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The Brown and White Vol. 130 No. 12 Friday, March 25, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ After several explosions in Brussels on Tuesday, Lori Friedman, Lehigh’s director of media relations, said in an email there are no students studying abroad in Belgium this semester. There were two explosions at the Brussels Airport at 8 a.m. local time (3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) and around an hour later one on a metro station, according to The New York Times. The city went into lockdown, with all public transporta-tion stopped. The U.S. Embassy also advised U.S. citizens in Brussels to shelter in place. Friedman said the Lehigh Study Abroad Office sent a notification to all students studying abroad to inform them of available Lehigh resources. The office was informed of one student who was in Brussels who reported being safe, Friedman wrote. By B&W STAFF Students abroad safe after Brussels bombings Courtesy of Creative Commons/Brussels Airport The Brussels Airport was bombed Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time. There are no Lehigh study abroad programs in Belgium this semester. Professor questions impact of certain volunteer trips By SYDNEY O’TAPI Assistant News Editor Judith Lasker, a professor of sociology and anthropology, entered the classroom of her Introduction to Global Citizenship class and asked how many students had gone on a volunteer trip abroad. A few hands flew up from across the room. She then asked how many stu-dents would like to volunteer over-seas. A few more students raised their hands. Lasker said there are countless programs during which — for one week and a few thousand dollars — students can spend time vol-unteering in a developing country and subsequently “change (their) life.” But some of these programs don’t offer an orientation, provide little information on the culture of the region being served and are ultimately less effective than they could be. She said they sometimes unintentionally harm the local com- See ABROAD Page 4 munity. This January, Cornell University Press released Lasker’s book, “Hoping to Help.” The book explores the “promises and pitfalls” of global health volunteerism and the indus-try of these medical missions, which can be a help or a detriment to the community they serve. Lasker said there have been large invest-ments made to send volunteers to several areas of the world, and she questions the benefits of those donations. Lasker critiqued some programs’ inabilities to understand the true needs of the hosts and the lack of sustainability of the programs instituted by the volunteers. In her opinion, both of these items rein-force a superiority complex among the volunteers, neglecting the cul-ture and undermining the local peo-ple’s credibility and knowledge. On the contrary, she said some programs can be helpful to com-munities if they are designed and executed effectively. Jodeen Gemmel, a study abroad adviser and program manager, said Lehigh sponsors two programs that offer students an opportunity to serve abroad — SummerServe Antigua and Engineers Without Borders. Both of these are short-term programs, which Lasker clas-sifies as programs fewer than six months long. Lehigh recognizes some stu-dent- run organizations such as Global Medical Training, but stu-dents travel completely on their own in this program. Global Medical Training is a short-term service trip for undergraduate students focusing primarily on health care and medical training in developing countries. The program is offered at universities across the country. In many of the testimonials on the website, students said the trip “changed their (lives)” and provided an “unforgettable experience.” Cynthia Pando, ’16, participated in a Global Medical Training trip to Nicaragua because she was inter-ested in attending medical school. But she said medical schools do not believe these trips are a display of intelligence or ability. “Now, medical schools don’t like seeing that,” Pando said, based on Housing lottery changes By CARINA BONASERA B&W Staff Lehigh is implementing changes to the housing lottery system to improve the fairness and smooth-ness of the housing selection pro-cess for all students. Traditionally, on-campus hous-ing at Lehigh consisted of either co-ed or single-gender build-ings for first-year students, and Greek houses or apartment-style buildings for upperclassmen. In recent years, however, the model for on-campus living, as well as the process to select housing, has evolved to better fit the needs of individual students. “The whole reason that change is happening now is because there’s new leadership in the Office of Residence Life,” Head Gryphon Logan Hodges, ’16, said. “It’s a very exciting time.” With two new leaders in the Office of Residence Life — Ashley Lemmons and Courtney Stephens — there has been an influx of fresh ideas about how to improve on-campus residences for students. Although the method for sorting students into on-campus housing will be similar to the way it was in the past, some changes have been made to the system. Just as Marni Wolchok/B&W Staff The Trembley Park Apartment Complex houses are located above the UC. Lehigh is changing the way the housing lottery works. in past years, housing selection involves two distinct processes: a slightly more randomized process for first-year students and the lot-tery- based system for sophomores, juniors, seniors and fifth year stu-dents, should they choose to con-tinue to live on campus. First-year students go through a different process from that of the other class years because they are new to the school and required to live on campus. The process for these students takes into account each student’s housing preference and attempts to fulfill as many requests as possible, while fac-toring in things like roommate requests and special living circum-stances. The process for sophomores, juniors, seniors and fifth years is different. Even though sophomore students are still required to live on campus, they fall into the lot-tery system because they have more of a choice in selecting their housing. They could live in a Greek house as part of a Greek orga-nization, or they could enter the housing lottery and live in another on-campus residence hall. Students sign up for the hous-ing lottery online and receive a randomly assigned number. The order that students are allowed to select their preference for housing is determined by the number they receive. Unlike past years, when stu-dents had to choose their room-mates before registering for the lottery, students are now able to sign up for housing as an individ-ual. In this case, the student may end up with a single. Alternatively, Courtesy of the Lehigh University website Judith Lasker poses with her book, “Hoping to Help.” Lasker is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Lehigh. A new system comes on the heels of changes to residential set-up and redesign of Live Lehigh community placements See HOUSING Page 4
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FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 130 No. 12 Friday, March 25, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ After several explosions in Brussels on Tuesday, Lori Friedman, Lehigh’s director of media relations, said in an email there are no students studying abroad in Belgium this semester. There were two explosions at the Brussels Airport at 8 a.m. local time (3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) and around an hour later one on a metro station, according to The New York Times. The city went into lockdown, with all public transporta-tion stopped. The U.S. Embassy also advised U.S. citizens in Brussels to shelter in place. Friedman said the Lehigh Study Abroad Office sent a notification to all students studying abroad to inform them of available Lehigh resources. The office was informed of one student who was in Brussels who reported being safe, Friedman wrote. By B&W STAFF Students abroad safe after Brussels bombings Courtesy of Creative Commons/Brussels Airport The Brussels Airport was bombed Tuesday at 8 a.m. local time. There are no Lehigh study abroad programs in Belgium this semester. Professor questions impact of certain volunteer trips By SYDNEY O’TAPI Assistant News Editor Judith Lasker, a professor of sociology and anthropology, entered the classroom of her Introduction to Global Citizenship class and asked how many students had gone on a volunteer trip abroad. A few hands flew up from across the room. She then asked how many stu-dents would like to volunteer over-seas. A few more students raised their hands. Lasker said there are countless programs during which — for one week and a few thousand dollars — students can spend time vol-unteering in a developing country and subsequently “change (their) life.” But some of these programs don’t offer an orientation, provide little information on the culture of the region being served and are ultimately less effective than they could be. She said they sometimes unintentionally harm the local com- See ABROAD Page 4 munity. This January, Cornell University Press released Lasker’s book, “Hoping to Help.” The book explores the “promises and pitfalls” of global health volunteerism and the indus-try of these medical missions, which can be a help or a detriment to the community they serve. Lasker said there have been large invest-ments made to send volunteers to several areas of the world, and she questions the benefits of those donations. Lasker critiqued some programs’ inabilities to understand the true needs of the hosts and the lack of sustainability of the programs instituted by the volunteers. In her opinion, both of these items rein-force a superiority complex among the volunteers, neglecting the cul-ture and undermining the local peo-ple’s credibility and knowledge. On the contrary, she said some programs can be helpful to com-munities if they are designed and executed effectively. Jodeen Gemmel, a study abroad adviser and program manager, said Lehigh sponsors two programs that offer students an opportunity to serve abroad — SummerServe Antigua and Engineers Without Borders. Both of these are short-term programs, which Lasker clas-sifies as programs fewer than six months long. Lehigh recognizes some stu-dent- run organizations such as Global Medical Training, but stu-dents travel completely on their own in this program. Global Medical Training is a short-term service trip for undergraduate students focusing primarily on health care and medical training in developing countries. The program is offered at universities across the country. In many of the testimonials on the website, students said the trip “changed their (lives)” and provided an “unforgettable experience.” Cynthia Pando, ’16, participated in a Global Medical Training trip to Nicaragua because she was inter-ested in attending medical school. But she said medical schools do not believe these trips are a display of intelligence or ability. “Now, medical schools don’t like seeing that,” Pando said, based on Housing lottery changes By CARINA BONASERA B&W Staff Lehigh is implementing changes to the housing lottery system to improve the fairness and smooth-ness of the housing selection pro-cess for all students. Traditionally, on-campus hous-ing at Lehigh consisted of either co-ed or single-gender build-ings for first-year students, and Greek houses or apartment-style buildings for upperclassmen. In recent years, however, the model for on-campus living, as well as the process to select housing, has evolved to better fit the needs of individual students. “The whole reason that change is happening now is because there’s new leadership in the Office of Residence Life,” Head Gryphon Logan Hodges, ’16, said. “It’s a very exciting time.” With two new leaders in the Office of Residence Life — Ashley Lemmons and Courtney Stephens — there has been an influx of fresh ideas about how to improve on-campus residences for students. Although the method for sorting students into on-campus housing will be similar to the way it was in the past, some changes have been made to the system. Just as Marni Wolchok/B&W Staff The Trembley Park Apartment Complex houses are located above the UC. Lehigh is changing the way the housing lottery works. in past years, housing selection involves two distinct processes: a slightly more randomized process for first-year students and the lot-tery- based system for sophomores, juniors, seniors and fifth year stu-dents, should they choose to con-tinue to live on campus. First-year students go through a different process from that of the other class years because they are new to the school and required to live on campus. The process for these students takes into account each student’s housing preference and attempts to fulfill as many requests as possible, while fac-toring in things like roommate requests and special living circum-stances. The process for sophomores, juniors, seniors and fifth years is different. Even though sophomore students are still required to live on campus, they fall into the lot-tery system because they have more of a choice in selecting their housing. They could live in a Greek house as part of a Greek orga-nization, or they could enter the housing lottery and live in another on-campus residence hall. Students sign up for the hous-ing lottery online and receive a randomly assigned number. The order that students are allowed to select their preference for housing is determined by the number they receive. Unlike past years, when stu-dents had to choose their room-mates before registering for the lottery, students are now able to sign up for housing as an individ-ual. In this case, the student may end up with a single. Alternatively, Courtesy of the Lehigh University website Judith Lasker poses with her book, “Hoping to Help.” Lasker is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Lehigh. A new system comes on the heels of changes to residential set-up and redesign of Live Lehigh community placements See HOUSING Page 4 |
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