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Vol. 120 No. 21
Friday, April 15, 2011
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
By CARLA PRIETO
The Marching 97 is considering purchasing new uniforms to replace the 17-year-old ones its members currently wear.
The life of a typical uniform is about 10 years, mean­ing Marching 97 is almost doubling the life of their uni­forms. Members of Marching 97 said their uniforms are covered in holes, missing buttons and torn excessively, emphasizing their need for the new outfits.
“The band’s uniforms, at the moment, are functional at the very least,” said Liz Zeffiro, ’12, president of the Marching 97. “These particular uniforms are from the early ’90s and will probably be older than some of next year’s freshmen.”
This sentiment is shared among others of the March­ing 97, including Natalie Gallagher, ’12, who was last year’s staff assistant.
“The band is the largest and most visible student spirit organization on campus, and is one of the oldest organizations on campus, but the freshmen are march­ing in uniforms that were new when they were born,” she said.
Because the numbers in the band are increasing at a rapid rate, the band is resorting to uniforms that have not been used in years.
“New uniforms may not have been a huge concern until the past few years because of small numbers and not enough funding,” Zeffiro said. “This year, we are go­ing to be close to, if not reach, 97 people. With a grow­ing band and more eyes on us from the university, look­ing presentable on the field is more of a concern for us.”
The manner in which the purchasing of the uniforms will be carried out has been a topic carefully debated among the Marching 97’s executive board. Gallagher said uniform styles change from year to year, and it would be risky to buy a few at a time because they would most likely have minor variations each season.
The estimated cost of new marching band uniforms is between $50,000 and $60,000. A long-term budget has been recently established in order to help the band save money for the big purchase. Besides fundraising them­selves by selling Marching 97 merchandise and hosting events, the band is looking toward outside sources to help them in the somewhat daunting task.
The band currently receives small, but helpful, dona­tions from alumni. The bulk of funding, however, comes from support provided by Student Senate. President Al­ice P. Gast has told the Marching 97 that she is currently searching for a donor to provide fiscal assistance in the purchase.
Treasurer of Marching 97, Frank Artmont, ’12, said a booster club has recently been established, which will hopefully raise a significant amount of money to put used toward the cost of new uniforms.
Marching 97 looks for new uniform funding
By HEATHER BRODSKY
Students and faculty gathered for The Faces of Lehigh exhibition on Monday in Lamberton Hall to kick off Unity Week.
“The exhibit portrays the faces of students, organizations, staff, faculty, departments, of­fices, alumni and others who are seen on a regular basis by the majority of the student population,” said Trina Pal, ’11, who helped organize the event. “Most of the programs that focus on diversity alarm or confuse others be­cause the audience is not familiar with the sub­ject matter. The outcome of this project is to allow individuals to no longer be afraid to get to know each other and to know that building community on our campus is as easy as saying ‘Hello’ to a familiar face they see every day.”
Attendees of the event snacked on sand­wiches and various desserts while gazing at the portraits of both familiar and unfamiliar faces. Next to each person’s photo were facts about the person.
“The Faces of Lehigh project is a non-tra­ditional approach to sharing our diversity on campus,” said Regina Donato, a Residence Life Coordinator. “This program will not only allow individuals to see diversity in others, but also similarities. My hope is that after reading others’ stories and seeing their photos, they will be more willing to approach each other and use this program as an icebreaker to do so.”
In addition to the display of portraits, a violin act and Lehigh’s all-woman a cappella group, Echoes, entertained guests.
“This event will help to create a more unified campus in the sense that it not only promotes the faces of Lehigh, but also the or­ganizations to which they belong, such as RHA
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Unity Week events promote campus diversity
Relay for Life exceeds year’s fundraising goal
By CAROLINE COUZEZNS
More than 665 students par­ticipated in Lehigh’s sixth annual Relay for Life last weekend from 7 p.m. Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday, raising more than $74,000.
The amount raised exceeded the goal set by the American Cancer Society of $48,000.
“Last year, we raised about $72,000, but almost a third of that money was from one-time dona­tions that we did not receive this year, so the $74,000 we raised was more than expected,” said Kristen Peterson, ’12, co-chair of the event.
A total of 58 teams participated in the event.
“We were lucky enough to get the entire campus involved this year,” Peterson said. “We had teams from most of the Greek organiza­tions on and off campus, grad stu­dents, and even a team with some faculty.”
This year’s Relay for Life dif­fered from past years because of a new partnership with Univer­sity Productions, which sponsors Sundaze.
“We decided to team up with UP [and] Sundaze mostly because our events usually conflicted with each other, therefore creating competi­See
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B&W photo by MEAGAN CARTER
From left to right: Dan Ibanez, ‘11; David Hines, ’14; Alex Keyes, ’14; and Alena Pollitt, ’12, participated in the South Side Clean-Up event held Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to noon. Volunteers also included various other community members.
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Clean scene
n Members of the Lehigh community participated in the annual event to raise money to fight cancer.