Brown and White Vol. 114 No. 48

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 114 no 48 friday april 27 2007 all the lehigh news first student bazaar introduces diversity flavor to campus by vincent amoroso news writer the international student bazaar celebrated its 20th anniversary on sunday with more than 20 native performances 34 table displays and ethnic-food stands the bazaar held in front of the fairchild-martindale library tries to provide international students with an outlet to display their culture traditional clothing such as ki monos and african robes were dis played during the bazaar's fashion show in which participants modeled clothes and spoke in their native languages food was the main draw and personal favorite of thitikorn oh sopchokchai 10 sopchokchai helped run a booth selling tradi tional thai food other food for purchase included gyoza japanese dumplings korean barbecue niku jaga japanese beef stew and turk ish shish-kabobs although many came to sample the traditional ethnic foods others b&wphoto by bj shepard came to witness the many perfor mances that take place on a stage in the middle of the bazaar students performances included middle eastern belly dances and in dian punjabi dances mohammed bubshait 09 said the bazaar was definitely a success but he hoped it will become even more successful with time although the bazaar has been gaining popularity over the years bubshait was still concerned with students look at jewelry for sale at the annual international bazaar held sunday outside of the fairchild martindale library lehigh's increased promotion of the bazaar drew many students for its 20th anniversary admissions dean eager to begin role by gaby saade news writer students applying to lehigh next fall might be wise to learn j leon washington's name as he begins his role as the new dean of admissions and financial aid i felt immediately at home washington said the more i learn about lehigh the more excited i become washington a new york native and arts enthu siast says he is both excited to relocate and eager to become part of the lehigh administration washington said he was looking forward to the op portunity to serve on lehigh's admissions board and be closer to family members living on the east coast aside from his family washington says he is passionate about the performing arts he is an avid dancer and takes dance lessons with his wife of 30 years maria lucia he is also teaching himself how to play piano and enjoys singing in his short period as assistant vice chancellor of student affairs and enrollment management at univer sity of california davis washington devised the first strategic long-range marketing plan for admissions he hopes to use this previous experience with admissions procedures to create an enrollment opera tion module for lehigh to emulate i want to get to know people at lehigh and get a sense of the lay of the land washington said washington's leadership and recruitment strategies at uc davis resulted in an increase in applications which had its largest freshman class ever from vari ous socioeconomic and diverse backgrounds washington also worked to form regional partner ships with local groups washington's other accomplishments at uc davis include his creation of a retention committee consist ing of deans faculty staff and students to make rec ommendations to the administration regarding admis sions and recruitment concerns and his creation of an e-communication module for all to use the work i've done is fun and enjoying wash ington said i love what i do school to launch islamic studies program by elaine hardenstine â–  following president gast's inaugural speech plans are underway for starting a global islamic studies program news writer an islamic studies program to encourage learning about modernity and history in the middle east is being developed this program will offer majors and minors to under graduate and graduate students but will not begin offer ing classes until at least fall 2008 the program will be designed to increase students knowledge of the middle east and islamic world it was launched by the muslim association of lehigh valley malv a non-profit organization for muslims and a re tired moravian professor dr mohamed bugaighis retired moravian professor and member of the muslim association of the lehigh valley said building the program will take a long time because of the time needed to develop a curriculum and hire professors bugaighis said he wants the new program to show islam for what it is - a vibrant culture that heavily influ enced western civilization the program's focus will be the well-being and educa tion of the lehigh students bugaighis said when students become informed bugaighis said they will be able to spread accurate information with the pub lic and hopefully the impact will be felt globally fatma el-turky professor of arabic and representa tive on malv's executive board said the program will be especially beneficial to international students el-turky said international students sometimes labeled and discriminated against because of ethnicity can take a more active role in building a bridge between america and the muslim world ignorance is a prominent reason why the islamic pro gram is necessary said nayla raad a lebanese graduate student see bazaar page 3 see islam page 5 questions still remain about umoja incident page 7 bill p^i "" women's tennis team set to host playoffs page 16 club intramural sports struggle for recognition bw.lehigh.edu