LehighWeek Volume 10, Issue 01

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Volume 10, Issue 1
Class of 2000
Statistics
1,109 expected as of 8/21
(final count is 10th day of class)
62.5 % male
37.5% female
13.6% minority:
3% African American
3% Latino
7.6% Asian-American
46% College of Arts
and Sciences
33% College of Engineering
and Applied Science
19% College of Business
and Economics
2 % arts/engineering five year
program
Inquiries:
50,071, up 74% since 1990,
up 16% since last year
Applications:
7,178, up 38% since 1990,
up 10.4% since last year
Offers: 3,888, 54.1%
Inside
Information Resources
Questions and answers
4
Eighteen faculty
promoted
5
Classes cancelled for
Communiversity Day
6
SouthMountaineer
Football aims for a second
straight title
8
Inside
News
Faculty
Events
People
1-4
6-7
8-9
Athletics        10-12
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Lehigh University Campus Weekly
August 27,1996
Class of 2000 arrives!
The Class of 2000, with
1,100 students from 38
states and 21 foreign
countries, arrived Aug.
23 to check in and begin
four days of orientation.
More than 100 faculty
and staff members helped freshmen
move into their rooms along with
fraternity, sorority and upperclass
student volunteers. Classes began for
all students today (Aug. 27).
The freshman class is 37.5 percent
women and 13.6 percent minority
students. Almost half of the class (46
percent) will enroll in the College of
Arts and Sciences. About two-thirds
(65 percent) are from Lehigh's traditional strong areas of Pa., N.Y., and
N.J. Inquiries for the freshmen class
were up 74 percent since 1990, and
applications for the freshman class
have risen 38 percent during that
time.
Highlights ofthe weekend's
activities included the annual Freshman-Alumni rally on Sunday night
(Aug. 25) when the Class of 1950
"adopted" the incoming Class of 2000.
The fun-filled pep rally in lower Grace
Hall included the Marching '97 band,
cheerleaders, and Mountain Hawk
mascot. Presenting the class flag was
Lee Barthold of Bethlehem, president of the Class of 1950. Accepting
the flag for the Class of 2000 were
Emily Ruth Brogowski (of
Paramus, N.J.), and Michael Zoltan
Johnson (of Washington, Pa.) Both
are the eighth person in their respective families to attend Lehigh.
Photos by Young Hong
All the comforts of home...
Sara Pickens '00, with her ten-year-old brother Zachary, survey her new digs
in Dravo House. "I loved the school after I took my first tour and saw the
campus," said Sara. "I'm looking forward to meeting new people and a good
academic year."
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Rhonda Gross (right) and Janice Stoudt (center) of the finance office give
Justin Hughes his room assignment in Centennial II.
Orientation ended with the
Freshman Convocation last night
(Aug. 26) in Packer Chapel. During
the ceremony, the Class of 2000 was
formally inducted into the Lehigh
family.
About 240 of the freshmen arrived
at Lehigh early to participate in the
optional outdoor adventure program
Aug. 20-22. The students chose one of
four options: backpacking along the
Appalachian Trail, canoeing along the
Delaware River, rock climbing in
Ralph Stover State Park, or caving in
Carnegie Cave. The program helps
the students get to know 19 other
classmates very well before orientation starts, and prepares them
mentally for the challenges they will
face in college, such as making
decisions and working together in
groups.
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