Brown and White Vol. 117 no. 17

              By JENNIFER MCCUSKER
With flu season in full effect, students say they are struggling to keep both their health and grades intact.
Associate Dean of Students Susan Lantz said students are typically more stressed at this time dur­ing the semester.
“Students are often very stressed with their stud­ies and their other activities,” Lantz said. “Good sleeping habits, eating habits, and other healthy behavior often take a back seat to the pressures of performing well on exams.”
Students who experience H1N1 flu symptoms have the opportunity to submit an online form so their teachers know why they are missing class.
Lantz said she is available to help any sick stu­dent make up his or her work.
“About 350 students have submitted the online form indicating that they are experiencing symp­toms consistent with H1N1,” Lantz said. “I am available to help students if they need additional assistance in making up any work missed while ill.”
Some students are taking preventative measures by going to influenza vaccination clinics that are held by the Health and Wellness Center.
Susan Kitei, director of the Health and Wellness Center, said the flu clinics have been helpful.
“Three hundred people were vaccinated at the first seasonal flu clinic,” Kitei said. “I think it was effective, but I know some students who held off going because they were ill. They plan on going to one of the upcoming clinics.”
Kitei said students will receive an e-mail notifica­tion regarding the upcoming clinics.
David Johnson, a mathematics professor who teaches Calculus I, a large lecture class, said he has not had to deal with many sick students.
“There hasn’t been a situation in Math 21 where we’ve been aware of more than a few students in
See H1N1 Page 5
H1N1 form brings ease
to sick students
Accomplished director shows film about Palestinian camps
By ALEX ZOOK
Film producer and director Ari Folman presented a screening of his Golden Globe-winning film, “Waltz with Bashir,” Thursday in the Main Gallery of Zoellner Arts Center.
The film focuses on the horror surrounding the events of the mas­sacre that occurred in the Palestinian refugee camps at Sabra and Shatila, after would-be Christian leader Bashir Gemayel was killed.
Many Israeli soldiers, like Folman, found that the trauma caused memo­ries surrounding the massacre, part of the 1982 Lebanon War, to be forgot­ten. “There were still black holes miss­ing, and I decided that I would find out what they are,” Folman said.
Folman recounted his journey to discover memories lost from the 1982 Lebanon War, which included the massacre of nearly 3,000 people.
Laurence Silberstein, director of the Center for Jewish Studies, introduced Folman and the film. Silberstein and Folman noted that the film tells a uni­versal story of war.
Silberstein said the film is “one of the most outstanding anti-war films of the twenty-first century.”
Folman said his inspiration for the film came when a friend confronted him about a reoccurring nightmare, where 26 vicious dogs came for him. Folman choose to produce the film as an autobiographic account of his war­time memories.
Throughout the movie, Folman pieces his story together by talking to the people who share a similar story.
With the help of others, Folman was able to remember nearly every­thing except for the massacre.
Folman’s only recollection of the massacre and his involvement came as a dream, where he rises naked out of the sea along with some of his com­rades as flares hang over the camps where the massacres were taking place.
The naked soldiers then don uni­See
WALTZ Page 6
Trick or treat
B&W photo by STEPHANIE LIN
A child celebrates Halloween at Spooktacular on Oct. 22, sponsored by the Community Service Office.
Vol. 117 No. 17
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
SPORTS
Hawks skin Leopards 1-0
Page 20
ONLINE
Check online
for breaking news
www.thebrownandwhite.com
A day on the job
with Chief Shupp
Page 9
LIFESTYLE
By ALEXA PROCACCINO
Lehigh’s Library and Technology Services has been working to update public computing sites with Microsoft’s Windows 7, released on Oct. 22.
LTS has organized a committee of systems analysts, computing consultants and software librarians that have been running tests on the pro­gram since March, looking for potential issues or incompatibilities.
The Lehigh Bookstore will offer an upgrade disk for $10 to $15 for non-Lehigh-owned personal com­puters during the spring.
LTS will begin upgrading public computing sites after the spring. According to a memo released to the campus community, public test computers with the Windows 7 operating system are now located on the first floor of the Fairchild-Martindale Library as well as in Fairchild-Martindale room 180. More computers with Windows 7 will be added to Linder­man Library during winter break. LTS will fully update all public-computing sites in the summer of 2010.
The committee assembled by LTS has created a Lehigh public site image to be used with Windows 7 and a Web page with information about the timeline for the update, and has converted about 50 Lehigh applications out of 140 for use with Windows 7.
New features of Windows 7 include a minimized taskbar similar to the one on Apple computers, customizable themes for the desktop, remote media streaming so that a user can listen to his or her music files while at a different computer, a to-do list on the desktop resembling Sticky Notes, an instant search
B&W screenshot by Matt Breitel
LTS will be updating campus computers with Windows 7.
LTS updates computers with Windows 7
See WINDOWS Page 8