Brown and White Vol. 114 No. 6

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 114 no 6 friday september 22 2006 all the lehigh news first chow-down ordered inside photo courtesy of pi beta phi greek members of theta chi sammy pi phi and alpha phi served fries pizza wings and drinks to students last saturday the charity event raised 800 for the american red cross fundraiser forced indoors by police by leann austin news writer a charity event held at theta chi fraternity house was moved indoors by campus po lice last saturday because the event even though it was non alcoholic was not registered as an outdoor event the purpose of the chow down for charity event host ed by theta chi sigma alpha mv fraternity pi beta phi and alpha phi sororities was to raise money for the american red cross according to alpha phi police cite sixteen fans on saturday by clark lampen â–  students given citation during traf fic stops for underage drinking and trans porting alcohol assistant news editor sixteen lehigh students were cited for various alcohol related offenses on their way to the football game at good man stadium on saturday police said four cars of lehigh stu dents were stopped between 11 a.m and 2 p.m by lower saucon township police for various violations related to overloaded cars passengers without seatbelts and insecure loads being carried according to police upon inspection officers found students who had been drinking and transporting al cohol to tailgates the students were stopped while heading to and from the morning's tailgates during rou tine roving patrols all individuals involved in the traffic stops received cita tions most of which were for underage drinking one was charged for driving under the influence assistant dean of students christopher mulvihill said he had not yet viewed the lower saucon valley township police reports and would not make comment about the stu dents situation sergeant gerald young of the lower saucon police de partment said roving patrols during home football games are typical and cars are rou tinely pulled over on such days according to the morn ing call you'd think they'd learn by now that police are going to be watching young said of the students but it happens almost every time women speak about misogyny in hip-hop by katelyn noderer and julien pell â–  rapper and journalist speak as part of the say word hip-hop theater festival being held in honor of the fifth anniversary of the women's center news writers female rapper mc lyte and journalist joan morgan discussed the role of sexism and misogyny in hip-hop on monday in packard auditorium say ing black rappers decide how the world treats black women the lecture titled from fly girls to bitches and hos was held in honor of the fifth anniversary of the women's center and part of the say word hip-hop theater festival young women have to decide what is more re warding a push up bra and sexual validation or go ing up against the wall morgan said the speakers said vhl's flavor of love is a di rect response to invisibility music videos remain one of the few places black women can feel relevant the dumb overly sexual image for a girl ex ists outside of the world of hip-hop according to morgan who cited laguna beach and the o.c as examples fighting the image is difficult because girls are told that if they do it this way they will be success ful morgan said when i grew up i wanted to play with barbie morgan said this generation wants to be barbie hip-hop used to be about all the dynamics of per sonality according to the speakers lyte said current hip-hop music depicts life like a huge party without problems the industry is caught up on projecting a persona and women are trapped by that party image lyte said the trend in hip-hop is pairing black producers with white female singers lyte mentioned ciara gwen fergie and shakira as examples lyte said record labels will not give black artists the same breadth as their white peers lyte said eve wants to expand to other areas like gwen stefani but her record label won't let her morgan said she thinks the labels are stereotyping black female artists and then cutting black females out of the equation because they are not versatile we should ask ourselves where the powerbase is and form a coalition to become a voice to be reck oned with morgan said lyte said women need to hold men accountable role-model status comes with the check lyte said morgan said hip-hop makes us aware of aspects of our culture at least hip-hop makes attitudes visible and chal lenges us to talk about them morgan said women have the right to a voice to ask questions and to be listened to but they also have the responsibility to listen feminism must include communication between the sexes young women today feel privileged to have the options previous generations earned for see charity page 5 see hip-hop page 3 113 3*>i ft j q r bo lit 14 is^m k'j^l^lll^h the importance { yjf field hockey check the of 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