Brown and White Vol. 97 no. 33

              by christine simone brown and white news writer the mother of the late bas ketball star len bias spoke at packard laboratory auditori um monday as part of leh igh's alcohol and drug aware ness week and black history month louise bias spoke of the tragedy of her son a univers ity of maryland basketball player who died as a result of a cocaine overdose two days after bei ng drafted by the bost on celtics in 1986 bias opened the lecture saying that she loved every person in the room with the unconditional kind of love that is taught by god she then assured the audi ence she saw neither black nor white indian nor chin ese young nor old faces only beautiful american ones bias told the audience what she was going to say was not intended to offend anyone but expressed only her own beliefs she added she did not care what people thought of her bias said on the day her son died she learned what hard really meant bias now tours nationally to speak about her ideas about solving america's drug problem bias said she keeps whit ney houston's song the greatest love of alt in mind during her lectures the nat ion's drug problem she said is not caused by ignorance of right and wrong but by lack of self-respect and self-love among america's young people peer pressure is suc cessful because children do not have the guts to stand up for what they believe in she said bias said that many teens vol 97 no 33 the brown and white friday march 2 1990 lehigh university ritter talks on global business competition by nick chini brown and white sports editor editor's note this is the first of a multipart series on american global competitiveness the next part will appear friday march 9 i am a firm believer that value added through technology leadership is the key to a high quality of life said u.s rep don ritter r-15th lehigh alumnus and former faculty member addressing members of lehigh's com petitiveness in america class tuesday at mountaintop campus ritter is the second lacocca institute speaker focusing on america's third industrial revolution which is a human resources revolution a revolu tion in the sociological character of work ritter emphasized the need for change from a hierarchial bur see ritter page 5 eaucratic management philosophy to a system in which the employee is his or her own boss in the third industrial revolution education and training are the key tools as opposed to technological modernization citing the japanese example ritter emphasized most japanese compan ies are far less layered in management than american companies commun ication information channels are dir ect information becomes power and thus the system of feedback becomes so much more effective the need for having a continuous improvement attitude toward pro ducts was contrasted to the if it's not broken don't fix it attitude to the tagar protests russian anti-semitic organization b&w photo by dan armento after tuesday's snowfall and temperatures in the 30s it is hard to believe just last week it was warm enough for students to enjoy a game of one-on-one successful evening berger said everyone was very psyched to be there the vigil was held in honor of the approximately two million jews in the soviet union who have been threaten ed by a paramilitary russian national group called paamyat before the vigil isreali deputy for eign minister and former united nat ions ambassador benjamin net anyahu held a student forum at the park east synagogue near the soviet see tagar page 3 by ted van horn brown and white news writer tagar lehigh's zionist student activist movement took part in a candlelight vigil wednesday night in front of the soviet mission in new york city protesting the recent threat of another pogrom similar to stalin's brutal purges of the 19505 more than 60 lehigh students attend ed the peaceful rally in addition to approximately 400 other people it was amazing said david berger 91 tagar president i would definitely say it was a very bias preaches the tragedy of drug abuse try to stay on the fence dab bling in drugs to keep their friends happy while believing they are okay that attitude will be their downfall she said the position of neutral ity fence sitting helps the oppressors not the victims she added bias said the recent just say no campaign is ineffec tive and insufficient we are using 1959s principles to deal with 1990s young people she said today's young people are reachable teachable see bias page 4 inside news senior named in usa today top 1 0 investors list page 6 arts & leisure spring break hot spots previewed page 1 1 sports men's basketball opens ecc at towson state page 16