Brown and White Vol. 101 no. 14

              in efforts to educate the campus on the contro versial issue of rape the panhellenic council has promoted activities discussions and movies as part of rape awareness week basically we want to raise the awareness of the campus and show them that rape does exist even at lehigh said trina buhler 94 president of panhellenic council we want to bring the issue out into the open this is the first year for this program which includes events everyday of the week some of the events are programs on sexual harassment and an open discussion program on relationships and rape ah of the events are open to the public they are for everyone anyone who wants to come buhler said we hope to get a lot of the freshmen girls to take part on thursday sorority members will be wear ing purple ribbons to support rape awareness week information about rape will also be pro vided at the grace lounge in the university center there will be a table in the uc where people who are not in sororities can pick up a purple ribbon the ribbons are free but we'll be asking for donations to the crime victims council buhler said today a self-defense program will be held in the grace lounge for students to learn how to protect themselves in case of an attack knowing self defense can help in case you're put in that situation you would know how to respond buhler said buhler emphasized the need for rape educa tion she feels students should know how to protect themselves and also what to do in case they are raped or have a friend in that situation i think it's an issue that's pushed to the side like it doesn't happen buhler said but it does happen and people shouldn't be afraid because there are places you can go for help and to learn how to protect yourself baw photo by young hong dave cecchini 94 celebrates the winning touchdown pass that gave lehigh its first win over rival holy cross new efforts seem to curb crime by barbara gross news writer crime prevention events self awareness and new university and state policies have all contributed to a safer lehigh environment accord ing to lehigh police chief eugene dax dax says drinking on campus has always been one of the biggest con tributors to assault and crime prob lems but believes that a general sense of awareness and responsibility by lehigh students is contributing to less criminal activity the lehigh student is becoming more responsible and aware that what they are doing is wrong dax said they know they're going to hurt themselves or someone else dax also feels that new efforts by the police to curb crime have also helped please see crime page 6 one reason is that more people are more aware and educated on this type of nonsense dax said i think that our crime prevention program where we try to talk to a lot of people is successful and our ideas and sug gestions are rubbing off dax feels that lehigh s under 21 year-old students are more aware than ever of the harsh actions that the brown and white tuesday november 2 1993 all the lehigh news first activities focus attention on rape awareness vol 101 no 14 iacocca pushes nafta at lehigh by marc j goldstein editor in chief the north american free trade agreement will allow u.s compa nies to compete in the same way european community companies have been doing for nearly 20 years said lee lacocca 45 friday in the rauch business center lacocca former chairman and chief executive officer of chrysler corp told the small group of stu dents and professors that at a recent car show infrankfiui germany lead ers of the european car makers de rided his support for nafta saying the agreement is bad for the world the automakei-s told him form please see lacocca page 6 ing a trading block with mexico and canada would favor north ameri can companies that would become a tight club well they have done that for 20 years to us lacocca said the eu ropean community is exactly that club they don't like that we are taking a page out of their book and we will favor ourselves lacocca is one of president clinton's most prominent industrial proponents of the agreement that would remove most of the trade bar riers and tariffs between the united states mexico and canada he blamed the media for many bawphoio by marc j goldstein lee lacocca 45 explained his support for nafta at rauch business center on friday by amy gorman assistant news editor please see rape page 6 making history ■ marie c bgltz ffversitr libraries linoerman library ng.030 i < ..,..' v —^ »',■■!? ■ news 1-6 world news briefs 2 entrepreneur lecture 3 ftflpl fraternity rush 5 sciencepages 7-10 egg banks 8 bfjj college computer 9 sports 14-16 cross country 15 football 16 choral arts choir performs an original composition see story page 4