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The Brown and White Vol. 134 No. 5 Friday, February 16, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Not just ‘rebel music’ Lehigh wins first at Hackathon After 36 hours of mixing busi-ness with technology, two groups of Lehigh students both won first place at the Wharton Undergraduate Fintech Hacks 2018, at University of Pennsylvania from Feb. 2-4. Lehigh’s FinTech Group, a new student-run organization, co-host-ed the hackathon — which was sponsored by TD Bank, Virtusa and Tradeweb — along with the Wharton Undergraduate Fintech Group. Out of 600 individuals who reg-istered, 150 students — 45 from Lehigh — were chosen to compete. Lehigh and Penn students compet-ed against teams from Columbia, Cornell , Harvard and New York universities. Dean Zimberg, ’20, the found- Courtesy of Dean Zimberg Two groups of Lehigh students won first place at the Wharton Undergraduate FinTech Hacks 2018 hackathon at the University of Pennsylvania. Lehigh’s FinTech Group co-hosted the hackathon, which was held from Feb. 2 until Feb. 4. See HACKATHON Page 3 By EM THAMPOE Assistant News Editor When Floyd Beachum taught high school history, he used hip-hop as a teaching method. His students listened to old-school hip-hop and used an analytical lens to find messages embedded in the music. “When you legitimize hip-hop and integrate it into the academic setting, what it says is that it’s not rebel music, it’s not necessar-ily outlawed music, it’s not just ‘stuff’ I listen to at home with my friends,” Beachum said. “(Hip-hop) now serves a purpose and is present in the classroom for broader critique and analysis, to connect it to bigger, scholarly ideas.” Today, Beachum is the Bennett associate professor of urban school leadership at Lehigh. He teaches educators about the importance of using music in the classroom to con-nect with students. On Jan. 22, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China, also known as SAPPRFT, decided hip-hop culture and media personalities with tattoos could no longer appear on television. With this ban came new media guidelines from the SAPPRFT’s publicity department. According to its website, actors “whose morality is not noble,” who are “tasteless, vulgar and obscene” and “whose ideological level is low” cannot be used in media appearances. Beachum said the SAPPRFT’s actions are similar to the reactions of the general public when hip-hop first emerged as a genre. See HIP-HOP Page 3 By MARIA ROONEY B&W Staff “People were questioning the morality, the hairstyles, speech, tattoos and all these sorts of con-troversial things,” Beachum said. “The ban in China, to me, sounded like a crackdown on morality-relat-ed things.” Kashi Johnson, an associate pro-fessor of theatre, said the ban is on black culture and its interpretation rather than hip-hop itself. Johnson, who is frequently called ‘Queen Kash’ by her students, said she feels strongly about hip-hop’s AAD department prepares for move Lehigh professors react to China’s hip-hop ban By JORDAN WOLMAN Assistant News Editor Lehigh’s art, architecture and design department will move to Mountaintop campus in July, before classes begin this fall. Anna Chupa, a professor and chair of the art, architecture and design department, said there are about 67 majors and 60 minors in the department, with 12 to 20 students graduating each spring. Chupa said for the last two years, the department had planned to move to Mountaintop while Chandler-Ullman, the department’s current home, was renovated. She said it was pro-vost Patrick Farrell’s decision to make the move permanent. “We are going to have more space, so that’s a plus,” she said. “The landscape that’s wide open to us up there, the opportunities for architecture and design stu-dents for design-build activities — to step right outside and be able to work is something we are excited about.” Chupa said the department will have access to new “smart” class-rooms and two Mac computer labs once it moves to Mountaintop. Sophia Eschenbach-Smith, ’20, said she is concerned with trans-portation when her classes are no longer on Packer campus. “I don’t really think they con-sulted a ton of students and there’s definitely a lot that needs to be talked about,” she said. “All my classes would be at Mountaintop, See AAD Page 2
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 134 no. 5 |
Date | 2018-02-16 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 2018 |
Volume | 134 |
Issue | 5 |
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 | 2018-02-16 |
FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 134 No. 5 Friday, February 16, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Not just ‘rebel music’ Lehigh wins first at Hackathon After 36 hours of mixing busi-ness with technology, two groups of Lehigh students both won first place at the Wharton Undergraduate Fintech Hacks 2018, at University of Pennsylvania from Feb. 2-4. Lehigh’s FinTech Group, a new student-run organization, co-host-ed the hackathon — which was sponsored by TD Bank, Virtusa and Tradeweb — along with the Wharton Undergraduate Fintech Group. Out of 600 individuals who reg-istered, 150 students — 45 from Lehigh — were chosen to compete. Lehigh and Penn students compet-ed against teams from Columbia, Cornell , Harvard and New York universities. Dean Zimberg, ’20, the found- Courtesy of Dean Zimberg Two groups of Lehigh students won first place at the Wharton Undergraduate FinTech Hacks 2018 hackathon at the University of Pennsylvania. Lehigh’s FinTech Group co-hosted the hackathon, which was held from Feb. 2 until Feb. 4. See HACKATHON Page 3 By EM THAMPOE Assistant News Editor When Floyd Beachum taught high school history, he used hip-hop as a teaching method. His students listened to old-school hip-hop and used an analytical lens to find messages embedded in the music. “When you legitimize hip-hop and integrate it into the academic setting, what it says is that it’s not rebel music, it’s not necessar-ily outlawed music, it’s not just ‘stuff’ I listen to at home with my friends,” Beachum said. “(Hip-hop) now serves a purpose and is present in the classroom for broader critique and analysis, to connect it to bigger, scholarly ideas.” Today, Beachum is the Bennett associate professor of urban school leadership at Lehigh. He teaches educators about the importance of using music in the classroom to con-nect with students. On Jan. 22, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China, also known as SAPPRFT, decided hip-hop culture and media personalities with tattoos could no longer appear on television. With this ban came new media guidelines from the SAPPRFT’s publicity department. According to its website, actors “whose morality is not noble,” who are “tasteless, vulgar and obscene” and “whose ideological level is low” cannot be used in media appearances. Beachum said the SAPPRFT’s actions are similar to the reactions of the general public when hip-hop first emerged as a genre. See HIP-HOP Page 3 By MARIA ROONEY B&W Staff “People were questioning the morality, the hairstyles, speech, tattoos and all these sorts of con-troversial things,” Beachum said. “The ban in China, to me, sounded like a crackdown on morality-relat-ed things.” Kashi Johnson, an associate pro-fessor of theatre, said the ban is on black culture and its interpretation rather than hip-hop itself. Johnson, who is frequently called ‘Queen Kash’ by her students, said she feels strongly about hip-hop’s AAD department prepares for move Lehigh professors react to China’s hip-hop ban By JORDAN WOLMAN Assistant News Editor Lehigh’s art, architecture and design department will move to Mountaintop campus in July, before classes begin this fall. Anna Chupa, a professor and chair of the art, architecture and design department, said there are about 67 majors and 60 minors in the department, with 12 to 20 students graduating each spring. Chupa said for the last two years, the department had planned to move to Mountaintop while Chandler-Ullman, the department’s current home, was renovated. She said it was pro-vost Patrick Farrell’s decision to make the move permanent. “We are going to have more space, so that’s a plus,” she said. “The landscape that’s wide open to us up there, the opportunities for architecture and design stu-dents for design-build activities — to step right outside and be able to work is something we are excited about.” Chupa said the department will have access to new “smart” class-rooms and two Mac computer labs once it moves to Mountaintop. Sophia Eschenbach-Smith, ’20, said she is concerned with trans-portation when her classes are no longer on Packer campus. “I don’t really think they con-sulted a ton of students and there’s definitely a lot that needs to be talked about,” she said. “All my classes would be at Mountaintop, See AAD Page 2 |
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