Brown and White Vol. 119 no. 4

              Vol. 119 No. 4
Friday, September 17, 2010
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
One-man band
performs locally
Page 7
LIFESTYLE
ONLINE
Check online for
breaking news
thebrownandwhite.com
By DEBBIE PEARSALL
More than six months after his arrest, the American Building Maintenance janitor, who was charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and criminal trespassing in campus buildings, will be formally arraigned on Sept. 16 and will face trial on Jan. 11.
According to the records, the defendant, Jorge Dandrade, 39, of 428 Hayes St., was free on $30,000 bail before July 9 when Lehigh police filed another charge of burglary, and Dandrade was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail. Ten percent was posted on July 15.
Dandrade, who had access to several buildings on campus, was identified by arresting officer Sgt. Chris Houtz of Lehigh police through the use of building card-readers throughout campus.
The records also showed Dandrade was charged with taking property from Campus Square, Taylor College, Drinker Hall, McClintic-Marshall dormitory and Taylor Gymnasium, and Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Phi, Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Omicron Pi sororities.
American Building Maintenance Janitorial Services at 321 Adams St., in Bethlehem could not be reached for comment, and as of press time, The Brown and White was awaiting com­ment from ABM’s Vice President of Corporate Communications.
Rachel Udasin, ’11, who was a resident of Campus Square and whose laptop and charger were allegedly taken by Dandrade, highly recom­mended students lock up their belongings regard­less of where they live.
“My parents had bought me a computer lock,” Udasin said. “I never used it. I never thought to and should have. Don’t leave valuables out.”
Now, Udasin lives off campus, but said the
See JANITOR Page 3
Trial date set for janitor arrested in burglaries
International economist
sheds light on African aid
By KELSEY STOCKER
International economist Dambisa Moyo addressed issues regarding aid and development in Africa, and shared details on her newly released book, Monday in Zoellner Arts Center’s Baker Hall.
In the presence of a full auditorium, Moyo, a native of Zambia, discussed the three different types of aid offered to African citizens.
The first type of aid considered is humanitarian or emergency aid, con­sisting of money given during a time of need, such as the earthquakes in Haiti, with humanitarian intentions from the donor. The second type of aid is con­sidered charitable aid, which is money given to organizations, such as NGOs, in need. The third type consists of mon­ey given directly to the government and its supporting bodies.
Moyo focused her concern and criti­cism on the last type of aid.
“About $50 billion goes to the Af­rican governments every year,” Moyo said. “Governments in Africa are so corrupt.”
Money that lands in government hands is not dispersed or used for the public interest, she said.
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the least corrupt, all but two of Africa’s countries have a rating of 5 or lower,” Moyo said, referring to information published by Transparency Internation­al, an organization dedicated to fighting corruption.
She said there is good reason a large amount of money would drive growth in Africa back in the 1950s, but those reasons do not apply now, after times have significantly changed.
By giving aid to African govern­ments directly, donors are assisting in blatant stealing of earmarked money.
“Aid has contributed to the dysfunc­tionality in Africa,” Moyo said.
She said inflation is another cause of the aid issues within Africa because it kills off entrepreneurship.
See MOYO Page 3
Clery Act marks 20 years in campus security
By LIZ MARTINEZ
A week before April 5, 1986, Jeanne Clery went home to Bryn Mawr, Pa., to celebrate Holy Week with her par­ents. Connie Clery and her husband, Howard, wanted to spend some quality time with their daughter, who was about to complete her first year at Lehigh.
After Holy Week, the Clerys brought Jeanne back to school. They said goodbye, not knowing it would be the last time they would ever see her.
Jeanne was raped and murdered on campus by a Le­high student the Saturday after her return. Many of us have heard about her tragedy and seen the pavilion in Lower Centennials dedicated to her, but do we understand what her death means?
It means because of Jeanne, most colleges in the U.S. are better prepared for the reality of on-campus crimes. It is because of her unexpected death that we can now expect from our administrators a safer campus.
This wasn’t always the case. The truth is that an inno­cent 19-year-old who dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player fell victim to the myth that college campuses were not prone to crime, Mrs. Clery said. However, she added, “Jeanne’s life was not in vain.”
Mrs. Clery and her husband made sure of that 20 years ago through the Jeanne Clery Act and by founding the non-profit Security On Campus Inc. in 1987.
More than 30 crimes were reported on campus before Jeanne’s death, according to vice provost of Student Affairs John Smeaton and Chief of Lehigh Police Edward Shupp. Lehigh, they said, began publicly reporting crime statistics in 1982 through the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Report­ing System.
Nonetheless, most universities weren’t reporting them because events such as student Charles Whitman’s shoot­ing rampage at the University of Texas — which happened exactly 20 years before — were not common, Smeaton said.
Ironically, Jeanne had picked Lehigh because her other option, Tulane University, had been tainted by the murder of one of its female students. Horrified, Mrs. Clery said she and her husband opted for something closer to home.
They picked Lehigh, yet their realm of control ended there. They couldn’t predict that students who resided in Stoughton would prop open a door with a broomstick and a coke can while student Josoph Henry, as evidenced by older issues of The Brown and White, was inebriated and on the prowl after having lost by one vote the presidency of the Black Student Union.
“It was one of the worst things I’ve seen in my life,” said Shupp, who was a sergeant back then.
The Clerys, upon Henry’s conviction a year after the murder, sued Lehigh for $25 million and began to send
See CLERY Page 5
Courtesy of the COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Economist Dambisa Moyo discussed the corruption in her hometown of Zambia, Monday at Baker Hall in Zoellner Arts Center. “Aid has contributed to the dysfunctionality in Africa,” she said.
SPORTS
Golf to play at
Bucknell Invite
Page 16