Lehigh University

ALMOST AS soon as horse trainer Tony Dutrow bought the filly for $95,000 in 2010, his wife Kim knew the name. She could only be Grace Hall. One of her owners was Mike Caruso, the three-time NCAA champion Lehigh wrestler from the mid-1960s, a man whose high school and college record was 141-1. Then as now, the Lehigh wrestling venue was intimidating Grace Hall, named after Eugene Grace, the president of Bethlehem Steel and a great Lehigh baseball player. "I've lived in Bethlehem the last 50 years since I came to Lehigh," said Caruso, who went to St. Benedict's in Newark, N. J. He was on the Lehigh Board of Trustees for 14 years.

Sixty aspiring principals will train to work in the city's toughest high schools through a new partnership between the Philadelphia School District and Lehigh University. Mayor Nutter, district chief academic officer Maria Pitre-Martin, and Lehigh University president Alice P. Gast are expected to announce the start of the Philadelphia High School Leadership Project at a news conference today. Already, 14 district employees - mostly high school teachers, but also counselors and employees in the district's regional offices - have begun coursework at Lehigh University, through the Center for Developing Urban Educational Leaders.

Lynn Chadwick's sculptures have been on an exhibition circuit lately to museums in far-flung places. They are now stopping for a lengthy sojourn closer to home. What prompted this flurry of activity was that a collection of 137 works by this prominent English sculptor, mostly bronzes, was under wraps at Ursinus College's Berman Museum for a decade or more and demanded to be seen. These are pieces that Philip and Muriel Berman had collected and given to that institution. So International Art and Artists Inc., a Washington nonprofit group, stepped in, organized a show of more than two dozen works with the cooperation of the 86-year-old artist, and sent it on the road to Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio art museums.

Just before their midterm exam a couple of weeks ago, two students at Lehigh University walked into the office of professor Edward Morgan and said they felt that taking the test was a complete waste. Morgan was thrilled. This was, after all, a class called Politics of the 1960s, and Morgan had just finished a week talking about student protests, revolts and empowerment. So when sophomore Richard Ricciardi and senior Gabe Wright decided to practice what Morgan had preached, the professor did not become angry or insulted.

Sending a get-tough signal against excessive collegiate drinking, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board yesterday denied a liquor license to Lehigh University to establish an on-campus pub. The decision prompted a debate on the best way to deal with campus alcohol problems. Lehigh officials argued that the proposed pub in the student union would have created a "healthier, safer and more controlled" drinking environment on campus. But LCB chairman John E. Jones 2d said that approving the application would have conflicted with the board's goal "to change the culture and environment in campus universities that leads to binge drinking and underage drinking.

Of the many remarkable things about the fiberart exhibit "Natural Elements: Sculptural Expressions" at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, none is more remarkable than this: It's the kind of exhibit unthinkable 10 years ago, except as a show of more traditional work. The term "fiberart," with its visions of wall hangings, rugs, scarves or shawls, inevitably connotes something archaic, an embrace of handcraft concerns far removed from the recent interests of contemporary art. Yet it is no longer outlandish to imagine fiberart coming into vogue as a vital artistic issue.

For nearly a week, an old junior high photograph of Josoph Henry wearing oversized glasses and close-cropped hair stared from newspapers in his hometown here and beyond. Jo-Jo had finally made the papers. A product of a black working-class neighborhood on the city's modest south side, Henry, still affectionately known to his childhood friends as Jo-Jo, was the kid most believed would make it. He would, if any kid could, outrun crime, drugs and violence with the strength of his keen mind, good grades and mother's love.

Duane Retz, and his pet monkey, Rufus, visit Eagles training camp at Lehigh University. Rufus got dressed for the occasion.

Nine-year-old Vince Lazor, of Newtown, runs through rows of tackling dummies as he enjoys "The NFL Experience. " The football program was part of the Eagles Training Camp held at Lehigh University.

ALMOST AS soon as horse trainer Tony Dutrow bought the filly for $95,000 in 2010, his wife Kim knew the name. She could only be Grace Hall. One of her owners was Mike Caruso, the three-time NCAA champion Lehigh wrestler from the mid-1960s, a man whose high school and college record was 141-1. Then as now, the Lehigh wrestling venue was intimidating Grace Hall, named after Eugene Grace, the president of Bethlehem Steel and a great Lehigh baseball player. "I've lived in Bethlehem the last 50 years since I came to Lehigh," said Caruso, who went to St. Benedict's in Newark, N. J. He was on the Lehigh Board of Trustees for 14 years.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Before the tip-off Sunday night, the students and alumni of Lehigh University already were floating and sweaty and hoarse and still high from a weekend they will never forget. Lehigh, seeded 15th in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, had knocked off a giant, No. 2 seed Duke, on Friday night. The Mountain Hawks were in the second round, taking on No. 10 seed Xavier in Greensboro, N.C. Lehigh lost, 70-58. But on this night, win or lose hardly mattered. Honest.

LA SALLE'S TOM Coyle outran Cardinal O'Hara's Dan Savage to the finish line in the 3,000 meters and set a meet record of 8:55.55 in the Catholic League Indoor Track championships yesterday at Lehigh University. Coyle also won the mile in 4:21.98, O'Hara's Shacor Hamilton set a meet record of 22.45 in the 200 dash, and Father Judge's John Landis posted a meet-record triple jump of 47-1 1/4. In the girls' meet, St. Hubert distance runner Teresa Ortiz won the mile and 3,000, and Archbishop Ryan's Deirdre O'Leary doubled in the 60 hurdles and pole vault.

Triton senior Brian Keller committed to Lehigh University and Haddonfield senior Matt Bhaya committed to Holy Cross in football developments on Monday. In addition, Haddonfield senior Alex Walter has committed to Princeton for football, according to Haddonfield coach Frank DeLano. Keller, an all-South Jersey defensive end who also played quarterback for the 8-3 Mustangs last season, said he chose Lehigh over Lafayette. He also visited Holy Cross and Colgate. "I just felt like Lehigh was right for me," Keller said.

Lehigh University would like to know by around June 1 whether the Eagles are coming for training camp this year, dean of athletics Joe Sterrett said this week. Eagles president Joe Banner said yesterday that right now, the team is preparing for a normal spring and summer, including training camp, as unlikely as that might seem with the NFL in lockout limbo. "Obviously, they would need to know, and at some point, we'd need to know," Banner said. "Obviously, we'll delay that as long as we possibly can, and hopefully, it takes care of itself" with a settlement of the labor impasse.

Central Bucks East's 1-2 punch of Katie Kinkead and Jenny Guidera delivered a knockout blow to rival Central Bucks West to win the team title at the Suburban One Continental cross-country team championship. In the meet at Lehigh University, the Patriots scored 54 team points to the Bucks' 55 behind Kinkead's 17-minute, 55-second, gold-medal-winning performance. Guidera was four seconds behind that in second place. Suburban One American. Also at Lehigh University, Upper Dublin placed half of the top 10 individual runners to easily take the title.

Central Bucks East's 1-2 punch of Katie Kinkead and Jenny Guidera delivered a knockout blow to rival Central Bucks West to win the team title at the Suburban One Continental cross-country team championship. In the meet at Lehigh University, the Patriots scored 54 team points to the Bucks' 55 behind Kinkead's 17-minute, 55-second, gold-medal-winning performance. Guidera was four seconds behind that in second place. Suburban One American. Also at Lehigh University, Upper Dublin placed half of the top 10 individual runners to easily take the title.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Lehigh University has much to recommend it: mountaintop views, a leafy campus with attractive stone architecture, and Bethlehem's quaint downtown nearby. But for Eagles players, the last three weeks have meant small college beds in concrete-walled dorms, rooming with three or four other grown men, and grueling practices in intense heat and humidity. Heading into their last night at Lehigh on Tuesday, several Eagles were asked if there was anything they would miss.

Eagles training camp is set to start Monday and run through Aug. 18 at Lehigh University, and the Birds have several positions up for grabs. Here is a look at a few: Thursday: Free safety Friday: Center Saturday: Strong-side linebacker Sunday: Right cornerback - and fan's guide to training camp. Monday: Overview: It's a youth movement for the Birds.