Brown and White Vol. 107 no. 5

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 107 no 05 friday september 24 1999 all the lehigh news first chi phi holds dinner to support good relations by bevin milavsky news writer the continuation of good relations between lehigh students faculty and alum ni were stressed at a dinner held at chi phi fraternity monday evening the gathering was held as a gesture of thanks for the generous support chi phi alumni have bestowed upon the house for renovation purposes various alumni donated a total of more than 60,000 to help refurnish the house the renovations though fairly extensive were all done over the summer some members of the community helped by tearing up old carpets in preparation for the workers arrival new floors and carpeting were put in their place and the house received a fresh coat of paint new curtains and blinds were also added tables chairs sofas and lamps are new to the living areas there are also addition al mirrors various plants and floral arrange ments throughout the house the dining room chairs a final addi tion arrived monday in time for the din ner to commence although the house has hosted other din ners in the past this was a new experience because it was larger than usual barry kraver 02 explained the differ ence between previous dinners we've had nothing of this caliber kraver said nothing before has mixed alumni and school faculty among the faculty members in atten dance were president gregory farrington associate dean david yozzi vice provost john smeaton director of greek affairs susan campbell associate dean jenny volchko assistant dean of students alex duggan and assistant dean of students sharon brown eight alumni were also present joe canneen 41 bob saxton 52 ned spitzig 57 mike laucks 61 carl meitzner 61 ardie emery 61 bob kendi 75 and dave emery 86 attended chi phi president j.t crosby 00 dis cussed the reason for holding the dinner the whole purpose of having this is to establish alumni relations with students and faculty crosby said it is to bring togeth er a closer bond and to have fun mike eisenberg 02 also felt the dinner was positive in bringing together two different b&w photo by amanda strickler members of chi phi fraternity held a dinner with several faculty members and alumni in support of continuing favorable campus fraternity and alumni relations zero population growth educates promotes activism by amanda henry news editor domestic activist organization prepares others for effects of rapid population growth zero population growth a national activist group is educating americans on the causes and effects of overpopulation the united nations projects the world population will reach six billion on oct 12 1999 and according to its newsletter zpg is a national nonprofit organization working to slow population growth and achieve a sustainable balance between the earth's people and its resources zpg seeks to protect the environment and ensure a high quality of life for present and future generations it advocates programs aimed to influence public policies attitudes and behavior on national and global population issues and related concerns sarah joy albrecht is a campus outreach coordinator for zpg she travels to colleges around the country promoting basic expo sure to population issues and creating activism opportunities for students one of albrecht's goals is to educate people on the correlation between overpop ulation and its surrounding issues i've chosen to work for zpg because population growth addresses so many social justice issues albrecht said every envi ronmental threat can be somewhat linked to the population pressures we currently face zpg and its current population cam paign why 6 billion y6b are promot ing awareness not just of population growth but women's rights as well albrecht said one of the most important connections we zpg see in terms of pop ulation growth is the education of women regarding family planning every woman in the world should be allowed to make an informed decision about how many children she wants to have and how to avoid unin tended pregnancies a zpg fact sheet says women in educa tionally and financially depressed areas are more likely to have larger families which in turn leads to a higher growth rate population and development programs can be more effective according to the organization when they center on improv ing the education rights and status of women in all cultures the united nations family planning administration said in 1998 that of the 960 million illiterate adults in the world two thirds are female in poor countries every additional year of a woman's schooling is associated with a 5 10 percent decline in child deaths showing the direct link between education and health this is something that can be adminis tered with practical applicable plans as long as people are willing to listen albrecht said once people have access to the infor mation they need they can become individ ual activists albrecht said however it's very easy for people to be educated and not care because the population issues are not affecting them directly right now chris osburn instructor of earth and environmental sciences feels the world is at a point where environmental issues are becoming more important personally we should all be aware of what is occurring in the environment because everyone has a certain responsibili ty to environmental stewardship osburn said there should be a concern for how our actions affect other species there needs to be more research about what can be done to level off population growth and how to sustain what resources we still have osburn said albrecht's intended audience encom passes everyone our goal is to educate everyone and one of our most important target individuals right now is the college student albrecht said today's students are tomorrow's lead ers and members of society albrecht also thinks generations x and y will benefit from a decreasing world popu lation for other reasons i think that with a less rapidly increas ing population young adults will be able to find an identity in a society that currently places no value on the individual albrecht said with a slowed population growth people may have more respect for each other and life in general because the issues surrounding popula tion growth are so far reaching albrecht urges anyone who has the desire to become active regardless of his or her course of study anyone can get involved albrecht said economy majors can see how popula tion issues affect a nation's gnp engineers are necessary for sustainable development projects political science students can inter act with the government and humanities stu dents of any discipline can understand how people react to changing factors osburn agrees that cross disciplinary studies can only benefit those seeking an activist career see chi phi page 6 see population page 6 h football takes on princeton saturday night away sports 18-24 men's golf 20 volleyball 22 field hockey 23 lehigh doubles its number of transfer students news 1-6 world news briefs 2 career workshop 3 police reports 4 how much school spirit do you have see page 7 lifestyle 7-14 astral signs 9 look who's talking 11 face in the crowd 13 i^jcfa | one jn four americans source www sbt.bhmedia.com