Brown and White Vol. 125 no. 23

              Vol. 125 No. 23
Friday, December 6, 2013
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Baron to speak at 2014 graduation
By CHRISTINA CAVANAUGH
Martin “Marty” Baron, ’76, the executive editor of The Washington Post, has been announced as Le­high’s 2014 commencement speak­er. The alumnus will address the graduating class at the university’s 146th commencement ceremony, which will take place Monday, May 19, 2014.
Baron earned his B.A. in journal­ism at Lehigh, concurrently study­ing and obtaining his MBA in the College of Business and Econom­ics. He was awarded both upon his graduation in 1976. During his time as an undergraduate student, Baron served as editor-in-chief of The Brown and White.
Baron will add to his Lehigh degrees an honorary Doctor of Hu­mane Letters degree, which he will receive at the May ceremony follow­ing his address.
Baron served as a top editor at The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Miami Herald en route to his current role at The Washington Post. He stepped into that position on Jan. 2, 2013, taking the top seat with regards to overseeing print and online publications.
“We are thrilled that Marty Bar­on will be speaking to our graduates this year,” said Lehigh President Al­ice Gast. “His great experience and leadership throughout his impres­sive journalistic career will be an inspiration to our students. His work illustrates the critical role that good journalism can play in informing and engaging people on important issues.”
Following his Lehigh graduation, Baron returned to Florida, where he was born, and served as a reporter for The Miami Herald for three years. He then worked for the Los Angeles Times for 17 years, starting as a busi­ness reporter and ultimately working his way up to assistant managing editor.
After closing out the century at The New York Times, Baron returned to The Miami Herald, this time serv­ing as executive editor for just over a year and a half.
Under his direction, The Herald won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news coverage following its report­ing on the raid to recover Elián González, a Cuban boy locked in the middle of a battle about immi­gration and custody dispute.
He then served as the editor of The Boston Globe for more than a de­cade—July 2001-December 2013—be­fore moving to his current position at The Washington Post. While Baron sat atop The Globe, the paper won six Pulitzer prizes, for public service,
n The executive editor of The Washington Post will
address the class of 2014 this coming May.
Photo courtesy of The Boston Globe
Alumnus Martin “Marty” Baron will return to Lehigh to speak at the 2014 commencement.
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Film screening raises HIV/AIDS awareness
By CORY SPRANGER
“I feel like we’ve gone to the other end of the spectrum—before everybody was in a panic, but now everybody’s too complacent and comfortable,” narrated a video from the Department of Health regarding the subject of HIV/AIDS awareness.
Several students recently par­ticipated in a discussion held in the Office of Multicultural Affairs regarding HIV/AIDS awareness Tuesday.
Lehigh students and staff first watched several YouTube videos that focused on people diagnosed as HIV-positive, and the subsequent effect the diagnoses had on their lives. Each video gave an individu­alized perspective, but the overall message was clear: Those infected with HIV are human like the rest of us and deserve to be treated with an equal amount of respect.
After viewing four clips, students and faculty were then invited to share their thoughts, opinions and general comments regarding AIDS/HIV awareness.
“Videos like these make us real­ize that you can’t just tell if some­one has it,” said Tyrone Russell, director of Multicultural Affairs, on the topic of the HIV/AIDS stigma.
His statement echoed the com­ments of other students in atten­dance, especially in regards to how people may be impacted by the disease on an everyday basis.
According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 1.1 million people in the United States are living with the HIV infec­tion and almost 1 in 5 is unaware of their infection. In addition, it noted that only 1 out of every 7 students reports being tested for the infection.
Russell said students on campus aren’t as conscious of the effects HIV/AIDS has in the 21st century, due to modern medical technolo­gies that have removed the relative lethality of the infection.
For those in attendance at the event, it was clear that getting Le
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n Videos shown in the
Office of Multicultural
Affairs adressed common HIV/AIDS stereotypes.
B&W photo by ALEX GEORGALAS
Dr. Maslowsky presents on her research to a gathering of students and faculty.
Candidate presents on adolescent psychology
By NICK HIRDT
Psychology and Health, Medicine and Society departments welcomed job candidate Dr. Julie Maslowsky to present her research on Adolescent Health Risk Behavior in STEPS on Tuesday to students and faculty.
Maslowsky works as a develop­mental psychologist focusing on the emergence of health risks and behav­iors in adolescents. She said these risks and behaviors can have immedi­ate consequences known as snares, as well as long term consequences. She said adolescence should be seen as an opportunity for both prevention and intervention. She stated that her work combines developmental psychology with population health.
She began her presentation with some statistics comparing the United States to other developed countries. She said young Americans have the lowest chance of surviving to age 50 of all developed nations and that we lose the most years of life before 50 to alcohol and drugs.
Maslowsky said she uses both national surveys and mechanistic developmental studies for her research. The national surveys give a large repre­sentation of the population and provide a broad picture of behavior, but not mecha­nism. The mechanistic developmental
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n Dr. Julie Maslowsky dis­cussed her research, based in statistical data and analysis.