Brown and White Vol. 125 no. 18

              Vol. 125 No. 18
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
SPORTS
Wrestling falls
to Bucknell
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ONLINE POLL
Driving distractions on campus
thebrownandwhite.com
Robert Irvine to visit ArtsQuest
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LIFESTYLE
B&W photo by KATHARINE NEWELL
The signed red cups, representing students’ pledges, spanned the east side of the STEPS lawn.
B&W photo by MEGHAN BARWICK
Dan LaGueux, ‘15, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, participates in the bull riding event at Thursday night’s ‘Lassoing Leukemia’ event.
By KATIE ZABRONSKY
A mechanical bull, cotton candy and the collaboration of four Greek chapters contributed to a successful philanthropy event to support the Leu­kemia & Lymphoma Society on Thurs­day night in Delta Upsilon fraternity’s parking lot.
“Lassoing Leukemia” was hosted by
By NICK HIRDT
Acclaimed Brown University professor Karen Fischer presented her research re­garding North American Plate boundaries in STEPS 101 Friday to an intrigued audi­ence of undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.
Fischer—working alongside researchers from the University of Maryland, Yale University, the University of North Caro­lina at Chapel Hill and the University of Georgia—is attempting to understand how the mantle lithosphere responds to exten­sion. She said she is using scatter shot seismic waves to find the location of the Lithosphere Asthenosphere Boundary, or the LAB.
Fischer also observed how the strike-slip motion occurring along fault plate boundaries looked at the base of the litho­sphere. She presented several scatter-wave images to explore this question, including a number of graphs showing depths and RF amplitudes.
By MEGAN WOOLBERT
More than 450 students signed pledges against dangerous driving on the STEPS lawn at event Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The event, “Campaign against Dangerous Driv­ing” was sponsored by the Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council. It was organized to raise awareness about the dan­gers associated with drink­ing and driving as well as distracted driving.
Throughout the day, stu­dents signed pledges against dangerous driving on the lawn; each student had the opportunity to sign his or her name on a red Solo Cup and hang the cup on a clothesline.
Fact sheets with statistics about dangerous driving were also provided to stu­dents who signed pledges.
Sarah Siegel, ’14, and Alyssa Sherry, ’14, are two members of the Panhellenic Council who organized the event. Siegel and Sherry initially learned of a similar campaign and wanted to recreate the movement at Lehigh.
As the Panhellenic Council’s community ser­vice chair, Siegel said she feels these types of visual campaigns are successful because they not only at­tract attention but also edu­cate the public.
“We ultimately wanted [to] start this campaign to raise awareness and come up with a creative way to spark discussion around our campus,” Siegel said.
Sherry, head of campus relations for the Panhellenic Council, said she was pleased
By TESS JENNINGS
Students competed for prizes at the weekly Lehigh After Dark trivia night competiton Thursday in Lamberton Hall at 10 p.m.
The trivia tested students knowledge on all things pop culture.
Nine teams of students took on six rounds of demanding trivia questions. Each round had its own category, with topics pertaining to “Sat­urday Night Live,” home facts, Pixar, famous deaths, PG-13 movies and “Harry Potter.”
“I’ve been to trivia once before,” said Claire Serruto, ‘17. “It’s a good break from studying. Not to mention the addition of the free fries re­ally makes me want to come back.”
Participants in trivia night were given re­deemable gift cards for complementary French fries. Winners of rounds two, four and six were awarded prizes ranging from glow-in-the-dark Frisbees to Lehigh t-shirts. The most coveted prizes were Lehigh beanies with pom-poms,
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DU and planned in partnership with Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and Pi Beta Phi sorority. The event lasted from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and raised more than $300. Police officers and members of the participating chapters ran each activity.
This was DU’s second year hosting the event, but it was the first time the other three chap­ters joined the fraternity. DU played a large role in the plan­ning, led by its philanthropy chair, Georges Petitpas, ’15.
“He has devoted a lot of time and effort to ensure that the event remains successful,” said Nate Grayuski, ’16, another member of DU who helped or­ganize the event.
Activities included a mechan­ical bull, jousting and boxing in a bounce house. Attendees had to purchase tickets in order to participate.
There was also a raffle table for students to enter a drawing for SONY speakers.
“‘Lassoing Leukemia’ is an event that we have done in the past, and its success has encour­See
CHARITY Page 4
Event raises research funds
LU students make public pledge to prevent dangerous driving
Trivia event
offers social
alternative
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Visiting prof. lectures on plate research
n A lecture in the earth and environmental sciences depart­ment opened students’ minds.