Brown and White Vol. 113 No. 35

              the brown and white lehigh university's student newspaper founded in 1894 vol 113 no 35 tuesday february 28 2006 all the lehigh news first racial roles switch at upper uc lunch by samantha burns multicultural club students gathered to show white students how being a minority feels news writer lunchtime diners at the upper university center came to the dining room last thursday found every table occupied by student demon strators trying to show white students what being a minori ty feels like the goal of this event is to create an atmosphere for majority students to be placed in the shoes of minority stu dents graduate assistant jose ibanez said we want to catch them off guard make them feel how we do every day walking around lehigh the multicultural club organized the event and with 10 to 15 people in the core planning group ibanez said that he was happy with the turnout minority students are forced to mingle with the majority everyday ibanez said we thought that if attention is going to be brought up about the diversity issues at lehigh it needs to come from the students those participating in the event wore black t-shirts that said more than ... fried chicken ghetto entertain ment bling-bling aunt jemima thugs hip-hop sports observers of the event said they saw many students walk in look confusedly around then walk back out members of the multicul tural club took pictures of stu dents reactions when they walked into the dining area one participant brian men's tennis winning streak b&w photo courtesy of andrew figuozzi men's tennis extended its winning streak with a 7-0 win over mount st mary's college saturday see story at bw.iehigh.edu former death-row inmate speaks by larissa staszkiw news writer the problem with the crimi nal justice system isn't the sys tem itself but the people who are running it said ray krone a man exonerated from death row after 10 years in an arizona state prison krone spoke to students fac ulty and visitors in a lecture on thursday in maginnes hall krone's visit to lehigh was part of a series of lectures arranged by the witness for innocence project he also visit ed muhlenberg and moravian colleges krone a dover pa native described his experience as a suspect in an arizona murder case and the time he spent on death row b&w photo by patrick thornton he was convicted for mur dering kirn ancona a night manager and bartender at cbs lounge a local bar he frequent ed krone became a suspect when ancona's friends who were also bartenders at cbs lounge informed detectives students faculty and community members gathered to listen to former death row inmate ray krone speak about his experiences at an arizona state prison rotc to offer full scholarships by natasha volkers news writer lehigh will join other schools across the country this semester by raising rotc scholarship from 23,000 to full tuition this year 110 high school seniors from all over the coun try are competing for just seven lehigh scholarships in addition to the scholar ship the winners receive a 900 book allowance and a monthly stipend that increases every year they remain in the program students are required to attend class and physical train ing and maintain their health and a 2.0 gpa to keep the scholarship the training value of class room instruction will carry over into other fields guaran teed captain kyle brede the director of admissions and enrollment for military science and leadership said breed said the reason for the scholarship was to reward those students willing to serve their country the scholarship is a bene fit of serving not the other way around brede said the program has been suc cessful in turning out an aver age of 17 officers each spring brede said in the past five years they have enrolled 70 officers total we try to inform people as much as we can before they get into it brede said while brede said the war in iraq and the raised scholarship had no relationship colonel john cummings said there has been a drop in rotc enrollment because of the war we used to have a high fall-out rate though cummings said the people who are coming in now are more committed we want our fair share of high quality stu dents military department chair lieutenant colonel william kuchinski said they have been trying to offer a full scholar ship for years the idea is to find very good quality leaders see lunch page 5 see scholarship page 5 see inmate page 2 touchstone theater m^j£j women's basket fundraiser and art reaches out to a oses t0 exhibit celebrate lehigh students tp^^^lpm cross black history month page 7 j lv '—* page 16 bw.lehigh.edu