Brown and White Vol. 125 no. 7

              By CONNOR TAIT
Chairman and CEO of KPMG, John Veihmeyer, said being able to work collabora­tively within the company’s diverse culture is the most critical attribute for potential employees in an interview Tuesday, September 24.
According to KPMG.com, “Veihmeyer is an influential and sought-after voice on business and financial issues, including ethical leadership, diversity, financial reporting, audit quality, risk, governance, and education and has been consistently named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting by Ac­counting Today magazine.”
Veihmeyer is coming to campus to give a lecture to any interested Lehigh students entitled, “Executive Insights,” in Rauch Business Center 184, Perella Auditorium, Thursday. He will also meet with faculty, administrators and students.
“[The Executive Insights speech] should be a great op­portunity to share some per­spectives on what’s going on in the world, the marketplace, career opportunities; and typically students have lots of questions based around my own kind of leanings and les­sons over the course of my ca­reer,” Veihmeyer said. “I love getting out on campus and spending time with students.”
KPMG is one of the largest professional services compa­nies in the world and one of the Big Four auditors. Accord­ing to the company’s website, KPMG reported revenue of 23.03 billion dollars and 82 percent of its clients were Fortune 500 companies in 2012. It saw growth in all of its service lines and industries,
Vol. 125 No. 7
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
SPORTS
Inside: football photo spread
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ONLINE
Poll: Why do you leave football games?
thebrownandwhite.com
Crêpes provide a sweet treat
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LIFESTYLE
By ROBERT DAVIS
Lehigh students, alumni and their families came togeth­er on campus this weekend to celebrate Homecoming 2013.
The main event of the weekend was the Homecom­ing football game against New Hampshire, and the tailgate that preceded it. Alumni from across the country met hundreds of current students in the parking lots outside of Goodman Stadium before the game.
Current students arrived in buses and cars, wearing their brightest colors and craziest costumes, including an abun­dance of neon spandex, while most of the alumni stuck to brown and white.
An appearance from Radio Disney included face painting and games that younger kids could enjoy, while the adults grilled burgers and hot dogs behind their cars. After having its fill, the entire crowd made its way into the stadium to watch Lehigh beat the Univer­sity of New Hampshire 34-27.
“Homecoming is always a lot of fun and it’s great to see the alums tailgating,” said Ju­lian Copeland, ’15. “It makes you want to keep coming back after you’ve graduated.”
The weather was good, the football was better, and the crowd was most excited of all. For many, Homecoming extended beyond just the foot­ball game Saturday.
The Homecoming weekend officially started on Friday night, with a pep rally on the front lawn that was open to all alumni and students. The rally offered a buffet dinner at 5 p.m., just before the show began.
The night started off with a performance by LU’s Finest, the university’s step club, who use their hands and feet as percussive instruments to cre­ate a beat while dancing to it at the same time.
The Melismatics, one of
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B&W photo by DAVE DiFRANCESCO
TOP: A spirited Lehigh crowd cheers on the football team. LEFT: Alumni prepare for the game with food and drinks at tailgates. RIGHT: Clutch welcomes two children to Goodman Stadium.
Homecoming welcomes alumni back to Lehigh
LTS: Students, you’ve got (Google) mail!
CEO of KPMG to address students
By CHRISTINA CAVANAUGH
Library and Technology Ser­vices has announced a new update that will become effective for student email accounts by the end of the calendar year: Lehigh Web­mail will cease to be the default mail platform.
All lehigh.edu student email ac­counts will be moved from Lehigh Webmail to Lehigh Google Mail by the end of Christmas break.
LTS is encouraging students to upgrade now, so they can ask for help if necessary and familiar­ize themselves with the platform gradually.
Stephen Lewis, ’04, who man­ages the Administrative Comput­ing Support Team, emphasized that the switch to Lehigh Google Mail is an upgrade, which will improve the user experience.
“The current Lehigh Web­mail service has been used for 10 years,” Lewis said. “It’s just outdated [now.] The features that people want [today] are associated with Lehigh Google Mail.”
The student body, he said, has always had the option to transfer over from Lehigh Webmail to Lehigh Google Mail. Over 1,100 students and 400 faculty and staff members have already made the switch.
Students, faculty and staff alike have had the opportunity to expe­rience the new features of Lehigh Google Mail without having to change their email addresses.
Kerry Mallett, ’15, held posi­tions such as assignment editor for The Brown and White and the Club Affairs Chair of Student Senate, which made communica­tions a daily part of her life last semester.
“It’s so much easier to email groups of people, because you can make groups,” Mallett said. “I noticed on Lehigh Webmail that messages wouldn’t be in my fold­ers and that they weren’t sorted correctly, so when I was trying to find an old message it wouldn’t be there.
“This has really simplified things for me and made checking my email on a day-to-day basis so much easier. There’s lag time in Lehigh [Webmail], but with [Le­high Google Mail] I can send out emails really quickly.”
Bruce Eisenhard, the manager
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n The esteemed execu­tive will discuss some of the finer points of the business world.
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