Brown and White Vol. 115 No. 30

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 115 no 30 friday february 6 2009 all the lehigh news first property stolen from packard student charged by david craig ■ surveillance cameras in packard lab show student allegedly taking over 4,000 in technical equipment after swiping into the lab with his key card packard laboratory staff members reported several items missing from room 264 a mechanical engineering computer aided design computer lab on thursday jan 15 suspecting burglary professor m naazer ashraf immediately contacted the police said robin de ily lts team leader and instructional technology consultant after reviewing the security cameras tapes staff identified josef daubenspeck 10 as the alleged burglar according to the police affidavit police charged daubenspeck with one count of theft by unlawful taking or disposition and one count of receiving stolen property according to the affidavit daubenspeck allegedly took an hewlett packer workstation monitor keyboard and mouse valued at 3,600 according to affidavit he also allegedly took 10 dvd burners valued at 600 a piece according to the affidavit totaling 4,200 in stolen property ashraf noticed the missing electronics when he first came into work deily said and determined the items were taken sometime between jan 13 andjan 15 the videotapes showed a white male wearing blue jeans a dark-colored jacket and light-colored juicy campus site shuts down by john gilpatrick juicy campus.com has become the next casualty of the economic crisis the college gossip web site which was the cause of controversy at lehigh and hundreds of other cam puses across the country shut down on thursday feb 5 in these historically difficult economic times on line ad revenue has plummeted and venture capital funding has dissolved matt ivester founder and ceo ofjuicycampus.com said in a press release juicy campus exponential growth outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn ivester said and as a result we are closing down the site juicy campus had expanded to more than 500 col lege campuses and had brought in one million unique visitors per month according to the press release it is clear that we have provided a platform that slip and slide b&wphoto by matt breitel two students try to maintain their balance as they walk across the slippery campus last week the slushy conditions seemed relentless forcing clean-up crews to shovel and salt multiple times already this winter renowned economist sachs to speak at commencement by gwen purdom economist writer and educator jeffrey sachs will deliver the commencement address to the class of 2009 in may according to a university press release sachs named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by time magazine is known for his work dealing with global social and economic issues including poverty climate change and disease control in struggling nations according to president alice gast in the university release sachs is internationally renowned for his roles as an advisor to the world bank international monetary fund the united nations development program and the world health organization according to the release he has served as an economic advisor to governments in africa asia latin america and eastern europe and is a special advisor to united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon sachs has also authored dozens of books articles and a syn dicated column the release said sachs is the director of the earth institute quetelet pro fessor of sustainable development and a professor of health policy and management at columbia university sachs work is relevant for the direction lehigh is head ed with a global perspective said scott wojciechowski 09 senior class president and commencement speaker nominations committee member challenges this year's graduating class will face in its future will need a compre hensive approach wojciechowski said lehigh initiatives online textbooks may be just as costly for students by megan cody despite the trend of going digital paper textbooks at lehigh seem to be here to stay digital textbooks are a paperless online alternative to traditional textbooks that have hit the marketplace at a time when concerns about the rising cost of hardcovers are increasing a 2005 government accounting office study found that textbook prices have risen an average of six percent a year over the previous two decades digital textbooks feature content available in a form that can be downloaded onto students computers yet while the content may be the same the use differs and there is some debate on whether digital books actually cost less to the student advantages to using online textbooks include eco friendliness easy transportation by one's laptop a hy perlinked table of contents and a keyword search ability throughout the entire book according to a press release from zinio an online distributor of digital textbooks another advantage is cost textbooks purchased through the zinio digital store cost half as much as the same book purchased new from an on-campus bookstore according to a zinio press release many students are reluctant to start using this type of textbook sometimes there can be problems with technology you need a hard copy of textbooks meaghan phipps see speaker page 3 see juicy page 3 see burglary page 2 see textbooks page 2 the burden of blackßerry page 17 s wrestling hosts bucknell page 16 pricewaterhouse gives grads advice thebrownandwhite.com