Brown and White Vol. 84 no. 7

              new alumni newspaper to replace lu news by jeff brindle a set of administrative recommend ations calling for the establishment of a new university alumni newspaper has been submitted to the forum commun ications committee by vice president of development paul j franz the proposals call for the immediate transfer of the editorial direction of the lehigh university news from the publi cations office to the office of public information it also asks the inclusion of more information and less interpretation though there would be room for the latter when produced in special by-lined columns on an editorial page or section in addition the administration recom mends that the new tabloid adopt a policy to include all late-breaking news and use less slick stock with more photographs and some artwork as needed according to franz a new associate director of public information will be hired to edit the alumni paper under the supervision of samuel i connor director of public information the administration also recommends the revival of an editorial advisory board to critique the newspaper the advisory board would include representation from faculty the forum communications committee the academic deans the alumni association and the brown and white administrative format changes for the publication include expansion of the editorial philosophy to include commun ication on all aspects of the day-to-day functions of the university in its broadest terms this of course does not mean to infer that the newspaper would be a slick propaganda piece publishing sugar-coated managed material to the contrary the publication would be produced as a vol 84 — no 7 866-0331 choice of majors in the arts is shifting with new trends while the arts college as a whole has undergone a gradual expansion different departments have been attracting majors at widely varying rates among the leading majors the depart ments of biology psychology geology and government have been attracting students in much greater numbers than they were a few years ago the number of english and history majors has remained fairly static the number of social relations majors has leveled off after a sharp rise in the 60's while the number of international relations majors has fluctuated greatly major advisors have pinpointed three areas of influence on major selection — external conditions internal curriculum changes and faddism i.r major drop carey b joynt chairman of the international relations department cited the war as a probable cause of the major pattern in his area in the mid-'6o's the number of majors hit a high of 58 but by 1969 had dipped to 20 with the winding down of the war the number of majors has climbed to 36 prof howard whitcomb major advisor for the government department said that changes within the department were most responsible for doubling the amount of majors in recent years even before the formation of the various forums at lehigh the government department mainly on the initiative of students formed a committee to study departmental offerings and policies according to whitcomb many of the changes these students made attracted more people to the department biology increase a combination of internal and external factors has caused the number of biology majors to triple in recent years prof richard malsberger chairman cited the ecology kick as a real boon to the field also the biology department is one of four now offering a b.s program which allows students to remain in the arts college without having language and various other requirements the geology environmental science and psychology departments which also offer the 8.5 all have experienced gains in the number of majors b & w photo by west the palmer house is now standing on the site of an apartment complex for 200 undergraduate students which may be completed next fall palmer housing needed for undergraduate use the situation will be extraordinarily bad if we count on it being done and it's not said richard conway 74 chairman of the subcommittee on residence in reference to completion of the palmer site apartment complex conway explained that with a projected figure of 200 new coeds coming next year the palmer site will be needed to house undergraduate students now in residence halls according to conway luck is needed if the complex is to be completed by next september or thereabouts conway reported that final detailed plans are currently beind drawn up to be submitted to housing and urban development hud hud must approve the plans and bids for the job must be taken before construction can get underway conway added that winter itself could put a september completion date out of the question one possible solution to 200 people floating around said conway is to put them in the saucon valley residence complex for married and graduate students conway noted that the university would be more likely to put graduates out of housing rather than under gr ads director of residence dean r peter shurtleff agreed that the saucon housing would be a solution if it is completed but he suggested that although the project is underway there is no guarantee that it will be completed by september conway pointed out that as a last resort temporary housing could be provided conway noted that this would only work if the palmer site could be completed shortly after the beginning of the school year the palmer site will consist of seven units of one or two wings each with two suites to each floor shurtleff stated that there would probably be a price difference between present residence halls and the apartments but that they would be competitive with apartments in bethlehem shurtleff stated that palmer residents would be subject to most of the regular residence regulations he added that residents would probably have representation in the rhc council and would have outlets for airing of grievances the saucon housing will consist of five redwood and stone buildings with a total of 148 units of these units 16 will be efficiency or one-room apartments 74 will be two-bedroom ; 56 will be one bedroom ; and two will be three-bedroom . shurtleff stated that he did not know whether marriage certificates would be required for coed living at the housing conway said that he doubts it will be an open policy but the university might turn its head n some things bethlehem pa friday september 22 1972 paul franz vice-president for development registration fee for automobiles to go into effect students faculty and staff will soon be required to pay fees to drive and park on campus according to the guidelines of a motion passed by forum ii last year faculty members will also begin to pay the same fines for parking violations as students the parking committee created by a forum motion last year and headed by thomas jackson professor of mechanical engineering is presently engaged in see new tabloid page 5 see arts page 4 see campus page 5