Brown and White Vol. 122 no. 18

              Vol. 122 No. 18
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
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Dancefest
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LIFESTYLE
By ALEC KROSSER
Karen Timmerman, ’12, was selected to receive the 2012 Libraries Student Research Prize for the paper she submitted in January. She will receive an award certificate, as well as a $1,000 check at an upcoming symposium on April 5.
The award is given out every year and is spon­sored by the Library and Technology Services and the Friends of the Libraries.
Unlike many academic prizes that are chosen solely based on the content of the paper, this award also takes into account the research methods and process.
The award still uses the content of the paper, but less so than other awards, because it also uses other parts of the paper, such as how the paper was researched and how well the outside sources are used in the paper.
The past two winners of the award include civil and environmental engineering major Virginia Nyikadzino, ’11, as well as international relations major Emily Rojer, ’11.
According to the prize’s website: “The focus of the prize is the library research process and use of library resources.”
It goes on to say, “The quality of the research project/paper, the reference list/bibliography, and student description of the research process are of equal importance in evaluating submissions.”
The award is given to students, and one require­ment for the award is that it must be related to a particular class at Lehigh.
This means that it cannot be an outside research project or senior thesis.
Timmerman is a senior international relations major, and her paper is titled, “The Strategic Pic­ture of Oil and U.S. Energy Policy Recommenda­tions for the Next Decade.” The paper was related to one of her international relations courses, The International Politics of Oil.
According to Stacey Kimmel-Smith, help desk team leader with Library & Technology Services, Timmerman’s paper was chosen from more than 45 submissions, which were eventually limited to five finalists.
In addition to submitting the paper, applicants also submitted a brief essay describing the research process they used and their experience.
Once the pool had been narrowed to five final­ists, those students were all interviewed to see how they did the research for the paper and what they learned from their process.
After the interviews, all of the papers were sent to a committee of four faculty members from dif­ferent disciplines, who reviewed and ranked the paper based on academic merit. The committee included librarians as well.
Using both the ranking of the papers and the interviews about research process, a recipient was selected.
The monetary prize is up to $1,000, based on the number of winners and the quality of the papers, which means that less than that could be
By ANDRA PORTNOY
On Friday, students, parents and faculty gathered in Zoellner Arts Center for Lehigh’s 33rd Honors Convocation.
The event was co-planned by president Alice P. Gast and The Office of the Provost to honor juniors and seniors with outstanding academic achievement.
The ceremony began with introductory remarks from Alice P. Gast, followed by re­marks from Patrick V. Farrell, provost and vice president for academic affairs.
“This is an opportunity to honor high achieving students, recognize the faculty and staff support that is often critical to student success, and for those parents who can come, ac­knowledge the importance of their support for their students,” Farrell said.
Donald E. Hall, the dean of the College of Arts and Scienc­es, recognized the outstanding work of arts and sciences stu­dents. He ended his speech by having all of the Arts and Sci­ences students stand to be rec­ognized for their achievements while the audeicne applauded. The applause was later repeated for students from the business and engineering colleges.
Hall’s speech was followed by remarks from Victoria Her­rmann, ’12, double majoring in international relations and art history.
Herrmann is an Eckardt scholar and will be involved in
Spring Fling
B&W photo by KATHERINE LANDRY
Lehigh students ran activities such as spin art at the 11th annual Spring Fling event hosted by the Community Service Office in Grace Hall Saturday. The yearly carnival is targeted at both Lehigh students and staff, and families from the surrounding community. Other attractions included magicians, clowns and food. The event is designed to build bonds between the Lehigh and South Side communities.
By LINDSAY HOSKINS and JOHANA BHUIYAN
Students attended the Unity Week Pep Rally in Packard 101 on Wednesday, March 28. The event was one of several high points of Unity Week culminat­ing with Dance Fest in Baker Hall Thursday.
Unity Week is collaborative student, faculty and staff initiative to promote and celebrate diversity and community on campus —this is its second year.
Tyrone Russell, Lehigh’s direc­tor of multicultural affairs, spoke at the presentation and social gather­ing in STEPS which opened the week on Monday.
“I see a fragmented, torn cam­pus, a student body that tolerates differences, but does not accept them,” Russell said.
Unity Week events provided students with ways to meet new people and get involved with or­ganizations they never imagined they would join. The purpose was to celebrate diversity and raise awareness about divisions separat­ing students on the campus into different cliques.
“Specific groups have a lot of pride within their own cliques, but Lehigh as a whole is divided,” said Gena Levengood, ’13, who helped start Unity Week with two other classmates last year. “We must become involved with other groups and support one another. For instance with the men’s [bas­ketball team] huge win over Duke. After the victory, school spirit was so high; everyone was proud to be a Lehigh student.”
The Unity Week Pep Rally included competitions and games
Unity Week brings students together
Senior receives award for library research
See PRIZE Page 4
See UNITY Page 4
See HONORS Page 2
Students recognized at honors ceremony
News Brief
Memorial service for Shane McCollough, ’14, today.
According to a tweet from Aurelie Thiele, associate profes­sor of industrial and systems engineering, a memorial service is scheduled for today at noon in Packer Memorial Church for Shane McCollough, ’14, who died on December 25, 2011.
Shane was a resident of Linwood N.J. and graduate of The Hun School in Princeton, N.J. He attended Lehigh on a football scholarship, according to an obituary published on the website pressofAtlanticCity.com.
-Staff reports