Brown and White Vol. 120 no. 15

              Friday, March 25, 2011
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Vol. 120 No. 15
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
By MELISSA COLLINS
It was announced on Tuesday that successful businessman and Le­high alumnus, Hans J. Baer, ’47, has passed away at age 83.
Baer served as the chairman for Bank Julius Baer International Ltd., Baer Custodian Corp., Baer Ameri­can Banking Corp. and Bank Leumi le-Israel (Schweiz). He was also a director for Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. and A.W. Faber-Castell A.G., as well as president for the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce. In 1995, he served on the executive committee for the Swiss Banking Association.
Baer received his bachelor’s de­gree in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh. He earned his master’s degree in economics in 1950 from New York University. In 1997, he also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Lehigh.
While at Lehigh, Baer served as secretary and treasurer of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. Baer was also very involved with The Brown and White, serving in various editorial positions throughout his career and ultimately becoming the editor-in-chief in 1946. An active member of campus activities, Baer was the president of Pi Delta Epsilon honor society and Cyanide, the junior leadership honor society. He was also treasurer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Mus­tard and Cheese Drama Society.
Baer is also well-known for his dedicated alumni involvement in the Lehigh community. He was an Hon­orary Trustee from 1998 to 2010, and during that time, he earned several awards and achievements for his involvement. In 1999, Baer was awarded with the L-in-Life Award, which recognizes a “Lehigh alumnus for outstanding achievements in their professional life and for continued devotion and loyal service to the uni­versity,” according to the an article from the Lehigh News Center. He was also a member of the Asa Packer Society, acting as a University As­sociate, and a member of the CBE Business Advisory Council. Baer was also particularly active in Lehigh’s Global Council, serving as its chair.
Baer was made an honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a business honor society, in 1979. He received a Distinguished Achieve­ment Award from Horace Mann
Enter
The Music Box
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LIFESTYLE
By MELISSA COLLINS
With tape over their mouths, a group of stu­dents silently protested the number of Multicul­tural Affairs directors that Lehigh has had within the past 10 years at the Town Hall meeting that was held from noon to 1 p.m. Monday.
According to Deputy Provost for Academic Affairs Jerry Lennon, the meeting was sched­uled “a while ago” to discuss Lehigh’s strategic plan. Lennon, who attended the meeting, said “open input” from the community members in attendance was encouraged during the meeting, meaning members were able to “ask questions centered around campus climate,” he said. Some of the questions referred to the cause of the protesters, which was the frequent change in the Multicultural Affairs director over the past 10 years.
“We did notice they were there,” Lennon said. “Some questions were asked by the audi­ence based on their presence.”
Greg Martin, ’11, who participated in the protest, said the event resulted from an accu­mulation of various actions that have occurred on campus over the past few years. Some of the events he highlighted were the blackface inci­dent that happened this past fall and the resigna­tion of Jame’l Hodges, the former director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
“In my four years at Lehigh, I’ve seen three directors leave,” Martin said. “We’ve had six directors leave in 10 years.”
Martin said he and the other protesters understand they cannot control things such as money and budget, but he said he does not feel like that was the reason of Hodges sudden resignation.
“Someone like Dr. Jame’l wouldn’t just leave without letting the students know,” he said. “He connected with students on a personal and aca­demic level.”
Martin also described the various programs and activities that Jame’l started when he arrived
See BAER Page 2
Death of scholarship donor, alum announced
Photo courtesy of STACY SHILLINGER
Hans J. Baer, ’47, is a former editor in chief of The Brown and White.
Undergrads lead silent protest at Town Hall
Contest aims to educate about sex, STIs
By AMALIA SAFRAN
Leadership Lehigh sophomores conducted a con­dom wrapper contest from March 14 to 21, to help spread the word about having protected sex, since April is STI Awareness Month.
For the phase-two curriculum of Leadership Lehigh, students choose a social action topic they feel passion­ate about and create a service project having to do with the topic. Nine students chose sexual awareness and decided to create the Rubber Wrapper Contest.
Designs were submitted throughout the week at a table at Upper University Center. Three to five win­ners will be chosen, and their designs will be produced and distributed on campus during STI Awareness Month.
The Leadership Lehigh group calls themselves “Say Anything.”
“We came up with this name because we want stu­dents to feel comfortable to ‘say anything’ about their sex lives, which included everything from relation­ships to sexual intercourse,” said group member Alli Matsuoka, ’13.
“By having this design contest, we think more stu­dents will be able to practice more safe sex because the condoms will be more fun and cool.”
“Say Anything” has been working since the begin­ning of the school year to develop their project. Each week since the start of the spring semester, the group has met, all for the culmination of the project.
“It’s been really helpful having a consistent meet­ing time,” said group member Joe Dinardo, ’13. “Since this is the first time any of us are putting on our own service project and contest, we’ve had to really stay organized and make sure we keep communicating
See WRAPPER Page 4
See PROTEST Page 4