Brown and White Vol. 122 no. 19

              Vol. 122 No. 19
Friday, April 6, 2012
‘All the Lehigh News First’
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Charlie Dent, Republican congressman for Pennsylvania’s 15th District, which includes Lehigh and Northampton counties, who also got his master’s degree from Lehigh, discussed the growing strength of Israeli-American relations with Lehigh students in the U.C. on Tuesday. “The relationship between the United States and Israel is based upon shared values and common interests,“ he told an audience organized by Friends of Israel, a campus pro-Israel group.
By CESAR RAMIREZ
Students and faculty gathered in the University Center on April 3 to hear Republican congressman Charlie Dent of the 15th District of Pennsylvania speak about American-Israeli relations.
The event was planned by Michael Lefkoe, ’15, and Gideon Drucker, ’14, co-presidents of Friends of Israel, along with a student from Muhlenberg College.
Dent expressed to his audience the strength of the American-Israeli rela­tions and claimed that the relationship seems to only get stronger from an in­stitutional point of view.
“The relationship between the United States and Israel is based upon shared values and common interests,” Dent said. Despite differences between the countries’ leaders, they share a strong military, cultural and intelli­gence relationship, Dent said.
“Israel is a country that has a genu­ine affection for the United States and its people,” the congressman said.
Dent sits on the sub-committee of the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives that deals specifically with the allocation of for­eign aid to Israel.
Israel is the top recipient of Ameri­can foreign aid, with close to $3.1 billion being awarded this year, Dent said.
In addition, when an audience member inquired as to how the con­gressman received his information,
Congressman Dent speaks about Israel
By ATIEA PHILLIPS
Delta Gamma raised more than $2,000 when they hosted their fourth annual Anchor Slam philanthro­py event on Sunday afternoon in Grace Hall.
Alison Mango, ’14, a member of Delta Gamma who organized the event said the proceeds from the event will go to Service for Sight, the sorority’s na­tional philanthropy.
The foundation works toward helping restore sight to the blind or visually impaired.
“This is done through groundbreaking research in this field and also by providing aid and care for the visually impaired to learn special skills,” Mango said.
Mango said she started preparing for the event once the spring semester began.
“Since it’s a fundraising event we sent out let­ters asking for sponsors to families of girls in Delta Gamma,” she said. “I also went around to local busi­nesses. Then, I had to get teams of five together from various on-campus groups.”
Another member of Delta Gamma, Taylor Goldstein, ’13, appreciated that the money was go­ing to toward the philanthropy and benefitting the foundation.
Contrary to Goldstein’s excitement about Delta Gamma’s philanthropy, Nicholas Oblas,’14, was more interested in the basketball playing.
“Everyone loves basketball,” Oblas said.
See DENT Page 3
DG’s Anchor Slam supports vision
See SLAM Page 3