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ISA Hosts Annual Extravaganza April 5-12
The International Students’ Association (ISA) is hosting its annual Extravaganza April 5-12 to promote dialogue between cultural groups and of various global issues on campus. This year’s theme is “Defining Humanity,” a follow-up to last year’s theme, “One Root, Many Leaves.” Activities for this year include region-specific cultural exhibitions and brownbag lectures held during the lunch hour, evening group discussions, and a World Cup soccer tournament to be held April 5-6. The week will culminate on Friday, April 11 with an international dinner at 5:30 p.m., an international fashion show at 7 p.m., and the traditional Grand Finale, which will be held in the Williams Center for the Arts.
Mar 27, 2008
Hispanic Society Hosts Third Annual Latino Awareness Conference March 27-29 The College’s Hispanic Society is sponsoring the third annual Latino Awareness Conference running Thursday, March 27- Saturday, March 29. The theme for this year’s conference is “Facing Challenges and Envisioning Possibilities: Education in the Americas. “The goal of this conference is to provide the opportunity for cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary dialogue on campus revolving around the education of people of color, but more specifically Hispanics both here in the United States as well as abroad,” explains Vanessa Araujo-Lopera ’08 (Woodhaven, N.Y.), an international economics and commerce major and president of the Hispanic Society.
Mar 07, 2008
Alpha Gamma Delta Hosts Spring Eggstravaganza March 8 Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will be holding its annual fund raiser, Spring Eggstravaganza, from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8 in the Marlo Room of Farinon College Center. All children are welcome to take part in the fun-filled festivities. Children will have the opportunity to decorate eggs, take part in a candy toss, go on an egg hunt, and learn the bunny hop dance. Admission for this event is $2 per child. All proceeds go to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation to support juvenile diabetes research.
Mar 03, 2008
Slideshow: Kwanzaa A slideshow captures the recent celebration of Kwanzaa by students, faculty, and staff, who participated in a variety of performances including poetry, dance, and song to celebrate African-American culture. Click on the Podcast/Slideshows link on the Lafayette homepage, then More Slideshows, to view it. Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, professor of black studies at California State University-Long Beach. Observed from Dec. 26-Jan. 1, the holiday celebrates community, family, and culture. It is not a religious holiday or an alternative for religion, but rather a platform to provide common ground for African culture. The seven days of celebration serve to reinforce the holiday’s seven principles.
Dec 05, 2007
ACACIA Celebrates Heritage with African Bazaar Night Nov. 10
Nov 08, 2007
Delta Upsilon Fraternity Donates $1,100 to Spring Garden Children’s Center
Nov 06, 2007
Trick or Treat on the Hill Oct. 30 Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will hold its annual Trick or Treat on the Hill event for children in the Easton community from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Tuesday, Oct. 30. Admission is $3 per child, with all proceeds benefiting the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation. The event will feature trick-or-treating at Greek houses and residence halls on campus decorated as haunted houses. Check in will be in the Marlo Room in Farinon
College
Center. Members of Alpha Gamma Delta will escort groups of children to each house on campus. There will also be spooky crafts and games for the children in Farinon.
Oct 26, 2007
Fraternities and Sororities Celebrate Greek Week 2007
Oct 15, 2007
Fostering Personal and Intellectual Development through Brotherhood
Oct 11, 2007
Dating Violence Can Be Prevented
Oct 09, 2007
A Memorial to the Fallen
Sep 28, 2007
Living in the TREEhouse On the third floor of Keefe Hall, students don’t just live together. They practice an environmentally friendly style of living together. The True Environmental Experience, or TREEhouse, floor strives to establish a low-impact, environmentally-conscious culture. The floor is a paradigm of recycling, efficiency, and conservation employing human ingenuity to develop a virtually waste-less community. It is a pilot for new campus-wide environmental and energy policy. Once a month, TREEhouse students organize and participate in programs that promote environmental awareness on our campus.
Sep 27, 2007
Campus Invited to Celebrate with Brothers of Lafayette The Brothers of Lafayette invite the campus community to come out and celebrate prior to the football game against Princeton noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Activities for the Brothers of Lafayette (BOL) Day will take place on the hill behind Pardee Hall. There will be music, hamburgers and hot dogs, flag football, wiffle ball, volleyball, and tug of war. There will also be games on the Quad with the Lafayette African and Caribbean Students Association (LACSA). After the game, students are invited to the Portlock Black Cultural Center, where there will be a variety of games including video games, board games, and card games. Snacks will be provided.
Sep 20, 2007
Students LEAP into a New School Year
This school year, Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection (LEAP) is initiating or continuing numerous projects meant to help bring about a greener campus and promote environmental responsibility among students. Chemical engineering major Dan Goldberg ’09 (Avon, Conn.) serves as president of LEAP. He stresses the importance for the campus to become greener. “It is essential for our campus to become a green institution because it will set an example for the students, parents, and local community,” he says. “If we can show students how to become environmentally responsible while in college, then hopefully they will bring these ideals to the real world.”
Aug 22, 2007
All College Day and Midnight Breakfast Held May 5
Students are invited to celebrate the end of the semester at All College Day, noon Saturday, May 5 on March Field. A long standing campus tradition, the event takes place the day after the last day of classes. Students can enjoy a day of barbeque, inflatables, and games. “All College Day is a wonderful opportunity for students to have one last big event before finals and leaving to go home for the summer. It’s also a great social opportunity to spend time with friends, faculty, and administration,” says Lauren Ibbotson, assistant director of student life programs.
May 01, 2007
Delta Delta Delta Sorority Hosts Flapjack Attack April 28 Delta Delta Delta sorority will host its first pancake breakfast for Lafayette students 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, April 28 at the sorority house, 2 West Campus Lane. Tickets for the “Flapjack Attack” are $3 at the door. Pancakes and juice will be served by sorority members. Proceeds from the event will benefit the sorority’s national philanthropic partner, St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. So far this year, Delta Delta Delta has raised over $6,500 for St. Jude’s.
Apr 27, 2007
Meeting Explores Possibility of New Greek Organization A group of students will hold an informational meeting 7 p.m. Sunday April 22 in Colton Chapel to explore the possibility and gauge the interest level of forming a new Greek organization on campus.The new organization would be a fraternity or sorority which was historically founded by African Americans but the membership would be open to everyone, regardless of their race. “This session is going to educate students about historically founded black fraternities and sororities, dispel misconceptions, shed light on the effects this could have on our campus, and ask the students if they have interest in joining,” says meeting organizer LaMika Robinson ’10.
Apr 20, 2007
Brothers of Lafayette and Interfraternity Council Forge Closer Relationship The women of Lafayette got quite a surprise in March. Dressed in shirts and ties, 20 members of the Interfraternity Council and Brothers of Lafayette showed their appreciation for the women on campus by passing out 500 flowers to lucky female passers-by during the “Women are Roses” event. After Braden Tilghman ’09, president of Interfraternity Council, attended a Brothers of Lafayette meeting, Roger Ellis ’07, president of Brothers of Lafayette, decided that “Women are Roses” was the perfect opportunity to promote social interaction between the two groups while collaborating on the event.
Apr 18, 2007
ISA Hosts Annual Extravaganza April 7-14
Lafayette’s International Students Association (ISA) will hold its annual Extravaganza Monday, April 7 through Saturday, April 14. This year’s theme, “United: One Root, Many Leaves,” highlights a different region of the world each day with a cultural exhibit in Farinon College Center, brown bag discussions, and various evening activities. "The idea is that while the world is beset with differences and boundaries, it is important to remind ourselves that the human race has come from the same roots, and while we have all evolved and grown in different directions like the branches of a tree, there is and will always be a common bond to all of us," says ISA vice president Vijay Krishnan '07.
Mar 28, 2007
Students Come Together for a Cause
Last weekend’s "Dance for Darfur" was a huge success with more than 200 students in attendance and $2,430 raised for the Save Darfur Coalition. “I think it was inspiring to see so many different students supporting this cause, which illustrates how Lafayette students are willing to come together for issues concerning not just their local community but for humanity,” says international affairs and French double major Jillian Gaeta ’07 (Middletown, N.J.), who organized the event. “It is important for students to become engaged with organizations like the Save Darfur Coalition because they play an active role in making a difference in the world.”
Mar 07, 2007
