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The Brown and White Vol. 134 No. 19 Friday, April 20, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ STUDENTS REACT TO D-LIFE DISPARITIES Lehigh Valley explores medical marijuana By CHRISTOPHER GAETANO B&W Staff Keystone Canna Remedies, which opened in Bethlehem in January, is the first medical marijuana dis-pensary in Pennsylvania. It aims to improve patients’ quality of life by allowing them to take control of their healthcare. Victor Guadagnino, the chief business development officer, said the dispensary sees an average of about 60 patients each day. He said Keystone’s goals are to educate patients, create a safe regiment and build a relationship with patients using their backgrounds in health-care. “Patients are from all different walks of life,” said Joan Guadagnino, the chief operations officer. “They’ve come here and they are just seeking a new way, a new relief. We’ve seen some of our patients walk out of here and come back with no canes and no pain.” Victor Guadagnino said those at Keystone do not consider cannabis a cure — however, they want it to be a part of patients’ regiments to stay healthy. “If we can get you moving better, sleeping better and eating better, then you are going to feel better,” Victor Guadagnino said. Keystone Canna Remedies was opened in Bethlehem because it was seen as a centralized location not too close to Philadelphia. In April 2016, the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program was signed into law with the goal of providing access to individuals suffering from serious medical conditions. Since then, med-ical marijuana dispensaries have opened across the state, with many clustered in Philadelphia. Peter Melan, a member of the Easton city council, sees the benefits of having a medical marijuana dis-pensary in the Lehigh Valley. “I think that the fact that they opened up a legalized dispensary within 15 minutes of the city is going to truly help those who need it for medical purposes,” Melan said. “I’m hoping to see one open up closer to Easton so it can help out our res-idents, and provide better access to medical marijuana.” Olga Negrón, a Bethlehem city council member, proposed a reso-lution to decriminalize marijuana in Bethlehem during the council’s April 17 meeting. The city of Easton also proposed an ordinance to decriminalize mar-ijuana usage. However, the ordi-nance did not pass in a council a See MARY JANE Page 2 Courtesy of Jennifer Castro Bruke Mammo, ‘17, ‘19G, gives participants in Diversity Life Weekend a tour of campus, starting at the Alumni Memorial Building. The aim of D-Life Weekend is to encourage students from different regional, socioeconomic and racial backgrounds to enroll. By ANNIE HENRY Community Engagement Manager A thick brown and white enve-lope laid on the table when Kiara Damon arrived home from school. Inside awaited informational pamphlets and a letter congratulat-ing her on her acceptance to Lehigh University. Among the documents and flyers — an additional letter: “Congratulations! You are among a select group of students invit-ed to attend Lehigh University’s Diversity Life Weekend!” “Why would I want to go to that?” the high school senior thought, as she stood in her home in Brooklyn, New York. “We want you to be a part of the Lehigh family, so we hope that you will continue to explore the wealth of opportunities available to you here before you make a final deci-sion,” the letter continued. Damon, ’21, was one of the stu-dents invited by the admissions office to participate in its annual Diversity Life Weekend, commonly referred to as D-Life. The program invites between 75 and 90 admitted students for a weekend on campus to get a feel of what being a Lehigh student is really like. When considering invi-tees, the school prioritizes students of color who otherwise would not be able to make it to campus. Before attending D-Life, Damon visited Lehigh’s campus twice. Both times she said she didn’t like it because it seemed like a predomi-nantly white school. However, after some persuasion from her mother, Damon reluctant-ly attended the single weekend that would change her mind and future decision. “I came, and I met a lot of diverse people, and it was nice to see that they actually exist on campus,” Damon said. See DIVERSITY Page 3 Erin Garrity selected as student speaker By EMMA SATIN Assistant News Editor When Erin Garrity, ’18, checked her email in the middle of March and saw there was an opportunity to apply for the senior class commence-ment speaker, she first thought it was fake. She reached out to Student Senate President Matt Rothberg, ’18, to double-check that the email was real. Rothberg said this was the first year Student Senate selected the student who will speak at com-mencement. In past years, the class president spoke at commencement. Since the class officer program is being phased out, Student Senate has determined a new selection process for gradu-ating seniors to apply to be the stu-dent commencement speaker. Garrity, who serves as the vice president of Greek relations on Lehigh’s Panhellenic Council, has held a variety leadership roles throughout her time at Lehigh and plans to share her experiences with her graduating class. “I think that my experience here has been well-rounded enough where if I went up and spoke about Courtesy of Erin Garrity Erin Garrity, ‘18, has been selected to be the senior class commencement speaker. She has served as vice president of Greek relations on Panhellenic Council and multiple positions in Lehigh’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi. what I have done here, many dif-ferent people could relate to me,” Garrity said. Garrity has also served as the vice president of membership devel-opment and accreditation chair of Lehigh’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi, and she expanded her reach in the entire Greek community as a mentor and ultimately the coordinator of the Greek Emerging Leaders program. She also served as a tour guide. At commencement, Garrity will share the stage with Fortune 500’s 16th Most Powerful Woman, Deloitte CEO and Lehigh alumna, Cathy Engelbert, ‘86. Juan Shiraishi, ’18, the chair of Student Senate’s commencement committee, said the committee was composed of four Senate members and one representative from the Association of Student Alumni. During the selection process, they wanted to choose someone who would say something valuable to the senior class. “We wanted to pick someone who is going to leave the senior class with a feeling of pride in what they’ve done at Lehigh and a feel- See SPEAKER Page 2
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 134 no. 19 |
Date | 2018-04-20 |
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FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 134 No. 19 Friday, April 20, 2018 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ STUDENTS REACT TO D-LIFE DISPARITIES Lehigh Valley explores medical marijuana By CHRISTOPHER GAETANO B&W Staff Keystone Canna Remedies, which opened in Bethlehem in January, is the first medical marijuana dis-pensary in Pennsylvania. It aims to improve patients’ quality of life by allowing them to take control of their healthcare. Victor Guadagnino, the chief business development officer, said the dispensary sees an average of about 60 patients each day. He said Keystone’s goals are to educate patients, create a safe regiment and build a relationship with patients using their backgrounds in health-care. “Patients are from all different walks of life,” said Joan Guadagnino, the chief operations officer. “They’ve come here and they are just seeking a new way, a new relief. We’ve seen some of our patients walk out of here and come back with no canes and no pain.” Victor Guadagnino said those at Keystone do not consider cannabis a cure — however, they want it to be a part of patients’ regiments to stay healthy. “If we can get you moving better, sleeping better and eating better, then you are going to feel better,” Victor Guadagnino said. Keystone Canna Remedies was opened in Bethlehem because it was seen as a centralized location not too close to Philadelphia. In April 2016, the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Program was signed into law with the goal of providing access to individuals suffering from serious medical conditions. Since then, med-ical marijuana dispensaries have opened across the state, with many clustered in Philadelphia. Peter Melan, a member of the Easton city council, sees the benefits of having a medical marijuana dis-pensary in the Lehigh Valley. “I think that the fact that they opened up a legalized dispensary within 15 minutes of the city is going to truly help those who need it for medical purposes,” Melan said. “I’m hoping to see one open up closer to Easton so it can help out our res-idents, and provide better access to medical marijuana.” Olga Negrón, a Bethlehem city council member, proposed a reso-lution to decriminalize marijuana in Bethlehem during the council’s April 17 meeting. The city of Easton also proposed an ordinance to decriminalize mar-ijuana usage. However, the ordi-nance did not pass in a council a See MARY JANE Page 2 Courtesy of Jennifer Castro Bruke Mammo, ‘17, ‘19G, gives participants in Diversity Life Weekend a tour of campus, starting at the Alumni Memorial Building. The aim of D-Life Weekend is to encourage students from different regional, socioeconomic and racial backgrounds to enroll. By ANNIE HENRY Community Engagement Manager A thick brown and white enve-lope laid on the table when Kiara Damon arrived home from school. Inside awaited informational pamphlets and a letter congratulat-ing her on her acceptance to Lehigh University. Among the documents and flyers — an additional letter: “Congratulations! You are among a select group of students invit-ed to attend Lehigh University’s Diversity Life Weekend!” “Why would I want to go to that?” the high school senior thought, as she stood in her home in Brooklyn, New York. “We want you to be a part of the Lehigh family, so we hope that you will continue to explore the wealth of opportunities available to you here before you make a final deci-sion,” the letter continued. Damon, ’21, was one of the stu-dents invited by the admissions office to participate in its annual Diversity Life Weekend, commonly referred to as D-Life. The program invites between 75 and 90 admitted students for a weekend on campus to get a feel of what being a Lehigh student is really like. When considering invi-tees, the school prioritizes students of color who otherwise would not be able to make it to campus. Before attending D-Life, Damon visited Lehigh’s campus twice. Both times she said she didn’t like it because it seemed like a predomi-nantly white school. However, after some persuasion from her mother, Damon reluctant-ly attended the single weekend that would change her mind and future decision. “I came, and I met a lot of diverse people, and it was nice to see that they actually exist on campus,” Damon said. See DIVERSITY Page 3 Erin Garrity selected as student speaker By EMMA SATIN Assistant News Editor When Erin Garrity, ’18, checked her email in the middle of March and saw there was an opportunity to apply for the senior class commence-ment speaker, she first thought it was fake. She reached out to Student Senate President Matt Rothberg, ’18, to double-check that the email was real. Rothberg said this was the first year Student Senate selected the student who will speak at com-mencement. In past years, the class president spoke at commencement. Since the class officer program is being phased out, Student Senate has determined a new selection process for gradu-ating seniors to apply to be the stu-dent commencement speaker. Garrity, who serves as the vice president of Greek relations on Lehigh’s Panhellenic Council, has held a variety leadership roles throughout her time at Lehigh and plans to share her experiences with her graduating class. “I think that my experience here has been well-rounded enough where if I went up and spoke about Courtesy of Erin Garrity Erin Garrity, ‘18, has been selected to be the senior class commencement speaker. She has served as vice president of Greek relations on Panhellenic Council and multiple positions in Lehigh’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi. what I have done here, many dif-ferent people could relate to me,” Garrity said. Garrity has also served as the vice president of membership devel-opment and accreditation chair of Lehigh’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi, and she expanded her reach in the entire Greek community as a mentor and ultimately the coordinator of the Greek Emerging Leaders program. She also served as a tour guide. At commencement, Garrity will share the stage with Fortune 500’s 16th Most Powerful Woman, Deloitte CEO and Lehigh alumna, Cathy Engelbert, ‘86. Juan Shiraishi, ’18, the chair of Student Senate’s commencement committee, said the committee was composed of four Senate members and one representative from the Association of Student Alumni. During the selection process, they wanted to choose someone who would say something valuable to the senior class. “We wanted to pick someone who is going to leave the senior class with a feeling of pride in what they’ve done at Lehigh and a feel- See SPEAKER Page 2 |
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