Brown and White Vol. 126 no. 5

              Vol. 126 No. 5
Friday, February 7, 2014
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
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LIFESTYLE
B&W photo by BRISHTY KHOSSEIN
Participants at the kickoff event decorate luminarias to honor those who have faced cancer. This year’s Relay for Life event will take place April 4-5.
Recycling contest pushes Lehigh to live sustainably
By SAM TOMASZEWSKI
Lehigh Sustainability is participating in a RecycleMania tournament from Feb. 2 to March 29.
RecycleMania is a friendly competi­tion that allows programs on collegiate campuses to track their recycling ef­forts, with the hope that the overall waste of the campuses will be reduced.
The competition began in 2001, when only Ohio University and Miami University in Ohio participated in the effort.
The four goals of the tournament are to “motivate students and staff to increase recycling efforts and reduce waste generation; generate attention and support for campus recycling pro­grams; encourage colleges to measure and benchmark recycling activity in their effort to improve their programs over time; and have a fair and friendly competition,” the RecycleMania web­site said.
This is Lehigh’s second year partici­pating in the tournament.
“Last year was trying to see if it was plausible,” said Katie Klaniecki, Lehigh’s sustainability program coordinator.
In order to compete, the university’s trash haulers need to be able to take the weight of all garbage so that it can be submitted to RecycleMania.
It was successful, Klaniecki said, so this year’s effort is going to be cam­pus-wide, and Lehigh Sustainability wants to try to be a stronger overall competitor.
“Lehigh is increasingly taking the initiative to become more sustainable,” said Tori Yum, ’16, the Greek program coordinator for Lehigh Eco-Reps. “Par­ticipating in RecycleMania is a great way to educate Lehigh students and faculty about how to correctly recycle, increase recycling rates, and it’s also a great friendly competition among over 400 colleges across the country.”
The goals of Lehigh Sustainability for this year include achieving a 40 per­cent recycling rate during competition and to place within the top 50 schools in the per capita classic division,
See RECYCLING Page 4
CAC hosts Relay for Life kickoff
Nye v. Ham
By SARA BLATCHFORD
Lehigh’s chapter of Col­leges Against Cancer held its Relay for Life spring kickoff event Tuesday.
The kickoff, which took place in Lamberton Hall, included a registration table where people could begin signing up for Relay, which will be held April 4-5.
There was also a table where attendees could order T-shirts, as well as another to decorate a banner that will be used at Relay.
Mariel Rose and Tamara Huson, ’16, co-presidents of CAC, introduced the event and welcomed everyone to the kickoff.
“Relay is about remember­ing loved ones lost and fight­ing back against cancer,” said Huson after introducing the CAC executive board.
The introduction was fol­lowed by a short video on how Relay began and how it has grown. According to the video, Relay began in 1985, when American Cancer Soci­ety founder Dr. Gordy Klatt raised $27,000 by running around a track for 24 hours.
Klatt’s single action has since evolved into a team-based event, and Relay is now the largest not-for-profit activ­ity in the world. There are more than 5,200 Relays in the U.S. alone.
Nancy Vignau, a double cancer survivor, shared her story and her involvement with Relay and the American Cancer Society. Vignau was diagnosed with stage I mela­noma 18 years ago and with stage I breast cancer 11 years ago.
“I am the poster child for early detection,” she said.
Vignau shared her struggles
See CAC Page 3
B&W photo by ALLY MORROW
Students watch a broadcast of a debate between Bill Nye (evolutionism) and Ken Ham (creationism) Tuesday evening. See Story, Page 2.