Brown and White Vol. 80 no. 53

              lehigh university brown and white bethleheh pa 866=f133i <»*>»». s3 fihday fuy t t ih sr majors protest lack of faculty by william t george aboot 90 students the majority from the social relation department held cat first significant sit-in in the university's history wednesday between 5 s.m ssg 3:30 p.m outside president lewis's the ■!■!!■ uls wiw had nwt the day before and prepared a list of grievance moved peacefully into the waiting room of in office and presented twir went demands first re-ad just fca student teacher ratio in the social relations dcisoziriieut to reflect 3 n»sr proportton - in the other departments secoao : provldß or three-hundrs leval course for each tfmiuu on the uaser and third we mast have a minimum of two qualified professors for sac h option 1 in the social relations department there will be a meeting today at 4:15 p.m between representative students of the department and dr albert zetiie moyer vice-president and provost to discuss the second demand zettlemoyer seid he win have an answer t *« other - ' demands by monday zettlemoyer talked to the demonstrators througnout the day and said he was previ ously aware that there was growth pres sure and bad already acquired ens netr faculty member and was looking into getting another zettlemoyer added that the demonstrators were very orderly and relatively quiet but the students didn't go through proper channels to achieve their goals he said they didn't cons to see me and they didn't ask robert williamson chairman of the s.r depart ment to see me before the sit-in joe curran a graduate s.r major said that graduate students met twice with williamson the first and third weeks of april in faculty-graduate student meetings curran said the graduate and ft ten to the admlnistratieii but according to curran students got significantly nowhere curran further added that williamson has fc©eis ticablg sines 1995 to tflr^jrtn & copafwi awf w atn/^mmscsflr^'lß^bss bamtwbjpbbjbjbjbjbbjbmw is ottered in anthropology with only one vi ul kdoob qbo do ysofvmdetsk amu wsa^se on ct3 ays t a^^^dk aeßß^ba^ri>bß dsssw ■■■ rnmrritffsta ~ nrf mtfital twi tiliirht nt antja-opoloay at the uni versity , jmt action was tabled cvrraa did say that graduate and under f graduate students never met with the ftdmini«traue prior to the alt in after about an hour in the waiting room the students moved into the secretaries room and at this time lewis came out of his office and asked the demonstrators to leave when asked about his opinions of their ftenands lewis had no comrrer.t sane discussion followed and then the students returned to the waiting room for further talks with zettlemoyer mcclintlc said that after a long dis cussion with zeitiviiigyei , uiey came to the conclusion that williamson should be there before anything could be settled - williamson was called and upon arrival a valuable dialogue between williamson zettlemoyer and the students was held but according to mcclintic it got a little bitter at times mcclintlc added dr zettlemoyer was very cooperative and we appreciate the way he acted about noon zettlemoyer arranged for the students to have some coffee in summary mcclintic said that " these needs are very very real a«d very important but zettlemoyer added everybody has a request arcadia move urges ifc to act against blackball by bill george arcadia both backed and reprimanded the interfraternlty counml wednesday by passim a ■* \ jwi ymm mettoß ggggfliflg the blackball the motion supported ifc in its oppos ition to th blackball procedure and urged " ifc to take prompt action to formalize their opposition to the blackball procedure in a manner which provides appropriate sanctions arcadia's action pv»4i»&ts<f by eric grouse referred to ifcs opposing the blackball last week and to the council's defeating the 80-20 bill three other motions pass*d at ih meeting were first an amendment to the student gov ernance changes motion that the senior class committee to be chaired by the president of the senior class shall consist of four elected officers of the senior class and four elected officers of the junior class second that the arcadia executive committee be empowered to xvcommend to arcadia how the receipts from the lehigh g e - college bowl team should be allocated in scholarships third that the price of a student activities card be set at 4 with a discount of 1 per ticket for major events in discussion before the blackball mo tion was passed bill kuhn said this is the only constructive step that can be taken in the area crouse summarized the motion we support you ifc in your opposition but we'd like to see you make a more formal opposition in the way of sanctions larry mackowiak concurred by saying he would vote for it but that he hoped a motion with more teeth in it would be forthcoming if this motion had no effect the motion for student goverance c hanges was re moved from the table so that final amendments and discussion could be made and in that discussion the motion was amended so that the senior class committee would include tour elected officers of the junior class these officers wiwy 1 ! office lo h ?«*«< 4wj«i m*i*—4»r9 i»4ii lewis dw*bt b disciplinary action if they refused after a 10-mir^tt discussion the stif dents moved peacefully bamsbbfibp b & w photo by sims clarence b campbell dean of residence ii giver a standing ovation by » crowd of 700 students who gathered at the flagpole in support of coed maitr*tit*m bhssghmbhbsi coed urged for u at rally tuesday by lou ughtfoot the single most important over riding overhwlemtng argument for coeducation is one that is never said it is the single step that the university could take that would enable it to break the bonds that shackle it to the past and to cone abreast of the sdth century at a rally for coeducation held tuesday afternoon at the flagpole 00 students responded to these words of dean of residence clarence b campbell with a standing nvatinn campbell on ot five speakers who supported the idea of coeducation attacked the many arguments that are often pro sented against it concerning most he said that it was more a question of priorities than a question of having the necessary funds available there are some things we can't uffart not to have coeducation may vary wail prove to be one of them mffifflmlx he said that coeducation should not be condemned simply because it is a student initiated issue the main business of the university is students and for this reason alone they ought to be listened to particularly when they have something to say which is more often than anyone who is unwilling to listen could possibly imagine campbell noted that alienation of the alumni should not be an overriding factor in the decision lehigh must exist not for the students of yesterday — but for the students of now and the students of our tomorrow concerning alumni donations campbell added i do not think we can afford to have our policies dictated by men of money however bright their bribes may be 1 more important than any of theee issues according to campbell is the effect coed ucation will have on the educational environment at lehigh he mentioned that the quality of lehigh applicants will not diminish that the total educational experience would be enhanced and that see related editorial and column coeds would place the university in a better bargaining position for obtaining new faculty member *' i have been unable to uncover any evidence whatsoever that the educational experience at lehigh would be in the slightest dimension diminished by the addition of women to our under graduate student bo«ly tnd ! have every reason to believe that it would be greatly enhanced in concluding campbell remarked i will not join you in any act of instability or violence ! have filth in you to find another way to achieve coeducation and ■ in that i will join you 1 • t , ■ other speakers at the rally who spoke in favor of coeducation included don parsons arcadia president dr francis j wuest chairman of the psychology department rockwell chin tf f gryphon and barry ortoß member of the com mittee tor the study ef coeducation parsons called u iw>ue perhaps the bi ggest question and decision feeing lents in the past so years he asked if lehigh see arcadia page 5 see coeducation page 4 questionnaire so far only 38 per cent of the undergraduate coed questionnaires iave been returned because of the importance of these surveys in the coeducation committee s work the committee urge everyone to turn them in as soon as possible the leadline is friday may 16 ques tionnaires are available from curriculum advisors of deans of colleges