Brown and White Vol. 115 No. 12

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 115 no 12 friday october 19 2007 all the lehigh news first burma events prompt documentary by alison stravitz lehigh's burmese students created and presented a movie composed of graphic images of violent acts against supporters of democracy in burma the documentary was shown oct 11 in sinclair auditorium the students gathered photographs from blogs and unidentified burmese photographers said silagh white ad ministrative director of artslehigh she said some of the images are graphic such as before and after images of japanese photographer kenji nagai being shot by a burmese soldier this is very scary white said when these kids return home they could be put in jail they could be tortured victor soe 08 from yangon burma's largest city and site of the pro tests said this event was the first step in showing lehigh students what life is like under the military regime in the most isolated country in the world as you have seen in the movie our countrymen's peaceful protests have been responded to with violent crush-downs from the government soe said as buddhists we were all saddened to see the atrocities that have happened to the innocent people and the monks who are highly revered and respected in the burmese community white said the average american may not understand what the burmese government is doing to slow down the pro-democracy movement monks are sacred she said so to kill a monk - that would be like killing babies and you don't do that because it's just wrong the crisis in burma event spon sored by the global union and artslehigh included a presentation a movie screening a short speech by soe and a question and answer session soe worked on the film and pre sentation with other burmese students at lehigh soe thi ha 10 from yan gon and sai lv mon aung 10 from taunggyi they said it is a way to help those left behind in their homeland aung said during the week of pro b&wphoto by mattandolino burmese students and william hunter director of the global union discuss burma's turmoil bouncing for a cause b&wphoto by katlayman members of pi beta phi sorority and chi phi fraternity spent wednesday and thursday jumping on a moon bounce on the university center front lawn to raise money for breast cancer research former white house counsel to discuss presidential power by adrienne gerard john dean counsel to former president richard m nixon will speak on executive power and the office of presidency at the 2008 tresolini lecture on april 3 brian pinaire assistant pro fessor of political science and or ganizer of the tresolini lecture ship in law said dean's visit will include a speech in zoell ner's baker hall an organized dinner with professors and alumni before the lecture and possibly a private meeting for students interested in speaking with dean one-on-one this will be an opportu nity for political junkies at lehigh to see the personali ties shaping our government today pinaire said these speakers are so important because students would other promoted linens disappoint some by elizabeth murray shopping for dorm accesso ries is an important task for in coming students and lehigh's partnership with residence hall linens is supposed to help the process however students say they are often unsure about the quality of the products in ad dition retail stores provide more options for students residence hall linens a company lehigh advertises to first-year students markets sheets guaranteed to fit extra long dorm beds as well as pil lows comforters storage sup plies and other products lehigh beds are extra long twin beds measuring 36 inches by 80 inches five inches lon ger than a standard twin bed several stores nationwide also sell extra-long sheets according to its web site residence hall linens charges 19.95 for a three-piece sheet while the complete campus collection sells for 189.95 andrew mcdade general manager for residence hall linens said the company sells sheets with thread counts from 180 to 250 and students can choose 100 percent cotton or 60 percent cotton 40 percent polyester sheets in comparison bed bath & beyond offers extra long twin sheets with thread counts from 220 to 620 residence hall linens mar kets to students directly through colleges the schools in turn receive a portion of the profit ozzie breiner director of residential services said le high students benefit from the money lehigh receives breiner said money is direct ly used for student services and student programs such as ser vice trips during spring break residence hall linens mails its products directly to students homes the con venience is why lehigh is involved with residence hall linens breiner said luciana trabanino 11 is an international student from el salvador she said ordering from residence hall linens was the only way for her to find all the products she needed it was hard to get every see burma page 6 see linens page 4 see dean page 5 students size men's soccer team energy conference up lehigh to play american starts oct 30 page 7 page 16 thebrownandwhite.com not available