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bybrittrogge brown and white news writer pa severely affected by acid rain toxicity lu researcher says lehigh researcher john remenar presented a slide show tuesday illustrating his studies of the effects of acid rain on pocono lakes as part of earth week in his lecture remenar said acid rain has been around since industrialization began acid rain forms when by products of fossil fuel combustion are released into the atmosphere and mix with clouds carried by the winds these chemicals undergo reactions which turn them into sulfuric acid they then come back to earth in the form of rain damaging vegetation and wildlife in delicate ecosys tems such as lakes remenar said acid rain is raising the ph levels of lakes in frightening proportions the 14-point logarithmic ph scale indicates the acidity of a substance with the highest level of acidity at a ph of one the average ph of normal rain water is 5.6 to 5.7 the ph level of rain in the northeast between 1955 and 1956 dropped to around 4.6 to 4.5 remenar said statistics for 1989 go as low as 4.13 pennslvania is among the states most severely affected by acid rain remenar said no place is unaffected in pennsylvania the state receives the prevailing winds and acid rain from both the ohio valley and its own steel industry the high acidity level in lakes caused by acid rain results in a breakdown of the food chain the ecosysten begins to lose its balance algae and insects at the bottom of the food chain die first their death leads to the death of other species remenar has participated in two studies with dr patricia bradt of the environmental studies center in which the effects of acidity on a few lakes in different areas of similar size volume and detention time were tested detention time is the time it takes water to move in and out of the lake see acid rain page 5 fi&w photo by jakcn stanford alpha phi pledge cymfria roccaforto stands after finishing her pie in wednesday's contest university square to open in may building sell for 90,000 and the mor ton street courtyard units which do not have a study sell for 85,000 as preparations for the opening of university square wind to a close tish said he has another project the south side marketfair waiting for him construction begins in may and the marketplace is due to open in october or november of the 80 vend or spaces 60 percent are finalized the southside marketfair will conta in a central food court a four or six theater cinema a sports bar restaur ant and an ethnic pavillion the pavillion will be a forum for the many diverse ethnic groups and chur ches in the bethlehem area to hold pageants and festivals the sports-bar restaurant will fea ture thirty television screens batting cages robotic boxing and restaurant bars surrounding a basketball court to accomodate lehigh students and faculty pike said including full print ing facilities as well as fax service collating and packaging services also available will be mail and post office box facilities the two retail spaces left in the fourth street building will be filled by an apparel shop and a food court included in the food court will be a fast food restaurant an ice cream shop a bakery and a new york-style jewish delicatessen negotiations are being held for any vacant spots tish said a lehigh senior expressed interest in that space for an ice cream parlor the residential space consisting of 14 condominiums is half-filled and tish said the lehigh undergraduate and graduate students have shown considerable interest in the property the two-bedroom condominiums with a study in the fourth street by christine simone brown and white news writer university square complex on the corner of morton new and fourth streets will be completed on may 1 when an open house is planned to show the completed second building and landscaping said project develop er harold tish tish said the 2 million complex will be the new home of rosenbluth travel which is moving from adams street and eagle quantitative man agement inc an asset management firm run by lehigh university grad uate herb ehlers tish said a bank will move into the first floor of the morton street build ing may 15 the name of the institution was not released because federal approval is pending also moving in on that day will be campus communications an exten sion of the minuteman press headed by david pike services will be geared the brown and white friday april 27 1990 lehigh university vol 97 no 44 inside news visting professor miguel bernat shares his thoughts on his book and the situation in panama as his last semester in the united states ends page 4 greek week photo display featuring the opening ceremonies held tuesday and the pie and greeker eating contests from wednesday page 15 sports lu wide receiver rob varano will attend the cincinnati bengals minicamp for a tryout with the team page 20 life style-drug use at lehigh starting page 9
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 44 |
Date | 1990-04-27 |
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FullText | bybrittrogge brown and white news writer pa severely affected by acid rain toxicity lu researcher says lehigh researcher john remenar presented a slide show tuesday illustrating his studies of the effects of acid rain on pocono lakes as part of earth week in his lecture remenar said acid rain has been around since industrialization began acid rain forms when by products of fossil fuel combustion are released into the atmosphere and mix with clouds carried by the winds these chemicals undergo reactions which turn them into sulfuric acid they then come back to earth in the form of rain damaging vegetation and wildlife in delicate ecosys tems such as lakes remenar said acid rain is raising the ph levels of lakes in frightening proportions the 14-point logarithmic ph scale indicates the acidity of a substance with the highest level of acidity at a ph of one the average ph of normal rain water is 5.6 to 5.7 the ph level of rain in the northeast between 1955 and 1956 dropped to around 4.6 to 4.5 remenar said statistics for 1989 go as low as 4.13 pennslvania is among the states most severely affected by acid rain remenar said no place is unaffected in pennsylvania the state receives the prevailing winds and acid rain from both the ohio valley and its own steel industry the high acidity level in lakes caused by acid rain results in a breakdown of the food chain the ecosysten begins to lose its balance algae and insects at the bottom of the food chain die first their death leads to the death of other species remenar has participated in two studies with dr patricia bradt of the environmental studies center in which the effects of acidity on a few lakes in different areas of similar size volume and detention time were tested detention time is the time it takes water to move in and out of the lake see acid rain page 5 fi&w photo by jakcn stanford alpha phi pledge cymfria roccaforto stands after finishing her pie in wednesday's contest university square to open in may building sell for 90,000 and the mor ton street courtyard units which do not have a study sell for 85,000 as preparations for the opening of university square wind to a close tish said he has another project the south side marketfair waiting for him construction begins in may and the marketplace is due to open in october or november of the 80 vend or spaces 60 percent are finalized the southside marketfair will conta in a central food court a four or six theater cinema a sports bar restaur ant and an ethnic pavillion the pavillion will be a forum for the many diverse ethnic groups and chur ches in the bethlehem area to hold pageants and festivals the sports-bar restaurant will fea ture thirty television screens batting cages robotic boxing and restaurant bars surrounding a basketball court to accomodate lehigh students and faculty pike said including full print ing facilities as well as fax service collating and packaging services also available will be mail and post office box facilities the two retail spaces left in the fourth street building will be filled by an apparel shop and a food court included in the food court will be a fast food restaurant an ice cream shop a bakery and a new york-style jewish delicatessen negotiations are being held for any vacant spots tish said a lehigh senior expressed interest in that space for an ice cream parlor the residential space consisting of 14 condominiums is half-filled and tish said the lehigh undergraduate and graduate students have shown considerable interest in the property the two-bedroom condominiums with a study in the fourth street by christine simone brown and white news writer university square complex on the corner of morton new and fourth streets will be completed on may 1 when an open house is planned to show the completed second building and landscaping said project develop er harold tish tish said the 2 million complex will be the new home of rosenbluth travel which is moving from adams street and eagle quantitative man agement inc an asset management firm run by lehigh university grad uate herb ehlers tish said a bank will move into the first floor of the morton street build ing may 15 the name of the institution was not released because federal approval is pending also moving in on that day will be campus communications an exten sion of the minuteman press headed by david pike services will be geared the brown and white friday april 27 1990 lehigh university vol 97 no 44 inside news visting professor miguel bernat shares his thoughts on his book and the situation in panama as his last semester in the united states ends page 4 greek week photo display featuring the opening ceremonies held tuesday and the pie and greeker eating contests from wednesday page 15 sports lu wide receiver rob varano will attend the cincinnati bengals minicamp for a tryout with the team page 20 life style-drug use at lehigh starting page 9 |
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