Brown and White Vol. 131 no. 20

              The Brown and White Vol. 131 No. 20
Friday, November 18, 2016 ‘All the Lehigh News First’
Roshan Giyanani/B&W Staff
Lehigh football players and fans storm the field after Lehigh’s victory over Bucknell to win the Patriot League Championship on Nov. 5 in Goodman Stadium. The Lehigh football team will take on
Lafayette this Saturday in Easton to play the 152nd rivalry game. The Hawks won the 151st game against the Leopards last year and are in a position to continue their winning streak this year.
Bus policy deters potential game attendance Lafayette
issues strict
tailgate rules
By REBECCA WILKIN
Deputy News Editor
As Lehigh prepares for the 152nd
Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry football
game with a series of spirit week tra-ditions,
Lafayette students are gear-ing
up for Saturday’s game with their
own rivalry week rituals.
While both schools plan to continue
their long-established traditions, the
rival institutions implemented new
events this week to encourage stu-dent
excitement for the most-played
college football rivalry.
Lehigh’s Spirit Week kicked off
Wednesday with the annual Bed
Races. In years past, Bed Races has
consisted of teams of five racing one
another down the Memorial Walkway
in double elimination rounds.
However, this year, teams raced
against the clock, and the two teams
with the best finishing times were
awarded prizes. Bea Maloney, ’19, the
student spirit chair of the Association
of Student Alumni, said the change
in racing methods was due to safety
concerns.
This year’s Bed Races also featured
live entertainment between rounds.
Maloney said this has never been
done before.
“We want to get a bunch of peo-ple
involved to come and watch the
groups, not just to watch the races,”
Maloney said.
The performing groups includ-ed
the Marching 97, the African
Renaissance dance crew and two a
cappella groups — Off The Record
and The Melismatics.
By LAURYN RAGONE
Associate News Editor
For the first time in four years,
the Lehigh-Lafayette rivalry game
will be hosted at Lafayette’s Fisher
Field. This year, Lehigh students
will be dropped off and will tail-gate
in a new location: Bushkill
Commons Parking Lot.
Lehigh is providing bus transpor-tation
to Lafayette. The buses will
arrive at 10 a.m. on Packer Avenue
between Webster and Vine Street
and will depart from Lehigh at 10:30
a.m. The buses will then arrive at
Lafayette at 11 a.m. and will drop
students off at the Lehigh tailgate
area.
More than 2,000 Lehigh students
bought tickets to the game. However,
only 1,008 bought bus passes.
“(Interfraternity) Council presi-dents
were not given exact game
day rules and regulations until last
Monday, Nov. 7, two weeks before
the game,” said Mark DiMaggio, the
vice president of the Interfraternity
Council.
Clubs and Greek organizations
had the option of renting Lehigh
buses, as long as the bus was filled
to capacity.
Bob Bruneio, the manager of
transportation and transit services,
said the Lehigh University Police
Department will escort the buses to
the game until they reach the high-way.
Once the buses get off the high-way,
the City of Easton Police will
assist with the traffic lights until the
buses reach the stadium.
Student groups also rented their
own buses through third-party ven-dors.
“Any third-party bus that an IFC
or Panhellenic chapter purchased
was given the option to be included
with the police-escorted bus convoy
leaving Packer Avenue Saturday
morning,” DiMaggio said.
Bruneio said the rental buses
run into problems because they will
cause blockage on the Lehigh and
Lafayette campus.
The third-party vendor buses
often, “pick groups up randomly over
the city, so sometimes buses park in
no parking zones, sometimes drop
folks off where they shouldn’t be
dropped off,” Bruneio said. “They
don’t have any logistical informa-tion,
and it’s roll the dice where they
drop you off.”
Bruneio said student groups that
want to ride in the caravan can con-tact
bus transportation services and
See BUSES Page 4
By CATE PETERSON
Associate News Editor
Lafayette provided Lehigh
with an eight-page list of rules
regarding different aspects of the
rivalry game, including tailgat-ing
and cheering in the stadium,
for the Rivalry 152 football game
Saturday.
Lafayette has allocated 40 stu-dent
tailgating spots for Lehigh.
According to the Lehigh stu-dent
tailgating information on
Lafayette’s website, Lafayette
College’s personal carry limit is
defined as (1) six pack of 12 ounce
See TAILGATES Page 3
See SPIRIT Page 2
STORM IT AGAIN
Lehigh to take on Lafayette in 152nd rivalry game
Week of tradition, history defines Lehigh-Laf rivalry