Brown and White Vol. 95 no. 36

              lehigh university brown and white vol 95 — no 36 bethlehem pa friday february 24 1984 215 861-4184 proposed fall calendars nixed most faculty favor early start by stu silberman and pete trumbore after much discussion the proposed preferred fall 1985 and fall 1986 calend ars were rejected at the meeting of the full forum xiv on wednesday but the spring 1986 and spring 1987 calendars were passed * between the preferred calendar and recent university calendars there are very slight differences said david amidon lecturer in urban studies and chairman of the calendar committee vote on the calendars was split however the fall 85 calendar was originally passed by a vote of 20-18 and the fall 86 calendar was defeated by a vote of 19-18 dean of students william quay initiated a move to send both calendars back to the committee because of the close vote the vote was too close quay said all the students voted to start late and all the faculty voted to start early there was too much of a chasm between faculty and students because of this quay said he thought that more discus sion was needed we have until 85 to get this worked out quay said we don't want to shove anything down anyone's throat the option to send the calendars back to committee was approved although questions were raised as to the legality of the motion according to hubert flesher univer sity chaplain and forum parlimentar ian the motion was legal although it took dave amidon and me a while to fig ure it out when a proposal is voted on and passed flesher said an individual who was on the majority side can call for a vote to reconsider the proposal this is what quay did he said flesher added that a vote to send the calendars back to the committee followed the move to reconsider b_.w photo by gary pan exasperation describes president liking pose at the full forum meeting wednesday when the fall 1985 and fall 1986 calendars ware refected and sent back to the committee for re-evaluation two forum votes revealed a split between students who wanted a post-labor day start and faculty who favored starting in lata august conservative politics group begins university chapter by jonathan ansbacher the purpose of this club is to bring together university students who are pro-reagan pro-free market pro strong national defense and gener ally pro america said michael smerconish 84 co-founder of the lehigh chapter of the young ameri cans for freedom yaf , the nation ally organized conservative political group which is forming this week at the university yaf is a national student organiza tion founded in 1960 by william buck ley and some students presently there are about 80,000 members in 500 chapters throughout the country our ideals are based on the sharon statement which was written in sharon conn in the same year jan surotchak 84 co-founder stated strong policies needed according to surotchak the sharon statement stands for a free enterprise capitalistic system with little government intervention based on the free will of the individual it 2 speakers address gender politics of 1980s by martine costello women today are interested in advancing their numbers and status in political life creating a gender con sciousness that provides a new pers pective of women and women-related issues according to author ruth mandel in an address in the university center tuesday night mandel was followed by congressional candidate jane wells schooley who dicussed challenges a woman faces running for congress mandel author of in the running the new woman candidate said there has been an enormous change in only the last 10 years in women's relationships interests and ambitions resulting in a phenomena which she terms the gender politics of the 1980s she continued that the change had come from new bonds among women through a network of women's organiza tions whose goal is to bring more women into elected offices mandel also said that only two percent of the senate and five percent of the house of repesenta tives are women but added that the polls are showing politicians that women are demanding a greater share in govern mental decision-making the lack of female legislators in the past has affected political outcomes such as the equal rights amendment which failed to pass because women comprise only 13 percent of the state legislatures she said mandel described women candidates as more likely to sympathize with liberals pacifists and the democratic party she added that the republican party is concerned about a lack of women votes and are combating this by supporting more women candidates in 1984 she also said that women face a great deal of work before the gender gap closes following mandel's overview schoo ley who seeks pennsylvania's 15th dis trict seat said that female candidates are often perceived as focusing only on traditional women's issues such as the equal rights amendment which she said is an important topic that male as well as female candidates should recog nize she stated that this misunderstand ing gives her an added burden of feeling responsible to all american women beyond the boundaries of her district schooley stated that the small number of women elected to office is in part due to a lack of party support during the primaries when many women candi dates are forced out she also blamed the common myths still associated with women candidates that women can't raise money or handle multimillion dollar budgets that women can't adjust to crisis decision-making or handle the pressures of travel and that women aren't proficient enough in public speaking schooley said that only 10 women are running for cogress so there will be no significant change in 1984 she said how ever that constituents in her district will support her over a male counterpart because of her long record of public lead ership and success in supporting public issues she added that she has a broad base of approval within the district because of the voters faith in her as a strong enough candidate to recognize their needs and bring them to congress attention b-.w photo by brant matthews ruth mandel b&w photo by brant matthews jane wells-schooley alumnus starts campaigning for michigan off ice in house by mike melley robert jackson 61 has begun his campaign for the united states house of representatives representing michi gan's fourth congressional district jackson received a bachelor's in metal lurgy rom the university most politicians can't do anything other than be congressmen jackson said in a phone interview this week if i were looking for a congressman i would look for one with a background like mine jackson a nine-year resident of st joseph mich will be running against incumbent republican congressman mark siljander in the party primary on aug 7 jackson 44 currently owns and oper ates his own business triax tube com pany a metal-fabricating and manufacturing firm he started nine years ago we're looking to do 2 mil lion in sales this year he said jackson explained that his company is expanding in the railroad industry and expects to increase sales to 4 million in 1985 see forum page 4 see conservative page 7 see alumnus page 6