Brown and White Vol. 131 no. 15

              The Brown and White Vol. 131 No. 15
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’
Clubs and
non-Greeks
encouraged
to tailgate
By DANIELLE CAMPBELL
Assistant News Editor
Lehigh has taken steps to steer
students away from MoCos and
toward tailgates to create a more
unified, spirited campus.
Back in early September,
President John Simon hosted the
President’s Pregame before a home
football game to give students the
opportunity to socialize in a differ-ent
environment.
Student Senate, the
Interfraternity Council and
University Productions have joined
forces to provide more opportu-nities
for students to support the
football team. Students from vari-ous
clubs on campus will be encour-aged
to attend tailgates on Nov. 5
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The
large majority of tailgates attend-ees
are usually Greek students,
since fraternities and sororities are
the organizations that usually host
them. This time, more organiza-tions
are being encouraged to host
their own tailgates.
“Student Senate, in collabora-tion
with UP, IFC and a plethora
of organizations around campus,
including the (Multicultural Greek
Council), the (Residence Hall
Association) and even the beekeep-ing
club have all teamed up to help
run a really cool event in which
we hope to accomplish a couple of
goals,” Student Senate treasurer
Matt Rothberg, ’18, said. “We hope
to increase school spirit, increase
attendance at football games and
make a more inclusive environ-ment
at tailgates.”
The Ramondelli twins, Chris
and Joe, have been playing ice
hockey together for 17 years. By
now, they can anticipate each
other’s every move on the ice.
See Page 11
Capstone project fosters political dialogue INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Int’l perspectives on the election
UN foreign correspondents speak at Lehigh
Delaney McCaffrey/B&W Staff
Russia reporter Anna Balotsky speaks about her opinions on the U.S. presidential election Oct. 26 in Sinclair Auditorium. The event was called
“Global Perspective on the U.S. Presidential Election” and included U.N. correspondents from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, Israel and China.
By TANNER BUSS
B&W Staff
Five United Nations foreign corre-spondents
visited Lehigh on Oct. 26
to speak about foreign perspectives
of the upcoming U.S. presidential
election. The correspondents touched
on many topics revolving around this
year’s election and gave responses on
behalf of their respective countries.
The purpose of the panel was to
show Lehigh students how the world
is watching the U.S. election and
how deeply invested foreign nations
are on the outcome of it.
Bill Hunter, the director of fel-lowship
advising and UN programs,
recognized firsthand the popularity
of the election around the world.
“I was in a remote village in
Antigua earlier this summer and
a sixth grader just comes up to me
and says, ‘Trump’ — just one word,”
Hunter said. “To the point where a
sixth grader in a village in Antigua
is focused on the American election
is significant. I think it shows the full
ramifications of the interest around
the world.”
Hunter, who is the primary repre-sentative
in the partnership between
Lehigh and the UN, helped secure
the correspondents who spoke on the
panel. On the panel was Bingxin Li
from China, the chief correspondent
of People’s Daily UN Bureau; Anna
Balotsky of Armenia, who works for
Armenian and Russian publications;
Sema Emiroglu of Turkey, who is
an award-winning journalist, author
and researcher; George Baumgarten,
the UN correspondent for the North
American Jewish media and East
Africa; and Hadi Affakeeh, a writer
for the Makkah newspaper in Saudi
Arabia.
Jack Lule, the chair of the jour-nalism
and communications depart-ment,
and Saladin Ambar, the chair
of the political science department
and an associate professor, moderat-ed
the panel.
The event started with a brief
opening statement from each of the
five guests, who introduced them-selves
and outlined some of the
issues in this upcoming election that
By YANNICK GBADOUWEY
B&W Staff
A group of students and
Bethlehem community mem-bers
met last Tuesday night in
Maginnes Hall for a discussion on
political dialogue.
The event, which was hosted
by Summer Sullivan, ’17, Soraya
Todd, ’17, Maggie Norsworthy,
’17, Mike Horgan, ’16, and Amalia
Cote, ’17, is part of their Global
Citizenship Program capstone
project, a year-long program that
allows students to form groups
and “articulate a personal defini-tion
of global citizenship,” accord-ing
to Lehigh’s website.
The group first discussed
President Barack Obama’s quote,
“If you vote for a third-party can-didate
who’s got no chance to win,
that’s a vote for Trump.”
Cote said the quote revealed
Obama’s support for Hillary
Clinton’s campaign. She also said
the impact of one’s vote can be
influenced by location.
“(It) depends on the state,” Cote
said. “Swing states have a larger
impact in the election.”
With Election Day only a week
away, the significance of stu-dents’
political participation in
this election was a major draw for
the capstone project.
The five students are a mix of
Democrats and Republicans with
varying opinions on social issues,
government policies and the pres-idential
candidates. Despite hav-ing
different views on certain top-ics,
the capstone students want
others on campus to become more
open about their political opin-ions
and the election.
Todd said some students have
“an attitude of apathy,” and do
not care about who they’ll vote
for Nov. 8. She said the lack of
response has made it easier for
students to withhold their politi-cal
views from the public.
While this mindset of indiffer-ence
is visible for the election, it
is not the first time college voters
think their votes do not have an
See ELECTION Page 4 See TAILGATES Page 3
See CAPSTONE Page 4