Brown and White Vol. 126 no. 6

              Vol. 126 No. 6
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
‘All the Lehigh News First’
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LIFESTYLE
By AMBER CARDONA
The Lehigh Valley Associa­tion of Independent Colleges held the “How Green is My Valley: Campus Sustainability Conference 2014” Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the STEPS building.
The conference focused on motivating individuals — both on campus and in surround­ing communities — to become involved and take action towards sustainability. The conference, aimed at uniting campuses and organizations, promoted open communica­tion and consultation over future and current ideas and strategies of sustainability.
Saturday’s event was the second LVAIC campus sus­tainability conference. The first was held at DeSales Uni­versity in 2009.
Lehigh has made efforts to improve its campus-wide sus­tainability and environmental conservation through college-wide achievements and initia­tives. The university created its first-ever campus sustain­B&
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Members of different LVAIC institutions gather in the STEPS building for Saturday’s sustainability conference. The first such conference took place in 2009 at DeSales University.
Deloitte reps offer advice
By CEARA TOMAINO
Lehigh’s Accounting Club hosted a presentation Thurs­day given by three representatives of Big Four accounting firm Deloitte.
Jim Piazza, ’94, Chris Slova and Melissa Mella introduced themselves, gave an overview of Deloitte and spoke about how to achieve success in interviews.
They also noted that Lehigh students have many profes­sional opportunities.
Piazza often recruits for Deloitte at Lehigh, and Slova, a Deloitte tax partner, said he has also been coming to Lehigh for two years to recruit even more Lehigh students.
“How many of you have already had your first interview, and how many of you are petrified of your first interview?” Piazza asked the student audience.
The team from Deloitte explained that a new type of interview style for companies is a behavioral interview. The questions asked in this type of interview examine leader­ship, teamwork and problem-solving skills. They also assess initiative.
The team explained that questions may also revolve around how applicants have overcome particular challenges.
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By BECCA BEDNARZ
The Women’s Center held its annual V-Day performance with several showings of “The Vagina Monologues” this past weekend.
V-Day is a global activ­ist movement to end violence against women and girls, accord­ing to the Women’s Center.
The movement promotes cre­ative events to increase aware­ness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-vio­lence organizations.
Proceeds generated by the performances were donated to Turning Point of Lehigh Valley. According to Turning Point, the facility is a safe place where vic­tims of abuse and their children can find refuge.
The center aims to eliminate domestic violence; increase community awareness of the problem; and empower victims of domestic violence by provid­ing shelter and support services.
“The Vagina Monologues” is an award-winning play based on V-Day founder and playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women.
It is comprised of a varying number of monologues read by women.
Each of the monologues deals with an aspect of the feminine experience. The event aims to generate broader attention for the movement to stop violence against women and girls, includ­ing rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sex slavery.
“The reason that I participat­ed was that gender violence is still very prominent, and I want to raise money for those who have been exposed and need a place of safety,” said Sofie Coo­persmith, ’16, the director of this year’s V-Day performance.
She said she also hopes to bring the issues raised by “The Vagina Monologues” to the attention of the entire Lehigh campus because college students are at a target age for gender violence.
Coopersmith cast; blocked; and selected the backdrop and
n The LVAIC Sus­tainability Conference encouraged sustainable living habits.
Women’s Center presents ‘The Vagina Monologues’
LVAIC conference comes to Lehigh
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n The production aims to raise awareness about gender violence and is­sues around the world.ability plan in April 2012.
The plan details the steps Lehigh will take to become more sustainable and environ­mentally friendly in terms of energy use, food purchasing, water waste, transportation and more.
Lehigh’s past achievements in sustainability, partnered with this conference, demon­strate a significant step toward an ultimate goal of long-term sustainability.
The conference included presentations, interactive workshops, a poster session and an exhibitor forum. Many students had the opportunity to attend presentations.
Eric Weiss, ’14, and a group of fellow students pre­sented the Sustainable Waste Processing Project, funded by Lehigh’s “GreenFund.” The goal of the project is to measure the waste of the food served at Lehigh.
“It was good to hear that other schools in the area have common goals,” Weiss said.
Projects like the GreenFund presented at the conference displayed how Lehigh is con­tributing to sustainability.
Students, organizations, faculty and staff from Ce­dar Crest College, Lafayette College, DeSales Univer­sity, Moravian College and Muhlenberg College also at­tended the conference.
Cedar Crest’s Stephanie Augustine, ’14, and Joellyn Colangelo, ’14, spoke about the dangers of reforestation to the conference’s attendees.
Companies are replant­ing trees once cut down with non-native trees, only to cut the same trees down again, according to Augustine and Colangelo. They advocated for replacing such trees with trees that are endangered and affected by diseases.
Both said that deforestation is something that is going to
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