Brown and White Vol. 108 No. 30

              the brown and white vol 108 no 30 all the lehigh news first tuesday february 20 2001 94 v-day show sells out by amanda gontarz photo courtesy of the brown and white archives news editor more than 900 people showed up feb 8 at baker hall to hear women talk about their most private parts the vagina monologues hit lehigh's campus as part of the v-day 2001 college initiative more than 300 universities and col leges across the nation performed the show in support of v-day the show written by eve ensler was performed by 22 female students and faculty members the women performed different monologues and stories about personal experiences other women have had savitri bishnath 03 performed my vagina was my village a piece about rape i was bothered by the idea that this woman could no longer identify with her vagina bishnath said moreover that acts of rape as well as physical and mental abuse lead her to feel displaced from her body as well as her village approximately 900 students faculty and community members filled the seats in baker hall katie shannon 02 was impressed with the number of people in attendance it was very well performed and it generated a lot of support from lehigh shannon said the place was packed it was funny but at the same time i hope it raises awareness about women's issues v day has been held for the past three years to help end violence against women all proceeds from the show were given to turning point a local shelter for battered women rob upton a residence life coordina tor thought the show brought a number of strong issues to lehigh the vagina monologues were fan tastic because they addressed an issue generally not talked about in a humor ous manner upton said it brings attention to this taboo topic the actress es really seemed interested in the purpose of the performance and i was pleased to see that the proceeds went toward a good cause leslie bauer 03 played a 6-year-old girl in the show the part that i played represented an outside consulting firm determined that it would cost more than 2.5 million to bring all fraternity houses up to regulation code see page 3 new housing law may cause troubles by gina montana news writer the bethlehem city inspections department has inspected approximate ly 35 housing units under the new regulated rental unit occupancy ordinance and found few violators and no overcrowding issues housing bureau chief tom herstich said there are several more inspections scheduled in the next six to eight weeks the program is moving along well but not as quick as we had hoped herstich said even though most landlords have been cooperative and prompt in responding to the ordi nance we have to give them until june 1 to get their units up to par under the ordinance the ordinance limits five unrelated people to live in a house the city also will do more inspections to make sure the land lords are keeping the houses up after 325 mailings sent to landlords in january explaining the new system the inspections department received 150 calls from landlords landlords said their units did not fall under the ordinance because they either rent to families or students herstich said we investigated all the 150 cases and between 125 and 130 of the units did not fall under the circumstances of the ordinance herstich said so this tells us there are actually more families living in south bethlehem than we expected there are a few griping landlords but most are working with us and the ordinance to improve their units herstich said mayor donald t cunningham said the ordinance is aimed at improving the internal and external housing condi tions for renters all that is needed is the voluntary cooperation from building owners cunningham said it is a pro-renter ordinance because renters are paying a good deal of money for these homes and the ordinance is simply ensuring b&wphoto by ryanucwinko the bethlehem city inspections department has found few violators of the new regulated rental unit occupancy ordinance since it went into effect see v-day page 5 see housing page 6 gr^jj^gggjjp3 men's basketball web site offers text do you get spam c a/^x jhap^pw^f^m i defeats colgate in over book exchange mail i ac i wmmf^^if isl:*h i time 79"77 see pa9e 4 see pa9e 11 â–  ksjl^a y see page 19 every four seconds a mftp^^hpfffl sports 17-24 news 1-8 science 11-13 bsbsr fewhr*l hockey 21 college news briefs 2 science briefs 11 a 9y^sffl women's basketball 22 fraternity task force 3 your health 13 . . ... , m ims | ,'**& ] ... i ... source:http7/www.uselessfacts.net