Brown and White Vol. 106 no. 32

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 vol 106 no 32 tuesday february 23 1999 all the lehigh news first housing plan makes impact by amanda henry assistant news editor the office of residential services coordinated the room selection process last week as students battled for a record low number of apartment spots the office of residential services guarantees rising sophomores housing and places all other candidates m either the lottery system or a waiting list guaranteed housing means there is a bed for a student somewhere on campus all students participating m the lot tery process had to turn m a registration form and from that list all sophomores were automatically placed on the guar anteed list to be eligible for the lottery process students must meet certain qualifications first students must be registered as undergraduates or president's scholars be on a university approved academic internship or study abroad program on a medical leave confirmed by the dean of students office and cannot be a member of a fraternity or sorority the number of spaces for sophomores guaranteed hous ing then determines how many upperclassmen will get on the initial guaranteed list remaining upperclassmen are randomly placed to fill the remaining spaces on the guaranteed list said office of residential services associate director ozzie breiner baw photo by stephanie remington ozzie breiner associate director of residential services conducted the residence hall room selection process feb 15-18 in rathbone dining hall see pages 6-7 for pictures of housing options media professor examines effects of advertising by heather gershen news writer jean kilbourne a nationally recognized media analyst analyzed the negative effects of advertising on society at zoellner arts center last wednesday sponsored by students against dangerous decisions sadd kilbourne's lecture examined the link between advertising and self-destructive behaviors such as smoking drinking and eating disorders kilbourne showed the audience several slides of common maga zine ads and pointed out the subliminal messages advertisements were portraying kilbourne said the average american is exposed to thousands of ads every day and spends two years watching television commercials alone everyone m america feels personally exempt from advertising kilbourne said she then went on to give statistics to the contrary citing absolut vodka's ad campaign as being responsible for a four kilbourne said things are more easily abused than people her backdrop for the presentation was a female model dressed m a swimsuit whose stomach was transformed into a bottle of liquor kilbourne also dissected ads for camel and marlboro cigarettes budweiser beer hair products makeup and several foods proving that no industry is innocent another aspect of kilbourne's speech involved the entertainment industry's sup port of destructive advertising we are the product she said we are sold to advertisers kilbourne also told the audience she encourages support of ms magazine which is a corporation that does not accept corporate advertisements m recognition of her message kilbourne lectures to more than 100 colleges each year about the need to be critical of images presented to americans every day we should be teaching media literacy see housing page 8 lihlliillilij iw jmllli hbdi liiil fifmhi quick 8~l men's basketball lost to joel goldman and t.j chemical plant m ir w i jt'^il l holy cross college sullivan will speak on allentown explodes m^zl^iil 66 " 62 saturday v friendship and aids killing five employees b y a s e 60 > most p eo p e â–  see page 24 see page 3 see page 9 [^ s half of their ij | pwy sports 18-24 news 1-9 science 11-13 baseball preview 20 karaoke 4 science briefs 13 / ' t jared hess 22 art exhibit 5 i m4m mi r > f 1 chris scheier 23 delta phi dinner 9 vww.jayi.com/cgi