Brown and White Vol. 90 no. 16

              lehigh university brown and white vol m — no it 21 jm6*43«11 bethlehem pa friday november 3 i*7b tourists easily identified by the bewildered looks on their faces and ever present university catalogues potential freshman have been visiting the campus m droves the chemistry complex was the focal point of this tour bftw photo by harris boston cancels due to ticket prices by jim morrison yes the student activities council sac had planned to offer a boston concert sunday nov 12 on the basis of a verbal agreement with the group's agent peter russo of premier artists according to walter kunz 80 concert chairman the concert was called off monday following a problem concerning ticket price the group claims it had been led to believe that prices would be m the 7 sb range kunz said the sac had planned to sell tickets for 8 and 19.90 the discrepancy was discovered when kunz was making a final check with his agent kunz's agent felt the group would not go for the higher price working through russo he informed the group of the ticket prices a reduction m price was requested by tom scholz leader of the group the sac dropped ticket prices to 8 and later to the 7 sb range however according to kunz sholz evidently was agnered and through russo said to forget the concert part of the problem might have been a misinterpretation down the line kunz said he could have thought we ( the sac were making a big profit on his name the line of communication kunz spoke of goes from kunz to his agent to the agent for boston and finally to bandleader scholz kunz said the sac bid 15,000 for the band and an additional 5,000 for production lighting and sound working with a total budget of 26,500 with 3,000 tickets sold for grace hall at 19 a ticket the sac would not have made much money kunz said when the ticket prices dropped to 97 and 8 the sac planned to sell 3.200 tickets but probably would have lost money the ticket price discrepancy was the last m a series of problems with the concert the sac had expected to receive a con tract two and one-half weeks ago kunz said wednesday but was told the front man for the band would have to see grace hall first kunz spoke with the man friday evening ajid said the two of wy w«it through the problems of grace hall and worked these out to both our satisfactions however since it was friday evening a contract could not be mailed out until monday morning it was during finalization of the contract that problems with ticket price arose bourne cites magnitude of u.s marijuana industry by jim donahue marijuana trade has become the third largest industry m the united states with sales of 48 billion a year peter bourne ex presidential adviser on drug abuse said monday bourne spoke to approximately 150 people m packard lab auditorium he resigned from the carter administration last summer following a public outcry over his prescription of quaalude pills for a staff member bourne estimated that 12 tons of marijuana are consumed daily despite its widespread use he said he is opposed to legalization of the drug although he favors u6€runifis«izat*on it is very clear right now that going m the direction of tougher penalties would be completely unacceptable to a huge set of the population bourne said he ex plained that public sentiment is split almost 50-50 on the question bourne detailed several obstacles to the legalization of marijuana first he said the united states is bound by many treaties with other countries to keep marijuana illegal he explained that the united states has spent the past 50 years trying to convince the rest of the world the drug should be illegal in fact marijuana was not illegal m the united states until the 19305 bourne noted since the united states has gained the cooperation of other countries it cannot turn around and legalize it he continued second about 15 per cent of all fatal auto accidents involve at lease one driver with marijuana m his system third use of marijuana by pre-ieenagers i increasing he claimed i am particularly concerned that if we legalize marijuana it will be exploited and promoted bourne explained he said he believes this will add to the problems with young teenagers nonetheless maijuana continues to provide full-or part-time employment for three million persons and has become the largest industry m florida and hawaii the number of cash sales of marijuana m hawaii is greater than the sales of both pineapples or sugar cane the other two leading industries about 6 billion m federal and state taxes would be generated each year if marijuana was legalized he said i think the best strategy is to allow the american people to make an informed decision about what is best for society bourne said that with time and better understanding and knowledge of drugs m general the country will eventually come to a consensus on marijuana once this consensus is reached the federal government may decide m which direction to head until that time bourne said the current policies on marijuana should remain m effect 80,000 accounting system to update budget process by linda pickens major changes m accounting procedures are being instituted by john woltjen treasurer and vice president for finance to bring the university's financial operations up to date the board of trustees and the president are very supportive of the changes which include a new 80,000 accounting system the creation of the controller's post and the possibility of computerizing the university's purchasing and billing procedures to reduce paperwork the university ha not used good controls m the past woltjen said when the university had fewer demands on its resources the need for controls was not as essential but increasing com pensation and rising costs add pressures to the budgeting process half of a planned increase of 800,000 m faculty compensation over the next three years will come from improved returns on the endowment and various economics the remainder will come from tuition increases and to keep these to a minimum better budgeting techniques must be used according to woltjen a new accounting system won't per form miracles but it will provide data for faculty and administrators to make assessments woltjen said at present some data needed for the budgeting process is not available m convenient form this results m a higher degree of estimates than woltjen would like to see in addition to the new accounting system the controller will also work to improve the budget process according to john woltjen computerized accounting plan to ease budgeting byjohngabuzda the university will switch to a new budget accounting system m july the beginning of the next fiscal year the new system will facilitate financial management of the university through the use of the university computer system according to john woltjen treasurer and vice president for finance when the changeover is completed university accounting will be handled through the use of the financial ac counting system fas a set of computer programs developed by information associates inc of rochester n.y woitjen stated that m using fas we will have the ability to handle data for broader uses and to be more precise as to what our needs are woltjen described the present university accounting system as a check writing system m which reports of the financial status of individual academic and administrative departments are sent monthly to the heads of those depart ments he said this method does not provide for a quick overview of the university budget status to aid m the management of resources under the new system woltjen main tains we will be able to monitor the budget more effectively and possibly improve university purchasing see budget page 4 see barbiturate page s see financial page 6 inside weekender p 4 stickers stuck p 7 post toasties p •