Brown and White Vol. 134 no. 18

              The Brown and White Vol. 134 No. 18
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’
By JORDAN WOLMAN
Assistant News Editor
Sam Henry/B&W Staff
Students and faculty gather around the UC flagpole on April 9 to protest hate crimes. Several students and faculty spoke about how they felt about Lehigh’s campus unity.
After Yukai Yang, ’18 was
arrested and charged with ethnic
intimidation, institutional van-dalism
and criminal mischief for
vandalizing his roommate’s prop-erty,
President John Simon sent
an email response to the campus
community.
Students decided this wasn’t
enough.
On April 9, students and faculty
members met at the UC flagpole
in a walkout against hate crimes.
Students spoke words of encour-agement,
sang and discussed ways
to change the campus climate.
Students and faculty decided
this still wasn’t enough.
Now, several campus organiza-tions
are working to promote dia-logue
about hate crimes and build
a stronger sense of campus unity.
Liz Hill, a coordinator for
CAMPUS COMMUNITY REACTS TO VANDALISM
See REACTION Page 4
Greek councils cope with dissolution of chapters
By VICTORIA LOMBARDI
B&W Staff
Lehigh’s Greek councils are work-ing
to create a more prominent sense
of community after three chapters
lost university recognition within the
last year.
Kappa Sigma lost university rec-ognition
in July 2017, Sigma Chi in
November 2017 and, most recently,
Alpha Chi Omega in March.
“Instead of being backward-look-ing…
we said, ‘What are we doing as
a community to, you know, hold each
other accountable, to be transparent,
to make sure that we’re creating a
really positive environment?’” said
Ian Davis, ’18, the president of the
Interfraternity Council.
Molly Bankuti, ’18, the president of
the Panhellenic Council, said the loss
of chapters has caused members of
the Greek community to take a hard
look at their own organizations and
made them more willing to talk about
the challenges they face.
When Sigma Chi was dissolved, two
chapter members had to vacate their
executive positions on IFC. Although
the board was forced to make a big
transition in a short period of time,
Davis said the changes didn’t impact
IFC’s original objectives.
Davis said IFC members have
focused on reevaluating their judicial
process, enacting a hard alcohol ban
earlier this semester and improving
communication.
Panhel has taken a similar
approach after the loss of AXO, which
was the first sorority chapter on
Lehigh’s campus to lose university
recognition since Delta Gamma in
2013.
Bankuti said the executive coun-cil
has emphasized tradition while
determining areas for growth and
is trying to battle apathy within the
social climate by involving general
Cassie Fiore/B&W Staff
Students in the Greek community raise money for various causes on April 12 on the UC
Front Lawn. The fundraiser was part of the Greek unity concert, held for the first time this
year in lieu of Greek Week.
members in conversation and deci-sion-
making.
IFC has also joined in on the con-versation.
Davis said executive mem-bers
have attended different organi-zations’
chapter meetings to main-
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Faculty and students discuss diversity and inclusion