Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 37

              bethlehem pennsylvania friday march 14 1986 215)861-4181 v01.97-n0.37 lehigh university lu escapes divestment protest â–  bydaveleiqht editorial page editor thls is the first of a two-part series on lehigh's policy toward investment in companies with dealings in south africa within the past year much media attention has been devoted to problems in south africa many universities have discussed divesting their stock holdings there and some like the state university of new york have totally divested after students protested their school's in volvement in the racially torn country we definitely should help end apartheid but the disinvestment policies many people are supporting will prolong the anti-apartheid process joe devito 89 president students for america but lehigh has quietly escaped problems with protest and for the most part even discussion of issues in south africa according to john woltjen vice president and treasurer lehigh currently has holdings in approximately 15 companies with dealings in south africa but he said they are a relatively small part of the total endowment fund most of which is in vested in united states companies although woltjen cited no specific value of stocks held in companies dealing with south africa when the issue was studied six years ago lehigh's holdings in the 18 companies with dealings in south africa had a total market value of approximately 15.5 million the total value of lehigh's common stock holdings was nearly 31 million and the ap proximate market value of the endowment fund was 55 million we ask for our investment managers to be socially responsible woltjen said adding that the problem in south africa would only be aggravated if the american presence was not felt through corporations and industry a forum subcommittee to discuss lehigh's policy of investment in south africa was set up at the beginning of the fall semester according to bea brown forum administrative secretary so far the committee has never met in 1979 a forum subcommittee on university investment policy and south africa did meet to study the pros and cons of divestment based on published articles and reports as in the past year many college students were then protesting their schools investments in south africa because of apartheid the subcommittee defined apartheid as the physical separation of blacks and whites segregation of all kinds of facilities and repression through other measures including a law allowing unlimited detention without trial divestment of a school's holdings in south africa was the typical way students at other universities suggested putting pressure on south africa to change reviewing the case for divestment the subcommittee found that many advocates thought the south african govern seeracialpage4 renovations planned for placement service by rich fox the career planning and placement service office will have a new look next year in an effort to make the center more accessible to non-seniors thanks to the 1985 senior class gift campaign massive redesigning will rid the center of a 50-year-old set-up and will modernize the system computers will be integrated into the system along with a copying machine to help students in their research according to director eugene seeloff . a glass door will replace the steel door to make the room more inviting all resources including interview information for seniors and literature for the center will be located in one room this room now contains employer literature and is behind a steel door beside the center the planning aspect ot the center was added to the placement service just two years ago seeloff said and the new arrangement will make this relatively new resource an integral part of the service while the placement service is responsible for senior interviews the planning service consists of many resources which aid all students in making decisions concerning future occupational plans as well as employment op portunities particularly summer employment while still in school under the current set-up the only visible aspect of the center is the placement service students walk into christmas-saucon hall and see seniors in interview suits yet they do not see the career planning sccvicc which is tucked away in a corner of the office when the office was added two years ago space limitations were the reason for its location under the new plans however both offices will be highly visible and inviting to all students seeloff said in its current arrangement seniors awaiting interviews make the atmosphere in the office tense and rather uninviting and the resources it has to offer have not been used to their fullest according to seeloff work will begin this summer and should be completed by the beginning of the fall semester seeloff said mw mam ty rob mmi mora than 150 students turned out to donate blood to the millar memorial blood canter on tuesday the blood drive occur s once every semester and la mad possible largely due to the efforts of the lehigh volunteers nearly 160 students give blood by scott lane nearly 160 students donated blood to the miller memorial blood center mmbc tuesday in neville lounge of the university center the successful turnout was largely due to the efforts of the lehigh university volunteers overall more lehigh students donate blood each semester than at other colleges in the lehigh valley according to project coor dinator jon ansbacher 87 who has run the program for the past five semesters the mmbc travels to lehigh once each semester and is planning its next visit for oct 30 1986 there are many rewards in donating blood knowing you are giving to a worthy cause and to those who are often less fortunate than yourself are not the only reasons marie evans a receptionist for mmbc said the donors the donors parents and the donors grand parents would be covered if they need blood anywhere in the country for a period of one year she explained when a person needs blood at a hospital he or she is responsible to either replace or pay for the blood they use by donating your patents and grandparents are covered for the following year blood is always in high demand according to george yohe recruitment services coordinator for mmbc less than five percent of those who are capable of donating blood actually donate nationally on the average he said it is important to encourage new donors and added that once the students donate you hope that they will continue to donate throughout their period of eligibility pamphlets distributed at the blood drive stated that a person's blood volume returns to normal within several minutes to a few hours when one pint is taken it takes three to six weeks before the total number of red blood cells returns to that level before the blood was drawn the pamphlets also reassure donors that it is impossible to contract aids by giving blood all equipment is sterile and used only once in all there were 29 people working on the blood drive 12 members of the mmbc and 17 local area volunteers without volunteers we couldn't do it connie smith an mmbc receptionist said wayne price who worked as a volunteer organizing student blood donors explained most of us give of our time one or two days per week whatever time you feel you can give you give the brown and white inside . nj education commissioner speaks out page 3 students aid famine relief page 5 return of the weekender page 8