Brown and White Vol. 91 no. 34

              lehigh university brown and white vol tl — n0.3 l_»lu.«liiiuiijii.u.uniwyij;m!«i.uyjiyiu....j _■ y v vb_ww >■».■• bethlehem pa tuesday february 12 ltftt 215-881-4184 forum goals constitution under committee evaluation by rich lerner in response to a call for university-wide governance forum x under chairman david lewis has established a drafting committee to prepare a statement of its goals and constitution - the drafting committee will determine whether or not changes suggested m the forum structure and purpose report or bell report as it is called are needed the bell report named after raymond bell chairman of the forum structure and purpose committee m effect called for separate student and faculty forums it was an offshoot of the idea of a dual system of governance ac cording to rubin the committee members said they have to decide what they perceive as the university goals and what needs to be done m terms of government to further those goals they have not yet completed a meeting schedule the dual system of governance which the bell report advocates will result m a loss of communication between students and faculty said phyllis errico 81 also a member of the committee robert barnes professor of philosophy and a committee member said he felt the bell report overlooked a large amaa ai issues which concern both students and faculty the question of university governance is one of those issues that has got to be dealt with by both parties he said at this time it does not appear that any major changes m the forum structure will come about at least not right away committee members said i don't think that anyone would deny that introspection and change is a good thing caryn gorbunoff 80 vice chairman of the forum said but any drastic changes would destroy a very important part of the university com munity overall some major changes could come about barnes said but added we're not going to make changes just for the sake of making changes the drafting committee will probably propose several short-term revisions according to chaplain hugh flesher also a member of the committee and a former forum chairman two of the things likely to be discussed are the size of the forum and the length of terms of its officers he said there's a lot of people hanging around who are not doing their share said rubin anotner problem the drafting com mittee will discuss is the identity crisis facing the forum he added rubin said students do not hear about the day to day business of the forum noting that the forum is involved m the lottery and noariamic planning among other things roses are red .. . b^^^bbwpwbpbh__wwwww»«----wwi-ww-ji^-___-m.mwmww»m-wm 11 m . w h i imi i fr -..-■■■ b&w photo by shari komarov finding just the right words for a valentine wish can be tough but cards make it easier finding just the jtjgljt card is another problem barry okun 8.1 tackles the task m the bookstore business faculty copes with trends by trevor bond shortages of qualified faculty and facilities are major concerns of the college of business and economics but despite these difficulties the college is managing to cope very well according to richard barsness dean of the college the faculty shortage is not a new problem he said there was an explosion m the demand for accountants and businessmen during the 70s the supply of teachers did not increase proportionately with the number of students one of the problems he said is that many of the talented people go professional it's ph.ds versus careers the people who do go into teaching don't do it for the money the shortage is not just a university problem but a national phenomenon according to a study by the former department of health education and welfare barsness said the shortage was not evenly distributed among all business related fields noting that the most severely hit is the accounting department carl moore chairman of the accounting department said that since accounting is a professional discipline with greater financial opportunities many do not consider academics an alternative i have had a good many students who would have made excellent teachers but didn't go jn that direction moore said to attract candidates barsness said he has at his disposal a fully competitive salary and benefits but that each teacher has his own individual preferences as to where he would like to settle down - such factors as location the size of the faculty and more recently the career interests of spouses enter into con sideration he said students visit attack victim report improved condition by nancy nakonechny fred salloum 82 victim of a hammer beating during last semester's finals is psyched that he's home according to thad whyte 82 whyte along with other friends visited salloum several times while he was m the university of syracuse hospital salloum was transferred there from st lukes hospital by a hospital plane to be closer to home he was released from the hospital this past week and is at his parents'*home m dewitt n.y mike romisher 82 said the university is helping to finance weekly trips to see salloum dean quay's office is giving us gas money and a bunch of us on the hall drive up to see him every week romisher said there is a possibility we could get funds from residence halls council too he added he's getting stronger and stranger each day whyte said since he has seen his hallmate several times why te was able to note improvements m his condition he said salloum is gaining some of the weight he had lost due to a liquid det and that he was able to get m and out of bed by him self ■■■■■■■■^^^■■ m b&w photo by shari komarow lessons elaine nejane 82 and karen pyros 83 look on as anne dragoumis 92 shows elf her skills on the u.c steinway during a study break see salaries page 8 inside : housing game p.s pro gryphon p 6 hoopsters win p 12