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Striving for a Drug-Free Environment See insert Volume 13, Issue 10 LehighWee/c The campus digest for innovation, news and events South Mountaineer Football team finally loses, falling to Colgate, 28-24 See page 8 November 9,1999 Alumnae discuss life after Lehigh Photo by Chris Christian 78 Pike's recent haunted house benefited charity. Showing off their good side Loud music, wild parties at 3 a.m. and houses reeking of alcohol are just a few images that run through people's heads when they hear the words "fraternity" or "sorority." But the Greeks are making efforts to project a positive image of their organizations by reminding people that they are continuing a long tradition of raising money for charities and donating time to the community. Raising money for breast cancer research will be the goal when the Panehellenic Council of sororities holds its first annual 12- hour dance marathon on Nov. 13-14. "We want people to know it cancer affects everyone, not just women," said event coordinator Alicia Bonaly '00. Fraternities and sororities also help out the local community. Several houses tutor elementary school children each week at the Boys' and Girls' Club of South Bethlehem,helping them with homework or playing basketball. "As we were leaving, one little kid said, 'Big Al, will you bring your big kids down again to play basketball with us little kids?,'" said Alfred Pedrick '43, alumni adviser to Theta Xi. "The fraternity and sorority students help wherever we need them. They reach out to the students," said Gary Martell, assistant executive director of the club. "I don't know what we would do without them. They are priceless to us." In September, Theta Xi fraternity donated new basketball backboards to the club. John Buchanan '00, fraternity president, has been volunteering at the club since his freshman year. "I feel that too often fraternities get a bad rap and people think they don't do enough for the community," said Buchanan. "Helping the children in the community is something we can all do and we enjoy it." "I feel the time the brothers spend with the children of the Boys' and Girls' Club has instilled in them the importance of sharing and giving back to the community," said Pedrick. Please See GOOD, Page 3 In an effort to bring back female graduates to campus, the Leaders in Residence program recently sponsored the return of 15 alumnae. The women shared insights gained since attending college at career forums and classroom discussions for students. The program, created by the President's Council of Women, began Nov. 2 with alumnae attending classes and taking part in discussions.lt continued with three career forums, each with five women from different disciplines, to answer questions about life after Lehigh. When asked what they had done during college that helped them most in their careers, many women said internships. Elizabeth Dahme '79, vice president and financial consultant with Paine Webber, said "I felt like the world opened up every summer." Many alumnae said they regretted the hectic pace they had set for themselves at school. Instead of attending Lehigh only to meet degree requirements, some said they wished they had taken more varied courses and even studied abroad. Wendy Weiss '88, a lawyer with the New Jersey Supreme Court and a single parent, said, "Life is a bunch of choices. You have to figure out what is good for you." Weiss, who gave up litigation to spend more time with her children, said it was impossible to be everything, and stressed the importance of learning to compromise and to accept the decisions one makes. After the forum, students and alumnae attended a reception and dinner at the University Center. On Nov. 3, alumnae attended more classes. Carla Falco '88, manager of product promotion with the American Society for Testing and Photos by Elizabeth Keegin Colley Materials, told 60 students in an introductory public relations course that captaining the varsity field hockey and lacrosse teams at Lehigh had prepared her for the (Above, L - R) Panelists Aries Keck '92, Dianne Yamin '83, Kristin Kohler '89 and Kimberly Haas Flynn '97. business world. She discussed how this had taught her to motivate different types of people and use Please See ALUMNAE, Page 2 lacocca Scholar Ryan Johnson '00 (right) displays a leis contributed by Chais Paivia of Hawaii to a time capsule the Scholars assembled during the lacocca Scholars High School Juniors Millennial Conference held Nov. 5-7. The capsule will be buried on MountainTop campus and opened in 50 years. The juniors, whose expenses are being paid by the institute, were selected for academic standing, involvement in extracurricular activities and responses to essay questions regarding their thoughts on the new millennium. Faculty try out a new blackboard Does one size sometimes fit all? The new software package Courselnfo might, as far as faculty and staff are concerned. Produced by Blackboard Inc. in Washington, D.C, Courselnfo helps instructors create a Web- based version of any course, including lecture notes, homework problems, and reading assignments. The university made Courselnfo available this fall, and nearly 150 courses with 6,252 students now use it. "Those are impressive statistics when we have only just started," says Neil Toporski, a senior consultant in education and human services. "It's really because of the ease of use. The program uses a well organized template and is rather intuitive." The software enables any existing word processing document, such as a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect file, to be uploaded directly to Courselnfo, Toporski says. It also supports Microsoft PowerPoint and graphics, audio, and video file formats. Courselnfo also provides e- mail, chat, whiteboards, threaded discussion groups, and file sharing. Students doing team projects communicate electronically. They access courses on any Web browser anytime, and send assignments electronically to faculty. "Some faculty are using the virtual chat function as a virtual office hour," Toporski says. "They can be at home in the evening and extend their office hours." Ken Sinclair, professor of accounting, uses Courselnfo to supplement face-to-face teaching. He makes copies of past exams, and slides produced by textbook publishers, available to students over the Courselnfo Web site. He is -adding video lessons related to each textbook chapter, also provided by the publisher. "This is fantastic," Sinclair says. "Students can watch the video at their own computer and I can generate questions and make it a homework assignment." Courselnfo offers tracking to tell instructors which areas of the course Web site students are accessing and how often, Sinclair believes the act of using Courselnfo in and of itself is a valuable lesson to provide to students these days. "It is the way that they are going to operate in the future in the business world," he explains. "When they communicate, they are going to communicate using Web sites. Rather than doing everything with a pencil and paper, it is good to get them used to doing it this way." -Jennifer Montemurro LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 MARIE C. INFG RfcS RrU306 ■LINDERMAN boltzt CLIENT SERVICES LIBRARY NO .0 30 NON-PROFIT MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015
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Full Text | Striving for a Drug-Free Environment See insert Volume 13, Issue 10 LehighWee/c The campus digest for innovation, news and events South Mountaineer Football team finally loses, falling to Colgate, 28-24 See page 8 November 9,1999 Alumnae discuss life after Lehigh Photo by Chris Christian 78 Pike's recent haunted house benefited charity. Showing off their good side Loud music, wild parties at 3 a.m. and houses reeking of alcohol are just a few images that run through people's heads when they hear the words "fraternity" or "sorority." But the Greeks are making efforts to project a positive image of their organizations by reminding people that they are continuing a long tradition of raising money for charities and donating time to the community. Raising money for breast cancer research will be the goal when the Panehellenic Council of sororities holds its first annual 12- hour dance marathon on Nov. 13-14. "We want people to know it cancer affects everyone, not just women," said event coordinator Alicia Bonaly '00. Fraternities and sororities also help out the local community. Several houses tutor elementary school children each week at the Boys' and Girls' Club of South Bethlehem,helping them with homework or playing basketball. "As we were leaving, one little kid said, 'Big Al, will you bring your big kids down again to play basketball with us little kids?,'" said Alfred Pedrick '43, alumni adviser to Theta Xi. "The fraternity and sorority students help wherever we need them. They reach out to the students," said Gary Martell, assistant executive director of the club. "I don't know what we would do without them. They are priceless to us." In September, Theta Xi fraternity donated new basketball backboards to the club. John Buchanan '00, fraternity president, has been volunteering at the club since his freshman year. "I feel that too often fraternities get a bad rap and people think they don't do enough for the community," said Buchanan. "Helping the children in the community is something we can all do and we enjoy it." "I feel the time the brothers spend with the children of the Boys' and Girls' Club has instilled in them the importance of sharing and giving back to the community," said Pedrick. Please See GOOD, Page 3 In an effort to bring back female graduates to campus, the Leaders in Residence program recently sponsored the return of 15 alumnae. The women shared insights gained since attending college at career forums and classroom discussions for students. The program, created by the President's Council of Women, began Nov. 2 with alumnae attending classes and taking part in discussions.lt continued with three career forums, each with five women from different disciplines, to answer questions about life after Lehigh. When asked what they had done during college that helped them most in their careers, many women said internships. Elizabeth Dahme '79, vice president and financial consultant with Paine Webber, said "I felt like the world opened up every summer." Many alumnae said they regretted the hectic pace they had set for themselves at school. Instead of attending Lehigh only to meet degree requirements, some said they wished they had taken more varied courses and even studied abroad. Wendy Weiss '88, a lawyer with the New Jersey Supreme Court and a single parent, said, "Life is a bunch of choices. You have to figure out what is good for you." Weiss, who gave up litigation to spend more time with her children, said it was impossible to be everything, and stressed the importance of learning to compromise and to accept the decisions one makes. After the forum, students and alumnae attended a reception and dinner at the University Center. On Nov. 3, alumnae attended more classes. Carla Falco '88, manager of product promotion with the American Society for Testing and Photos by Elizabeth Keegin Colley Materials, told 60 students in an introductory public relations course that captaining the varsity field hockey and lacrosse teams at Lehigh had prepared her for the (Above, L - R) Panelists Aries Keck '92, Dianne Yamin '83, Kristin Kohler '89 and Kimberly Haas Flynn '97. business world. She discussed how this had taught her to motivate different types of people and use Please See ALUMNAE, Page 2 lacocca Scholar Ryan Johnson '00 (right) displays a leis contributed by Chais Paivia of Hawaii to a time capsule the Scholars assembled during the lacocca Scholars High School Juniors Millennial Conference held Nov. 5-7. The capsule will be buried on MountainTop campus and opened in 50 years. The juniors, whose expenses are being paid by the institute, were selected for academic standing, involvement in extracurricular activities and responses to essay questions regarding their thoughts on the new millennium. Faculty try out a new blackboard Does one size sometimes fit all? The new software package Courselnfo might, as far as faculty and staff are concerned. Produced by Blackboard Inc. in Washington, D.C, Courselnfo helps instructors create a Web- based version of any course, including lecture notes, homework problems, and reading assignments. The university made Courselnfo available this fall, and nearly 150 courses with 6,252 students now use it. "Those are impressive statistics when we have only just started," says Neil Toporski, a senior consultant in education and human services. "It's really because of the ease of use. The program uses a well organized template and is rather intuitive." The software enables any existing word processing document, such as a Microsoft Word or WordPerfect file, to be uploaded directly to Courselnfo, Toporski says. It also supports Microsoft PowerPoint and graphics, audio, and video file formats. Courselnfo also provides e- mail, chat, whiteboards, threaded discussion groups, and file sharing. Students doing team projects communicate electronically. They access courses on any Web browser anytime, and send assignments electronically to faculty. "Some faculty are using the virtual chat function as a virtual office hour," Toporski says. "They can be at home in the evening and extend their office hours." Ken Sinclair, professor of accounting, uses Courselnfo to supplement face-to-face teaching. He makes copies of past exams, and slides produced by textbook publishers, available to students over the Courselnfo Web site. He is -adding video lessons related to each textbook chapter, also provided by the publisher. "This is fantastic," Sinclair says. "Students can watch the video at their own computer and I can generate questions and make it a homework assignment." Courselnfo offers tracking to tell instructors which areas of the course Web site students are accessing and how often, Sinclair believes the act of using Courselnfo in and of itself is a valuable lesson to provide to students these days. "It is the way that they are going to operate in the future in the business world," he explains. "When they communicate, they are going to communicate using Web sites. Rather than doing everything with a pencil and paper, it is good to get them used to doing it this way." -Jennifer Montemurro LEHIGH University LehighWeefc Office of Communications/Design 422 Brodhead Avenue Bethlehem, Pa. 18015-3067 MARIE C. INFG RfcS RrU306 ■LINDERMAN boltzt CLIENT SERVICES LIBRARY NO .0 30 NON-PROFIT MAIL U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 230 Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 |
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