Brown and White Vol. 124 no. 18

              THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
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LIFESTYLE
Vol. 124 No. 18
Friday, April 5, 2013
‘All the Lehigh News First’
NY Times editor hosts workshop with students
B&W photo by AMALIA SAFRAN
Jason Stallman is the sports editor at The New York Times and was the editor in charge of the “Snow Fall” team.
By CRISTIANO LIMA
The sports editor for The New York Times, Jason Stallman, held a 90-minute workshop for students and community members last Thursday, March 28, dur­ing which he discussed “Snow Fall,” an experimental multimedia news article about an avalanche that caused the death of three skiers.
The story traces the paths of 16 skiers as they accidentally trigger an immense and deadly avalanche that took place Feb­ruary 18, 2012, in Stevens Pass, Wa.
A day before he presented at Linder­man Library, Stallman and his team were awarded a Peabody Award for “Snow Fall,” with the piece being described as “a spectacular example of the potential of digital-age storytelling.”
“As an institution, we have to get used to a lot of people playing in the sandbox,” Stallman said about collaborating with specialists from various fields.
The team, led by Stallman, was com­prised of writers, designers, multimedia specialists and even leading topologists and meteorologists. Together, they seam­lessly intertwined various means of sto­rytelling to form a visually stunning yet cohesive retelling of the events that took place during the avalanche at Tunnel Creek National Park.
“The whole idea was that, as your read­ing it, stuff would be woven into it,” Stall­man said.
The staff members who worked on the project, which reached over 17,000 words in length, were allowed unprecedented access to information.
“Every single person on the mountain agreed to talk to John [Branch],” said Stall­man, in reference to the lead writer of the piece. “That sort of access is extremely rare.”
This access to valuable information
Students display entreprenership at product showcase
GU hosts meet-and-greet event for community
By ELIZABETH HALLER
Students from the first graduating class of Lehigh’s master’s in technical entrepreneurship (TE) demonstrated their products to members of the university community in the student project showcase.
The showcase featured six prod­ucts and companies that the students developed with the hope of one day turning their work in to a profitable business. The products and companies included Eleanor Kalle, Bar Claw, Second Shift Innovations, Wash Up Solutions LLC, Venos and Das Bier Macher.
Eleanor Kalle is a jewelry and ac­cessories company created by gradu­ate student Randi Tutelman, ’12, and Amy Mazius, ’13. The jewelry is designed using hardware and vintage finds which gives Eleanor Kalle prod­ucts a modern twist.
“Clothing is so expensive, but if you are able to get one piece of really great jewelry to revamp your ward­robe, I think that is what really is im­portant,” Tutelman said.
The jewelry is made with a variety of fabrics and textures and incor­porates themes from the travelling experiences of both student founders. Their jewelry is being sold at Home and Planet and Loose Threads, two
By ANDREA WROBLE
Lehigh University’s Global Union hosted a “Meet the Global Union” event Tuesday afternoon on the University Center Front Lawn in an attempt to foster a sense of unity be­tween the clubs involved in global awareness.
The Global Union (GU) is a coali­tion of more than 50 student clubs and organizations that promote global awareness and cultural understanding within the Lehigh community. GU also works throughout the Lehigh Valley to encourage a sense of cultural accep­tance and diversity. Within GU, there are more than 1,000 dedicated mem­bers from more than 40 countries, and only about half of the club from the United States.
GU’s fair was tailored to provide activities that every student and faculty member would enjoy. The event of­fered a variety of activities and games that included such things as jeopardy, yoga, bamboo dance, henna, global twister, and corn hole, among others.
Along with providing games for everyone who attended, each club also offered posters, handouts and pictures of their involvement in Lehigh’s com­munity and their missions and goals as an organization.
The event was aimed to be edu­cational for anyone interested in the clubs that comprise the GU.
“As someone involved in the Greek community, it’s often hard to see how many involved people there are on this campus,” said Emma Shannon, ’14, the president of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. “So, this was a great event for members of all different communities and clubs on campus to come together for a common cause and really repre­sent all the different groups there are on this campus. It was a great opportu­nity for a fusion of all interests for one common goal.”
In addition to club and organization members, many students and faculty attended the event on Tuesday.
One student, Michelle Leon, ’16, said, “I am a part of the Greek com­munity and am interested in expand­ing my knowledge and involvement in the Global Union, so I thought that attending this event would give me an idea of what clubs and organiza­tions are involved in GU. I also love to tie-dye.”
“I attended this event today, be­cause I am a part of Hillel and we want to advertise our club,” said Sara Green,’15, member of the Hillel Soci­ety. “So far, my favorite part has been seeing all these people come to our table [who are] interested in Hillel.”
Members of the executive board were pleased to see the turnout of ea­ger students seeking involvement.
“I am on the executive board for the Global Union, so we want to spread awareness about Global Union, what we do and all the member clubs that are involved,” one GU member said.
The tie-dying station was a crowd favorite at the event, and the yoga was a popular option too. The union also provided a poster informing stu­dents of upcoming events. The next big event hosted by the GU is called “A Religion Series,” which will meet the next four Fridays and will provide on-site visits to a local Sikh Temple, a synagogue, a mosque and a Catholic Church.
The organizations that were in at­tendance at Tuesday’s event included: the Russian club, Muslim Student As­sociation, Yes! Yoga Club, Belly Danc­ing, Psi Upsilon fraternity, Alpha Omi­cron Pi sorority, American Chemical Society, Computing Community Con­sortium, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, African Caribbean Culture Club, India Club, Green Action, the Hillel Society and the Indian Students Association.
See NY TIMES Page 5
See SHOWCASE Page 4