Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 30

              soviet coach arrives at lehigh especially congressman don ritter who facilitated the granting of bel oglazov's visa originally not due to arrive in america until march the granting of his visa ahead of schedule allowed the arrival of beloglazov his wife natasha and their children on feb 10 beloglazov also a six-time world champion in the 57 kilogram 125.5 lb weight class has already started work ing with the lehigh wrestling squad but said he is not quite sure which approach to take yet i have to look at what you are doing and then talk to tom about what kind of program we see coach page 7 states on a visit beloglazov said i had to stand there all day at the american embassy and i decided maybe i better go home to kiev and try to resolve this by telephone from home then i was concerned that tom hutchinson lehigh's head wrestling coach would be upset..and all those people involved in the invitation for me to come so i decided to stay in moscow he said beloglazov thanked all the people involved in organizing his stay here lehigh reports no hepatits cases through interpreter anna herz chair woman of lehigh's modern foreign languages department when i got to the embassy there my coaches and colleagues regreted my leaving sergei beloglazov assistant wrestling coach was a mob scene of people who wanted to either permanently leave the u.s.s.r or to come to the united by dianne carljn brown and white editor in chief after fighting the crowds waiting for united states visas at the american embassy in moscow for 10 frustrating days sergei beloglazov two-time olympic gold-medal winner and leh igh's newest assistant wrestling coach finally received the papers allowing him to leave his home country i got the visa at 4 o clock and the next morning i was on the plane enroute to the usa belogazov said at a press conference feb 13 speaking however the vaccine is not recommended for these people as it would be ineffec tive said yellin he added that the vaccine should be administered within two weeks of exposure as it is ineffective two weeks after exposure i those who ate at the restaur ant between jan 26 and feb 3 are at risk as well and should seek immunization immed iately at the health center yellin said he explained that people who ate at chi-chi's before see hepatitis page 6 by kristen kuck brown and white asst news editor no cases of hepatitis type a have been reported at lehigh according to dr stanley yell in director of the student health center feb 7 an announcement was made through radio and press that as many as 10,000 people in the lehigh valley area who ate at chi-chi's mexican restaurante in whitehall township near the lehigh valley mall were in danger of contracting hep atitis type a from a food hand ler who was unknowingly car rying the virus people may feel lousy for a couple of weeks and miss some classes but it is not anything horrible he said it is comparable to mon onuecleosis because hepatitis type a can be spread through food officials advised that those who had eaten at the restaur ant should seek an immuniza tion injection of immune globulin yellin said that those who ate at the restaurant between jan 19 and jan 26 are a risk of acquiring the disease because they would have been exposed to the virus since that time no cases have been reported that are proven to be traced to chi chi's yellin said he said it is possible that no cases will result from exposure by the food handler at chi-chi's who was carrying the disease if she was careful about wash ing her hands i am not aware of any cases at lehigh yet this semester he said the health center has done testing for the virus but none of the tests have been positive one important thing yell in said it is almost never a serious disease he said the brown and white lehigh university friday february 1 6 1 990 vol 97 no 30 national science foundation centers dedicat ed to strengthening u.s science and technol ogy and has created the lacocca institute which is devoted to addressing competitive ness issues particularly those impacting man ufacturing competitiveness and the quality of u.s education at all levels on the state level likins is a member of governor casey's pennsylvania economic development partnership board and enabled lehigh to become the site of one of four state ben franklin advanced technology centers and one of nine state industrial resource centers michael bolton vice president of develop ment and university relations said likins addition to president bush's panel is a great honor for him and for lehigh his professional approach attention to detail honesty open ness communication skills and total committ ment to every assignment will make him an important addition to this new council during his years at lehigh likins has spoken out on issues of national importance including the growing importance of working partnerships between education industry and see likins page 5 peter likins omrrk likins on president's council commitee to advise bush on science technology by matthew brogowski brown and white news writer lehigh president peter likins has been named by president bush to the president's council of advisors on science and technol ogy the names of the 13 members of the panel were disclosed last friday in washington dc by vice president dan quayle the committee members met saturday at camp david with president bush chief of staff john sununu and budget director richard darm an the purpose of this new panel is to advise the president on matters of science and technology and to advise others such as the president's assistant on science and technol ogy in response to questions asked likins said we are not an independent agency that goes off on its own to decide what the critical issues are rather our responsibility is to be reactive to questions presented to us from the execu tive branch of our government he said likins has a very formidable background of achievement at lehigh and on the state and national levels as well under his guidance lehigh has been selected as the site of three inside news fill out the esrpwn and white survey about alumni don^johs page 7 arts & leisure a new restaurant brings thai food to the south side page 11 sports men's and women's basketball teams victorious page 20