Brown and White Vol. 107 no. 4

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 107 no 04 tuesday september 21 1999 all the lehigh news first carr offers advice to aspiring authors by er ik a berg assistant news editor jody carr lehigh valley resident and author of the thriller monday's child spoke of having her writing published and offered advice to aspiring writers during the suspense novel classic genre or popular pulp in linderman library sept 17 carr who has an m.a from bryn mawr college was not overly concerned in the time before her first novel was published i was sure that i would get it published i mean i had my degree from bryn mawr i had an agent — nothing could stop me carr said carr was shocked when every publisher to whom she sent her novel rejected it i got really depressed when you're a writer and you've been turned down repeated ly you get a strong urge to give up carr said instead of giving up carr decided to explore other literary avenues this was not a simple task for carr who was convinced there was only literary fiction i wanted to write an extremely intelligent literary novel i had to deal with my own snob bery which was a real hurdle carr said according to carr she was particularly snobbish toward suspense novels i turned up my nose to suspense novels i thought that they could not possibly be well-written and that people read them merely for entertainment carr said and even if she were to write a suspense novel carr was convinced she would not be able to write it well the two things they tell would-be writers in school are write about what you know and write about what you read she said tm not a suspenseful person i don't have a suspense ful life nor did i read suspense novels carr changed the latter fact when she read lionel davidson's kolymsky heights it was so well-written that i realized that suspense novels can actually be literary mas terpieces carr said i learned that in sus pense thrillers you can have a plot that drags you along as well as intelligent characters and a presentation of ideas that really matter anxious to write her own suspense thriller carr began developing interesting characters but drew a blank when she b&w photo by steven lucks st luke's hospital community day otherwise known as the annual volunteer day was held saturday in conjunction with the football game against monmouth four bethlehem middle school bands had the opportunity to per form before the game the purpose of volunteer day is to recognize students and alumni who volunteer time and effort in support of lehigh university umoja house black student union host mocktails by will little news writer members of host organizations pleased with the overall success of non-alcoholic event the black student union and the umoja house located in warren square hosted mocktails friday night at 8 p.m there was an assortment of non-alco holic pina colodas fuzzy navels and straw berry daiquiris along with one specialty batch a blend of all the drinks together also different finger foods and snacks were offered including pizza chicken wings fresh vegetables with dip and chips the purpose of mocktails was to provide fun music and games for members of the black student union and their friends kachina dacosta 01 is a gryphon in the umoja house everyone was there to relax and have a good time dacosta said the event was co-hosted by the black student union but wasn't restricted to minorities i tried to tell people about it so that everyone would show up dacosta said on campus if anything is hosted by a minority organization only minority stu dents show up the umoja house is a multicultural house located in warren square for the most part minority students reside in the house but it is open to any one who wishes to apply umoja is swahili for unity and pro vides a laid-back atmosphere for 10 co-ed upperclassmen there is a capacity for 17 so we're try ing to fill the house dacosta said throughout the night around 75 peo ple showed up to enjoy the food and frozen drinks as the night went on and the food ran out entertainment was provided in the form of cards checkers and conversation after a while the event turned into a sort of mini party the lights were turned down and students danced and lis tened to music the black student union was responsi ble for the organization of the event they host around six similar events a year with the food and drinks paid for by various sources latoya scott 02 is the vice president of the black student union we get the money from the wellness center for promoting non-alcoholic events and from project impact plus some from our own budget scott said shavonne robinson 01 enjoyed the non-alcoholic event there are no fraternities for minority students this gives everyone a chance to get together and have a good time he said robinson is a member of delta sigma theta a black fraternity founded in 1913 at howard university delta sigma theta is defined as a public service organization with 250 international chapters there are over 200,000 members delta sigma theta encourages educa tional and economic involvement physi cal health and political and international awareness delta sigma theta is planning to hold events like mocktails for the school year but must make their money through fundraising dacosta was pleased with the success of the non-alcoholic event it sets a standard of what we're about she said it's not about getting drunk and passing out it's about relaxing and having a good time with friends and a certain type of person will be attracted to that in the past they have had no trouble with any would-be party crashers coming to spike drinks or cause other commotions dacosta said it's always really relaxed nothing outrageous happens see carr page 5 hthe football team pouring the sun pro e coli breaks out at defeated monmouth vides a picture of life county fair through university 56-10 during the steel age contaminated water camels have three see page 16 see page 5 see page 7 eyelids to protect themselves from blow sports 12-16 news 1-6 science 7-9 ing sand crew 13 world news briefs 2 science briefs 7 intramurals 14 study abroad 3 lehigh observatory 9 field hockey 16 lecture 4 source wwwsbtbhmediacom