Brown and White Vol. 115 No. 43

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 115 no 43 tuesday april 15 2008 all the lehigh news first albright says clinton is the best fit for the job by david craig â–  former secretary of state visits campus to speak in support of sen hillary clinton madeleine albright former secretary of state under presi dent bill clinton rallied sup port for democratic presidential nominee sen hillary clinton wednesday in lewis laboratory i'm here to support hillary in pennsylvania because this is not only the keystone state but it is also the key to what is about to happen in the upcoming presi dential election albright said albright who was once the highest ranking female official in the u.s said whoever wins the presidential election will face many difficult tasks the world is a mess she said i've never seen things so bad albright said the next presi dent will have to deal with five major issues terrorism a grow ing nuclear weapons problem restoration of democracy's good name negative aspects of global ization and global warming speaking on the issue of ter rorism and the war in iraq albright drew from her own ex perience to explain the difficult situation the u.s faces sundaze serenade b&w photo by andrew maier gary nesta pines of the wailers sings to the crowd of students and bethlehem residents in rauch field house saturday although the sun was shining sundaze was held inside this year due to expected heavy rainfall police to put cameras on south side by katy jacobson bethlehem plans to implement a 24-hour surveillance camera system in high-crime areas as early as this summer according to the city's police commissioner randall miller we're in the phase of design and research and there is a very good chance that they'll be up by june miller said initially four cameras will be installed as a pilot program at the five points area inter section at broadway and wyandotte streets miller said the area of broadway is one of our higher crime areas miller said the intersection is very atypical of neighborhoods if we can make it work there we can make it work anywhere the pole-mounted moveable cameras would be a part of a wireless mesh network the video feed is sent back to police head quarters but can also be monitored from any where in the area because of the broadband miller said it's the equivalent of a police officer oper ating for 24 hours a day with a photographic memory said bethlehem mayor john cal lahan in an article in the morning call he called it "... a memory that can be brought into court if necessary if the pilot program is successful the mesh network would be installed throughout the en tire city of bethlehem miller said the same cameras were installed in and around allentown one year ago and the city's crime statistics have gone down since miller said their worth has been proved many times over in crime prevention said miller if a picture is worth a thousand words then live groups push for new united student center by aly callahan students and administrators gathered on thursday to discuss the possibility of a consolidated student center a group of students formed a coalition two months ago with the goal of moving the administration to act on the creation of a main student center which has been being talked about for years i think people see lehigh as a generally apathetic place but that's not the case it's just not organized dan newcombe 08 said the coalition emphasized the student center is needed to provide a common place where all different students can be brought together to meet one another and work cooperatively there are so many things students groups and greek organizations can do together president of the global union cameron copeland 08 said will brehm 08 said the center would allow groups on campus to be connected with each other and lehigh as a whole a student center can help students say yes i'm part of lehigh i'm part of all these other groups too but i'm also part of lehigh brehm said places such as the university center ulrich student center and lamberton hall are meant to serve as a vil lage of student centers the problem is having several student centers only contributes to an already segregated campus according to students at the meeting the proposed student center would be to bring daily activities such as eating checking mail and hanging out to one place it would also give graduate students and commuters a place to go during the day students said the space should include eating loca tions lounge spaces study areas a convenience store student photo exhibits internet access a movie theatre a lecture hall a multimedia room copy machines and even a student bar with a student center you have a space you feel like you own part of the university copeland said group and club offices and conference rooms are also key aspects of the prospective student center student services such as the career services office and the study abroad office would also be available in this one location as of thursday afternoon over 10 percent of the le high population including faculty and graduate students had already signed the groups petition for the construc tion of a student center the petition had only been cir culated for two days at the time of the meeting i am absolutely one hundred percent in support of this assistant dean of students chris mulvihill said we have been talking about this for years mulvihill said as an administrator he was drawn to the student focus of the center as an administrator that's the thing that excites me see albright page 3 see cameras page 4 see center page 2 counting credits page 7 l^fj^pk men's lacrosse team h page 16 check online for breaking news thebrownandwhite.com