Brown and White Vol. 103 no. 24

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 103 no 24 friday january 26 1996 all the lehigh news first quayles named commencement speakers by michelle demooy news editor after the graduation festivi ties on the morning of june 2 1996 lehigh will add three new names among the thou sands on their alumni lists quayle quayle and quayle dan and marilyn quayle were named commencement speakers for the spring class of 1996 in keeping with the tradi tional lehigh graduation exer cises both the former vice pres ident and mrs quayle will receive honorary doctor of law degrees mrs quayle is presently a partner in an indiana law firm we are happy to announce the quayles as this year's speakers kristen falcone 96 president of the senior class said they are really the best people for the job they have been a big part of our four years here both personally with their son and as co-chairs of the parents committee tucker quayle 96 will receive a bachelor of arts degree in international rela tions he was enthusiastic about the prospect of both of his par ents speaking i thought it was great when i found out from kristen tucker said i really wasn't surprised though i figured it would happen tucker added that he was excited to see that his mother and father would be making the address as a team i thought it was an interest ing twist tucker said according to raymond bell professor of counseling psy chology school psychology and special education and the uni versity fire marshall for over 25 years the quayles will be mak ing more than just a speech they will be making lehigh history in my recollection this will be the first time in our history that parents of a graduating stu dent will be speaking bell baw courtesy of media relations trustees pass new greek evaluation by sarah zabrenski contributing editor the lehigh board of trustees passed the final draft of the residential environment report which aims to revamp the living situation at lehigh by a tele phone vote on jan 12 the report is the final result of a year and a half debate and com promise involving students facul ty and staff it targets concerns with lehigh's greek system social environment and lack of on-campus housing an initial report by the board titled strengthening the residential environment at lehigh was released last may it caused some controversy mostly from the greek community protesting what it saw as unfair standards in the greek review process mark erickson dean of stu dents said,"the board developed the initial report as a result of quite a bit of discussion the pur pose of that report was to define what the problems were to get the community engaged in addressing those problems and to map out one strategy to get from where we were to where we need ed to be after the initial report was released the board created an ad hoc committee to receive feed b w photo by mark rubins the lehigh valley had approximately 30 inches of snow in two days of storms this winter cars like the one shown were the silent victims off-campus houses robbed over break by lindsey ellison managing editor on dec 29 dana jacobs 96 stopped by her 447 webster st home to check on her belongings when she entered through the front door she didn't notice any thing missing but when jacobs went to the kitchen to answer the phone the sound of crunching glass beneath her feet made her hesitate the kitchen window had been smashed and raised and jacobs knew she been robbed according to don sabo bethlehem crime prevention offi cer approximately eight to 12 student homes were robbed on summit street e fifth street montclair avenue and webster street items most stolen varied from vcrs and televisions to stereos sabo said most of the houses were not entered by force many of the homes were either left unlocked or a window was unlocked sabo said jacobs said she and her house mates checked all the doors and windows but did not take any valuables home i brought some stuff home like my jewelry and i was going to bring home my stereo but i guess i was pretty stu pid jacobs said jacob's home lost two vcrs two televisions two cd boom boxes a discman a walkman and a coffee maker none of the bed rooms had door locks before the end of the semester bethlehem police encouraged stu dents to register their homes so that community police could do a daily check-up throughout winter break we are pleased with the reg istration program sabo said out of the 14 houses that had registered only one was robbed we don't know if that proves any thing but it must mean some thing but cara hourican 97 and chris messina 97 are skeptical about how police registration could have saved their 451 webster st home from getting robbed and looted on new years eve jacobs called messina to tell her that her house may have been robbed too because the house had every light on when dana told me i really didn't think they could have stolen much because we all had dead bolts on our door messina said but when i came home i was in shock they destroyed my room messina thinks the suspects hit a crow bar against the door and spliced it down the middle when there was a big enough hole they managed to unlock the door from the inside they definitely had fun messina said they went through everything they must see quayles page 5 the quayles will speak on june 2 see greek page 3 see off-campus page 5 lehkjb bcttss imcomhjti the women's basket ball team improved their record to 9-6 last monday sports 18-20 women's b-ball 20 men's b-ball 18 dave clawson 20 administrator dies at the age of 37 see page 4 news 1 - 4 news briefs 2 snow cancels commencement 4 various religious groups on campus co-exist in peace see page 7 lifestyle 7-14 book review 1 0 nevada is expecting 75 million to be wagered on the super bowl this year source usa today