Brown and White Vol. 100 no. 2

              the brown and white lehigh university bethlehem pennsylvania vol.loo n0.2 tuesday september 13 1988 215 758-4181 off campus talks party by brian hensel brown and white news writer thenewsocialpolicy'simpactonoff campus students is not as severe as it is on those students residing on-cam pus as discussed at a meeting concern ing the effects of the policy and pen nsylvania's act 31 on off-campus stu dents held wednesday by dean of students john smeaton according to the student handbook there is no disciplinary action for off campus students who violate the soci al policy as a first offense the first time violation is a matter between the offender and the local police depart ment according to off-campus student senator ken eichwald 89 for second offenses however university action will be taken the social policy states that off-campus students are responsi ble for the actions of the persons to whom they serve alcohol nearly 150 students attended the meeting an improvement over the handful of off-campus students who were at a similar meeting last april act 31 is what affects us said off campus senator dan anders 90 the most notable aspect of act 31 for off campus students is the clause owned or controlled which applies to the tenant and landlord situation if the owner is an absentee landlord the weight of responsibility for any violations of act 31 would rest solely on the shoulders of the tenant or controller of the property the act defines to furnish alcoh olic beverages as to supply give or provide to or allow a minor to possess on premises or property owned or controlled by the person in charge bethlehem mayor ken smith and the bethlehem police department have said they will not tolerate the fraternities moving off campus to have parties according to some off-campus students however the bethlehem pol ice are somewhat overzealous in their b»w photo by jack schneider alpha omicron pi sisters dana susman left 91 and rachel schact 91 head for classes taylor demolition set funds finally secured by rebecca viscomti brown and white news writer demolition of taylor stadium if scheduled to begin in november according to anthony corallo assistant vice presi dent of facilities services and campus planning plans to demolish the stadium were announced last fall the land will be used for the new college of business and economics now nearly one year after the announcement the 15.5 million needed to tear down the old stadi um and construct the college is available all of the funding for the project is in place corallo said and now we're just waiting for the approval to get it started lehigh's board of trustees plans to approve demolition plans in october so work may begin in november corallo added that construction of the new business college should start in march 1989 we'd like to have the demolition process continue right into construction in order to to get the new building up and completed as soon as possible he said the construction will take about one and a half years completion is expected by the fall semester in 1990 some faculty and administrators said the new location will be an asset to the business college at lehigh currently the administration and faculty of the business college are located at drown hall johnson hall and offices on brodhead avenue roger clow college relations officer for the business college dorms take on social life by emily puffer brown and white mows wrrtor closing the door and pulling down the blinds is becoming more and more commonplace in dormitories at lehigh the new social policy has stifled many of the traditions and activities that used to take place lehigh has changed a lot from when i used to visit here the social policy has basically separated us from upperclassmen and kept us shut up in the dorms and that is why so many people are drinking in the dorm rooms instead of meeting people around campus and having a good time mollie fisher 92 said in response to the new policies developing at lehigh rush rules prohibiting freshmen on the hill and a lack of transportation to seek activities ____________________________________________________ ' you can $ t..shut your door without someone thinking you are breaking the rules " rex hupkee oassofttt off-campus have many members of the freshm an clas feeling as if they are locked up in the dorms with no place to go this has caused many to turn to drinking in their rooms the rules have put gryphons hall directors and the campus police in a difficult situation because of their positions they are required to enforce the new laws as well as find other activities to occupy the students it seems so stupid because police are always walking down the halls looking in rooms and you can't really shut your door without someone thinking you are breaking the rules i feel like i'm always being watched said freshman rex hupkee it seems so ridiculous to me i feel like i'm back in high school and have to sneak around again said freshman kristin bereckley not only are freshmen affected by lehigh's new social policy upperclassmen also have to adjust to the changes occuring over the past year numerous upperclassmen claim the parties are no longer as fun on the hill greek week will be shortened it has been hard on us also lehigh just isn't what it used to be and the worst thing is that we experienced it before the changes the part ies open kegs it's all gone now we even have to sneak around said one upperclassman many gryphons who were interviewed said the whole policy has forced them to be more like police figures rather than friends there to help the students others said they can not help but wonder what is going on when a few students walk into a room and shut the door then they are left with the options of either leaving the dorm so they will not be around or walking in on the students and seeing if they are breaking the rules i don't like it but it is my job to enforce it says john krupa a gryphon in dravo another dravo gryphon carolyn cunniff said it puts us in such a difficult position i hate it when we have to be like police other people said the new policy has shown some positive things for the campus dale cushman the hall director in dravo said i graduated from lehigh two years ago when the policy was not in effect students were hurting themselves destroying the dorms and failing out now that i am back and the new policy is in effect i see people more interested in their school work and caring about grades it is unfortunate for the students who could drink maturely and keep up their school work but in the long run i do think it will workout students are showing their mixed feelings towards the new policy but overall there are ways to get around it see off-campus page 5 see business page 3 what's inside alumni react to campus changes page 3 henry sen*«nced — page 4 whitten returns page 8 queenan polaha-page 10