Brown and White Vol. 86 no. 42

              lehigh university brown and white bethlehem pa friday march 14 1075 hm^mmmmiimao vol m — no 42 parking space shortage predicted for rh 1 1 by effie combias there will be a shortage of 75 to 100 parking spaces for rh-11 residents in september according to peter shurtleff assistant dean of residence there are only 52 parking spots for rh 11 which houses 200 shurtleff said phil brandis 75 member of an in formal parking committee working with james harper director of community relations said that 120 cars are expected next year the problem has been looked into since the beginning of the semester we don't know what we are going to do about it yet shurtleff said no new parking lot is being planned in the rh-11 area said h joris rosse director of physical planning when the rest of the units are com pleted the people will find a way to cope with the situation rosse said and added when parking becomes awfully difficult some people eliminate bringing their car on campus the parking lot is crowded this semester __ because it is also used by 20 to 30 con struction workers according to rosse rosse said a multi-level 150-car lot could be constructed at the south end of brodhead ave below psi upsilon fraternity an additional 25 spaces could be built on the west side of psi upsilon he added the cost of the multi-level project would be about 500,000 which is too large an amount to come out of operating funds rosse said the money must come from fund-raising grants or gifts rosse said but added that building projects in phase i of the new century fund are given forum matured as anticipated amidon says by mary ann ferrante the forum has not been nearly as ineffective as some critics have said according to david amidon lecturer in social relations and forum representative to the board of trustees he said that some of the criticism has come from political hopefuls who are venting personal frustrations amidon who was instrumental in the forum's creation in the spring of 1970 said that it is very much like he thought it would be and that he is not disappointed in the forum's accomplishments the key problem of the forum has been excessive expectations amidon said he noted that there is a failure on the part of many to appreciate how important it is just for the forum to exist amidon said that many issues do not even come up because the administration knows the forum is there and could offer opposition amidon remarked that there is a general american tendency to think that govern ment is not doing anything if it does not david amidon lewis explains education's aims byjofineman the goal of a lehigh education is not only to teach immediately-marketable skills but also to teach the ability to learn and understand new ideas and theories as they evolve said university president w deming lewis at a waterhole series lecture on wednesday lewis gave his perspective on what lehigh education is all about the primary goal of education is to prepare and encourage people to live successful and happy lives in order that they may influence others in society to do the same lewis said viewed in this way education still has a way to go before we can say it is per fectly successful he said the principle goal of the university is to provide an education at a higher formal level lewis said secondarily the university education must be used to aid society directly by the application of the knowledge it provides and through un derstanding he added lewis referred to graduation as a desirable objective but said that technical and financial practices change from decade to decade he asked what good mastery of a field would be in 10 years accordingly board fundamental principles must be taught as they do not change to readily lewis said the education of students in only the im mediately-marketable skills would produce graduates who are only technicians lewis said that as no faculty ha foresight of future areas of knowledge the university education must teach the ability to learn and understand new ideas and theories as they evolve learning must be regarded as an active par ticipatory practice rather than a passive process he said no man however expert he is professionally is an island lewis said adding that he must interact successfully with others around him this means the university must expose him to academic influences to help him communicate with other human beings lewis said lewis cited humanities social science history and government courses as helpful in leading students to better un derstanding of and insight into the society in which they must live and work the university continues to emphasize the values of liberal education for all lewis said adding that over the last decade it has thus tried to have a growing arts college life is not just a competitive struggle for survival he said it is an experience that should be enriched by pursuits such as creating a problem the completion of the rh-11 complex to expected to create an additional shortage of parking spaces parking will be short 75 to 100 spaces for the new apartment-style residence hall which will house 200 persons arena funds to be sought despite forum objections by david arnesen the university will proceed to raise funds to support construction of the athletic and convocation center regar dless of a forum motion asking for a review of university financial priorities before construction of the arena is started according to eric ottervik vice-president for planning ottervik speaking at a meeting of the forum administration committee tuesday said it would make more sense for the forum to participate in a review of the priorities of the second half of the university's new century fund than to attempt to review the priorities of the nearly completed first phase the athletic and convocation center ( acc is one of the few remaining goals of the first phase of the university's new century fund a 10-year development campaign the center includes a field house now being constructed and an arean the building of which was postponed in october due to lack of funds ottervik said that a review of the priorities of the first phase is not tenable now becuase it is really too late to turn back about 40 per cent of the cost of the arena has been raised in restricted funds because the money has been designated by donors for a specific part of the development campaign it cannot be 80 candidates running for 50 forum positions eighty students will beginning for the 50 undergraduate positions on forum vi in the elections monday and tuesday sixteen petitions were submitted to fill the 13 vacancies in the college of arts and sciences fourteen students plan to run for the eight openings in the college of business and economics and 20 students submitted petitions for the 14 vacancies in the college of engineering twenty-eight students will run for the 15 positions available to representatives-at-large only eight of 19 forum v undergraduate representatives eligible for re-election are running the other 31 are seniors last year more than half of the candidates were incumbents running for re-election ac cording to forum secretary-treasurer gary lacocca 76 i think the turnout for the forum elections is excellent remarked forum chairman george krauss we have a good number of people seeking forum membership and there is a pretty good surplus of candidates in each category lacocca said he is very pleased with the number of candidates noting that almost everyone who ran for election last year won a majority of the candidates are fresh men said lacocca adding i'm really glad to see it it should be a goodyear said lacocca pointing to the many new members that will serve on forum vi because the majority of undergraduate represen tatives will be inexperienced activity in forum vi might be slow for the first month he said adding but i think it's going to pick up pretty quick new members will be able to open up more than in the past lacocca said because he said new representatives were often reluctant to speak when the majority was experienced lacocca said he hoped that interested candidates would win and not those who just want an activity for their record see excessive page 8 see despite page t see parking page 4 see lewis page 8