Brown and White Vol. 113 No. 30

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 113 no 30 friday february 10 2006 all the lehigh news first university to update conduct code by larissa staszkiw news writer a series of open meetings will be held this month so stu dents can participate in the first student code of conduct revision in 10 years the revision will attempt to remove legal language from the code and simplify process es involving student behavior and academic dishonesty the office of student con duct is responsible for drafting and approving the new code which is expected to be avail able and in effect by june 2006 the revision was initially recommended by the student life policy review committee in april 2003 chris mulvihill assistant dean of students for student conduct said he encourages students to be active in the process the student members of the university committee of discipline reviewed the draft both last year and the begin ning of this academic year and have been involved through out the whole process mulvihill said since the draft went public mulvihill has met with the student senate intrafraternity council panhellenic conference sororities fraterni ties and other student groups to initiate student involvement and educate the lehigh com munity about the draft and proposed changes mulvihill said the new code is still only a draft and not yet an approved document student suggestions will be taken until march 3 those interested in becom ing involved can attend a series of open meetings in mid-february the open meetings will consist of a brief presentation about the present code and the new code followed by an open session for questions and commentary the only way that we are going to get student input is if students take active control over the process mulvihill said student comments and sug gestions will be reviewed by subversions reduces hours of operation by jackeline leon news writer because of the opening of the hawk's nest diner and the reno vation of rathbone hall subversions is cutting back its hours of operation subversions's new hours are 10:30 a.m to 8 p.m from monday through friday and 1 p.m to 8 p.m on saturdays and sundays last semester the deli was open until 1 a.m monday through saturday david joseph executive director of student auxiliary serv ices oversees the contract between the university and wood/sodexho dining services as much as we would like to b&w photo by bj shepard be able to offer all things to all people at all times it is just not possible joseph said decisions have to be made about what services and products can be offered that provide a good vari ety and mix and meet most needs of the community a student orders a sandwich at subversions the deli will be cutting down its hours of operation because of the opening of the hawk's nest and the newly renovated rathbone hall feminist lecturer calls hip-hop's message sexist by samantha burns news writer hip-hop's message has become increasingly degrading to women award-winning journalist joan morgan said on monday night at sinclair auditorium how did we go from fly girls to bitches and hoes in the black man's eye asked morgan morgan an avid feminist and hip-hop lover addressed the sexist and racist views in hip-hop during her lecture titled at the intersection of feminism and hip-hop morgan said she was disturbed by the change in hip hop to a focus on gangster rap a form of hip-hop focusing on violence and crime the hyper-masculine thug image is a misrepresenta tion of black men in america morgan said why are they all in jail why are they thugs why do all black women look like prostitutes when i watch bet late at night i see damn near pornography morgan said she doesn't understand why black people are comfortable with hip-hop musicians portraying black people as ghetto thugs especially because 70 percent of hip-hop's listeners are white what i hear in hip-hop is the mask in which black people hide behind and wear morgan said i hear a fail ure of us being able to come together as a community morgan said gangster rap is so prevalent because musi cians have changed their style to what consumers want to hear bitches and hoes sells morgan said there are no outcries to stop it the bottom line is the dollar and as consumers we vote with the dollar one of morgan's main messages during the lecture was for students who are offended by hip-hop's messages to take action people are not proactive about developing change morgan said there is no challenge to the lyrical content ... feminism is a noun that should be a verb instead of just complaining you should do something about it at the end of her lecture morgan fielded questions when a male student asked morgan what students could do to address the issues in hip-hop morgan suggest ed asking women if hip-hop lyrics concern them she said bringing up the issue would show that offensive lyrics don't only affect the people they offend she added that taking action could start a national movement against hip-hop's insulting content graduate student lana curdgele asked morgan to express her views on the focus on materialism and the bling bling culture in hip-hop music i know some broke-ass rappers and what you see from their videos you think they'd be living large morgan answered the illusions they put out make young people feel they need to go purchase the things they see in the videos these illusions are marketed as a reality that diminishes the quality of black people's lives i resent the fact that my son can't listen to the radio the way i did growing up morgan said i wholeheartedly see subversions page 2 see conduct page 2 see hip-hop page 4 lehigh responds to avian flu threat page 5 j^^p^dji trovans share spe walt whitman exhibit opens in zoellner bw.lehigh.edu