LehighWeek Volume 06, Issue 24

              The Legacy of Malcolm X
Robert Little, a brother of the late Malcolm X, spoke about his brother and the recent
Spike Lee movie to more than 150 people April 20. Little, deputy commissioner of
human resources for New York City and a professor of social work, said Malcolm's
views changed during his life, and he eventually
left the Nation of Islam. He urged the audience to
put Malcolm's action in the context of the times.
"The '30s, '40s, and '50s were different times in
this country if you were black. You can't apply
current day understanding to previous periods."
Little said the family hasn't spoken out
about Malcolm previously, but now feel it is appropriate to set the record straight. He said
Malcolm's autobiography was not totally accurate, since it was written to promote the Nation of
Islam and was not finished when he died. He
added the movie was not totally historically accurate, but rather Spike Lee's vision of Malcolm.
While the movie was broadly representative of
Malcolm's career, it had to be commercially entertaining. "The movie has reintroduced Malcolm to
a new audience, and made people curious about
the truth."
Photo by Brian S. Flicker '94
Robert Little
Kent Weiss, center, of Toms River, N.J., runs an experiment in thermodynamics in one of the physics labs while his parents, Sandy and Ed, watch. The
Weisses were part of the more than 900people to visit Lehigh April 17 for Arts
and Science Candidates Day. Photo by Brian s. Ricker 94
Vol. 6, Issue 24
Corey Jobson '94
tutors her Korean
friend Stella Byeon
as part of Lehigh's
new literacy corps.
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lary and grammar skills as well as basic math skills, which
prepare them for the GED high school equivalency test.
In addition, Angeliades is tutoring a Chinese woman she met
through the Bethlehem South Side Library program. "Right now,
she just needs help acclimating," Angeliades says. "I help her
figure out her phone and electric bill, or we go to the Food Lane and
I explain the meaning of things like 'on sale' and 'buy one get one
free.'"
Corey Jobson, a junior environmental science and resource
management maj or, has also been giving pointers about American
culture to a Korean woman, Stella Byeon. They talk about politics,
^HS t traditions such as birthdays, and certain idioms that are difficult
to translate. "I am not sure how to use some phrases like 'stop
pulling my leg" or 'it's raining cats and dogs,'" Byeon says. "We also
work on pronunciation. I have learned a lot from Corey."
Other groups benefiting from the Lehigh students' help include
the Easton Correctional Center, the Northampton County Prison,
Bethlehem's South Side library, the Private Industry Council's
program for pregnant and parenting teens and Center City
Ministry's Exodus program for ex-convicts.
The dean of students office has supported the students by
providing them with special "literacy corps" t-shirts.
Photo by Brian S. Ricker '94
Students Help Community
through "Literacy Corps"
by Barbara Lee
Lehigh Writers' Group
A state grant of $57,375 for three years was recently awarded to
Lehigh to train undergraduate students to serve as literacy tutors.
The students are part of the "Pennsylvania Literacy Corps,"
formed with a total of $320,200 in grants awarded to 16 colleges
and universities throughout the state.
James Mcintosh, professor of sociology and anthropology and
director of the program, has made the "literacy corps" an integral
part of his "Alcohol, Science and Society" sociology course. To
fulfill one of the course requirements, students may choose to
tutor, obligating them to 40 hours of service.
The grant obligates Lehigh to have only 15 tutors, but 37
students are already participating in the program. Lehigh's
English as a Second Language program director Judy Rance-
Roney gave student tutors special instruction on how to help
people master reading and writing skills.
Junior Aegena Angeliades has been helping several men at
the Easton Correctional Center each week with English vocabu-
Southside Alive a Success . . . Three-year-old
Gabriel Badillo of
Bethlehem, gets a balloon from Polly Wally the
clown during Southside
Alive April 17. More than
1 OOOpeop le from Lehigh
and Bethlehem turned
out for a day of fun, food,
music, and entertainment. WGPA radio
broadcast live from the
event. Sorority sisters
and fraternity brothers
ran a variety of games
and activities for children. Some of the funds
raised will be donated
to the SouthEast Neighborhood Center of
Bethlehem, according to
Krispin Wagoner, Greek
Affairs coordinator,
who headed the event.
Photo by Brian S. Ricker'94
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