Brown and White Vol. 124 no. 10

              Vol. 124 No. 10
Friday, February 22, 2013
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
SPORTS
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LIFESTYLE
Sugar Ray to headline Sundaze
By ABBY SMITH
Sugar Ray will be headlining the Sundaze concert this spring semester. A popular band of the 1990s, Sugar Ray is most well-known for its 1997 hit “Fly;” Other popular songs include “Someday” and “When It’s Over.”
The band was selected based on student responses to a poll created by University Pro­ductions at the beginning of the school year. The aim of the poll was to gauge student in­terest in Sundaze months ahead of time, said Nevin Sackson, ’14, co-leader of UP Music. He said after considering the responses, they determined a band like Sugar Ray would be the best choice for this year.
“I’m personally very happy with the selection because who doesn’t like 90s nos­talgia?” said Sam Karpman, ’13, the other co-leader of UP Music. The group is still working toward booking an official opener for the concert; however, like previous years, the Battle of the Bands winner will participate in the opening act.
This year’s Sundaze concert will occur at Sayre Field April 20. The gates will open at noon, and buses will be running starting at 11:45 in order to drop students off directly at the concert’s location.
In addition to the music itself, UP will be providing other activities for students to enjoy, including bounce houses and other inflatable activities. Free food, most likely barbeque or snow cones, will be available at the event for the first students to arrive, Karp­man said.
“We are also working on providing some new and exciting activities that haven’t been at Sundaze in the past,” Karpman said. “We want to provide something special to the event to draw people in.” However, she said that logistics for this are still being worked out.
The UP Music leaders hope that involv­ing students in the selection process this year will generate more student attendance at the event.
“The poll for the Lehigh-Laf concert when Timeflies came was such a huge suc­cess, so we are hoping that we will have the same result and outcome when Sundaze comes,” Sackson said.
‘Is protecting our privacy an ethical duty?’
B&W photo by LIZ CORNELL
Anita Allen addresses the crowd on the issues of privacy in today’s world. She told the crowd that in the modern world of constant technology often times privacy matters are overlooked, and she urged students to be wary of what they post online.
By BRENDA MARTINEZ
Anita L. Allen of the University of Pennsylvania gave a lecture Monday night on the ethics of privacy called “Protecting Your Own Privacy: Is It an Ethical Duty?” This was the first of a three-part series on ethical decision making.
Allen asked the audience to re­flect on whether protecting privacy is an ethical duty. “Think back to past and present and to what extent we’ve moved so far beyond the past that we can’t talk about virtue that way,” Allen said.
She referred to today’s society as the “era of revelation” and warned that we are collectively losing our taste for privacy.
Allen said that throughout her ca­reer, she has given up trying to define privacy. She said that there is not one single definition of privacy, but that it involves access, identity, freedom and data security.
“It’s more accurate to say privacies instead of privacy,” she said.
According to Allen, people today are “motivated by business and plea­sure.” “We are pre-occupied with seek­ing, gathering and disclosing informa­tion with other people,” she said.
Allen asked the audience as to whether or not they have an ethical obligation to protect their own infor­mational privacy.
She referenced the recent Rutgers University webcam case, which re­sulted in a student committing suicide in 2010. His roommate, Dharun Ravi, secretly videotaped the student engag­ing with another male student sexually. This is a case where law and ethics converge, Allen said.
She said that at past lectures stu­dents have defended Rav by saying it was just a silly prank and that every­one knows there are webcams. Allen then turned to the audience and asked whether the act was justifiable.
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A popular band of the 1990s, Sugar Ray is best known for its 1997 hit “Fly.”