Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 46

              the brown and white vol 97 no 46 friday may 4 1990 lehigh university asimov enlightens lu crowd by t marc jones brown and white news writer the only way to solve global problems is as earth people no other way issac asimov said wednesday night nations are figures of speech on a map they do not really exist he said the grandmaster of science-fic tion spoke in grace hall as part of the lecture series america and the glob al wave of the future sink or swim asimov discussed the problems associated with the overpopulation of the earth in the last 1,000 years there has been a 22-fold increase in the human population he said most of this population boom has occured in the last two centuries due to technol ogical breakthroughs he said with this greater population comes increased consumption and pollution less room and the destruction of our planet asimov added more trees must be cut we must dig more into the earth we consume and create more waste we destroy the sea and the air asimov said we will face the four horsemen of the apocolypse war pestilence famine and death global warming and its associated evils was another topic explored in the lecture he stressed the import ance of global awareness because if we poison the earth in one place then it is poisoned everywhere he noted a problem standing in the way of a global solution is that there are 150 nations who take pride in their pride and say to hell with the rest of my neighbors asimov offered a solution to make the world globalize he said that amer ica could give advice to the rest of the world from its own history in revolutionary america asimov stated there were 13 distinct states none of which was particularly fond of the others these states however banded together cooperated and sur vived through the perceived evils that faced them lndians boundaries and the almighty europe he said later after the civil war america found a way to cooperate again through western expansion asimov said america globalized twice the first time out of fear and the second time out of hope asimov cited the cold war between the u.s and the soviet union as an example of provincialism for 40 years the u.s has attempted to destroy the economy of the eastern bloc nat ions in doing so we have borrowed b&w photo by jason stanford issac asimov lehigh hosts jason project by alayna kassan brown and white news writer good afternoon this is your captain speak ing i'd like to welcome you aboard the control room of the erie west announced jackie massa of the lacocca institute as she opened the jason project tuesday the erie west barge is home base for an underwater exploration project named jason located on lake ontario lowered from the barge the camera-equipped robot jason probes two u.s naval ships that sank in the war of 1812 the hamilton and the scourge pictures of human bones cannonballs axes and other antiquated armaments aboard the wreckage are transmitted live via satellite to grace hall where project coordinator massa narrates the footage robert ballard of the woods hole oceanographic institute supervises the deep water action which is simultaneously broad cast to 14 museums in addition to lehigh the goal of the exhibit which is directed toward elementary through high school-level students is to show them that science is user friendly sais project director judith bazler a science educator in lehigh's college of education she said the program aims at broadening younger students understanding and interest in the fields of science and engineering fields in which interest is declining it's a really interesting project and i think it will help boost the interest in science in the younger generation said student volunteer chris heyn 93 the project which runs from april 30 to may 12 is expected to be seen by more than 250,000 students bazler predicted that more than 8,000 children will attend a session at the grace hall sjte alone it was a different fun and educational experience also said joanne hines a student at east hills middle school actually i like me department in need of adjustments by matthew brogowski brown and white news writer the facilities and curricul um of lehigh's mechanical engineering department was not rated up to par by the accreditation board for engineering and technology abet after a visit to lehigh last semester the board which has been maintaining high standards in the engineering field since 1936 reported that lehigh did not meet the requirement of mandating 16 credit hours of design orient ed courses for the major in addition the board said the laboritory space was over crowded the curriculum was more conceptual than practi cal and were concerned with the aging faculty professor fazil erdogan said the reason why the board disagrees with the depart ment is that the board wants us to offer a minimum number of courses specifical ly in design whereas we pref er to add design aspects to other couses the board complimented the department on the posi tive attitude and high morale of the faculty the quality of the students and the quality of the courses offered erdogan added nation wide there is a problem in engineering schools with aging faculty we are aware of this and are taking steps to hire new and younger faculty to replace the retirees lehigh received a grant from the national science foundation to set up a new 1,200 foot lab in packard lab oratory to be completed by next fall the department has a stand ing committee on curriculum that is constantly adjusting the courses to fit industry standards erdogan said as the field of mechanical engineering changes so do our courses he said the areas the board eval uates at each school include the program in engineering university libraries comput er facilities and laboratory space and equipment christopher frazer a juni or mechanical engineering major said i think that it's tour de trump cyclists to climb lehigh's hill by erica crespi brown and white news editor one hundred and twenty cyclists including tour de france winner greg lemond will try to conquer the hill in the ninth leg of the tour de trump may 9 this part of the 13-leg 1,100 race has been coined the four gates to glory by the tour de trump organizers and is the most grueling part of the 73-mile lehigh valley which starts in alien town at 3 p.m the racers began the tour j thursday in wilmington del i and will end may 13 in boston with prizes totaling 300,000 i there will be three passes through lehigh with the first pack coming in at approx imately 3:20 p.m brian dreb ber executive director of the lehigh valley race told leh lehigh week the other two passes will come through at approximately 4:10 p.m and 5 p.m he said the times are tentative because no one know the effect the hill will have on the time of the bikers the bikers enter campus see jason page 4 see engineering page 4 see asimov page 9 see trump page 6 inside news results of a food safety survey conducted among lehigh students is presented page 7 news the brown and white announces its new editorial staff page 8 sports a tribute to lehigh's graduating sports stars page 28 life style school spirit at lehigh pages 1 7-22