Brown and White Vol. 95 no. 50

              lehigh university brown and white vol 95 — no 50 bethlehem pa tuesday may 8 1984 215)861-4181 subcommittee pools work to form new social policy by alden cushman forum xiv last month approved the establishment of a subommittee of the campus life standing committee to further develop the format of the new proposed university social policy the subcommittee will have meetings over the summer with transportation costs for certain subcommittee members defrayed by the university starting thursday the subcommittee of student leaders and involved faculty and administrators will attempt to pool jnore than a year's worth of round table according to dean of students william quay the member's opinions recommendations and suggestions will be collected into a commitment of responsibility suitable for presentation to the broad of trustees at their meeting in early october we hope to impress the students administration and trustees jeff brot man 85 new forum co-chairman said then marshall wenrich 85 inter fraternity council il^c president added we have to sell this to the entire student body the proposal will be given to univer sity president peter likins to be submit ted to either the october or january board of trustees meeting according to wenrich roughly 68 out of the total 73 university living groups accepted the statement which stresses the principles of collective responsibility got it b&w photo by ron stebnlieb back pedaling from his second base position junior pete d'agostlno grabs a rider fly as senior right-fielder ross brinley looks on the hosting engineers played tough but lost the east coast conference tourney after they dropped a 14-13 cliff hanger to the b rones see story on page 12 by rob wengert dean quay-two decades as maverick in his mustang the aging blue mustang with white canvas top finds a spot in the east side parking lot of the university center out pops a short svelte man of 49 in a gray tweed suit with auburn elbow patches as be walks across the lot his eyes search for students few elude his attention or recognition inside the uc entrance he stops to talk with a student as several more skip down the stairway and slip out the door after a few minutes of infor mal yet friendly banter he returns to his office past the uc desk and to the left the dean of students office william quay has performed this routine for 24 years and in that time has defined the role of dean of students he truly is the dean of students says larry philippi quay's assistant for greek life other deans aren't really as committed to students their needs and interests he really under stands how they feel and he tries to make life better quay has been improving lehigh ' life as dean of students since 1974 when the offices of the dean of stu dents student life and residence were consolidated s"he decision to put william quay at the helm is perfect according to a brown and white editor ial a dean of students should be both compassionate and respected he ; must be a person students can talk with freely and iat ease few people will ever fulfill these qualifications as well as dean quay / he began his revered career here in i960 when he became assistant to the dean for fraternity life his former boss preston parr recalls his assist ant knew the history alumni stu dents and parents to a degree that was extraordinary ovfer the years that tradition hasn't psyched spike # ' . b&w photo by brett lazar with moves like that these students could be selling sunkist on the beach at malibu in reality they're participating in delta phis volleyball beach blast saturday which raised 1,000 for the lehigh valley big brothers and big sisters see story on page 3 tobak continues litigation by lori soderlind assistant professor of law james tobak said he expects his 835,000 law suit against the university based on the decision to deny him tenure could take as jong as two years before reaching a verdict tobak said he does not plan to settle out of court but has no specific strategy planned he said his case is winnable through the courts however in the first step of the tenuring process , , tobak received a majority of supporting votes from the accounting and law department's tenured faculty this nor mally grants tenure unless the univer sity chooses to intervene according to the university policy book procedures regulations and requirements pr&r . the university chose to overrule the faculty decision claiming tobak lacked contributions in productive and rele vant scholarship one of the three cri terion for granting the lifetime appointment of tenure university ser vice and effective teaching are the other criterion reviewed in the tenure deci sion pr&r does not elaborate on the specific requirements a faculty member must meet in order to satisfy these criterion tobak claims the university's actions constitute a breech of contract under pr&r because he had published four articles in his field since he began teach ing at the university he is prepared to go as far as he can go to fight the univeristy and their decision which he claims was unjust political and detri mental to the future of his career in reaction to the lawsuit tobak said he has received a letter from drinker biddle and reiss the university's lawy ers denying all charges on a technical legal basis freedley hunsicker the university's attorney stated that the university acted properly and accord ing to the pr&r he said that he has filed the university's answer to the charges but declined to elaborate faculty votes on use of d grade for prerequisite by tony coppola an amendment to the faculty educa tion policy committee edpol motion on procedures regulations and requirements pr&r concerning the definition of d plus d d grades was approved at yesterday's faculty meet ing under the change students who receive a such grade in couses that act as prerequisites for subsequent courses must obtain his or her adviser's permis sion to use that grade as a prerequisite previously the student could not use the grade as a prerequisite without first petitioning the amendment allows for a more see humanistic page 3 « . . see social page 3 see profile page 6 last issue this is the last issue of the brown ■ and white for this semester the next issue will be published on fri day august 31 good luck on finals and have a nice summer