Brown and White Vol. 89 no. 1

              lehigh university brown and white v 01.89 no 1 bethlehem pa tuesday august 30 1977 215-866-0331 students found buying false grades three withdraw from university by ken bandler the university administration has charged five students with paying an as yet unidentified person or persons to falsify their spring 1977 semester grades an investigation by the administration revealed that the students had paid anywhere from 100 to 225 per grade three of the five students have with drawn from the university and dis ciplinary cases are pending against the other two the investigation is still in progress the investigation began after copies of an anonymous typewritten letter were received in early may by university president deming lewis dean of students william quay associate dean of students robert reeves and university registrar james wagner the letter stated students are buying grades for up to 100 a grade assistant provost nan van gieson said last week no names or details were included in the letter the false grades were discovered after all professors were requested to verify their spring semester grades in june as part of the investigation due to the summer vacation several professors have not done this yet the possibility still exists that other false grades will be found austin gavin executive consultant to the university president and coordinator of the investigation said last week after the five students were identified a further check determined that some of them had false grades hat went back several semesters for which payments were made van gieson said not all of the course grades of the five students were changed and only a portion of the money due was paid gavin said at least 2,000 actually was paid to someone he continued the students stated that they had been forced to participate in the scheme by threats gavin said van gieson said the austin gavin 95 extra students swell class of 81 frosh housed off campus by ed bogucz four off-campus buildings were renovated during the summer recess to provide housing space for a freshman class which was unexpectedly 95 students larger than originally planned the final bill for the required property acquisition and housing renovation probably will be well over 300,000 according to h joris rosse director of physical planning the unexpected surplus of students occurred because a higher percentage of freshman applicants accepted offers of admission than was predicted according to samuel missimer director of ad missions the oversubscribed freshman class presented the university with a crisis of major proportions the already over crowded campus residence halls could not handle the freshmen guaranteed housing in 12 weeks this summer the adminis tration evaluated nearly 20 housing proposals and supervised a massive renovation project to provide the needed residence space when the class arrived on campus this weekend university administrators breathed a collective sigh of relief as all the freshmen who wanted housing space had beds unfortunately however some of the students in the new residence space did not have dressers or desks david lee director of residence operations explained that the manufacturer could not supply the needed furniture to meet the university's demanding delivery schedule all the missing furniture should be in by mid september he said new residence space was provided by renovating double homes at 210-212 and 220-222 warren square and 222-224 summit st as well as remodeling the third floor of the town house a building which has been used solely by commuting students at 532 brodhead aye only one of the buildings 220-222 warren square was not previously owned by the university it was acquired for 60,000 rosse said in preparation for the renovations the offices of planned parenthood of north ampton county which had been housed at 212 warren square were moved to another university-owned building on brodhead avenue the university audio-visual and id offices were moved from 210 warren square to williams hall the university residence system was prepared to house 997 freshmen this year instead 1058 first-year students required rooms six students were squeezed into h joris rosse russian roulette fails missimer each year university director of ad missions samuel missimer plays a game something like russian roulette in trying to get a desired number of students for an incoming freshman class this year the gun went off news analysis because of unexpected changes in the ratios used to plan the size of the class 95 additional freshmen checked into the university this weekend missimer and the rest of the university administration still are trying to figure out why it happened the university's residence system felt the most significant immediate impact of the unexpected glut of students it was not prepared to handle all freshmen guaranteed housing to provide beds for the extra students the university renovated four dwellings off campus this summer to provide 55 extra spaces the cost for acquisition of the required modifications incomplete in smags for sororities by eileen quirk completion of the remodeling of three smags buildings to accommodate university sororities has been delayed until early november the project originally scheduled to be completed by aug 15 has been delayed by government procedures concerning the funding the three sororities have moved into the buildings and will occupy them while the project proceeds the sororities voted in december to accept the university offer of smags housing they agreed to lease three buildings which would be modified to suit group living in each building two ground-floor apart ments are being changed to provide com munity kitchen dining lounge and social areas the major portion of the demolition for these changes is complete according to david lee director of residence operations in the construction area the necessary walls have been knocked down and floors torn up construction began aug 1 and should be complete by nov 2 according to jerome barney of the buildings and grounds of b&w photo by glickaaan the proposed kitchen dining room and commons area of each of the three sororities were still rubble this week as requirements imposed by the use of state funds had hampered construction see frosh page 7 see waiting page 6 see funding page 4 see changes page 10 join the b&w there will be a mandatory organizational meeting for all students who are interested in working on the brown and white this thursday sept 1 at 4 p.m in uc-303 inside new treasurer p 4 steel trees p 9 fetterman back p 16