Brown And White Vol. 80 no. 42

              lehigh university brown and white m>~mm w»w c vol 0 no 42 bethlehem pa fr-h-vy march jb im9 , .- • - ? -? - sds revived at lafayette three weeks ago a new chapter of students for a democratic society sds was formed on the lafayette campus the group stated that they were not concerned with the creation of chaos es has been the case on many campuses throughout the nation — but with being a voice that brings out issues so they can be discussed we are not goal oriented said rus sell allen one of the members we want to work io bring out issues that get lost m such groups as the student councll tte sds chapter was the result of a meeting of the 40 to 45 students who gathered to discuss the feasibility of reactivating the students for democratic reform sdr the former activist group on campus or the formation of a new chapter of the sds according to one faculty member the sds is simply a resurrection of the sdr which focused on college issues last year the students admit lt is an offshoot of the old group but that many of tte ideas and methods of the new group sre totally different from tte sdr allen noted " tte sdr died because they did a lot of talking but never any action a spokesman for tte group said that the new organization will not be heard from as tte voice of one person it will work on tte basis of moderators and committee action tte spokesman noted " we will al work together tte chapter has decided to remain autonomous from tte national sds ac cording to ons member what we will do is decide whether or not to go along on any national programs sd6 has it isn't necessary that we do we will make all our own decisions primarily tte chapter wl te con cerned with issues on tte lafayette campus but it will occssl<____7 con centrate oa issues that involve tte entire community as it has done during the recent food stamp controversy major areas of concentration will be on curriculum liberalization coeduca tional support the end of rotc credit and the termination of some compulsory courses which sds feels are unfair and objectionable one spokesman remarked we will not take on all the issues at once we will concentrate on one and while this is going on tte committees will be preparing reports on others which will be acted on after one issue is cleared the most important issue facing the sds at tte present time ls whether or not to apply for a charter required of all on-campus organizations the charter is granted by the student council and if approved entitles the group to some college funds sds officials said they have not decided on the charter issue yet because they are not sure whether the group wants to operate with college funds of course there ls tte question of whether the group will be able to operate legally on campus or not without a college charter according to one faculty member tte problem ls really one of free political assembly for student groups the college's stand on this issue could determine tte future of the new activist group state legislature may cut pheaa scholarship aid by donald palmer tte funding of the pennsylvania higher education assistance agency pheaa an organisation which directly benefits 465 lehigh students ls currently being questioned by a number of republican state senators the agency started four years ago with an initial grant of 4 million has mush roomed dramatically since then snd now grants over 47 million m state scholar ships to 67,000 pennsylvania college students out of these totals 465 lehigh students are presently receiving 359,000 m aid although no proposals have teen made before tte state legislature yet tte entire program may te dropped and loans may replace tte scholarships according to william stanford executive secretary of admissions curtailment of tms program could have a considerable affect here he stated tht m theory tte aid ls baaed on need and students receiving the aid can't get along without it m many cases hs said that many of these students already have loans to supple i _ nt tte state sld if the aid is withdrawn tte university will have to mate up tte difference or some students will have to do without ssld stanford he sdded that the present budget can't backstop 359,000 m student sld at tte present time controversy over pheaa began !»_* vmi wk r.r_*»n_t'»i to the state oldies concert loss could put ' 70 in debt by lou l-ghtfoot according io jeff lind _______ 70 concert ui_mii.ee chairman the class of 70 could loee up to 3,100 on the oldies concert aad according to bruce bersln 70 finance and calendar committee fcc chairman the concert will only be backstopped to a maximum of 500 the class of 70 has at most 2,700 m their treasury the loss they take on this concert could put them m ths red ss much as 360 fcc backstopping is not an automatic occurence according to i bersln an agreement ls made with tte concert committee chairman when ths concert is being planned in this case the class of 70 agreed to absorb the first 700 loss tte fcc would backstop the neat 500 and 70 would handle anything over 1,-do however fcc must now review the concert procedlngs con sideline such things as advance publicity ticket handling and general management before they actually hand over ths 500 to 70 fierzin noted that this is tte procedure followed for all concerts for the rhc concert fcc agreed to backstop up to 50 per cent of the first 1,000 loss assuming handling of tte concert met fcc standards this waa tte case and rhc received 300 to cover their mere than 1,000 loss au five concerts this year have ted a backstop agreement with fcc only tte houseparty concert showed a profit and hasn't had to receive fcc funds lindenbaum stated that tte original concert was planned to feature tte drifters and tte ever iy brothers accord ing to a poll taken among living group social chairmen he estimated that tte concert would lose 1,300 with the fcc money tte council wat prepared to take up to s 700 loss however tte original plans did not materialise and according to lindenbaum the groups that were finally signed were tte beet that «<>__!_ he obtained meanwhile interest in tte oldies arcadia moves to end hp chaperones hours by bill george arcadia passed s motion wednesday night that if approved by tte student life committee would allow ' individual fraternities todete mine wnether ttey want chaperones or not during spring houseparty would abolish hour restrictions for parties during the entire week end except during tte concert and would eliminate curfews for women guests m public areas kurt lester chairman of tte arcadia social codes committee said that he does not tmnk tte student life committee will agree to having no chaperones m houses without women but said tte party hour extension and curfew elimination have a chance on being passed lester was doubtful about the elimination of chaperones because preston parr dean of student life ls worried about administration problems snd possible law suits m case of accidents and added that parr holds more influence on tte comm ittee ttee tte student in otter business don parsons president reported that tte results of tte second environ mental study conducted by tte university lsst fall will te released lets in april along with tte goals committee report parsons said groups of about 50 students and 50 faculty members were asked ln a questionnaire to rate lehigh on practicality community aware ness propriety aod scholarship two separate groups wers sated te isserfte their idea ef aa ideal university la the came ter me he explained that the final results sad interpretations have not teen completed yet bat thai the indicate ns_g_il__ca dlacrepancles between tte real and ideal conditions in tte areas of community awareness aad scholarship b&w photo by jeppsen carol hay mon a senior at elmira college elmira n.y was one of 1,200 students te participate m a coed week at her school which 120 men from seven colleges and universities attended the 20 le_;gh students who went were the largest group from any one school see story page 6 sea fcc page 3 see legislature page 5 i all american honors the brown sad white has been awarded an all american honor i rating in the soth all american critical service conducted by tho i associated collegiate press this [ is the first time that the brown i nnd white has been swarded the all l^sm*m%^m