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Staging Mozart Music department to present 'Figaro' at Baker See page 2 Volume 13, Issue 1 LehighWeefc The campus digest for Innovation, news and events On the gridiron LU kicks off 1999 season at Fordham on Sept. 11 September 1, 1999 In wake of earthquake: "We need . 3 help!" Lehigh's Turkish students are joining with the Global Union, the office of international education and the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross to raise money for survivors of the disastrous earthquake which struck Turkey two weeks ago. "The devastation is terrible — TV cannot describe it," Gulbin Boz, an employee of the English as a Second Language program and native of Turkey, said at a press conference on Aug. 20. "We need help." Selcuk Avci, a Turkish student studying for his Ph.D. in industrial engineering, said the quake, which has killed 40,000 people and injured thousands more, struck a region of western Anatolia that is home to a quarter of Turkey's (37 million people and much of its industrial infrastructure. The damage to the region — and to Turkey's economy — will take years to repair, Avci said. "The situation is almost incomprehensible," he said. "There is no food or water, and we are very worried about epidemics." Boz and Avci said people wishing to help should send money, which will be used to purchase food, water, medicine and supplies to build temporary homes and "tent cities." Donations can be dropped off at the Global Union office at 344 Whitaker Lab (info: x84859); they will be-.forwarded to the Red Cross. Checks payable to. "American Red Cross" and inscribed with the words "Turkish relief can be mailed to the American Red Cross, Lehigh Valley Chapter, 2200 Avenue A, Bethlehem, PA 18017. Credit card donations can be made by calling the chapter at 610-865- 4400. About 60 graduate and undergraduate students from Turkey attend Lehigh. They make up the third-largest group of students from a single country, after China and India. More than a dozen natives of Turkey serve on the faculty and staff. William D. Hunter, director :f the Global Union, said he knew of no students who lost family members in the quake. Hunter said Lehigh was offering emergency funding to l^elp Turkish students purchase plane tickets to visit their country. Students needing time off from their studies would be granted leaves of absence without repercussions, he added. Welcome, Class of 2003 The newest Lehigh class arrived on campus on Friday, Aug. 27, and classes began on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Orientation will continue this week, concluding Sunday evening, Sept. 5, with a concert by Dave Binder in the Ulrich Student Center. The Class of 2003 contains 1,084 members, who hail from 43 states. Sixty-five percent of the class is from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nearly 42 percent of this year's freshmen are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, nearly 23 percent in the College of Business and Economics, and nearly 34 percent in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. About 1 percent have declared majors in arts-engineering. The average SAT score for the class is 640.5 math, 598.7 verbal. The class includes 154 minority students, or 14.2 percent. There are 452 women students, nearly 42 percent. A Lehigh Legacy Continues... Michael D. Hill '03, son of Douglas Hill '72, and Stephanie Sterrett '03, daughter of Joe Sterrett '76, director of athletics, proudly welcome the class of 2003. Both freshmen follow the footsteps of many family members to South Mountain. Students foray into community through Habitat for Humanity The sound of nails being pounded into wood, saws cutting boards and foremen shouting directions echoed at Ninth Street and Lynn Avenue on a recent sunny August morning. Instead of hiring a contractor to build three area houses, the local Habitat for Humanity Chapter, along with 10 incoming Lehigh students, helped with the volunteer project. Each August, during the week before students return to school, Lehigh holds several volunteer projects for freshmen. Habitat for Humanity was one opportunity the students could partake in. The activities help incoming students get to know each other and the community. During the week, students hammered nails, measured and cut beams for the house, and cleaned up. Students chose Habitat for Marshall Kurtz '03 of Lancaster hammers away during a recent Habitat freshman volunteer project. several reasons. "I participated in Habitat before in my church group. I enjoyed it. It's a great way to meet other freshmen," said Heather Bremenstuhl '03, an architecture major. "I came here early to get to know people and become familiar with the campus. I wanted to help with Habitat because it's such a good cause," said Please see HABITAT, Page 7 Lehigh ranking improves Lehigh climbed from 36th to 34th in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" rankings of national universities, and the university's efforts to curb binge drinking were featured by the magazine on its Web site (www.usnews.com) and in its "Best Colleges" guidebook. Cal-Tech was ranked no. 1 in the magazine's annual ranking of America's 228 national universities, which was released in late August. U.S. News ranked Lehigh 32nd among 314 accredited undergraduate engineering programs in its first survey in three years in that category. "The U.S. News rankings show that the Lehigh Valley is brimming with diverse and high-quality institutions of higher learning," said President Gregory Farrington. "It's important to realize, however, that rankings can help students begin a college search, but cannot replace visits and the careful evaluation of schools by families. "A prospective student would have to talk to students and faculty to discover that we offer a personal learning experience because of our relatively small size, as well as some of the learning opportunities that graduate students might have at a large research institution." U.S. News includes Lehigh among the leaders in addressing binge drinking, a problem on campuses across the country. In 1996, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Lehigh launched Project IMPACT, a coalition of students, faculty, staff and community leaders working to create a healthier, safer environment by reducing the frequency of alcohol abuse. The article quotes Ryan Scanlon '99, who worked on the project, and John Smeaton, vice provost for student affairs. Among national universities, Lehigh ranked 35th in terms of "Best Values," a measure the magazine uses to determine where students can get the best value for their tuition dollar. Lehigh is the only school in the region classified as a "national university," a designation determined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. National universities offer a full range of majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees and receive federal money to support research activities. -William Johnson LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 %$\fc SERVICES NO. 030 FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
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Full Text | Staging Mozart Music department to present 'Figaro' at Baker See page 2 Volume 13, Issue 1 LehighWeefc The campus digest for Innovation, news and events On the gridiron LU kicks off 1999 season at Fordham on Sept. 11 September 1, 1999 In wake of earthquake: "We need . 3 help!" Lehigh's Turkish students are joining with the Global Union, the office of international education and the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross to raise money for survivors of the disastrous earthquake which struck Turkey two weeks ago. "The devastation is terrible — TV cannot describe it," Gulbin Boz, an employee of the English as a Second Language program and native of Turkey, said at a press conference on Aug. 20. "We need help." Selcuk Avci, a Turkish student studying for his Ph.D. in industrial engineering, said the quake, which has killed 40,000 people and injured thousands more, struck a region of western Anatolia that is home to a quarter of Turkey's (37 million people and much of its industrial infrastructure. The damage to the region — and to Turkey's economy — will take years to repair, Avci said. "The situation is almost incomprehensible," he said. "There is no food or water, and we are very worried about epidemics." Boz and Avci said people wishing to help should send money, which will be used to purchase food, water, medicine and supplies to build temporary homes and "tent cities." Donations can be dropped off at the Global Union office at 344 Whitaker Lab (info: x84859); they will be-.forwarded to the Red Cross. Checks payable to. "American Red Cross" and inscribed with the words "Turkish relief can be mailed to the American Red Cross, Lehigh Valley Chapter, 2200 Avenue A, Bethlehem, PA 18017. Credit card donations can be made by calling the chapter at 610-865- 4400. About 60 graduate and undergraduate students from Turkey attend Lehigh. They make up the third-largest group of students from a single country, after China and India. More than a dozen natives of Turkey serve on the faculty and staff. William D. Hunter, director :f the Global Union, said he knew of no students who lost family members in the quake. Hunter said Lehigh was offering emergency funding to l^elp Turkish students purchase plane tickets to visit their country. Students needing time off from their studies would be granted leaves of absence without repercussions, he added. Welcome, Class of 2003 The newest Lehigh class arrived on campus on Friday, Aug. 27, and classes began on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Orientation will continue this week, concluding Sunday evening, Sept. 5, with a concert by Dave Binder in the Ulrich Student Center. The Class of 2003 contains 1,084 members, who hail from 43 states. Sixty-five percent of the class is from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nearly 42 percent of this year's freshmen are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, nearly 23 percent in the College of Business and Economics, and nearly 34 percent in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. About 1 percent have declared majors in arts-engineering. The average SAT score for the class is 640.5 math, 598.7 verbal. The class includes 154 minority students, or 14.2 percent. There are 452 women students, nearly 42 percent. A Lehigh Legacy Continues... Michael D. Hill '03, son of Douglas Hill '72, and Stephanie Sterrett '03, daughter of Joe Sterrett '76, director of athletics, proudly welcome the class of 2003. Both freshmen follow the footsteps of many family members to South Mountain. Students foray into community through Habitat for Humanity The sound of nails being pounded into wood, saws cutting boards and foremen shouting directions echoed at Ninth Street and Lynn Avenue on a recent sunny August morning. Instead of hiring a contractor to build three area houses, the local Habitat for Humanity Chapter, along with 10 incoming Lehigh students, helped with the volunteer project. Each August, during the week before students return to school, Lehigh holds several volunteer projects for freshmen. Habitat for Humanity was one opportunity the students could partake in. The activities help incoming students get to know each other and the community. During the week, students hammered nails, measured and cut beams for the house, and cleaned up. Students chose Habitat for Marshall Kurtz '03 of Lancaster hammers away during a recent Habitat freshman volunteer project. several reasons. "I participated in Habitat before in my church group. I enjoyed it. It's a great way to meet other freshmen," said Heather Bremenstuhl '03, an architecture major. "I came here early to get to know people and become familiar with the campus. I wanted to help with Habitat because it's such a good cause," said Please see HABITAT, Page 7 Lehigh ranking improves Lehigh climbed from 36th to 34th in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges" rankings of national universities, and the university's efforts to curb binge drinking were featured by the magazine on its Web site (www.usnews.com) and in its "Best Colleges" guidebook. Cal-Tech was ranked no. 1 in the magazine's annual ranking of America's 228 national universities, which was released in late August. U.S. News ranked Lehigh 32nd among 314 accredited undergraduate engineering programs in its first survey in three years in that category. "The U.S. News rankings show that the Lehigh Valley is brimming with diverse and high-quality institutions of higher learning," said President Gregory Farrington. "It's important to realize, however, that rankings can help students begin a college search, but cannot replace visits and the careful evaluation of schools by families. "A prospective student would have to talk to students and faculty to discover that we offer a personal learning experience because of our relatively small size, as well as some of the learning opportunities that graduate students might have at a large research institution." U.S. News includes Lehigh among the leaders in addressing binge drinking, a problem on campuses across the country. In 1996, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Lehigh launched Project IMPACT, a coalition of students, faculty, staff and community leaders working to create a healthier, safer environment by reducing the frequency of alcohol abuse. The article quotes Ryan Scanlon '99, who worked on the project, and John Smeaton, vice provost for student affairs. Among national universities, Lehigh ranked 35th in terms of "Best Values," a measure the magazine uses to determine where students can get the best value for their tuition dollar. Lehigh is the only school in the region classified as a "national university," a designation determined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. National universities offer a full range of majors as well as master's and doctoral degrees and receive federal money to support research activities. -William Johnson LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 %$\fc SERVICES NO. 030 FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 |
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