Brown and White Vol. 109 No. 18

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 109 no 18 friday november 9 2001 all the lehigh news first english career night held by nora linscheid assistant news editor lehigh alumni who graduated with english degrees spoke about their experiences in the job world during the english department's career night on tuesday the event led by english professor peter beidler gave students the opportunity to learn about where their english majors may take them what they should expect in the job search and how to be suc cessful in an interview the lehigh graduates and english majors that participated in the event were marc mitchell 93 farah miller 98 stacy stainbrook 93 and barb newton 82 michelle watson and donna goldfeder of career services also spoke the event also included a mock interview between newton and lauren bell 03 out of all lehigh english majors 15 percent became pro fessors beidler said he also said that a third of english majors wind up in the business world with jobs such as banking indus try and management and 15 percent go into writing publish ing editing or newspaper work english is a good major for almost anything beidler said what you'll find is that you'll have to make that almost any thing happen many of the graduates spoke about how their english degree has helped them in their jobs stainbrook who is chief of b&wphoto by megan wallace good scholar candidates walked from alpha phi to maginnes hall sunday afternoon officially kicking off the good scholar election all proceeds will go to cancer research seniors gather for dinner by amanda macmillan news writer almost 200 seniors attended the kickoff dinner for the 2002 senior class gift campaign in asa packer dining room tuesday night the event was designed to promote awareness of and involvement in this year's cam paign class of 2002 rising to the top which gives seniors the choice of donating money to a new sept 11 fund or to the annual fund the senior class gift provides a basic understanding of the importance of alumni contribu tions to lehigh establishes a pattern of giving and is the first opportunity for the seniors to acknowledge the quality educa tion they have received beer and wine was served followed by a sit-down dinner after dinner was served the seniors heard from senior class gift chairperson bram yoffie 02 executive director of the alumni association chris marshall 88 and university provost ron yoshida yoffie welcomed his fellow classmates to the event and introduced the rest of the gift committee he then explained the different options that the seniors have this year the overall class goal is to have 40 percent participation in the gift campaign money that is donated to the sept 11 scholarship fund will go toward providing financial aid to any current or future lehigh students who have been affected financially by the terrorist attacks this could include the death of parents or parents loss of jobs according to yoffie any other money donated by the class of 2002 will go into the annual fund which will then be used toward financial aid athletic scholar ships facilities academic pro grams and lab equipment a bench along the red brick walkway on campus will also be dedicated in honor of the class of 2002 the class of 2001 had a 36 percent giving rate the best in senior class gift history so far 114 seniors or 13 percent of the class have given to one of the funds if everyone here tonight were to make a donation 35 percent of the class would be participating and we would be well on our way to breaking last year's record yoffie said any member of the class who makes a donation is entered into a raffle to win prizes later in the year there is also a free thank you event at anna mia's for anyone who donates the seniors can either make a one-time donation of any amount they choose or can choose to pay by the sayre plan with the sayre plan the student sentence given for dealer by tracey lomrantz assistant news editor peter hungerford 19 the former lehigh student who was arrested last march for possessing selling and deliv ering illegal drugs was sen tenced nov 3 to six months to a year in jail in northampton county prison the sentence came after hungerford pleaded guilty to his sept 12 charges of posses sion and attempted delivery of marijuana the morning call reported that judge stephen g baratta said he hoped to make an example of hungerford by prosecuting one of the main players in drug activity on lehigh's campus chief of police edward shupp agreed that hungerford's sentence should serve to deter other students from dealing drugs on campus this incident helps us convey the fact that if you deal drugs on the lehigh campus you're going to jail — not just probation shupp said if we know a crime is occurring we will investigate it and fully pursue it hungerford was arrested on march 21 after consenting to sell 10,000 worth of marijua na to a police officer who was wearing a wire police learned of hungerford's activities from john pavlik another accused drug dealer on campus who police said sold ecstasy cocaine and marijuana pavlik pleaded guilty to selling cocaine to an undercover police officer nov 2 and will be sentenced dec 28 hungerford's attorney asked baratta to give his client probation and community service because he was attempting to turn his life around by enrolling in a com munity college and entering rehabilitation baratta and the district attor ney however felt it more important to make an example of hungerford's arrest the judge used his discre tion shupp said he was sentenced within the guide lines hungerford is in custody of deputies until his family can raise 5,000 for bail if bail is posted he will be free while his attorney appeals the sen tence see english page 4 see senior gift page 5 i \^. 3 wrestle-offs provide fans with kick-off to season see page 20 sports 18-20 men's soccer 19 swimming 20 the community will participate in a relay race organized to support victims of the sept 11 attacks see page 3 news 1-7 world news briefs 2 police reports 3 freedom relay 4 inside parking services — all the information you never knew see page 7 lifestyle 7-14 culture corner 8 face in the crowd 13 matter of opinion 13 quick in south africa termites are roasted and eaten by the handful source:http://www.uselessknowl edge.com