Brown and White Vol. 82 no. 35

              brown and white .■_■.•-■.■ v , .---.*.'."_-. i fl*_s-_^;^-^k».-jv vol 82 no 35 bethlehem pa friday march 12 i 971 mmmmmmmm 866-0331 pulitzer prize winner reston to give 3 i.r lectures april 19 20 james b reston vice president of the new york ti mes and recipient of two pn i it er prizes ui journalism will pre sent three major addresses at the i'm varsit \ in this year's blaustein lecture series as tiie 1971 jacob and hilda blaustein lecture m international relations reston will spend two days monday april 19 and tuesday april 30 at the university the addresses will be delivered at 8:30 p.m on mondav and 4:15 p.m and 8:30 p.m on tuesdav and are open to the public tickets are not required heston executive and columnist with offices in washington d.c is the first journalist to be chosen for the distinguished university series reston has been associated with the times since 1939 when he joined its london bureau in 1941 he joined the washington bureau specializing in dip lomatic and foreign affairs in 1943 he was named assistant to the publisher and later that same vear he returned to london as actinr head of the times bureau there on l^ave of absence from ttie timt in 194 2 he served as head of the information service of the office of war information in the american embassy in london in 1945 he became national correspondent covering i mportant national and international political developments he became liead of the washington bureau in 1953 associate editor in 1964 executive editor in 1968 and vice president in 1969 born ln clydebank scotland reston came to the tinted states in 1910 and was educated in the public schools of i>avton ohio he was graduated from the university of illinois in 1932 he worked for the associated press prior to joining the limes in 1039 he recieved the pulitzer prize in 1944 for his news dispatches and interpretive articles dealing with the dumbarton oaks security conference and again in 1957 for national reporting durint the previous vear in addition to his pulitzer prizes i.eston is the recipient of 14 other awards of distinction in journalism and he holds james b reston arts college drops major as requirement the arts college forum passed a resolution calling for the arts college to grant the degree of bachelor of lib eral studies ln addition to the bachelor of arts degree and the bachelor of sciences degree other action taken at the wednesday meeting in whitaker laboratory auditor ium included the defeat of a proposal to drop the math requirement from the b.a curriculum to qualify for the bachelor of liberal studies a student must successfully com plete 120 credit hours the student may if he choses have one or more con centrations a concentration s at least 24 hours of related course work with at least 12 hours at the upper class level the defeat of a resolution which would have eliminated the math requirement resulted from facuitv opinion that math ematics is an essential part of a liberal education discussion on the proposed language requirement changes will be included at t tie next arts college meeting on l.'arch 18 at 4 p.m ln whitaker auditorium b&w photo by mccormick housing shortage has been a familiar expression on campus these days particularly with dean of residence clar ence campbell and forum members shown above are the new units being built on upper taylor field dubbed rh 10 rh 10 is expected to alleviate overcrowding somewhat next year but unless more dorms are built the situation will grow worse there has been heated debate on university housing policy in the forum that controversey will continue in to morrow's forum meeting at 10 a.m in the osbourne room uc 4-1-4 calendar contemplated similar systems investigated editor's note this is the second in a series of three articles concerning the concept of a 4-1-4 calendar by donald suss as the university contemplates a possible move to a 4-1-4 calendar in 1972-73 the experiences of other col leges and universities presently using this system may prove to be a valuable asset investigation has shown that the 4-1-4 calendar with its many variations can be adapted to fit the needs of most univer sities the program at tufts university shows a unique way in which the 4-1-4 calendar can be instituted at a school of comparable size with a situation similar to that of the university at tufts the winter term extends for a period of six weeks and the college of engineering has different pol icies concerning the use of this period than the college of liberal arts and jackson college women the college of engineering requires a total o 36 courses for graduation 3 2 of which are taken during the eight spring and fall terms the final four courses are taken during the winter term two of these courses are spe-ified by the college's requirements while the other two are at the student's option usually the four courses are taken in three vinter terms meaning that tin student takes a double load in one winter period the college of liberal arts and jack son college on the other hand require the student to attend only two winter terms for which no grades and no credits are given no specific courses are re quired of a student during the winter term but a course mav be taken for credit to fulfill either major or dis tribution requirements these courses however are not counted toward tho over ail total needed for graduation and as a result the student cannot reduce the number of courses he must take during the spring and fall terms as an alterna tive the student may also sign up for an independent study project under the super vision of a faculty member of his choice by instituting a longer six week winter term tufts lost a number of extra class days during the regular terms this was apparently remedied through the use of saturday classes to make up the difference the experience at tufts indicates that the concept of a 4-1-4 system could have applications here the idea that the differ ent colleges could have different policies concerning the use of the winter term would eliminate the problem of deriving a program that would satisfy the needs of odk group eyes spring one year later by john klucsik although the topic for discussion was spring lehigh one year later both students and faculty were saving things like do away with the fai ulty before the wednesday night meeting of omicron delta kappa was over omicron delta kappa is a combined facuitv and senior leadership society the threat to the university was not one of losing jobs but of being eli minated as a body whose function has been obviated by the forum the meeting featured a panel discussion on what the university might look forward to this spring in the way of campus unrest on the panel were dean nathan harris dr david amidon dr eli shwartz and tim mcclarnon 71 harris said tliat students this vear are trving to assess their actions of last year he feels that there will be three or four dominant issues on campuses across the country this spring among them are the incursion into laos the question of course relevance academic governance and racial unrest on campus turning to a more familiar situation shwartz said that in many respects the forum has been a relatively successful see students page 4 see jones page 4 see reston page 4