Brown and White Vol. 106 no. 6

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 vol 106 no 06 all the lehigh news first tuesday september 22 1998 comedian relates jokes to college life by debbie ludvigson news writer marc moran voted comedian of the year m 1997 by lehigh students kept students laughing saturday night m the ulrich student center's kenner theatre moran spent some of his act making fun of the brown and white telling the audience that the best part of the news paper is the police reports by reading the police reports you can tell who to stay away from and make fun of your friends that were caught for underage drinking moran said i never would have guessed that lehigh university had underage drinkers christine hartmann 01 was surprised that she had such a good time listening to moran's act it's nice to have an alternative to going up to cocktails on a saturday night hartmann said i didn't know what to expect from moran when i got there but i am glad i attend ed his show moran's act was centered around various cross country travels he also told jokes about college entrance exams and college social life moran joked about problems men have with communi baw photo by vicki steel textbook prices are on the rise and although prices of the 1,700 books piled high at the university bookstore this semester are the same students are considering the internet for better buys see story on page 3 senior class luncheon gains support for gift by chris faile news writer the class of 1999 senior class gift com mittee held two luncheons to bolster interest m the campaign on thursday and friday guest speaker scan leary 93 head coach of the baseball team said he didn't realize how important lehigh would be to him m the future the senior class gift is a way to make your diploma more valuable leary said one of the reasons that lehigh ranks so high m the nation is from alumni participa tion people know how hard you've earned that degree charlstie lay tin 99 senior class gift chairperson asked for volunteers to help solicit donations from seniors the senior class gift is not just about fund-raising laytin said what it is about is maintaining a tradition that goes as far back to 1928 to show suport for what will very soon be our alma mater the executive committee disclosed that the kick-off dinner will be held m late november the committee hopes to make every senior aware of how important the gift is to the future of lehigh the committee is gaining recognition through social events and promotions such as the kicking of a field goal during halftime at football games the goal is to have 50 percent participa tion which is what last year's class set the senior class gift committee will be meeting with senior class officers this week new business club focuses on women by heather ignall news writer women m business is a new club that is devoted to helping females get a head start m finding their way into the career world risa letowsky 99 president of women m business said the club was started last year but is just beginning to get off the ground this year we want to promote women m the workforce and get them recognized letowsky said treasurer neala lee 01 wants all women to get involved not just women m the college of business and economics the accounting club is so strong and we want to do the same thing for women lee said the club is a networking system for the members they have guest speakers play golf and attend various workshops where they can get to know one another learn about careers and meet people the group is hoping to visit new york city to see how companies operate and to meet people and make better career deci sions m the business world vice president lisa padulo 00 is excited about how well the club has devel oped m the past year the group is really just getting started this year padulo said we really just want to give everyone a good opportunity for networking last year the group had a day m the life luncheon where a business woman discussed her career with club members see comedian page 5 ihim w_\wsmma ihiiiiii^w quick ei3b brian baker leads students are finding will computers be able fiavj i sgjl l hawks to defeat better book bargains to handle the milleniurn h fordham 31-6 see online see page 3 bug see page 9 it would take more than m : page 20 150 y ears t0 drive a car p^^lj sports 15-20 news 1-7 science 9-11 l^jf r'm women's soccer 15 gender lecture 4 science briefs 11 ' jm^mm sports briefs 17 gsc revisions 5 h : t^^*i r „ .. , - i x j -, source strange but true website t^^^ai ■•■ •■ — l 1 fall sports guide 18 writer s series meet 7 j http7www.sbt.bhmedia.com