Brown and White Vol. 126 no. 16

              Vol. 126 No. 16
Friday, March 28, 2014
‘All the Lehigh News First’
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By CONNOR TIMMERMAN
Faculty and students gathered in Sinclair Au­ditorium on Monday afternoon for meetings in which the audience could voice their opinions about the kind of president Lehigh needs next.
The faculty and students had separate meet­ings, but anyone was welcome to go either.
During the first faculty meeting, the audito­rium was filled with professors hoping to both express their thoughts and listen to their col­leagues. At center stage were two members of the search committee, Jane Jamieson and Kevin Clayton, and the chair of the search firm Isaac­son Miller, John Isaacson, who moderated the discussion.
Before questions began, the committee mem­bers gave a brief rundown of the search pro­cess. The search committee is comprised of 14 people, and the two important questions that are continually at the top of their minds are, “What is the hard work that must be done at Lehigh?” and “What do we want in our next president?”
It was also said that there will be three core phases of the search. The first will be to form a definition by asking the audience how one would know when a good president has been selected. A list of adjectives really isn’t helpful; a more effective tactic is to ask what must be done on our campus, the committee members said.
The second phase is finding people; with the
By LISA KOCAY
Lehigh University’s Student Senate XXVI held a meeting Tuesday to discuss spring formal, Yik Yak and bLUeprint.
Senate’s upcoming formal will be themed “dance around the world.” It will be held on Friday in the Wood Dining Hall from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. The event is free, and there will be free trans­portation and food provided.
“The spring ball has been around for three semesters,” said president Andrew Callahan, ’14. “The Fire and Ice ball was the first one we did last spring. The idea is having a formal type of dance that isn’t for any group and is free. Having the funding to put together an event with free food, transportation and music is really cool.”
To stay true to the event’s theme, the food that will be pro­vided will come from a variety of different cultures.
Buses will run from the Taylor Gym and Sigma Phi Epsilon bus stops from 10 p.m. until 1:30 a.m.
Attendees who use the hashtag #LehighDance via social media will have their names en­tered into a raffle to win a prize.
“This is the third time we’re having the spring ball, and we hope it’s a different social outlet and brings together different people like it’s done in the past,” said Senate vice president, Kerry Mallett, ’15.
Callahan said that this is the first year that Student Senate has partnered with the graduate student senate, so the ball will be open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
During the meeting, Donald Scott, ’17, head of the Committee of Inclusion Excellence, said that the phone application Yik Yak is a negative influence on Lehigh’s campus and that the Senate needs to encourage students to delete the app.
The group discussed multiple solutions to the problem, and it was decided that the issue would be discussed later in the week so the best resolution can be found.
Mallett said that Senate is comprised of leaders who have the power to help stop Yik Yak from being used around campus by deleting it in order to “cut the head off the snake.”
She urged them not to be bystanders by having the app or letting friends use it.
Panelists lead discussion about presidential search
By JAD GROOME
The Asian Studies Spring Social was held in Maginnes Hall on Monday.
The social was designed to offer a relaxed, informal forum for those interested in pursuing a study abroad program to Asia. It began with two presentations of past Asian Studies travel grant recipients.
The travel grant is offered to Lehigh students who have suc­cessfully completed three semes­ters of either Japanese or Chi­nese, depending on the student’s country of interest.
Lehigh has established mul­tiple partnerships with Asian businesses that offer internships to students who opt to go abroad.
Royce Kok, ’11, gave the first presentation of the event. Kok participated in a six-week program in China, four weeks of which were dedicated to an internship program at a Shanghai consulting company.
A Malaysian native, Kok was enticed to apply for the travel grant to experience a culture sim­ilar to one that she was exposed to as a child.
Along with their internship opportunities, Kok and several other Lehigh students also par­ticipated in a variety of cultural immersion programs.
These ranged from sight­B&
W photo by SOFI BARRIONUEVO
FROM LEFT: Kevin Clayton, Jane Jamieson and John Isaacson lead one of two discussions about Lehigh’s search for a new president. One discussion was for students; the other was for faculty.
B&W photo by KO YAZAKI
Student Senate members Anna D’Ginto, ‘16, and Harry Nimoityn, ‘14, collect their name cards prior to Tuesday’s meeting.
Senate discusses Yik Yak, bLUeprint, formal
See SENATE Page 3
See SEARCH Page 4
See GRANT Page 3
Travel grant allows for study abroad in East Asia