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The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 12 Friday, March 24, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Academic honors cut from commencement ceremony By JULIAN LYNN B&W Staff Graduating Lehigh students who receive academic honors, awards and prizes will not be pub-licly recognized during this year’s commencement and convocation ceremonies. In past years, individual accom-plishments were announced at the ceremonies, giving students the opportunity to be acknowledged by their classmates and professors. “I don’t think it’s fair because you work really hard through-out your four years here,” Emilee Strange, ’17, said. “It feels as though recognition of your hard work is taken away.” According to the Office of University Events, the reason for this change can be attributed to the extra week that was added during the 2014-15 academic year to accommodate a new winter ses-sion. This caused the posting of final grades to be delayed until after commencement due to a shorter spring semester. Starting this year, the students’ academic honors will be listed in the ceremony’s program and will only take fall semester grades into account. These awards are subject to change after the inclusion of final GPA and class grades. Jazmine Alicea, ’17, thinks this new system is unfair to students who have worked hard for their good grades. She said Lehigh should clearly inform award recip-ients that their academic honors might be changed after commence-ment weekend. Steve Wilson, the director of Institutional Assessment, wrote in an email that commencement is mainly a ceremony of celebration for those who are expected to com-plete their degrees. “We include the names of stu-dents who have registered their expectation of graduation,” Wilson wrote, “but sometimes circum-stances delay their completion by one or more semesters.” Once final grades and GPA are calculated, a confirmed academic honors list, including final spring semester grades, will be posted online by July 1. Meg Kelly/B&W Staff In this May 23, 2016, file photo, Lehigh’s Class of 2016 commencement and convocation takes place at Goodman Stadium. This year’s ceremony will only include honors, awards and prizes in the pamphlet. Fall semester grades to determine graduation awards, spring grades to be factored in later Tackling the ‘Sketchlehem’ myth By SAM TOPP, KATIE MORRIS Associate News Editor, Special to B&W Study shows interaction with Bethlehem residents improves relations The use of terms like “Sketchlehem” to refer to the Bethlehem community and “townie” to refer to its residents is common-place on Lehigh’s campus. Although some students might consider them humorous, these terms are reflective of a deeper divide between Lehigh students and South Bethlehem residents. Anonymous data collected from 16 South Bethlehem residents and 126 Lehigh students shows a positive correla-tion between the amount of times the two groups interact with each other and their per-ception of the rela-tionship between the groups. “Calling peo-ple ‘townies’ allows a distinct oth-er- ing that dehumanizes residents,” Megan McMichael, ’17, said. “It is in this way that Lehigh students can leave behind their empathy for their neighbors. Better behav-ior from Lehigh students will most likely encourage a warmer recep-tion from South Side residents.” The majority of Lehigh students who have attended one or more events on the South Side rate their interactions with South Bethlehem residents as positive. When stu-dents attend an average of two events, the student population views its relationship with resi-dents in a favorable way. Most South Bethlehem residents said they haven’t seen a significant change in their relationship with Lehigh students. Six of the 16 par-ticipants said the relationship had not changed at all over the last few years. However, they said they would like to see a stronger relationship develop in the future. The majori-ty of students who have attended any South Side events also want a stronger relationship to create a sense of community between the two groups. “I think that students think the relationship with the South Side is negative because they don’t try to get to know any of the full-time residents,” Dani Joy, ’17, said. “(Students) just go off of stereotypes and rumors.” Carolina Hernandez, the director of the Community Service Office, works to improve Lehigh’s relation-ship with the local community by ensuring community members feel comfortable on Lehigh’s campus. She said when she first started at Lehigh, there were teenagers living in the homes surrounding Lehigh who had never even stepped foot on campus. Many local residents believed they were not allowed on university grounds. “Our job is to be a good neighbor and work with each other, not for See BETHLEHEM Page 3 “Lehigh was not here first. Scott Burden Pride Center, asst. director ” Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 132 no. 12 |
Date | 2017-03-24 |
Month | 03 |
Day | 24 |
Year | 2017 |
Volume | 132 |
Issue | 12 |
Type | Newspaper |
Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
LCCN | 7019854 |
Source Repository Code | LYU |
Digital Responsible Institution | Lehigh University |
Digital Responsible Institution Code | LYU |
Issue/Edition Pattern | Semiweekly |
Title Essay | Published twice a week during the college year by the students of Lehigh University |
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Title | Page 1 |
Date | 2017-03-24 |
FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 12 Friday, March 24, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Academic honors cut from commencement ceremony By JULIAN LYNN B&W Staff Graduating Lehigh students who receive academic honors, awards and prizes will not be pub-licly recognized during this year’s commencement and convocation ceremonies. In past years, individual accom-plishments were announced at the ceremonies, giving students the opportunity to be acknowledged by their classmates and professors. “I don’t think it’s fair because you work really hard through-out your four years here,” Emilee Strange, ’17, said. “It feels as though recognition of your hard work is taken away.” According to the Office of University Events, the reason for this change can be attributed to the extra week that was added during the 2014-15 academic year to accommodate a new winter ses-sion. This caused the posting of final grades to be delayed until after commencement due to a shorter spring semester. Starting this year, the students’ academic honors will be listed in the ceremony’s program and will only take fall semester grades into account. These awards are subject to change after the inclusion of final GPA and class grades. Jazmine Alicea, ’17, thinks this new system is unfair to students who have worked hard for their good grades. She said Lehigh should clearly inform award recip-ients that their academic honors might be changed after commence-ment weekend. Steve Wilson, the director of Institutional Assessment, wrote in an email that commencement is mainly a ceremony of celebration for those who are expected to com-plete their degrees. “We include the names of stu-dents who have registered their expectation of graduation,” Wilson wrote, “but sometimes circum-stances delay their completion by one or more semesters.” Once final grades and GPA are calculated, a confirmed academic honors list, including final spring semester grades, will be posted online by July 1. Meg Kelly/B&W Staff In this May 23, 2016, file photo, Lehigh’s Class of 2016 commencement and convocation takes place at Goodman Stadium. This year’s ceremony will only include honors, awards and prizes in the pamphlet. Fall semester grades to determine graduation awards, spring grades to be factored in later Tackling the ‘Sketchlehem’ myth By SAM TOPP, KATIE MORRIS Associate News Editor, Special to B&W Study shows interaction with Bethlehem residents improves relations The use of terms like “Sketchlehem” to refer to the Bethlehem community and “townie” to refer to its residents is common-place on Lehigh’s campus. Although some students might consider them humorous, these terms are reflective of a deeper divide between Lehigh students and South Bethlehem residents. Anonymous data collected from 16 South Bethlehem residents and 126 Lehigh students shows a positive correla-tion between the amount of times the two groups interact with each other and their per-ception of the rela-tionship between the groups. “Calling peo-ple ‘townies’ allows a distinct oth-er- ing that dehumanizes residents,” Megan McMichael, ’17, said. “It is in this way that Lehigh students can leave behind their empathy for their neighbors. Better behav-ior from Lehigh students will most likely encourage a warmer recep-tion from South Side residents.” The majority of Lehigh students who have attended one or more events on the South Side rate their interactions with South Bethlehem residents as positive. When stu-dents attend an average of two events, the student population views its relationship with resi-dents in a favorable way. Most South Bethlehem residents said they haven’t seen a significant change in their relationship with Lehigh students. Six of the 16 par-ticipants said the relationship had not changed at all over the last few years. However, they said they would like to see a stronger relationship develop in the future. The majori-ty of students who have attended any South Side events also want a stronger relationship to create a sense of community between the two groups. “I think that students think the relationship with the South Side is negative because they don’t try to get to know any of the full-time residents,” Dani Joy, ’17, said. “(Students) just go off of stereotypes and rumors.” Carolina Hernandez, the director of the Community Service Office, works to improve Lehigh’s relation-ship with the local community by ensuring community members feel comfortable on Lehigh’s campus. She said when she first started at Lehigh, there were teenagers living in the homes surrounding Lehigh who had never even stepped foot on campus. Many local residents believed they were not allowed on university grounds. “Our job is to be a good neighbor and work with each other, not for See BETHLEHEM Page 3 “Lehigh was not here first. Scott Burden Pride Center, asst. director ” Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff |
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