Brown and White Vol. 94 no. 42

              brown and white lehigh university vol 94 — no 42 bethlehem pa friday april 8 1983 215 861-4184 greek social self-regulation urged by likins by teresa kilcullen university president peter likins has pledged his support for the development of a code of fraternity conduct which could possibly replace the current social regulations speaking at monday's interfraternity council ifc meeting likins presented a proposal to the house presidents for a code which would be the foundations on which we can build a new model code for the regulation of social behavior at lehigh likins stated m a letter to ifc presi dent john compton 84 if the ifc is successful m this effort i will be pleased to work with you to persuade the forum the faculty and the trustees that lehigh's students should be given an opportunity to demonstrate their capac ity for self-regulation of social conduct likins said that he has been concerned with social regulations m one way or another since he came here and sees a kind of discomfort with the current system however he explained that his concern is centered upon the actual existence of administration-imposed rules that govern students social behav ior whereas the ifc's concern seems to be with changing specific details of the current code such as the food require ment or the shut-down time of parties compton explained that likins letter and his speech to the ifc occurred after the ifc's proposals to change details of the current regulations had passed the subcommittee levels of the forum compton said it was then that likins realized that he may have to eventually deal with these proposals and perhaps may even have had to present them to the board of trustees this didn't fit m with his plans compton said it forced him to make an alternate proposal likins echoed these thoughts saying that he could see a confrontation com ing and didn't like that prospect adding that this confrontation would further delay the healthy transition to your shoulders or responsibility for your actions according to compton the ifc had earlier been asked by the forum to draw up a set of social standards when ifc officials met with likins after the amendments to the social regulations cleared the subcommittee likins sug gested that the ifc attempt to substitute that social code for the current regulations likins stated m his letter that the code must be approved m the sense that most of the students m every house next year subscribe to the plan and every new member who subsequently joins any lehigh fraternity explicitly accepts the code of fraternity conduct this would be an honor-bound commitment approved m each house by a majority which states yes this is a set of rules we can subscribe to he said however likins pointed out m his let ter that he cannot support an unspeci fied code of conduct as a substitute for april 1 annual giving report shows 8.8 million gift total by judy buckley the april 1 annual giving report showed total cash gifts at 8.8 million a rough increase of 25 percent over last year while the number of donors has remained constant said robert hol combe vice president of development holcombe added that for the period running from july 1 to january 15 there was a four percent decrease m alumni donors while cash donations totaled a little over 6 million dollars an increase of 17 percent over last year he said the annual fund the operat ing segment of the cash fund presently totals 2.75 million a 10 percent increase over last year jack fulton associate director of annual giving development attributed the initial donor decline to the unsuccess ful means used to reach alumni last fall the problem could just have been the inability to reach the alumni or it could have been a number of things he said holcombe credited the increase m the cash fund to several sources he said there was approximately a 20 percent increase m the asa packer society's b&w pholo by kevin karoll bob pettlnato 86 left and scott goldstein 85 second from right pledging solicit donations for alpha sigma phi's arthritis foundation walk-a -• thon the event is scheduled for 1 p.m tomorrow last year the brothers and pledges raised 8,500 from the five-mile hike franklin center to aid high-tech businesses by peter trumbore according to university president peter likins benjamin franklin advanced technology center will have three main functions research training and education and the creation of small businesses the center will provide the stimulus for entrepreneurs who need the technical expertise to go into business likins said according to michael bolton direc tor of development and executive direc tor of the ben franklin center the center will provide aid for those individu als wishing to start a business m the field of advanced technology a man could be working m his garage or office trying to run a business bolton said what we could do is provide ware house space for the business give access to the resources available from the cen ter and aid the individual m finding funding for his business according to bolton and likins this creation of businesses will act as a boost for the economy of the lehigh valley there should be a modest number of new businesses that will get their start at lehigh and if successful spin off and add to the economy of the area likins said the whole idea bolton explained is to attract industry create jobs and create a larger tax base for the state bolton went on to say the center will lend its expertise not only to persons interested m starting a new business but also to those industries already present m the lehigh valley it's not just to have ibm build their next plant here but also to help those existing industries such as textiles steel trucking and oth ers hopefully he continued this will help put some unemployed steel workers back to work that is really what this is all about likins said the intended benefits of the center are mainly but not entirely eco nomic he said the center should increase interaction between business and the university and stengthen dia logue with the community likins went on to say the presence of the center will be beneficial to the stu dents at the university as well the workings of the center will lead to a flow of resources into lehigh that will benefit everyone both inside the university and out he said he also said the close ties the university will h ave with business through the center will lead to an expan sion m the range of experiences students can have bolton and his staff will work out of their headquarters at the centennial school and lab space will be available at different places around the area namely over 30 groups to parade sun in inaugural kickoff for 1 1 th president by howard goldstein kicking off the week-long university wide celebration of the inauguration of peter likins over 30 campus groups will participate m the inaugural parade sun day at 2 p.m likins the university's 11th president will be officially inaugurated next satur day after eight months as president fraternities athletic teams the marching 97 and representatives of many campus organizations are sche duled to march m sunday's parade par aders will begin m front of alpha tau omega fraternity and will travel down the hill across campus to lamberton hall past the rear of the university cen ter across library drive and around linderman library and then past the reviewing stand located at the flagpole on the uc lawn the marchers will be judged by likins david amidon lecturer m urban studies j richard aronson professor of eco nomics george kane professor of industrial engineering and j donald ryan professor of geology the catego ries for the competition are originality humor precision and president's choice immediately following the parade the residence halls council will be sponsor ing the third annual john maloney milk and cookies party on the uc lawn the lehigh valley dairy princess and elsie the cow will be m attendance amidon will present a lecture on little known facts about the university and a barbershop quartet will end the after noons festivities in case of rain the milk and cookies party will be held m grace hall at 2 p.m and the parade will be postponed until monday afternoon at 4 30 all events slated for next week have been designed as part of the inaugura tion celebration ending with the inaugu ral ball next saturday night for a calendar of events and related stories about the history of the lehigh presidency former president deming lewis retirement and the inaugural ball see pages 7 8 and 9 see new page 3 see april page 3 see center page 5