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              rather than directing residential repairs walter keiper will be coordinating the annual bethlehem musikfest held in august as its associate director keiper completed his span as associate direc tor of residential services and residence haljs at lehigh friday and assumed his new position on monday ozzie breiner formerly assistant dean of residence life will fill keiper's vacancy in april the position of associate director is newly cre ated in the bethlehem musikfest association in volving assisting with the preparation and mainte nance of the bma budget monitoring inventory and warehouse activities and acting as a finance committee liaison the position includes other responsibilities linked to funding and the coordi nation of musikfest's computer information sys tems tom kwiatek the executive director of bma said with the increasing complexities of operat ing the largest event of its kind in the country musikfest has outgrown the capabilities of its hu man resources keiper is extremely excited about his new posi tion i'm thrilled to be part of such a wonderful community and look forward to working with the many dedicated musikfest volunteers staff and spon sors the bma board needed an individual with knowledge of non-profit financial structures to assist in the management essential forthe festival's growth and well being keiper became aware ofthe new position through his involvement in community activities such as the bethlehem area jaycees of which he is now trea surer and as a member of lehigh s alumni asso ciation home club board of directors keiper said he pursued the position because it was a good opportunity to further my experience in business kwiatek said in walt keiper musikfest has see keiper page 6 prove communications among citizens of the world commu nity . the program is involved in fulfilling this ideal through the medium of scientific technical and professional exchange williams said the focus of the trip was on tracking the epidemic educating people about prevention responding to fear in the community and giving primary care marie cristy was invited along with 41 other medical workers professors and social workers to be delegates and to travel throughout eastern europe their responsibility in cluded the providing of aids education at hospitals clinics medical academies homes of people with the htv disease and see aids page 5 by jennifer steimke news writer dangerous conditions stijl exist in eastern europe that con tribute to the rapid spread ofthe adds epidemic although people are beginning to confront the silence which has surrounded the virus for years marie cristy nurse educator at lehigh university's health center went to eastern europe to help educate the people about aids awareness the trip frornmarch 13through29 was sponsored by the people to people qtizeas ambassador program dr anne williams of yale university's school of nursing who advised cristy on the program said it is an endeavor to fulfill president dwight d eisenhower's commitment to im brown and white vol 99 no 40 friday april 3 1992 student cut with knife in attempted robbery lehigh university said i think i'll be taking your wallet in an attempt to avoid the man police said the student turned away but was cut in the arm by what the student described as a pocket knife the student did not require medical attention according to john smeaton assis tant vice president for student affairs the student ran to nearby alumni memo rial building lehigh police working in con junction with bethlehem police are continu ing their investigation the police describe the suspect as a 6 foot-1-inch white male in his 20s weighing by marc j goldstein news editor a male lehigh student was cut by a knife while attempting to evade a robber on the west side of packard laboratory at about 1:30 a.m wednesday , according to lehigh police . this is the sixth incident of violence and harassment against lehigh students in the past six months police said that the student was walking alone west of packard laboratory when the student saw a man approaching as they approached each other the man reportedly about 170 pounds the morning of the inci dent the suspect was reportedly wearing blue jeans and a dark-blue hooded sweatshirt . as was the case with the past two incidents smeaton s office sent a bulletin over the network server and a letter was sent to each student on thursday the primary concern is for the safety of our students the idea is to get accurate information out as quickly as possible to the community smeaton said as a result of recent attacks , the university administration created an escort service staffed by lehigh security personnel to pro vide transportation in addition to the tracs van service the escort service provided from 7 p.m through 4 a.m can be accessed through the lehigh police non-emergency number 758 4202 according to smeaton this incident dif fered from others because the apparent mo tive was robbery in only one other incident when a graduate student was assaulted with a baseball bat in february was the motive robbery b&w photo by nick diaconis lehlgh president peter llklns uses his connections to get out of jail see story page 3 nurse educator teaches aids prevention in eastern europe keiper leaves lu fills new position with musikfest by shideh hashemi news writer le high's world travelers page 8