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The Brown and White Vol. 130 No. 19 Friday, April 22, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Police station moves to East Packer Avenue Sara Blatchford/B&W Staff The new Lehigh University police station was moved to East Packer Avenue on Monday. The 12,000 square-foot building is closer to off-campus residences. By ANNA SIMONEAU Lead Visuals Editor The Lehigh University Police Department moved from Johnson Hall to the new building on East Packer Avenue on Monday. The department moved after outgrowing its previous space in Johnson Hall and moving several of its operations to other parts of campus, such as an impound lot that was located on Goodman Campus. All of the police’s equip-ment will now be located in the new building across from Zoellner Arts Center. While the station was moved because of the lack of space, Chief of Police Edward Shupp said the new location is more convenient because it is at the boundary between on and off campus. He said this will put officers in a more convenient positions to help students who live both on and off campus. “A third of our students live off campus,” Shupp said. “So now we are on campus, but bordering off campus. We’re covering more of our entire student population, so I think it gives a better service to everybody.” The new location is also expect-ed to help improve relations with Bethlehem residents because the new station will be more accessi-ble to them as well. The station is located where Windish Hall was until its dem-olition in August, and the police station was built in less than a year. Shupp attributed the speed of the construction to the quality of the team running the project. Erin Liston, the project manager of the police station, said pres-sure from Lehigh’s trustees and good building conditions led to the rapid turnover for the station. “We just put together a good design team that knew what we were targeting for a completion date, and we worked hard with the team we put together,” Liston said. The campus architect position was vacant during the construc- See POLICE Page 3 Medical marijuana legalized in Pennsylvania By CATHERINE MANTHORP B&W Staff Medical marijuana is now legal in Pennsylvania after Gov. Tom Wolf s i g n e d a medicinal use bill Sunday. Wolf signed the bill after a majority vote in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed the piece of leg-islation. The state the 24th in the country to vote in favor of legalizing med-ical mari-juana. In terms of Lehigh’s student pop-ulation, which includes both under-graduate and graduate students, the Spring 2015 National College Health Assessment concluded 15.8 percent of Lehigh students used marijuana 30 days prior to tak-ing the assessment. The National College Health Assessment is a nationally recognized spring research survey that assesses a range of different health issues among college students. A sample of randomly selected undergraduate and graduate students at Lehigh has been participating in the survey since Spring 2013. Lehigh’s surveys and data collec-tion page reports only about 21 per-cent of the chosen sample actually take the assessment. Peter Costa, the director of the Office of Health Advancement and Prevention Strategies, said 16.9 percent of all students nationally reported using marijuana 30 days prior to taking the Spring 2015 assessment. Thomas Novak, the associate director of Lehigh’s Health and Wellness Center, said individuals who suffer from about a dozen and a half chronic and often debil-itating conditions may qual-ify for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. He said medical mar-ijuana is intended for those who live with certain chronic conditions that impair their quality of life and daily function. Novak said patients with chronic condi-tions who qualify for medical mari-juana will already be under the care of a specialist, and the specialist would provide them with the pre-scription. He said the health center does not anticipate needing to prescribe medical marijuana. “Patients with these chronic, ongoing conditions are often unable to fully execute an extremely demanding academ-ic curriculum,” Novak said. “We would expect the need for our uni-versity students to be rare.” Christopher Mulvihill, the assistant dean of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Expectations, said it is too soon to know if the new law will impact Lehigh’s campus. He added it was unclear whether any Lehigh stu-dents would be using medical mar-ijuana. “As always, Lehigh will develop policies that protect the health and safety of students while complying with federal, state and local laws,” Mulvihill said. He said while the use of medi-cal marijuana may now be legal in Pennsylvania, the recreational use of the drug is still not permit-ted. He also said Lehigh’s code of conduct prohibits the illegal or unauthorized use, pos-session and distribution of drugs, which include but are not limited to marijuana. Lori Friedman, the director of media rela-tions in Lehigh’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs, said schools that receive federal financial assistance, such as Lehigh, must comply with the Federal Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act. This act requires these policies that prohibit marijuana use, possession and distribution on campus. Costa said marijuana can be addictive and to stop using it can cause withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, sleeplessness and anxiety. The drug can cause height- Courtesy of Wikimedia See MARIJUANA Page 3 Although legalized in the state, it is unclear if Lehigh policies will change to allow the drug
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 130 no. 19 |
Date | 2016-04-22 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 22 |
Year | 2016 |
Volume | 130 |
Issue | 19 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
LCCN | 7019854 |
Source Repository Code | LYU |
Digital Responsible Institution | Lehigh University |
Digital Responsible Institution Code | LYU |
Issue/Edition Pattern | Semiweekly |
Title Essay | Published twice a week during the college year by the students of Lehigh University |
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Date | 2016-04-22 |
FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 130 No. 19 Friday, April 22, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Police station moves to East Packer Avenue Sara Blatchford/B&W Staff The new Lehigh University police station was moved to East Packer Avenue on Monday. The 12,000 square-foot building is closer to off-campus residences. By ANNA SIMONEAU Lead Visuals Editor The Lehigh University Police Department moved from Johnson Hall to the new building on East Packer Avenue on Monday. The department moved after outgrowing its previous space in Johnson Hall and moving several of its operations to other parts of campus, such as an impound lot that was located on Goodman Campus. All of the police’s equip-ment will now be located in the new building across from Zoellner Arts Center. While the station was moved because of the lack of space, Chief of Police Edward Shupp said the new location is more convenient because it is at the boundary between on and off campus. He said this will put officers in a more convenient positions to help students who live both on and off campus. “A third of our students live off campus,” Shupp said. “So now we are on campus, but bordering off campus. We’re covering more of our entire student population, so I think it gives a better service to everybody.” The new location is also expect-ed to help improve relations with Bethlehem residents because the new station will be more accessi-ble to them as well. The station is located where Windish Hall was until its dem-olition in August, and the police station was built in less than a year. Shupp attributed the speed of the construction to the quality of the team running the project. Erin Liston, the project manager of the police station, said pres-sure from Lehigh’s trustees and good building conditions led to the rapid turnover for the station. “We just put together a good design team that knew what we were targeting for a completion date, and we worked hard with the team we put together,” Liston said. The campus architect position was vacant during the construc- See POLICE Page 3 Medical marijuana legalized in Pennsylvania By CATHERINE MANTHORP B&W Staff Medical marijuana is now legal in Pennsylvania after Gov. Tom Wolf s i g n e d a medicinal use bill Sunday. Wolf signed the bill after a majority vote in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed the piece of leg-islation. The state the 24th in the country to vote in favor of legalizing med-ical mari-juana. In terms of Lehigh’s student pop-ulation, which includes both under-graduate and graduate students, the Spring 2015 National College Health Assessment concluded 15.8 percent of Lehigh students used marijuana 30 days prior to tak-ing the assessment. The National College Health Assessment is a nationally recognized spring research survey that assesses a range of different health issues among college students. A sample of randomly selected undergraduate and graduate students at Lehigh has been participating in the survey since Spring 2013. Lehigh’s surveys and data collec-tion page reports only about 21 per-cent of the chosen sample actually take the assessment. Peter Costa, the director of the Office of Health Advancement and Prevention Strategies, said 16.9 percent of all students nationally reported using marijuana 30 days prior to taking the Spring 2015 assessment. Thomas Novak, the associate director of Lehigh’s Health and Wellness Center, said individuals who suffer from about a dozen and a half chronic and often debil-itating conditions may qual-ify for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. He said medical mar-ijuana is intended for those who live with certain chronic conditions that impair their quality of life and daily function. Novak said patients with chronic condi-tions who qualify for medical mari-juana will already be under the care of a specialist, and the specialist would provide them with the pre-scription. He said the health center does not anticipate needing to prescribe medical marijuana. “Patients with these chronic, ongoing conditions are often unable to fully execute an extremely demanding academ-ic curriculum,” Novak said. “We would expect the need for our uni-versity students to be rare.” Christopher Mulvihill, the assistant dean of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Expectations, said it is too soon to know if the new law will impact Lehigh’s campus. He added it was unclear whether any Lehigh stu-dents would be using medical mar-ijuana. “As always, Lehigh will develop policies that protect the health and safety of students while complying with federal, state and local laws,” Mulvihill said. He said while the use of medi-cal marijuana may now be legal in Pennsylvania, the recreational use of the drug is still not permit-ted. He also said Lehigh’s code of conduct prohibits the illegal or unauthorized use, pos-session and distribution of drugs, which include but are not limited to marijuana. Lori Friedman, the director of media rela-tions in Lehigh’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs, said schools that receive federal financial assistance, such as Lehigh, must comply with the Federal Drug Free Schools and Campuses Act. This act requires these policies that prohibit marijuana use, possession and distribution on campus. Costa said marijuana can be addictive and to stop using it can cause withdrawal symptoms such as irritability, sleeplessness and anxiety. The drug can cause height- Courtesy of Wikimedia See MARIJUANA Page 3 Although legalized in the state, it is unclear if Lehigh policies will change to allow the drug |
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