Brown and White Vol. 107 no. 23

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded m 1894 vol 107 no 23 friday december 10 1999 all the lehigh news first comedian discusses living with hiv virus by silvia diaz and janell vantrease news writers comedian mike destefano spoke tuesday night at lamberton hall on sub stance abuse and sexually transmitted dis eases focusing on his own personal experi ences with the hiv virus the event was sponsored by university productions the global union and the health center free condoms were given out at the program to promote safe and pro tected sex and destefano's book bada bing bada buddha was also sold with the profits going to charity destefano an italian from the bronx began his program with the story of his one legged uncle jimmy who got charged half price for lap dances establishing his heterosexuality from the beginning and mocking the typical straight male's insecurities destefano called a foot ball player to the stage he demonstrated a hug that followed his rules i'm hugging you but i'm still hitting you destefano said after reaching adolescence destefano discovered his shyness and awkwardness toward the opposite sex was diminished with the use of alcohol and drugs he started drinking at age 12 because he was insecure and felt goofy talking to girls in his teens destefano blacked out nearly every night tired of waking up hungover all the time next to girls bearing a striking resem blance to buddy hackett destefano started taking pills i drank to make my nervousness go away " destefano said my teenage years b&w photo by meussa brown mike destefano spoke tuesday night at lamberton hall about his experiences with the hiv virus destefano talked about friends and family who have had the disease career services hosts jobs n java career workshop by pj gill jobs internship opportunities abound at sports conglomerate comcast-spectacor news writer curt wilson a recruiter from comcast-spectacor spoke with interested business majors monday about possible internship opportunities the program was hosted by career services and entitled jobs n java it provided students with a chance to see what job opportunities exist m the sports industry while enjoying a cup of career services coffee dan vogt 01 a marketing major was very excited about the opportunity i have always been a huge sports fan and i think it would be amazing to work m the sports industry vogt said marketing is not the only major the company was look ing for on its visit comcast-spectacor offers over 40 internships for accounting finance design and journalism majors as well an internship with comcast-spectacor provides stu dents with exciting projects while gaining valuable experience an example of this is the marketing internship at which interns get the opportunity to do everything from brain storming and planing promotions to working on the day of the event and creating post-event evaluations this type of experience is priceless vogt said that seems like something that i would like to do comcast-spectacor is a major conglomerate that was founded m 1996 the partnership links some of philadelphia's most high-profile companies together to create an extremely powerful company included under comcast-spectacor's realm are philadelphia-based sports teams such as the phillies flyers and 76ers professional teams are not the only thing that comcast broadcasts they also feature temple university and university of pennsylvania athletics the company is also m control of both the first union center and the core states spectrum sporting events are not comcast-spectacor's only involvements the company also works with qvc a home shopping cable channel and cable and cellular companies m the philadelphia area comcast-spectacor does not do all of this without giving back to the community the company is a leader m philadelphia philanthropy which also creates the opportunity for even more internships m sports chari ties and community relations a recent example of the company's giving spirit is the adoption of a police athletic center the company also takes part m programs for exceptional people which employs mentally challenged individuals at the first union and spectrum facilities interested students can find out more by going to http://www.comcast-spectacor.com b&w photo by daniel ben-david curt wilson a comcast-spectacor recruiter met with students monday to discuss internship opportunities within the conglomerate and explained the company see destefano page 6 a rat can go without water longer than a camel can source www.sbt.bhmedia.com anxiety and chaos surround y2k see page 7 lifestyle 7-14 culture corner 8 astral signs 9 face m the crowd 13 students travel to georgia for protest see page 3 news 1-6 world news briefs 2 police reports 4 ifc meeting 5 woman's basketball loses to saint francis see page 20 sports 15,18-20 mark dufresne 18 adopt a-family 19 men's basketball 20 fi enmm