Brown and White Vol. 120 no. 2

              By KELSEY STOCKER
Associate Dean of Students Susan Lantz has been named the new Dean of Students at Bucknell University.
Lantz will also hold the position of chief student affairs officer and will report to the provost at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn.
Her new position will allow her to work very close­ly with many student groups on campus, and she will have responsibilities including, but not limited to, resi­dential life and housing, new student orientation, cam­pus activities and organizations, religious life, sorority and fraternity affairs, student government, community service, and health and wellness services.
Lantz has played a crucial role in many Lehigh developments and programs over the past 15 years. Aside from being the dean of students, Lantz has also helped develop and expand many programs and of­fices within the Academic Life and Student Transitions department at Lehigh, including the Office of the First-Year Experience and support services for students with disabilities.
“I have mixed feelings about Dean Lantz’s depar­ture,” said Cheryl Ashcroft, assistant dean in the Office of Academic Support Services. “On one hand, I am very excited for her and her family. This is an amaz­ing opportunity for her personally and professionally. On the other hand, I am very sad to see her leave Lehigh.”
“Dean Lantz has been instrumental in supporting our mission to provide equal access to all Lehigh stu­dents,” Ashcroft said. “With her guidance and support, we were able to implement the Center for Academic Success through parent donations and university sup­port. What I will miss most is her knowledge of uni­versity policies and procedure, in conjunction with her compassion for students.”
Lantz aided in expanding the former tutoring cen­ter into the Center for Academic Success.
“Expanding the tutorial services at Lehigh is one of her major accomplishments, which has been beneficial to all students,” Ashcroft said.
“Dean Lantz was instrumental in creating the Of­fice of the First-Year Experience and my position,” said Allison Ragon, director of Orientation and New Student Programs in the Office of the First-Year Expe­rience. “Since before I started at Lehigh, she has been someone to whom I can ask questions and get honest and genuine answers. She has been supportive of all of the Office of the First-Year Experience’s endeavors since our office creation in 2004.”
“I am thrilled for Dean Lantz and her new position,
Lantz takes dean of students position at Bucknell
See LANTZ Page 6
Wise addresses white supremacy in MLK talk
By DAVID KOLVEK
Guest speaker Tim Wise jump-started the 2011 Martin Luther King Week Celebration with his keynote address, which concluded in a heated exchange between Wise and local residents on Tuesday.
During the Q-and-A session after the speech, a local woman accused Wise of being too critical of white people, as well as other accusations. The disruptive altercation that fol­lowed for several minutes cast an awkward feeling in Packard Lab; students, faculty and residents who attended watched in disbelief.
It was clear that the woman dis­agreed with what Wise had to say, and she was not afraid of letting ev­eryone know.
Throughout her seedy “sermon,” the woman mentioned Lehigh students’ tuition, Israel and Pales­tine and that night’s State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama. It was difficult to follow her reasoning, and she finished by tell­ing Wise that she would e-mail him.
In response to the woman’s com­ments, Wise “met it with facts and reasonable argument,” said Director of ArtsLehigh Silagh White. “The audience member was only inter­ested in being disruptive because she didn’t agree with him. She was not interested in debate.”
Director of Multicultural Affairs and the MLK Planning Commit­tee Chair Jame’l Hodges said the crowd “needed to have that type
See WISE Page 5
B&W photo courtesy of DAN COBAR VISUALS
Keynote speaker, Tim Wise addressed a crowd of students, faculty and Bethlehem residents Tuesday night. After his speech on white supremacy, local residents asked Wise fiery questions that led to heated conversations.
Wise man
Vol. 120 No. 2
Friday, January 28, 2011
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
By ALYSSA SALEM
The icy conditions on Jan. 18 made it ex­tremely difficult for Lehigh students to make their way around campus safely.
“Lehigh did a poor job keeping the walk­ways safe to walk on, and making kids walk to class seems like a poor decision on behalf of the administration,” said Jeff Frick, ’11.
Even though most students did manage to navigate around campus safely, there were some students who experienced the dangerous or inconvenient effects of the extreme iciness.
“We saw 10 students for injuries Jan. 18 through the 21, and four of these were related to ice,” said Dr. Susan Kitei, director of the Health and Wellness Center. “There were probably some minor injuries that occurred that did not present to us for care.”
Kitei said most of these injuries, including the ones not related to the ice, were sprains and bruises.
“I do not know if the students who injured themselves on ice were walking to class, to eat or to other activities, so I cannot say whether cancelling classes would have prevented these mishaps,” she said.
“There are many factors that are considered when cancelling classes for harsh weather at a primarily residential campus such as ours, and in my experience, classes are generally not cancelled for the degree of weather we saw on Jan. 18,” she said.
Michelle Sibley, ’11, said that while she knows Lehigh is primarily a residential cam­pus, she believes the administration should strongly consider cancelling classes because of
See ICE Page 6
Icy campus conditions, cleanup effort upset students
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