Brown and White Vol. 108 No. 7

              the brown and white lehlgll uihvcish a jluullll infwspdptl iuuiiucu 111 lo^ir vol 108 no 7 tuesday september 26 2000 all the lehigh news first cockroaches invade freshman dorm by gina montana b&w photo courtesy of ors david news writer first floor b side residents of mcclintic-marshall house are enraged about living with an infestation of cock roaches since the beginning of the semester the cockroaches were first discovered in the bathroom but have now spread into maintenance closets and residents dorm rooms lan siperstein 04 a first floor m&m resident was one of the only residents on the hall when he first noticed the cockroaches on the morning of aug 25 after returning from the outdoor adven ture program he turned on the light in his room to find two of the bugs crawling on the bath room floor upon lifting the trash can to kill the roaches he unveiled another cluster of the vermin that had been occupying the entire bottom of the trash can siperstein is irritated about the living conditions he has had to endure during his first few weeks at lehigh i am rather annoyed that we are paying so much money for school and we are forced to live in a cockroach infested area siperstein said matthew salner 04 also a first-floor resident speculates that the roaches are entering the bathroom from two open ings in the pipes salner also experienced sporadic sightings of the roaches during his first days at lehigh however he said the fre quency of encounters and number of roaches has greatly increased now i see at least one roach crawling in the bathroom or in my room every few days salner said residents of the infested hall relate this influx of roaches to the age of the building and the humidity and moisture of the recent weather these bugs love the moisture i'm sure that is what is attracting them salner said over the past three weeks residents have reported seeing anywhere from 50 to 100 cockroaches in their bathrooms hallways and dorm rooms combined individually and collectively resi dents said they have repeatedly approached gryphons and residential services about the roaches residents of mcclintic marshall house are outraged at an unwelcome and unsanitary influx of cockroaches present since the beginning of the fall semester accounting conference educates juniors by amanda gontarz assistant news editor the ninth annual accounting conference was held friday night and saturday in rauch business center for all junior year accounting majors the conference acquainted account ing majors with public and private firms and allowed the firms to meet students the event geared more toward meeting professionals and learning about the firms was not specifically targeted at getting internships kirn chapman 02 attended and enjoyed the conference it was definitely a good experience and really helpful for everyone who went she said it was a good opportu nity to meet people in your profession and ask questions pricewaterhousecoopers ernst & young arthur anderson deloitte and touche and kpmg public accounting firms which are collectively known as the big five were present at the confer ence along with johnson & johnson a private firm ernst & young held a workshop friday on giving oral presentations followed by a discussion panel on networking arthur anderson devoted saturday morning to developing team-building skills with activities such as the human knot and mayan sticks pricewaterhousecoopers presented an ethics workshop kpmg created its own version of who wants to be a millionaire students played who wants to be a cpa in the same style of the popular game show after a deloitte and touche talk about global issues students had to give three minute presentations johnson & johnson spoke about lead ership during dinner in the asa packer dining room rob motch 02 thought he knew exactly where he wanted to go after gradu ation but the conference changed his mind he said before i was only interested in private accounting but after meeting some of the public firms i'm consider ing public accounting in the area of financial services b&w photo by amanda strickler junior accounting majors gained insight into the inter workings of major firms at the ninth annual accounting conference in rauch business center friday see roaches page 4 men and women's cross country teams beat &|~ jk m lafayette m ihmh^m see page 16 sports 13-16 men's soccer 13 fk i women's soccer 15 i football 16 career fair provides resource for avid job seekers see page 3 news 1-5 college briefs 2 firestone tire recall 5 is life at lehigh making you sick an in-depth look at std terror see page 7 science 7-9 science briefs 7 fact or fiction 9 a cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off before dying from starvation source:www.sbt.bhmedia.com