Brown and White Vol. 123 no. 19

              Vol. 123 No. 19
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
SPORTS
LU wins fifth-
straight rivalry
Page 12
ONLINE
Is Lehigh-Laf
animosity too much?
thebrownandwhite.com
Off-campus
housing problems
Page 5
LIFESTYLE
B&W photo by DAVE DiFRANCESCO
Wide receiver Lee Kurfis, ’14, breaks away from a Lafayette defender, scoring a 75-yard touchdown. The Hawks won the 148th rivalry match, 38-21, for their fifth-straight victory over the Leopards. See page 12 for the full game recap.
By MELISSA COLLINS
To celebrate the Rivalry’s sesquicenten­nial matchup, the Mountain Hawks and Lafayette College Leopards will face off at Yankee Stadium Nov. 22, 2014.
President Alice P. Gast and Lafayette President Daniel Weiss made the an­nouncement at the annual President’s Brunch before today’s 148th meeting, which the Hawks won, 38-21. The decision to move the game from Easton, Pa., to New York highlights significance of the 150th game of the country’s oldest college rivalry.
“Lafayette College is honored to host the 150th meeting of Lafayette and Lehigh at Yankee Stadium. This important mile­stone for the most-played football rivalry in the country will be celebrated at our nation’s most iconic sports facility,” Weiss said in a release. “Our fans deserve nothing less, and our student-athletes will remem­ber this day for the rest of their lives.”
“It’s an honor to be able to play there. I’m from New York, so I’m pretty pumped up,” said Alex Buford, ’15, a wide receiver on the football team. Buford, who will play at the stadium for his final Lehigh-Lafayette battle, said he and other underclassmen are excited about the opportunity to play at the iconic venue.
“Whether or not you’re a Yankees fan, it’s a pretty great experience, and everyone is pumped up about it,” he said.
The game marks the first time a Lehigh-Lafayette game has been played on a neu­tral site in more than 120 years. The game was played in Wilkes Barre, Pa., because the Hawks played the Leopards two other times that year.
The 150th matchup will mark the sec­ond time the Lehigh football team will play at the Yankees’ home. Back in 1937, when Lehigh’s mascot was still the Engineers, the team fell to New York University, 13-0, at the original Yankee Stadium.
“This historic event will allow Lehigh and Lafayette to celebrate each institution’s quality faculty and staff, the successful alumni and the exceptional students on each campus, in addition to the student-athletes that will participate in the 150th game,” Gast said in a release.
Despite the move to the iconic stadium, students do not have to worry about sky­rocketing ticket costs or transportation to the game, said Murray H. Goodman Dean of Athletics Joe Sterrett, ’76, ’78G.
“I think this will be a very affordable event for students and am personally committed to making that the case,” Ster­Yankee
Stadium to host 150th Rivalry matchHAWKS WIN
See YANKEES Page 2