday before the event each living group fra ternity sorority or club may have only three open " parties per semester at which lehigh i.d.s are required for admittance guests must be escorted by lehigh students who thereby assume all responsibility for the visitors there is no limit on the number of closed parties a group may hold but invited guests to these parties must not exceed two times the sponsoring group's membership weeknight social activi ties pub nights rush functions etc are limited to two-hour serving periods of only wine or beer terminating by mid night total guests attending a week night social activity may not exceed 40 students may have missed top seats people these parties must be registered 48 hours prior to the event and sponsor ing organizations are permitted only one weeknight social activity per week non alcoholic events need not be registered but the dean of students office must be notified of large events other regulations and procedures state that at all events at which alco holic beverages are served non alcoholic beverages and food i.e munchies must be visible equally accessible and equally attractive also the serving of alcoholic beverages to those intoxicated is prohibited and the failure of persons to leave a party when asked to by the sponsoring group ' ' or by a university representative consti tutes a violation of the social code according to william quay dean of students the focuses of the new regula tions are clear the rules objectives are two-fold to cut down the abuse of alcohol on campus and promote social alternatives to the hill on weekends quay explained that many students have complained that they do not feel safe in certain places on campus due primarily to the drunkenness of the peo see social code page 10 by mark carroll university students may have been denied exclusive access to choice seats at tonight's kansas concert when ticket order forms were delivered to them after the order deadline in a letter dated july 30 student activ ities council concert chairman jon lewis 84 notified students that a limited number of prime seats would be offered exclusively to students until aug 10 at which time they would go on sale to the general public lewis said the letters which were mailed aug 3 were mistakenly given third class non-profit postage lewis said he was not aware that the letters would be delayed so long how lehigh university brown and white inside beta sigma phi p 6 fourth sorority p 12 endless 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