LehighWeek Volume 09, Issue 08

              Lehigh neighbors meet
Tony Corallo (left) assistant V.P. for facilities services, explains
the inside of the parking deck with South Side neighbors and
Lehigh staff.
Blue skies, brisk weather
and music greeted
neighbors, students and
staff who attended the
block party introducing
the Zoellner Arts Center
on Oct. 15. Food and
refreshments were served
on the Rauch Business
Center roof terrace, but
the main event was tours
of the construction site.
The Lehigh University Gospel Choir (above) and the student
trio named "Who?" (not pictured) provided music for the party
before the building tours, photos by John Kish iv
SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
LEHIGHWEEK
Volume 9, Issue 08
INSIDE THIS WEEK
NEWS 1-4
Sexual Assault
Awareness Week
Housing discussion
continues
Hillel celebrates Sukkot
Mariano bakes for local
cafe
EVENTS 5-6
Archeological discovery
talk
College of Ed Alumni
Day
Renaissance vocal
group
Israeli consul talk
PROFILE 9
JOBS 10
PERSPECTIVE 11
CALENDAR 12
SOUTH MOUNTAINEER
WIN #3
IN FOOTBALL
LEHIGH 34
CORNELL 23
PAGES 13-16
For the Campus Community
October 24,1995
Million Man March strikes chord at
Lehigh
by Kurt Pfitzer, Writers' Group
They rose at all hours of
the night to march, sing, pray
and read poetry.
More than 100 people
attended events at Lehigh on
Monday, Oct. 16, to show
their support for the Million
Man March in Washington,
D.C.
Twenty Lehigh students
traveled to the nation's
capital to take part in a "Day
of Atonement" that became
the largest gathering of
African-Americans in
American history.
"We wanted to go to
Washington and share a
historical experience," said
Scott Singleton '96, a
sociology major from
Wilmington, Del., who rose at
1 a.m. to drive to Washington
with students from Lehigh,
Muhlenberg College and
Kutztown University.
"It was necessary for us
to be there to atone for the
problems we have put on
ourselves."
"Our hearts are with
those men," said Sharahnn
Lane '96, a social psychology
major from Brooklyn, N.Y.,
who attended the campus
events. "A million black men
are coming together to talk
about loving their mothers,
sisters and daughters — at a
time when we're taught- [by
society] that black men are
no-good dropouts, criminals
and drug addicts."
Although the march was
organized by Minister Louis
Farrakhan of the Nation
of Islam, who has been
criticized for anti-Semitic
and anti-white sayings, the
Lehigh students said the
event transcended
Farrakhan's political views.
"The march," said
Singleton, "was about
something more than
Farrakhan."
Crime, drug abuse,
disrespect for women and a
rising number of fatherless
families threaten black
communities, Singleton said.
While he believes these
problems are rooted in the
centuries of slavery and
racism endured by black
Americans, he says black
Americans must avoid
blaming their plight on the
past and take active
responsibility for the present
and the future.
"Slavery, oppression and
racism have put blacks in our
current plight," Singleton
said. "But we can't continue
to live off that concept. We
have to stand up and take
responsibility for our
environment."
Blacks can take
inspiration from their roots
in Africa, Singleton said,
whose societies stress the
obligation of individuals to
their communities.
"There's a saying, 'Each
one, teach one,'" Singleton
said. "The American dream
photo by John Kish IV
Tanea Flanders '96 (center) has her comments recorded by the
Service Electric news crew during a reading and "speak out"
session held in the Ulrich Student Center on the day of the
Million Man March. Alicia Lowe '98 is seated right of Tanea.
should be communal, not
individual. Many black
families are making it — in
individual cases. But we
should give back to the
community and help the less
fortunate, not just by giving
money, but by becoming role
models, going to the inner
cities and helping people help
themselves."
continued on page 2
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