Brown and White Vol. 105 no. 41

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 105 no 41 friday april 17 1998 all the lehigh news first by david butler editor in chief forbes chosen commencement speaker brown and white exclusive steve forbes president and ceo of forbes inc and editor in chief of forbes magazine will deliver the commencement address at graduation exercises for the class of 1998 on may 31 he will also receive an hon orary doctor of laws degree during the ceremony steve forbes is an extremely prominent figure in the business and political arena kristina theiss 98 senior class president said we are honored to have him as the 130th commencement speaker here at lehigh in september 1995 forbes took a leave of absence from forbes inc to campaign for the republican nomination for president he competed in all of the early primary contests and was victorious in arizona and delaware interim president william c hittinger 44 is pleased with the selection we are genuinely excited to have such a recog nized public figure speak at the university he said his achievements serve as an example to lehigh's graduates since forbes assumed leadership of forbes inc in 1990 the corporation has experienced much growth including the launch of forbes digital media which publishes forbes digital tool the magazine's acclaimed online publication additionally a lifestyle supplement forbes fyi a technology supplement forbes asap and a japanese language edition of forbes magazine has been introduced a renowned economic prognosticator forbes writes editorials for each issue of forbes magazine entitled fact and comment he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious crystal owl award four times the prize was given by usx corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate in 1985 president reagan named forbes chairman of the bi-partisan board for international broadcasting in this position he oversaw the operation of radio free europe and radio liberty from december 1993 until june 1996 forbes served as chairman of the board of directors of empower america a political reform organization founded by jack kemp bill bennett and jeane kirkpatrick in 1996 forbes became honorary chairman of americans for hope growth and opportunity a grass roots issues advocacy organization founded to advance pro-growth pro-freedom and pro-family issues forbes now serves on the board of trustees of princeton university as well as on other boards including the ronald reagan presidential foundation and the national taxpayers union photo courtesy of university communications steve forbes president and ceo of forbes inc and editor in chief of forbes magazine will deliver the commencement address up disappointed by senate allocations by alex olbrecht sports editor the student senate voted down an appeal from university productions last tuesday for increased funding for the upcoming academic year according to senate records up was approved for 317,860 out of their request for 321,560 the organization was only funded 222,000 up president john desmarais 99 said that the funding provided this year was not adequate to meet the demand for entertain ment on campus there is an overwhelming demand for shows and we didn't receive the funds we needed desmarais said attendance at other college shows has decreased and we have had an increase in attendance according to up treasurer cindy beloff 99 the appeal mentioned four main points as to why there should be an increase in funding higher expected costs a high demand for quality shows increased attendance and lack of funds received through the dean of students office all contributed to the organization's need for additional financing senate treasurer kimberly terwilleger 98 said the allocations committee only received a 4.4 percent increase in funding providing approximately 19,000 in addi tional funds to be distributed the increase won't significantly affect big groups like university productions so we decided to give the money to smaller clubs terwilleger said if we had the money we would give it to them the allocations committee was also not pleased with the lack of fund-raising by up according to senate by-laws the amount of fund-raising an organization has done for the year affects budget allocations i understand why they did that beloff said i know they want us to fundraise the lehigh community may not be enjoying as many shows next year because of the senate's decision jason horn 99 up comedy co chairpsrson is concerned about the number of shows up will be able to produce next year with the limited funds available we're going to have to do fewer shows he said after our most success ful year we were hoping to get the finan cial support although up recognized that students want more shows for next year they will end up having to cut back we have heard that people want more shows and we needed the funding increase to meet the demand horn said next year we won't have that money the question is how are we going to fill that void for example the popular comedian act no time which visited lehigh in march will return in september the comedy com mittee paid 1,750 for the march show but expects to pay no less than 2,000 for the next show the price of putting on a performance has increased horn said the cost of an every day performer has been going up and the cost of a bigger name has gone up even more people want to see the nationally and internationally known comedians and we have to pay an almost absurd amount of money jenny volchko associate dean of stu dents serves as an adviser to senate and up she does not feel this decision will have a major impact on programming for the upcoming semester if there is a hole in the programming schedule maybe another group should do something volchko said is it just up's responsibility to be the primary source of programming the dean of students office contributed about 20,000 to up's coffers this year as an experiment according to volchko this year's freshman class wanted more pro gramming previously up provided one show per weekend this year in the fall we took 10,000 in october and november as a test she said attendance increased and they were drawing different crowds each event up wanted to try it again in late january february and march we found again an interest by our students in going to these events the dean of students office will not be providing the funds again next year and up members are concerned that this will affect the quality of the shows see forbes page 8 see allocation page 8 wkhbhst^ssskkbhbksk whsmmssm wmsm3km quick whm b baseball team splits student sues lehigh do we really deserve i two double-headers and fraternity after the title generation against lafayette alleged brutal beating x see page 9 ever y time v ou lick a p 9 ■ p 9 • 1/10 of a calorie ly sports 13-16 news 1-8 lifestyle 9-16 men's lacrosse 20 theta chi egg hunt 3 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