Brown and White Vol. 125 no. 16

              Vol. 125 No. 16
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
‘All the Lehigh News First’
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LIFESTYLE
UP hosts Halloween Festival at Lamberton with costume contest
Morrison shines at ZAC Gala 2013
B&W photo by CHRIS BARRY
A caramel apple booth gives students the opportunity to craft delicious treats during UP’s Halloween Festival.
B&W photo courtesy of last-fm
Matthew Morrison was the featured performer for Zoellner’s annual Gala fundraising event.
By SAMANTHA TOMASZEWSKI
Students flocked to Lehigh’s first Halloween Festival to compete in a costume contest at Lamberton Hall from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Friday.
The event, hosted by Uni­versity Productions, attracted a steady stream of attendees—di­verse students from all across the university—throughout the night. Some were in costume, some weren’t; some stayed the whole time, and others stopped by to pick up food or support friends working at the event.
“I’ve been working on this non-stop. It has taken up a third of my semester,” said Tae Hong Min, ’16, special events director for UP.
At the event, there was a pumpkin make-and-take sta­tion; a caramel apple station; a chocolate fondue table; a photo booth; a disc jockey; and several tables filled with candy and food.
Zachary Port, ’17, a mem­ber of the special events branch of University Produc­See
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By KELLY MUELLER
Renowned singer, dancer and actor Matthew Morrison head­lined the Zoellner Arts Center Gala on Saturday.
Morrison—an Emmy-, Tony- and Golden Globe-nominated star—has gained national recog­nition through his role as Mr. Will Shuester on Fox TV’s series “Glee.” Prior to that role, he performed on Broadway in “Foot­loose,” “Hairspray,” “The Light in the Piazza,” as well as other re­nowned shows.
The event was held with the goal of supporting academic pro­grams in music and arts; commu­nity engagement; and the center’s mission of connecting students of the greater Lehigh Valley to the arts.
Morrison, the first artist signed to 222 Records—a label started by Maroon 5’s lead singer Adam Levine—released his eponymous debut album “Matthew Morrison” in 2011. His second studio album, entitled “Where it All Began,” was released just last summer on June 4, 2013.
Zoellner’s decorations—em­bodying concepts of artistic, wacky and cool—included geo­metric shapes and vibrant lighting used to highlight Morrison’s con­temporary take on many Broad­way classics.
The Gala consisted of a dinner and a performance by Morrison; the 400 members of the dinner portion of the evening were joined by an additional 450 patrons of the Lehigh community to enjoy Morrison’s performance.
Morrison, clad in a black tux­edo and a fedora, entertained with a performance that ranged in con­tent from original songs to Broad­way classics to “Glee” favorites. He had the audience captivated from start to finish with his vocals, dancing and humorous anecdotes.
“It is very seldom that I do a show where the audience looks better than me,” Morrison joked with the crowd, “but in all serious­ness, this is a great cause. We’re supporting the arts and that’s all that matters.”
Saturday’s performance fea­tured accompaniment by a 65 live-piece orchestra; 17 members claimed affiliation as Lehigh stu­dents and staff.
Andrew Cassano, Zoellner’s administrative director, said ev­ery year the Gala committee tries to top the year before. It always strives to bring in artists who are at the top of their field, he said.
“It’s not just about putting on a great concert and a great eve­ning, it is also about displaying the tremendous talent of students
See GALA Page 4
AC/DC t-shirt—and another donned a Metallica t-shirt—and they tied their hair on top of their heads.
Michelle O’Toole, ’16, was dressed as Princess Leia, a well-known character from the “Star Wars” movies.
“I came because all my friends were going,” O’Toole said.
O’Toole wore a long white robe and had her hair braided into buns on the sides of her head.
The contest was hosted by UP member Bruke Mammo, ’17. Around 9 p.m., contes­tants went onto the stage to be entered in the contest.
Costumes included Toy Story characters, Slenderman, a crash test dummy, Magic Mike, a black cat, a veloci­raptor, a witch, Edward Scis­sorhands, Tuxedo Mask and Lehigh students tired from 4 o’clock exams.
After contestants an­nounced their costumes, stu­dents casted votes for their favorite costume by writing on
tions, worked at the caramel apple station.
“The hardest part was get­ting people to come [to the event], but there [were] more people [at the event] than I expected,” said Port.
Port was one of many mem­bers of UP who promoted the event through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter, effectively spread­ing the word and helping the event become well-attended.
The costume contest was the most notable event of the night and seemed to be the main draw for many attendees.
Marina Grossi, ’17, and Lindsay Bailey, ’17, dressed as Beavis and Butthead; an­other female student wore an
Professor discusses morality in society
By JACQUELINE TENREIRO
Professor Melanie Killen spoke on the childhood emer­gence of morality and inter­group attitudes in her lecture “Morality, Intentionality, and Intergroup Relationships” Fri­day afternoon.
Killen is a professor of human development at the University of Maryland and received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
She questioned what makes human beings social, and said that sociality is both ontoge­netic and phylogenetic. She also said that it changes over time and can be influenced by many sources.
There is a biological pre­disposition for sociality, she said. Morality is constructed through interaction, with reflection and abstraction or
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