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The Brown and White Vol. 133 No. 17 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Lehigh community responds to trustees’ decision By EMMA DILLON B&W Staff Lehigh’s board of trustees announced it would take “no action” in response to the peti-tion to rescind President Donald Trump’s 1988 honorary degree, despite it receiving more than 30,000 signatures. The petition, created in August by alumna Kelly McCoy, ’17, gen-erated debate among students, faculty and alumni. A survey conducted by The Brown and White found that 75 percent of respondents thought the board should rescind Trump’s honorary degree. The discussion regarding Trump’s honorary degree began in spring 2016. Nick Ungson, ’18G, the presi-dent of Graduate Student Senate, administered surveys throughout the spring of 2016 and 2017 to better understand how graduate students felt about the topic. Ungson said results from the Sam Henry/B&W Staff Nick Ungson, ’18G, speaks at the end of the Founder’s Day ceremony on Oct. 19 in Packer Memorial Church. Ungson said the Graduate Student Senate’s executive board has yet to consider if it will take any further steps in response to the board of trustees’ decision about See TRUMP Page 4 President Trump’s honorary degree. 2017 survey indicated the pro-portion of people in favor of keep-ing Trump’s honorary degree decreased since 2016, and the proportion of people in favor of rescinding it increased in that time. Ungson said members of Graduate Student Senate’s exec-utive board have yet to consider if they will take any further steps in regard to the board’s decision, but if a group of graduate students expresses interest in continuing to pursue rescinding the degree, they will be supportive. Matthew O’Brien, ’20, the pres-ident of College Republicans, said he supports the board mem-bers’ decision because he believes they have more important things to work on, such as improving Lehigh’s infrastructure, expand-ing campus diversity and increas-ing the number of applicants to Lehigh. O’Brien said it would not be TWO SIDES OF BETHLEHEM By ANNA SIMONEAU Design Editor The Lehigh River meanders through the heart of Bethlehem. The water, transportation and resources that the river provides inspired Bethlehem’s first settlers to choose this location and offered the perfect collection of assets for Bethlehem Steel to become the second largest U.S. steel producer in its prime. The river is the city’s lifeblood, but it is also one of Bethlehem’s major challenges, slashing the city in half and creating a physical barrier between the North and South sides of the city. The divide between the North Side and the South Side goes far beyond the physical characteris-tics of the city. Often seen and rec-ognized but rarely put into words, the two sides of Bethlehem have vastly different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds that make interaction and unity within the city difficult. “I think it’s not something that anybody says directly, but it’s just something that everybody kind of knows,” North Side resident Justina Uliana said. The North Side is fairly homo-geneous. According to City-Data. com, out of approximately 50 Bethlehem districts north of the Sam Henry/B&W Staff The Lehigh River separates the North and South sides of Bethlehem. Historically, the North and South sides have been separated by socioeconomic and cultural differences. river, only four have a majority non-white residential population. All of these districts are located along the border of Bethlehem’s city limits, not in the heart of the city. Out of the 12 districts south of the river, only three have a major-ity white residential population, with one of those three districts encompassing Lehigh University. The socioeconomic distribution of Bethlehem tells a similar story. Excluding Lehigh’s district, which is an outlier in median household income at $60,200, the highest median household income of a district south of the river is $44,200, according to City Data. Conversely, the highest median See DIVIDE Page 4 household income of a district north of the river is over twice that at $102,500. The causes of this cultural and socioeconomic divide are rooted in Bethlehem’s history. The North and South sides of Bethlehem were originally Cultural and socioeconomic conditions divide the city
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 133 no. 17 |
Date | 2017-11-07 |
Month | 11 |
Day | 07 |
Year | 2017 |
Volume | 133 |
Issue | 17 |
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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Date | 2017-11-07 |
FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 133 No. 17 Tuesday, November 7, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Lehigh community responds to trustees’ decision By EMMA DILLON B&W Staff Lehigh’s board of trustees announced it would take “no action” in response to the peti-tion to rescind President Donald Trump’s 1988 honorary degree, despite it receiving more than 30,000 signatures. The petition, created in August by alumna Kelly McCoy, ’17, gen-erated debate among students, faculty and alumni. A survey conducted by The Brown and White found that 75 percent of respondents thought the board should rescind Trump’s honorary degree. The discussion regarding Trump’s honorary degree began in spring 2016. Nick Ungson, ’18G, the presi-dent of Graduate Student Senate, administered surveys throughout the spring of 2016 and 2017 to better understand how graduate students felt about the topic. Ungson said results from the Sam Henry/B&W Staff Nick Ungson, ’18G, speaks at the end of the Founder’s Day ceremony on Oct. 19 in Packer Memorial Church. Ungson said the Graduate Student Senate’s executive board has yet to consider if it will take any further steps in response to the board of trustees’ decision about See TRUMP Page 4 President Trump’s honorary degree. 2017 survey indicated the pro-portion of people in favor of keep-ing Trump’s honorary degree decreased since 2016, and the proportion of people in favor of rescinding it increased in that time. Ungson said members of Graduate Student Senate’s exec-utive board have yet to consider if they will take any further steps in regard to the board’s decision, but if a group of graduate students expresses interest in continuing to pursue rescinding the degree, they will be supportive. Matthew O’Brien, ’20, the pres-ident of College Republicans, said he supports the board mem-bers’ decision because he believes they have more important things to work on, such as improving Lehigh’s infrastructure, expand-ing campus diversity and increas-ing the number of applicants to Lehigh. O’Brien said it would not be TWO SIDES OF BETHLEHEM By ANNA SIMONEAU Design Editor The Lehigh River meanders through the heart of Bethlehem. The water, transportation and resources that the river provides inspired Bethlehem’s first settlers to choose this location and offered the perfect collection of assets for Bethlehem Steel to become the second largest U.S. steel producer in its prime. The river is the city’s lifeblood, but it is also one of Bethlehem’s major challenges, slashing the city in half and creating a physical barrier between the North and South sides of the city. The divide between the North Side and the South Side goes far beyond the physical characteris-tics of the city. Often seen and rec-ognized but rarely put into words, the two sides of Bethlehem have vastly different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds that make interaction and unity within the city difficult. “I think it’s not something that anybody says directly, but it’s just something that everybody kind of knows,” North Side resident Justina Uliana said. The North Side is fairly homo-geneous. According to City-Data. com, out of approximately 50 Bethlehem districts north of the Sam Henry/B&W Staff The Lehigh River separates the North and South sides of Bethlehem. Historically, the North and South sides have been separated by socioeconomic and cultural differences. river, only four have a majority non-white residential population. All of these districts are located along the border of Bethlehem’s city limits, not in the heart of the city. Out of the 12 districts south of the river, only three have a major-ity white residential population, with one of those three districts encompassing Lehigh University. The socioeconomic distribution of Bethlehem tells a similar story. Excluding Lehigh’s district, which is an outlier in median household income at $60,200, the highest median household income of a district south of the river is $44,200, according to City Data. Conversely, the highest median See DIVIDE Page 4 household income of a district north of the river is over twice that at $102,500. The causes of this cultural and socioeconomic divide are rooted in Bethlehem’s history. The North and South sides of Bethlehem were originally Cultural and socioeconomic conditions divide the city |
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