Brown and White Vol. 91 no. 18

              lehigh university brown and white vol . • 1 - no 1 8 bethlehem pa tuesday november 8 1979 215-881-4194 south side group wants to involve student residents the south bethlehem coalition sbc im looking to include students who live in off campus apartments in its organization according to the rev dave deßemer newly elected president deßemer in an interview recently said steve morrow 82 a coalition committee chairman has recently gotten more university students active in the group there is a real possibility to open the lines of communication between students and residents on the block deßemer said -- — • -~ - -. . the sbc was formed a little more than a year ago largely in response to the university's housing of students in the warren square area the residents disapproved of student housing in a residential area and fought a zoning ex ception allowing the university to per manently hou_.e students there the ex ception was approved last summer in one or two areas students and residents sometimes clash deßemer said he cited noise and parking as two examples of issues that could cause ten sion anxiety reduced the input from students may help ease anxieties of long-term residents who might perceive students as intruders deßemer said it may also raise the responsibility level of students he added i think that to some extent the concern we had over housing in predominantly residential areas was soothed by statements eric ottervik made at the convention deßemer said in a wide-ranging interview deßemer also commented on the changing direction of the coalition i think the sbc has established itself as a force to be reckoned with he said the little guy is beginning to see he can have some input while deßemer said he sees the coalition as still being little guy oriented he said he feels it is time for it to tackle the long-range bigger issues v b&w photo by grasso students voted friday for a new student activities council sac publicity chairman roberta caf e/ecf/or)s saviteky 80 beat jay yanavok 81 former sac publicity chairman and joe dc'.po 81 for the w ' w *" tost she had been serving as interim publicity chairman since the resignation of aurora dels cruz si . a total of w students voted in the election training not received tas allege by diane greco r -...-■ - university fails graduate assistants w ■ mw the university has pretty much failed its graduate students who serve as research and teaching assistants chuck knisely a mechanical engineering teaching assistant ta said in an oct 30 letter to the brown and white he alleged that the t as never received the training or observation two university administrators claimed they received the letter was signed by 36 teaching and research assistants the ta's letter to the editor was based on a brown and white article which was incomplete and included partially . • - . fabricated quotations kathleen dalgaard consultant to the provost for teaching assistant and faculty develop ment said i wish the brown and white would check out the facts in such letters before they print them provost albert zet tlemoyer said problems outlined '-'-. knisely and other signers of the letter all from the engineering couege outlined problems facing university graduate students who also assume ta or ra positions most encounter difficulties with salary scales the research structure inconsistency among departments benefits and training they noted according to knisely the half-time tas operate under a slightly graduated pay scale leaving little incentive for ad vancement it makes no difference if you do a bad job or a good job echoed tom doligalski me mechanics ta the raise we got this year didn't even match the rate of inflation he added inconsistency among departments on . responsibility guidelines time allotments and training fbr part-time tas was also noted y*_y ta responsibilities vary—some might grade papers tutor jrtudents supervise laboratories or conduct recitation sec tions others might teach independent they dedicate more time to their teaching obligations than to their own graduate studies lack of time if we worked the 20 hours a week we are hired te a lot of t___i___gs wouldn't get done knisely said there's not enough time to do both work and teaching gary wray , electrical engineer ta added lack of candor by utility added to tmi confusion by jim morrison a lack of total candor by the metropolitan edison and the failure of the news media to investigate problems at the three mile island nuclear facility left the public un prepared for a nuclear accident according to sharon friedman assistant professor of journalism friedman who directs the science writing program served as a con sultant to one of the six task forces that worked under the presidential commission investigating the ac cident at three mile island last march as one of 13 staff members or consultants on the public's right to know task force friedman was asked to evaluate metropolitan edison's relations with the news media and the community before the accident she also evaluated the media's coverage of^three^mile island and the local public's knowledge of nuclear power releases misleading - the weekly press releases from the utility could ha ve served as a warning something was wrong at the nuclear generating station located near harrisburg friedman said however the press releases dealing with tbe generation of power prepared by junior level i-gineeri from met-ed sharon friedman see lack page 5 see tmi page 6 srm ( wiiii ates page 5 , mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm inside : malklous mischief p.5 final counseling p 12 postponed p 1 6