Brown and White Vol. 121 no. 9

              Vol. 121 No. 9
Friday, October 7, 2011
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
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SPORTS
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Harvest Festival falls into Bethlehem
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LIFESTYLE
Students celebrate Hispanic, Latino culture
By TIANLI ZHANG
Lehigh is celebrating His­panic/Latino Heritage Month for the second year from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 to raise awareness of diversity within the Hispanic groups on campus.
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries includ­ing Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
The celebration shows Le­high’s evolution to a positive and more diverse campus, said Tyrone Russell, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
“Lehigh is evolving,” he said. “Lehigh is increasing its representation of this spe­cific population, and it shows that the Latino population in some sense feels empowered on campus to be able to talk about the importance and significance of their existence here.”
A series of events will take place during the month-long celebration, which began with a kickoff barbecue on Sept. 15 and ends with LatinoPalooza, the closing ceremony of a showcase including singing, stepping, dancing and spoken words of different Latino orga­nizations on Oct. 14.
Educational events are be­ing held to target academics. In particular, a panel will in­clude Lehigh faculty and staff of Latino descent to speak to students about any barriers that they had when they were students and other cultural and language barriers that they faced when they were establishing the careers.
Three Faces of Latino is also a major event that edu­cates students about the diver­sity among the Latino students — that there is more than one skin color and one way to speak Spanish. The Latin American Studies Department held the event to provide educational background about Latino culture.
Additionally, fun and light­hearted cultural events like Sabado Gigante with Late Night Lehigh, World Cup Fut­bol Tournament and salsa les­sons will bring the authentic Latino culture onto Lehigh’s campus.
Lehigh adopted the cel­ebration last year, which was started by a group of Latino students who seek the pres­ence of Latino culture on campus.
Founder and President of Latino Student Alliance Angelica Matos, ’12, said last year Latino organizations on campus thought it was time for Lehigh to have something for Latino students and to have the same type of cultural and educational events like Black History Month has, but for Latino culture. LSA allied
ROTC spends weekend learning military values
Photo courtesy of Lehigh Valley Steel Battalion ROTC
A cadet from the Lehigh Valley Steel Battalion, of which Lehigh ROTC is a part, is administered the oath for contracting and enlistment by military science professor, Lt. Col. Erik J. Walker.
By ERIC SCHMIDT
The Reserve Officer Train­ing Corps, or ROTC, is a famil­iar sight on campus. Renowned for its pre-dawn workouts and rough-and-tumble weekend ex­cursions, which teach cadets to embrace the elements, ROTC certainly has a reputation for being one of the toughest and most elite groups at Lehigh.
Lehigh ROTC cadets once again proved their mettle, from Sept. 23, to Sept. 25, by par­ticipating in a weapons famil­iarization event critical to their development as future United States Army officers. The field training exercise was held at Fort Indiantown Gap, a U.S. Army base located about a 90-minutes’ drive west of Lehigh.
Throughout the weekend, cadets learned how to properly handle the basic weaponry Army soldiers use in the field every day — exactly the kinds of weapons they too will be ex­pected to use in the operations they will conduct as U.S. Army officers.
The cadets’ instructors were some of the best; soldiers from the U.S. Army National Guard 19th Special Forces were on hand to teach the cadets how to properly use the weapons, to supervise and to mentor. An ROTC press release said this was the first time many of the cadets had held, let alone operated, firearms. Within a controlled environment, they were introduced to a powerful arsenal of military weapons including the M4 rifle, M249 squad automatic weapon and M203 grenade launcher.
According to the press re­lease, the training began on late Friday, Sept. 30, when the cadets received hands-on classroom instruction on how to properly operate, load and un­load the weapons. This instruc­tion gave the cadets a chance to familiarize themselves with the different weapons before firing them the next day.
The live-fire portion of the
College hosts annual open house
B&W photo by JOSH BAGLEY
Gaelyn Rosenberg, ’15, right, learns about graduate program offerings at Lehigh’s College of Education open house.
By KRISTINA PARK
Lehigh’s College of Education held an open house on this past Tuesday, Oct. 4, from 3 to 7 p.m. in Iacocca Hall.
The graduate college holds one open house each semester to provide an opportunity for prospective students from Lehigh and the rest of the community to gain information about its program offerings.
“The College of Education hosts its annual open house to provide prospective students the opportunity to obtain a comprehensive under­standing about their intended program of study from current faculty, staff and students,” said Tammy Bartolet, director of marketing and communications for the College of Education.
“Because we offer such a vast array of de­gree programs in the areas of education and human services, prospective students come away from the event having a defined direction and greater understanding of what life will be like during their time here with us at Lehigh,” he said.
Donna Johnson, admissions coordinator for the college, said the event lets everyone know about programs the college has to offer.
“We have faculty and students who come in and out throughout the night,” she said. “It’s a very informal event where people can come in and ask questions about our programs.”
n Prospective education graduate students were able to ask questions of current students and faculty.
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See EDUCATION Page 4
See ROTC Page 3