Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 24

              th e brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pennsylvania v01.98 n0.24 215 758-4181 friday january 29 1988 tuition soars 8.5 percent new financial aid for 89 by hope goldhaber brown and white desk editor lehigh's tuition and room and board will increase 8.5 percent for the 1988-89 academic year as approved by lehigh's board of trustees while uni versity scholarships will increase 26.2 percent according to the financial aid office tuition for undergraduate and grad uate students will rise 1,050 from 11,400 to 12,450 while room and board will go up 240 from 3,860 to 4,100 the total cost will increase 1,290 from 15,260 to 16,550 university president peter likins said capital expenditures such as the mountaintop campus new business college stadium and performing arts center are not financed through tui tion increases but from endowments gifts and grants the generosity of alumni friends parents government and industry ser ved to keep tuition down likins said tuition fees room and board this year paid for only 58 percent of the operating costs of the university he said in explaining the operating costs vice president of administration and treasurer john woltjen said increas ed salary support operating expenses and increased endowment earnings determine tuition increases rather than an exact percentage of tuition being allocated to those items two thirds of expenditures are related to labor such as wages for faculty stu dents and service support people tuition alone increased 36.8 per cent from 1984-85 to 1988-89 the upsw ing began as costs went from 8,750 in 1984-85 to 9,550 in 1985-86 this figure increased to 10,500 in 1986-87 rising to 11,400 in 1987-88 and finally to 12,450 for 1988-89 these figures show percentage increases of 9.1 9.9 8.6 and 9.2 respectively since tuition has been rising at about 9 percent each year it is not surprising that a growing number of students need financial aid baw photo by jmkdlberg lehigh students make their way to classes through 11.8 inches of snow and ice that accumulated earlier this week new mayor to involve lu with city's development by pam lott brown and white news writer bethlehem mayor ken smith's ties to lehigh did not end when he graduat ed from the university in 1961 he plans to incorporate this part of his past by involving lehigh with econ omic and cultural developments in the surrounding south side community sworn into office only a few weeks ago smith 47 has already changed the mayor's office into one resembling that of a lehigh administrator a dark wooden rocking chair bearing leh igh's emblem dominates the middle of the room a print of the campus hangs on the wall and a lehigh coffee mug sits alone on his desk but it's not just these additions that reveal ties to his alma mater the new mayor is creating a task force for the economic development and revitaliza tion of the south side of bethlehem with lehigh as one of the key players he plans to include on the task force representatives from bethlehem steel corp the south side ministries and the business community and south side residents lehigh is very much more aware i think than 10 or 15 years ago about the role that they can play and they should play in the community said smith they were willing to provide informa tion on how lehigh sees itself in terms of bethlehem's economic develop ment and in what lehigh's plans are i got a lot of support during the campaign from people who are invol ved with the ben franklin partner ship like mike bolton assistant vice president of university relations and assistant to the president said the mayor they have been very willing to meet with and talk about the relat ionship between lehigh and the com munity he added the cooperation from lehigh wasn't exclusive smith said his opponent had the same opportunities but i bsw photo by pam lol t bethlehem mayor ken smith is sworn in earlier this month new ifc social policy prohibits pub nights by caroline west brown and white editorial page editor there will be no weeknight parties next semester members of the lehigh board of trustees determined earlier this month board members however did compromise and approve most other additions including the reten tion of hotel parties for which student leaders had been campaigning the presidents of the interfratern ity council panhellenic council gryphon society and the forum chair person met with the board to defend pub nights as well as the rest of their social policy proposal the board though could not understand what the students had insisted was the traditional nature of pub nights dean of students john smeaton said smeaton added however that the board was impressed with the student leaders level of maturity without their high level of involvement he said the results would have been very different initially the administration had pro posed that there be no beer trucks on campus theme parties or any open parties at all if i could wave a magic wand vice president of student affairs marsha duncan said there would be no open parties duncan however is satisfied with the effort that the students have put forth the new additions which are to go into effect next fall are still subject to review by the board in april and agai n in june of this year smeaton stressed that it is crucial to start educating students about the new restrictions this spring there is no reason to prolong the agony he also insisted that if students go crazy this spring the board could change the policy it's important that students live up to their side of the deal ifc presi dent sean kelly said all of last semester was spent debat ing this issue until the different stu dent groups and the administration could reach one proposal it was a long process of arguing back and forth smeaton said we made compromises all semest er forum co-chairperson katie zil ligen said there were some things the students had to give up but we could have lost a lot more the areas of most disagreement in the social policy additions concerned hours and distribution the new soci see tuition page 10 see mayor page 4 see policy page 6