Check here for the most-read, most talked about stories to appear in the pages of The Brown and White this year. (0) comments
Greek Week has been suspended for the 2009-2010 academic year, according to an e-mail sent to fraternity and sorority members Friday, May 1 by Tim Wilkinson, director of fraternity and sorority affairs in conjunction with Derek Lutchko, president of the Interfraternity Council and Lauren Harte, president of the Panhellenic Council. (30) comments
Library and Technology Services has created a digital archive of issues of The Brown and White since its launch in 1894. Although the project is still in progress, several issues are available at http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/brownandwhite. Check back in the fall for coverage of the archive's official launch. (0) comments
The Council for Equity and Community launched its Web site Monday, to show social justice and diversity issues are being addressed at Lehigh since the on campus incidents that occurred after the presidential election in November. Shortly after the election of Barack Obama, two racist incidents were reported by students and brought up in a town hall meeting coordinated by the CEC. (0) comments
Engineering professor Patrick Farrell has been appointed as Lehigh University's next provost and vice president for academic affairs, President Alice Gast wrote in an e-mail to the Lehigh community Thursday.Farrell is a professor of mechanical engineering and the former provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (0) comments
Lehigh was named the No. 14 party school in the United States, according to Playboy Magazine's 2009 list of Top Party Schools.Lehigh was the top private school named on the list, which had the University of Miami taking the top spot. (8) comments
A student reported that she was assaulted at about 9:15 p.m. Friday, May 1 near Neville Hall in the area of Packer Avenue, according to a safety bulletin sent to the campus community Friday night by Chief of Police Edward Shupp.The victim reported that she was approached from behind by two males, according to the bulletin. (1) comment
The Bethlehem Police are looking for a man they believe broke into two off-campus student houses early in the morning on Friday, May 1, according to a May 1 article in the Express-Times.Police said the suspect broke into two homes on the 200 block of East Fifth Street, stealing items and damaging others, according to the Express-Times article. (0) comments
The Brown and White has ceased regular publication and will resume on Aug. 31.Check back over the summer for breaking news, updates, and coverage of the opening of the Sands BethWorks casino. (1) comment
Luis Villegas, '12, commutes to school, parking on Mountaintop Campus where he has a permit. But while the $40 commuter permit prevents him from getting parking tickets on the Mountaintop campus, it doesn't shorten the 30 to 40 minutes he spends each day on the bus getting from his parking space to class. (8) comments
The Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution March 24 encouraging President Alice Gast to sign the Amethyst Initiative on behalf of the student body. The resolution was suggested by Jeffrey Boyarsky, '09, and seconded by Avi Lessner, '10, as part of the Student Advocacy and Safety Committee. (1) comment
Between midnight and 4 a.m. Wednesday, an intruder entered a house on the 600 block of Laufer Street, stealing thousands of dollars worth of property, according to residents of the house. (1) comment
Engineer wins top honorNader Okasha, a doctoral candidate in structural engineering, recently won the 2009 Nevada Medal for Distinguished Graduate Student Paper in Bridge Engineering.Okasha won the international award for his work developing an integrated framework for the structural management of bridge and ship structures under uncertainty, according to a release. (0) comments
Electronic devices are getting hotter as more heat-generating transistors are being crammed onto each microchip, but one Lehigh professor hopes to change that.Slava Rotkin, an assistant physics professor, has been working with a team to develop nanotube technology that will help cool electronics, such as laptops. (0) comments
The Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem may provide an opportunity for local businesses to improve their bottom line in the struggling economy and provide job opportunities for local residents. The casino, located on Route 412 on the South Side, is set to open May 22. (0) comments
Student Senate met for its eighth and last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, April 21.Hana Horakova, '11, club affairs chair, said the committee has set its goals for next semester and plans to start early on their fall agenda. To increase communication between senate and club presidents, the committee suggested that senators sit in on the first few club meetings of next semester. (0) comments
The Lehigh football team hosted a bone marrow testing drive Sunday at Grace Hall to find matches to treat people with different types of blood and bone marrow cancers.Football students gathered on the sidewalk in front of Grace Hall, calling out to pedestrians to get a blood test. (0) comments
The annual Move Out Collection Drive and Great South Side Sale, organized by the Community Service Office for the past 11 years, will take place again as this semester comes to a close.The programs first started when Professor Kim Carrell-Smith and her husband, Professor John Smith, were walking around campus and saw all of the good-conditioned items students were throwing away. (0) comments
Police have detained a man they believe broke into several student houses on East Fifth and Webster streets, according to a May 4 article in the Morning Call.Hipolito Vasquez Jr., 24, of Bethlehem has been charged with burglary and various other charges and is being held at Northampton County Prison, according to the article. (0) comments
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