Brown and White Vol. 129 no. 11

              The Brown and White Vol. 129 No. 11
Friday, October 9, 2015 ‘All the Lehigh News First’
Donation goal increased ‘for the kids’
By SARAH BOYLE
B&W Staff
Lehigh students are preparing to
break out their dancing shoes for
the third annual Dance Marathon
on Oct. 24, which raises money
and awareness for the Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia.
The dance marathon movement
was brought to Lehigh two years
ago with its debut of an eight-hour
marathon. As the event has grown
in supporters and popularity, the
executive board is looking to reach a
10-hour mark and make it an even
bigger event.
Since the Lehigh Dance Marathon
is a relatively new event for the
university, the team will look to the
successes of other dance marathons
that have been held nationally with
tremendous fundraising outcomes.
For example, Penn State’s THON
marathons for 46 hours and raised
$13,026,653.23 in 2015.
Dance Marathon was brought to
Lehigh to unite students and raise
money for the Children’s Hospital
of Philadelphia. Students and their
supporters exceeded expectations by
raising a total of $54,243.37 last year.
After surpassing the team’s per-sonal
goals last year, they decided to
set a goal of $75,000 this year. There
is now a fundraising minimum of $1
in order to participate in the event,
and the requirement was put in place
to reach this new goal.
“We hope to reach and even exceed
our goal, and with the support of the
entire Lehigh community I know we
can do it,” said Marlena Boesch, ’18,
morale chair of Dance Marathon.
Dance Marathon is not the only
fundraising event the team has
hosted in support of the Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia, but it is a
culmination of various fundraising
events. As soon as Dance Marathon
ends, fundraising for the next year
begins. Fundraisers have been held
at Panera Bread, The Cup and
Menchies frozen yogurt. A 5K run
was also organized, and the Goose
will be kept open late twice before
the event.
Dance Marathon is being promoted
throughout campus with the prom-ise
of a special pizza party to the
team that raises the most money.
Members encourage all students
to create a team and start raising
money, regardless of their affiliations
with Greek life, athletics or various
clubs.
“We stand for the kids that can’t,”
said Alli Rubin, ’18, public relations
In preparation for its third
year, the Lehigh University
Dance Marathon team has
raised its fundraising
goal to $75,000
Chris Barry/B&W Staff
TOP: Executives and volunteers hold up the final amount raised at
Lehigh’s second Dance Marathon on Nov. 8, 2014. Over $54,000 was
raised for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia through the event.
BOTTOM: Miracle Child Toseef speaks about his experiences with
the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with his brothers and sisters
See DANCE Page 2 at the second Dance Marathon.
Coalition to release anti-hazing statement
The Black Student Union will
host its second annual Fash-ion
Show on Oct. 16. This
year the fashion show will in-clude
many campus organiza-tions
and other area colleges.
See Page 5
Inside Lifestyle
By MATTHEW COSSEL
B&W Staff
Hazing will come to the forefront
of campus conversation as Lehigh’s
Hazing Prevention Coalition will
release its statement regarding the
banned practice this Friday.
The statement, which was
crafted over the last academic
year, was a main component
of the coalition’s work for the
year, according to Elizabeth
Shayler, the assistant direc-tor
of Fraternity and Sorority
Affairs.
The coalition, which was formed
in 2013 and meets once a month, is
comprised of students, faculty and
staff. Shayler, who is a member, said
that the three student representa-tives
are from the men’s swimming
team, Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, and
the Marching 97. The group members
are meant to represent the types of
organizations that may experience
hazing — athletic teams, Greek life
chapters and campus groups.
The faculty and staff representa-tives,
which can be found in a list
on the coalition’s website, come
from various departments across
campus. Offices represented include
Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, Dean
of Students and Residential Services,
among others.
The coalition was born from
the University of Maine’s Hazing
Prevention Consortium, an initiative
led by StopHazing Inc. to aid in haz-ing
prevention on U.S. college cam-puses
and beyond, according to the
coalition’s website.
The consortium’s goal is to trans-form
hazing cultures by developing
an evidence base for effective hazing
prevention.
Lehigh is one of eight universities
to be a part of this consortium.
Other universities involved
include the University
of Central Florida, the
University of Arizona and
the University of Virginia.
Lehigh was invited to be a part
of the consortium due to initiatives
developed by the Office of Fraternity
and Sororities Affairs, according to
Allison Gulati, the associate dean
See HAZING Page 3