Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 42

              lehigh university brown and white vol 82 - no 42 bethlehem pa tuesday april 20 1971 866 033 i nixon-press relations tragic vietnam widens rift says reston by bill white james reston two-time pulitzer prize wi nnlng journalist said last night that president nixon sometimes gives reporters the impression thev are not covering pennsylvania avenue but madison avenue the address was first of three he will deliver for the blaustein lecture series in international relations speaking before a packed audience in grace hall reston who is currently vice president of the new york times concentrated on the two worlds of wash ington -- the world of public officials and that of reporters -- and the differences between the two reston said the official and the reporter have two things in common . . both arc accidental players on the political scene and both are honorable men trying to discharge their duties as best they can he asked observors not to assume that the governmental ranks are " full of rogues and scoundrels despite the good intentions both nave however " conflicts between reporters and officials are often unavoidable and some ti mes desirable after all reston argued our american ancestors didn't provide for freedom of the press in the constitution in the hope that reporters would be cheerleaders for the government much of the conflict between reporters and officials exists because they have different conceptions of journalistic re sponsibility reston continued reston a journalist of 3 2 years experience with the times asserted it is our dutv in a free society to report the truth as best we can public officials particularly pi esi dents would rather see journalists report those things that will help their policies succeed lyndon johnson reflected that attitude with his exasperated why don't you get on the team question of critical journalists james reston light sound extravaganza to be staged friday night bethlehem will be the setting for a si ght-and-sound extravaganza never before attempted anywhere on such a grand scale this friday april 23 evening between the hours of 7 and 10 p.m the city will ring with music and glow with light during the hallelujah a joyous phenomenon with fanfares sponsored bv the university's globus series and produced in cooperation with the bethlehem area chamber of commerce the bureau of parks and public property and the bethlehem council of churches the multi-media spectacle will combine the major components of the community as represented by the five points of the city seal--religion industry education music and recreation while it will be impossible to see or hear all of the event from one given location everyone in the city will be able to see and hear some portion of it major participants will include eight marching bands a number of rock and special ethnic music groups and numerous bethlehem churchchoirs but in a sense everyone who is interested will have the opportunity to take part in addition to the many musical contributions there will l>e fireworks and other forms of light displays from various locations the entire mixed-media spectacle coordinated and directed by robert moran noted san francisco composer conductor and interpreter of contemporary music under a commission from the globus series moran wrote the music which will be the aural highlight of the festival the composition based on a moravian hymn planning phenomenon - final details of the " hallelujah a joyous phenomenon with fanfares are worked out by lehigh university bethlehem and erea church officials planners include seated from left prof richard redd chairman of lehigh's fine arts department rt rev frederick j war necke bishop of the episcopal diocese of bethlehem whose centennial celebration the festival will help usher in and joseph k mangan director of bethlehem's bureau of parks and public property and standing from left jonathan elkus of lehigh's music department music coordinator for the fes tival philip 0 badger jr bethlehem steel executive from homer research lab dr edwin h frey executive director of bethlehem council of churches harry k trend general secretary of the bethlehem chamber of commerce and capt robert bennett of the traffic division bethlehem police department lvaic preregistration procedure announced according to a statement issued by w ross yates dean of the college of the arts and sciences a cross registration policy has been signed by the presidents of the member colleges of the i>ehigh valley association of independent colleges lvaic this policy enables any full-time day student enrolled at a member institution of the lvaic to register for a course or courses which he cannot schedule at his home institution however the student must obtain approval from his own institution and tne host institution the course or courses in which he intends to enroll cannot produce and overload dean yates statement also noted that all grades and credits of courses taken by cross-registration will be accepted by the home institution and entered on his permanent record and such grades will be used in computing cumulative averages any student taking advantage of this opportunity must fill out a special preregistration form for each course to be taken on an outside campus these forms are available from the student's advisor or at the registrar's office the university has stipulated the several rules regarding this course offering first a student must demonstrate sound academic reasons for taking courses at another college in addition if the course is offered at the university a student will not be permitted to take it at another college unless he cannot schedule the course and can show undue hardship as a result the maximum number of hours a student is permitted in cross-registration is 30 finally university students taking courses under cross registration must secure the permission of their advisers and of the instructor of the course at the host institution yates also stated that the student is not subject to extra tuition charges for this opportunity however he is expected to assume responsibility for the costs and means of transportation and accept the inconvenience of different calendars " preregistration lists and schedules of all courses offered within the lvaic are not yet available so the student will have to assume responsibility for knowing what courses are offered on other campuses the times at which they are offered and how these may fit in his individual schedule yates concluded william rusher to speak to rebut deltinger william a rusher publisher of national review a journal of con servative opinion will speak at the university on thursday april 22at8p.m in packard lab auditorium title of the talk which is open free to the public is the nature and limits of dissent rusher's talk will deal with where legitimate protest leaves off and anarchy begins with who governs the academic community with the rights of students and professors and with responsibilities of both groups rusher's appearance at lehigh is sponsored by the forum for visiting lecturers committee a student group whose chairman is j james spinner sophomore in the college of arts and science described as a spokesman for the conservative view rusher is the star advocate of net-tv's the advocates he is the author of numerous articles and has played an active role in national politics he served as associate counsel to the senate internal security subcommittee during a period when the subcommittee was engaged in some of its most con troversial investigations these later became the subject of rusher's book special counsel born in chicago rusher was graduated from the school of public and international affairs at princeton university he was later graduated from harvard law school . in 1955 he became special counsel to the finance committee of the new york state senate and the following year assisted in the u s senate's investigation of domestic communism rusher is co-chairman of the american african affairs association and chairman of the political action committee of the american conservative union william a rusher see journalists page 4 see joyous page 9