LehighNow Volume 02, Issue 05

              LEHIGHNOW
November 7, 2001
Volume 2, Issue 5
Scholars rally campus electorate
for cancer research
IN BRIEF
ON CAMPUS
Int'l ed week
Current-event discussions, foreign movies,
foreign-language poetry
and Shakespeare
readings, and cultural
nights from a half-dozen
countries head up
Lehigh's celebration of
International Education
Week, a nationwide event
designated by President
Bush from Nov. 10-17.
A total of 23 events are
being sponsored by student
and university groups
and coordinated by the
office of international
students and scholars.
Highlights include:
•A discussion of Afghan
opposition to the Taliban
government led by Homa
Naderi, a Lehigh alumna
and CNN correspondent,
at 4 p.m. on Monday,
Nov. 12, at the Global
Union in Lamberton Hall.
•A discussion by Lehigh
professors on "September
11: Two Months Later."
•Cultural nights for
Malaysia, Turkey, Greece,
Korea, Africa and the
Caribbean, and Asia.
•Indian and Japanese
movie nights, and a
multingual reading of
Romeo and Juliet.
•  A discussion of Islam,
Arab culture and the
heroism of New York
City's firefighters.
For a complete list of
activities, go to
www.lehighlive.come or
to www.lehigh.edu/
-inglobal/ and click on
"Calendar."
More than 40 candidates,
including 41 undergraduates, three graduate
students, a handful of
campaign managers and
perennial aspirant Alvin
Cohen, are squaring off in
this year's 12"1 annual Good
Scholars Election.
The candidates, who
walked a cancer research
mile on Sunday, Nov. 4, will
stand at campus intersections on Thursday, Nov. 8,
and Wednesday, Nov. 14,
sporting caps and carrying
black buckets to solicit votes
in exchange for candy.
The event, sponsored by
Theta Delta Chi fraternity,
has raised almost $300,000
in 11 years for the American Cancer Society for cancer
research. It was founded by
Cohen, professor emeritus of
economics, Good Scholar
treasurer, and a cancer
survivor.
Jason Allen '03, philanthropy chairman for Theta
Delta Chi, says the fraternity
hopes to break last year's
record earnings of $62,000.
Voting is scheduled for
Nov. 5-9 and Nov. 12-16,
from 2 to 4 p.m. at the
Ulrich Center and the lobby
of the Rauch Business
Center, and from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. at the second-floor
west lobby of the University Center.
Votes can also be made
through participating
organizations and will be
accepted until 5 p.m. on
the evening of the awards
ceremony, which is
scheduled for Monday,
Nov. 26, at 7 p.m. in
Neville II Auditorium.
Campus organizations
can take part in the election
by paying a $100 entrance
fee and by nominating
candidates, who must have a
minimum GPA of 3.25.
Candidates earn votes by
soliciting donations, with
each dollar equaling one vote.
The candidate with the most
votes wins the election.
The first-place winner will
receive airline tickets and
$1,000 for the candidate's
sponsoring organization.
Second- and third-place
winners will receive gift
certificates for dinner at local
restaurants and merchandise
gift certificates from
Bethlehem Sporting Goods
and the University Bookstore.
Organizations sponsoring
those winners will also receive
cash prizes.
While past elections have
been dedicated to the
memory of a university
student, faculty or staff
member who died of cancer,
this year's event is dedicated
to finding a cure for cancer.
As he has in years past,
Cohen this year is urging
members of the Lehigh
community to "vote early
and vote often."
Sold-out
classical concerts
place Lehigh
on musical map
At a time when some
symphony orchestras are
plagued with dwindling
audiences and sagging
finances, the four-year-old
Lehigh Philharmonic has
pulled off an impressive feat
- back-to-back sold-out
concerts.
Joining forces for the first
time ever with Lehigh Choral
Arts, the student orchestra
drew 1,000 people to the
Zoellner Arts Center on Oct.
26 and again on Oct. 27 for
performances of Dvorak's Cello
Concerto, Brahms' Schicksalsleid
(Song of Destiny) and
Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
Three hundred people - 85
orchestra members and more
than 200 singers - filled the
Baker Hall stage, and were
joined in the 1812 by seven
brass players in the balcony
and electronic cannon shots
booming from loudspeakers
at stage left and stage right.
A shower of red, white and
blue balloons - representing
the national colors of France
and Russia, as well as the
U.S. - descended on the stage
at the finale of the 1812.
"Lehigh isn't Juilliard or
Curtis," wrote music critic
W.J. Fenza in the Morning
Call, "and most of the
[Philharmonic] students
aren't even music majors, but
Lehigh's music department,
Chou and the brave 300
covered themselves with glory.
"It is truly amazing that
Chou can program and bring
off a concert like [this] one.
There wasn't a hired gun to be
had. These were Lehigh's own:
students, faculty member and
community volunteers."
The Oct. 26-27 concerts
were the second consecutive
set of Philharmonic concerts
to sell out. Last spring's
"Czech Masterpieces" also
filled Baker Hall.
"I feel very fortunate," said
Philharmonic director Paul
Chou, associate professor of
music. "I'm really pleased
with the dedication and
enthusiasm of the students.
They really worked hard to
put on a concert of this
dimension.
"And the attendance
speaks volumes about the
support we get from Lehigh
and the community."
Chou founded the Philharmonic eight years ago with
three string players, but it
Please see CONCERTS
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