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the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 104 no 3 friday september 13 1996 all the lehigh news first ffl^i uj jpj jfi ri fntffj?ttw3i iff tsf i if^hl by lisa spitz assistant news editor alice walker author of the color purple was welcomed by students and faculty wednesday as the keynote speaker for the cel ebration of communiversity day it's wonderful for you to cel ebrate women on this campus walker said we want to have a future and you are it i just want you to know your chapel has been danced in and that's what happens when you let women in anywhere she said in her speech walker addressed social issues such as feminism slavery and animal rights she said she has been crit icized throughout her career for writing about such topics i have been crushed often by attacks of criticism walker said " the color purple was banned and even burned in some places some of my other stories have met the same fate walker read one of her works am i blue to the audience the story is about communication and understanding between people in the story a horse named blue serves as the metaphor that walker used to express detach ment between two different cul tures that don't work to under stand each other and the conse quences that follow walker compared the animal rights issue of today with the slavery of yesterday there are those who never consider animal rights and they are the great great grandchildren of those who thought that women can't think and niggers can't faint walker said walker also addressed the issue of diversity and how incom plete we are without it there is so much anger that builds up when you're not diverse walker said we are a drug-addicted culture because something is missing and the con nections that are real are pushed so far outside our daily lives that we don't know what is missing walker urged her audience to scrutinize language and not be so accepting of stereotypical names she feels that people have a way of becoming what they are called which causes them to struggle with their identities personally she said she will not accept being referred to as one of you guys a alice walker keynote speaker at communiversity day addresses the crowd assembled on the university center lawn bruce sharkin counselor and tirzah ► brown 99 participated as group facilitators for communivfrsity day the groups consisting of students staff and faculty met to discuss issues concerning diversity at lehigh b w photos by daphnie sicre university commemorates 25 years of diversity unity by kathy calogredes news writer communiversity day promotes cultural education classes were canceled wednesday morning in celebration of the first communiversity day when the lehigh community united to explore and learn about its diversity communiversity day is the kickoff event for celebrating the 25th anniversary of the presence of undergraduate women at lehigh said patti ota vice provost and staff coordinator for communiversity day however today will focus on a variety of way that all pf us are unique and different from one another and how these differences enrich campus life ota said the university want to have a series of events to commemorate is anniversary communiversity day she expined is the first in this series the entire event took place outside on the lawns of the university center and packer memorial chapel with registration and meals in the uc parking lot participants received color-coded name badges when they registered for the day printed on the red yellow aqua and green badges were the names of the females in the class of 1972 later each female graduate's name became the title of a discussion group doug vaughn 00 participated in the day's events and found the groups and discussions to be enlightening i think it was a really good experience v;"'£hn said it gave everyone a chance to think about things they lion t normally think about it gave students an opportunity to learn something that they can't learn in lecture that different cul tures all have a place in the world lehigh president peter likins sees communiversity day as a chance for students see diversity page 5 see walker page 5 the field hockey team lost to the university of delaware 6-0 on tuesday see page 24 18-20 sports 18 golf 20 cross country 20 field hockey lehigh students help plant a new garden maze in a vacant lot see page 4 news 1-6 world news briefs 2 charles willie 3 ifc meeting 6 health center 6 bethlehem offers a variety of cultures in shops and restaurants see page 7 lifestyle 7-13 tauck scholarship 8 netlounge 9 culture corner 11 crossword 12 tongue prints are as unique as fingerprints source 2201 fascinating facts by avi<j louis
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 104 no. 3 |
Date | 1996-09-13 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1996 |
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Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
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Digital Responsible Institution | Lehigh University |
Digital Responsible Institution Code | PBL |
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Title Essay | Published twice a week during the college year by the students of Lehigh University |
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 104 no. 3 |
Date | 1996-09-13 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 13 |
Year | 1996 |
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Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
LCCN | 07019854 |
Source Repository Code | PBL |
Digital Responsible Institution | Lehigh University |
Digital Responsible Institution Code | PBL |
Issue/Edition Pattern | Semiweekly |
Title Essay | Published twice a week during the college year by the students of Lehigh University |
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the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 104 no 3 friday september 13 1996 all the lehigh news first ffl^i uj jpj jfi ri fntffj?ttw3i iff tsf i if^hl by lisa spitz assistant news editor alice walker author of the color purple was welcomed by students and faculty wednesday as the keynote speaker for the cel ebration of communiversity day it's wonderful for you to cel ebrate women on this campus walker said we want to have a future and you are it i just want you to know your chapel has been danced in and that's what happens when you let women in anywhere she said in her speech walker addressed social issues such as feminism slavery and animal rights she said she has been crit icized throughout her career for writing about such topics i have been crushed often by attacks of criticism walker said " the color purple was banned and even burned in some places some of my other stories have met the same fate walker read one of her works am i blue to the audience the story is about communication and understanding between people in the story a horse named blue serves as the metaphor that walker used to express detach ment between two different cul tures that don't work to under stand each other and the conse quences that follow walker compared the animal rights issue of today with the slavery of yesterday there are those who never consider animal rights and they are the great great grandchildren of those who thought that women can't think and niggers can't faint walker said walker also addressed the issue of diversity and how incom plete we are without it there is so much anger that builds up when you're not diverse walker said we are a drug-addicted culture because something is missing and the con nections that are real are pushed so far outside our daily lives that we don't know what is missing walker urged her audience to scrutinize language and not be so accepting of stereotypical names she feels that people have a way of becoming what they are called which causes them to struggle with their identities personally she said she will not accept being referred to as one of you guys a alice walker keynote speaker at communiversity day addresses the crowd assembled on the university center lawn bruce sharkin counselor and tirzah ► brown 99 participated as group facilitators for communivfrsity day the groups consisting of students staff and faculty met to discuss issues concerning diversity at lehigh b w photos by daphnie sicre university commemorates 25 years of diversity unity by kathy calogredes news writer communiversity day promotes cultural education classes were canceled wednesday morning in celebration of the first communiversity day when the lehigh community united to explore and learn about its diversity communiversity day is the kickoff event for celebrating the 25th anniversary of the presence of undergraduate women at lehigh said patti ota vice provost and staff coordinator for communiversity day however today will focus on a variety of way that all pf us are unique and different from one another and how these differences enrich campus life ota said the university want to have a series of events to commemorate is anniversary communiversity day she expined is the first in this series the entire event took place outside on the lawns of the university center and packer memorial chapel with registration and meals in the uc parking lot participants received color-coded name badges when they registered for the day printed on the red yellow aqua and green badges were the names of the females in the class of 1972 later each female graduate's name became the title of a discussion group doug vaughn 00 participated in the day's events and found the groups and discussions to be enlightening i think it was a really good experience v;"'£hn said it gave everyone a chance to think about things they lion t normally think about it gave students an opportunity to learn something that they can't learn in lecture that different cul tures all have a place in the world lehigh president peter likins sees communiversity day as a chance for students see diversity page 5 see walker page 5 the field hockey team lost to the university of delaware 6-0 on tuesday see page 24 18-20 sports 18 golf 20 cross country 20 field hockey lehigh students help plant a new garden maze in a vacant lot see page 4 news 1-6 world news briefs 2 charles willie 3 ifc meeting 6 health center 6 bethlehem offers a variety of cultures in shops and restaurants see page 7 lifestyle 7-13 tauck scholarship 8 netlounge 9 culture corner 11 crossword 12 tongue prints are as unique as fingerprints source 2201 fascinating facts by avi |
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