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              university counterparts another factor contributing to frater nities higher costs is the lack of a lease for fraternity rooms so the house may lose several boarders at a moment's notice according to keiper the fraternity management association is trying to work out a sub lease common to all fraternities to solve this problem and lower costs for brothers hidden costs include social dues which top 600 a year at psi upsilon fraternity according to sophomore jim mcclain parents do not see anyth ing but the 5,000 for room and board on the bill so they just are not told see costs page 7 lt governor talks on laws social issues by morcine scott brown and white news writer lt gov of pennsylvania mark sin gel spoke to lehigh air force rotc students about economic develop ment education and the state of our environment on tuesday in his talk singel wanted to inform his constituents about the accomplish ments within the state system while he has been in office he said one of the most exciting thing that has happened was the crea tion of 450,000 new jobs the increase of jobs reflect the many new industries that have decid ed to make pennsylvania their base of operations government should be on the side of business not on its back singel see governor page 5 the brown and white a construction worker waves from the top of the scaffolding on the building site of the new business college vol 97 no 15 friday november 3 1989 lehigh university sought nsf director erich bloch originally asked sanchez to take the position in january 1990 but sanchez declined because he felt an obligation to finish the academic year he said i want to publicly thank david for resisting the call to washington so he can complete several lehigh projects undertaken this year university pre sident peter likins said sanchez will retain the title of pro fessor of mathematics at lehigh while on his extended leave likins has appointed john chen professor of chemistry to chair a search committee for sanchez's replacement this is not going to be a long and painful process likins said likins is optimistic about the pool candidates from outside the univers ity yet the replacement may come from within he said frankly we have some very qualifi ed people here at lehigh he said however not everybody cares to get omr photo provost david sanchez into management in the corporate community everyone wants to be pro moted whereas in a university that's not necessarily a goal sanchez is very excited about his future position the job will be a little bit more of a people job the nsf wants somebody to go out there and talk to congressmen and national groups about the main issues they want to make an outreach he said on a national level sanchez hopes to address the problem of inadequate education of for minorities he will also encourage integration of profes sional research and undergraduate education he said sanchez said that although he will be working in the field of education and science it will be a dramatic change in terms of function and per spective instead of working with a university of different fields see provost page 2 provost appointed to nsf position by louise weston brown and white managing editor provost and vice president david sanchez has been appointed assistant director of the national science foun dation nsf and will leave lehigh in june 1990 sanchez will head the mathematics and physical sciences directorate in washington d.c the largest division in the foundation with an annual budget of more than 500 million sanchez will oversee the progress of research nationwide in mathematics physics chemistry astronomy and materials science it's a chance to be in a top position in the science establishment it's a policy-making position in terms of science educa tion so it's a chance to make someth ing of a difference and find out how the national scene works he said sanchez provost for four years said he was surprised to be offered the opportunity because it is not a job he 3,800 to 5,100 yearly keiper said the yearly costs at sor orities in centennial i is approximate ly 1,000 higher than delta zeta and alpha chi omega sororities both in saucon village keiper explained the price difference is because the sororit ies in centennial i have 10 meals a week as opposed to five a week for dz and alpha chi these figures may be compared to the maximum room and board cost of 4,550 for university residence halls though fraternities chefs are reputed to be much more skilled than their vacancies increase fraternity costs cost of living in a fraternity ranges from 4,100 to 5,800 per year for room and board sororities charge 3,800 to 5,100 per year for room and board to pay rent to the university the least expensive fraternity costs a student 4,100 per year for room and board while sororities range from by ted van horn brown and white news writer residential services said approx imately 14 percent of fraternity beds remain empty driving the cost of room and board at some fraternities to more than 5,800 per year according to associate director of residential services walt kei per sor orities are nearly full which makes their housing less expensive in most cases lehigh fraternities and sororities have an average budget of 160,000 per year with approximately 47,000 used