Welcome to Lehigh!
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The Patriot editorial staff would like to welcome all new students to Lehigh, as well as welcome back all returning students! As a special service all Lehigh students, but especially Lehigh freshmen, we have compiled our first-ever “Freshmen Issue” of the Lehigh Patriot!
A Sneak Preview! What's inside? Find out later this week!
It’s filled with all the stuff you won’t hear during orientation: the best beverages floating around Lehigh, the real information on dining on campus and in the surrounding area, some advice for surviving your first year at Lehigh, and much more!
While we had hoped to have it ready for the Lehigh community at the club fair today, we were a little delayed through the publishing process. Nevertheless, we’ll be getting it to you later this week, so keep an eye out for it in the common rooms and dining halls! Additionally, all articles will be available here for comment, as well as a .pdf of the issue, so check back here once you’ve read it, and let us know what you think!
If you are interested in joining the Patriot, and didn’t find us at the club fair, just shoot an e-mail to: editor@lehighpatriot.com and we’ll keep you in the loop. We’ll also be posting info about our first meeting of the year here on the website, so feel free to show up!
Again, welcome to Lehigh, and enjoy your first day of class!
Editorial Staff @ August 30, 2010
Website Maintenance
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LehighPatriot.com will be undergoing website maintenance from Monday, July 26th until Tuesday, August 10th. During that time, this site may not be available, and will be undergoing considerable changes. In the mean time, all pages will be made available in a stable version of the site at http://www.lehighpatriot.com/backup/. However, no new content will be posted, and no comments will be saved on that site. The Patriot will be up and running for the 2010-2011 academic year, so check back in a few weeks for brand new content!
Editorial Staff @ July 25, 2010
School-Sanctioned Extortion
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It is the end of the semester, and once again Lehigh Dining has begun the process of extorting money from the student body. Instead of turning Water into Wine, Dining Services has begun turning Meal Plan meals into dust.
Lehigh University's Truck Sale
Take the 225 block meal plan, a favorite of Freshmen. It costs $2,230 and comes with 225 meals and $50 dining dollars. This breaks down to $2180, or $9.68 per meal. However, when using meal plan meals as cash equivalencies, a student is only given $4.25 credit. While this is understandable because both dining halls and other establishments overlap and as a result are inefficient, the loss of $5 in equity per meal is enormous, and is essentially plundering the pockets of unknowing freshmen. The exchange rate only worsens when one examines smaller meal plans, such as the 75 meal plan, which costs $12.67 per meal. The irony here is a Dinner at the dining hall costs only $12.25, meaning buying a meal plan includes a convenience charge of 42 cents.
| # of Meals | Cost ($) | Dining Dollars | Cost per Meal ($) |
| 225 | 2230 | 50 | 9.69 |
| 150 | 1965 | 125 | 12.27 |
| 75 | 1200 | 250 | 12.67 |
| 50 | 935 | 250 | 13.70 |
However, the real issue is how the University handles unused meals; extorting students more than they already do.
Prices at the Lehigh University "Bulk Sale"
Turning to a case-study of Lehigh’s Dining Dilemma, A case of Gatorade is $43.99. (24 bottles, 20 oz.) A quick Google search reveals a case at Staploes for $25, and Warehouse retailer Sam’s Club sells a case for $15. Even adding in the $35 for a membership to Sam’s Club, it is still cheaper than buying from Dining Services.
Aquafina Water is even more egregious than Gatorade; $30.99 off the truck, and $4.88 at Sam’s Club.
While the examples go on and on, it is simply ridiculous to extort students by cashing in on their leftover dining dollars. If anything, students should be given cash back equal to half of the value of unused meals.
Michael Caffrey @ May 6, 2010
The Most Interesting Politician… in the World
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Gary Johnson - Rogue Politician
It may actually be Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Triathlete. Yes, that’s right: politician and triathlete. Seriously, who does that? Sure, you’ve probably never heard of him, but he is one of the most refreshing politicians out there today. As the profile on him (link below) states, he is currently considering running for President in 2012. To some, he may be classified as a Ron Paul copycat with no chance of success, but realistically the man has some good ideas. Here are some highlights from the article:
“The fact that we are arresting 1.8 million people a year — and to what end? We have had virtually no effect on this in decades of pursuing current policy. I don’t know why we can’t accept marijuana use similar to alcohol.”
“It’s never been a consideration that I would enlist the services of a prostitute, myself personally,” he says. “But if I were to do that, where would I want to enlist that service? Well, it would probably be in Nevada, where it’s legal, because it would be safe.”
“I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don’t watch him.”
“Johnson laments that the nation is “bankrupt” and adds that the current level of national borrowing is “catastrophic.” He blames both parties for this sorry state of affairs. Johnson’ s prescription is plain: “slashing spending,” especially with regard to “the Big Four: Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Defense.”
And the best quote of the bunch:
“I don’t think you’ll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do.”
This country, and the GOP particularly, need a leader who can unfetter them from the draconian members of the religious right. It also needs someone who can make the tough choices with regard to fiscal policy, and who will actually stand up and say that we are not going to expand the government. It needs someone without the ego of our last few Presidents. It needs “The most interesting politician… in the world.” Here’s to you, Gary Johnson.
Read more about Gary Johnson here.
Benjamin Mumma @ May 6, 2010
Caption Contest
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In Lehigh’s Hawks Nest restaurant, there has been a noticeable shortage of utensils. Due to the proximity to the end of the semester, the Hawks Nest has not ordered more plastic-ware.
Michael Caffrey @ May 5, 2010
Conservative or Conservationist?
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Joseph C. Phillips had an interesting article tackling one of the most common myths the New Left pushes when it comes to conservatives: the belief that conservatives hate change.
I don’t know how this label got started; either conservatives opposed the liberals’ wishes to increase government power in the ’30s and ’60s, or it is just another way to call the GOP a party of “old white men.” All Republicans are not Conservative, and not all Conservatives are Republicans. I refer to myself as a Conservative in public because the GOP needs to revitalize their ideals. The party needs a leader, and they don’t have one. Although 41% or so the country identifies itself as conservative, only about 21% identify with the Republican Party.
Conservatives desire change: tax reform, health care reform (just not Obamacare,) and basic limiting of the federal government’s power.
Who among us wouldn’t want the government to just leave us alone?
William Thode @ April 30, 2010
A Multitude of Mulch
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Lehigh values its aesthetic value as a beautiful campus. The excessive use of mulch on our highly sloped terrain, however, is futile and unnecessary. The rain carries a large proportion of this mulch away. Established growing systems of grass, trees and other plants have infused root systems allowing them to maintain their position through a variety of weather conditions. Lehigh could benefit from replacing mulched areas with living plants that are more resistant to erosion. This shift would act to save Lehigh on the immense upkeep costs while showcasing the natural beauty of our campus. Currently, Lehigh contracts mulch to be literally pumped through hoses from a truck onto campus. Mulch is simply not a necessary expenditure of the schools resources.
Alexander Fegley @ April 28, 2010
And to think I almost called myself a “Whole Foods” Republican
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Two articles to stimulate your interest:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/attention_whole_foods_shoppers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514404574588792834312898.html
Trevor Drummond @ April 27, 2010
A Diversity Tale
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Introduction: Among the feedback I received for my last piece, “A Case Against a Chief Diversity Officer,” I was asked to propose a better system for institutional inclusion and excellence. I now present my proposal in the form of a narrative fable. The following is hypothetical, and while some source material is used (and cited), the following is a work of fiction – all named parties did not say or do anything of what you will soon read…
Fable:
“Call Sharon, we’re going to need her for this!” exclaimed Alice as she bid farewell to Bradley and the children. It was time – for Lehigh’s own “Gang of 8” to meet and discuss the future of the university, using Asa Packer’s top secret pensive to see into the future. The team – composed of President Alice Gast, Provost Pat Farrell, Development head Joe Kender, deans Meltzer, Brown and Wu (of the Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics and Engineering & Applied Science colleges, respectively), Vice Provost John Smeaton and Dean of Students Sharon Basso – met every other semester to discuss the future of Lehigh, aloof of the trustees, faculty and students.
Alice strode past the creepy painted woodshed in the grove on the hill by ATO, where a sculpture garden once stood – here was where the Gang of 8 met. Standing over the pensive, Alice ceremonially plunged her head into the cauldron. John Smeaton blew pixie dust into the air while the 7 circled Alice and the pensive, slowly chanting “Chronicle… Chronicle” in reference to their sacred text, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Sparks leapt gracelessly out of the pot – Smeaton stepped back, to avoid his robe catching spark. “Chronicle… Chronicle…” The chanting grew louder… stronger…. Suddenly, a blast of purple fog emitted from Smeaton’s mouth as he cocked his head back, shaking violently. Figures from Lehigh’s past, present and future flew out of the opening and around the grove in a frenzy – Joe Kender dove out of the way to avoid being struck by class of 2009 President Scott Wojciechowski. The infamous words of W. Deming Lewis’ 1974 Presidential Address echoed in tremolo. “…and I think we are an elite university…”
. . .“Ben, let’s go!” We were late – later than usual, in fact, for this week’s Patriot meeting. Among the agenda items, a summary review of the new diversity infrastructure implemented by the administration. Radical changes had taken place – the resource rooms disappeared, with their respective groups changing over to Senate-recognized, student-run organizations. Some resource room heads were re-used in the restructuring; others left or were asked to leave. These were considerable changes, and the Patriot had to comment. Ben jumped down the stairs, skipping every other one while avoiding the remnants of one of his “extracurricular meetings” from the night before.
“So what’s our angle?” I asked. “I really see this being one of the few things we can stand behind – the problem is, there’s so much misinformation out there. If I have to walk through one more protest… I swear…” Ben cut me off – “…I’m sick of it, too, but what else can they do? They think they’re crippled without their resource leads – they’re like a computer who lost its hard drive, they can just beep and stop functioning.” “i.e. protest and boycott class…” I followed. I held the door for Ben as we found our usual meeting space in Packard. Ben set up the projector, bringing up coverage from The Brown & White, while I found a chair. “Don’t forget to bring up the org chart!” I reminded him.
As the meeting began, Ben opened by reading one of President Gast’s legendary staged emails. “Lehigh has traditionally been a place for new beginnings,” the letter began. “I recognize that we have been in a state of limbo since the restructuring, so let me make myself perfectly clear. We are working to gain neither national attention nor recognition, though such has come upon us as an aside. We are working to create an individual environment – one school, many voices. Each of you may now stand for something, be it social change or self-liberation. We come to college to find ourselves, but we must now leave college having found one another. I believe that Lehigh has taken the necessary steps to start not one but many dialogues. Our new model of centralized diversity leadership, working groups and student leadership for special interests will allow Lehigh to lead the way for 21st century diversity excellence.”
“Strong stuff. Now – as Trevor asked me on the way over – what’s our angle, team?” said Ben. Managing Editor Brandon Sherman, ’10 was the first to speak – “I’d like to cover how students are doing, now that the resource leaders and dedicated spaces for The Women’s Center, LGBTQIA Services and the M-Room, to name just a few, are gone.” I broke in next, “I can follow Brandon’s piece with a discussion about how the ‘victim’s row’ hall on the second floor of the UC is being converted into an extension of The Dialogue Center. Also – does anyone know what they did with the old Rainbow Room?” Associate Editor Matt Keim, ’12 chimed in, “It’s VP for Equity Henry Odi’s office. He picked it because of its high visibility, and the fact that it’s location encourages students to pop in and start a conversation.”
“What about staff? Who’s still in? Who’s gone?” I asked. “Since Matt broached the topic of the VPEC position, let’s see an assessment of the renewed org chart.” Ben brought up the chart. “Looks like Ja’mel Hodges is still here – his position is ‘Deputy to the VPEC: Dialogue Captain.’ What’s that?” “I think they basically gave him a new title as a glorified conversation starter. He’s a good moderator and he breaks the ice really quickly – I’m sure as long as he doesn’t expand the speech codes we’ll be fine,” I added. “Wait… which one of the Women’s Center directors was moved to work over at the Health Center as a special liaison for sexual violence prevention?” I asked. The organization chart didn’t have a name next to the block yet; the Patriot staff settled on the conclusion that we weren’t through the woods yet with the death of red tape. “Someone make sure we get that name before we go to print,” Ben added.
“Did anything happen to the outreach for the Rainbow Room? Who’s doing Safe Zone now?” asked Associate Editor Alyssa Gerety, ’13. “Alyssa, I think it’s also under the new Health Center liaison. They decided to decouple the politics from most of the outreach from all of the resource rooms, and most of the sexual health stuff went over to be a part of Dr. Kitei’s team.” I noted. “Incidentally, Brandon, did you interview any of the protestors yet?” Before he could speak, Ben cut both of us off. “Wait a sec, I forgot to scroll down on the Gast Press Release – looks like she addresses the protestors here. Let me read what it says.”
“We must reinforce the idea that diversity means everyone. To this end, the abolition of certain resource rooms as fixed institutions on this campus will allow the natural progression of free markets to enter the conversation. The new Women’s League organization, ALGBTQIAS [Association of LGBTQIA Students] and incorporation of certain legacy M-room events into the Black Student Union, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and other existing diversity and activism groups led by student on campus will allow you, the students of Lehigh to have a say in the course of events as we move forward.
To address the civil unrest that has occupied the front lawn of the UC for the past two weeks, I ask you – put down your signs, stop raising your voices, and listen. Your ideas, your concerns – these are the fruits of a great discussion and a healthy dialogue. Reserve a room in the new conference area of the UC and host a brown-bag discussion. Write an editorial to one of our campus newspapers.”
“I guess some things never changed,” chuckled Ben as he editorialized by adding in his best Gast voice, “Just get off my damn lawn – it’s almost candidates weekend, and we need our plants and trees to look picture perfect. Brickman needs to mulch soon…” The room laughed, but I had to break the mood, “Wait – Ben, this org chart… there’s a lot of stuff missing here. It looks like some things got absorbed into Office of Special Projects, but almost everything under Dean Allison Gulati is gone, except the Clubs & Orgs people who help Senate manage the 140+ student-led organizations on campus. In fact – I can’t even see Gulati’s name – where did she go?” Ben smiled, “I knew you’d notice that. Check this.” Ben brought up a copy of The Brown & White’s Crime Report, where it noted that, “…a female employee was escorted off campus recently for behavior that served no purpose.”
“I heard about that!” interjected staff writer Will Thode, ’12. “She was in Upper, screaming at the workmen who were dismantling the old ‘victim’s hall,’ saying ‘you’re tearing this community apart!’ over and over. It was nuts. I think they towed her car.” The staff roared with laugher, as Ben logged off the room’s computer. “You know,” I started, “we all know that I was the last possible person you might think would’ve supported some flavor of a Chief Diversity Officer on this campus. But the fact is, Lehigh’s made a clear commitment to demonstrating that diversity really means everyone – a point I’ve been making for…” Light laughter. “…well, forever. They’ve trimmed the fat, cut back on staffers, opened a hall for universal student use and I think made a great step in starting some penetrating conversations on this campus. Plus, if anyone should be VPEC, Odi’s clearly the best choice. And – we didn’t hire anyone new! I mean, that’s the best thing of all… this is a cost-neutral move that signifies both economically and symbolically that the school really is committed to open discussion. And while the media spotlights us for ditching the resource room leads who were let go rather than focusing on the big picture, the fact is, those leads were diluting the conversation. By speaking on behalf of their representative groups, they were like lawyers who tipped the scales in favor of one point of view over another – a situation that’s historically divided Lehigh more than it has united us. It’s like, if MSNBC and Fox ditched the pundits and let the people think for themselves…”
“Hold on now, Trevor,” said Brandon. “I have one more question – these leads tackled issues as they arose. That is, if Lehigh experienced a hate crime today…” I cut him off. “Brandon, you know I don’t believe in hate crimes, and…” Brandon retorted, “…regardless, say a situation arises where one of these special interest groups experiences a rash of, say, vandalism with their posters.” I replied, “This would be a situation for both the VPEC to handle in conjunction with a temporary ‘working group’ – a cohort composed of faculty, students and administrators who represent a fair cross section of Lehigh to assess what steps should be taken. Why retain these resource rooms for a situation that arises perhaps once, if ever in the course of a year? It’s much more action-oriented to form a committee – which I note would loose the bias that the resource room head would have. I’ll counter your example, Brandon – say there was an incident where a transgendered person was harassed in a bathroom. Now, no one here would ever defend harassment, but look at the situation closer… what would harassment constitute? The LGBTQIA head now might insinuate that you have the right to enter a gender-segregated bathroom of your choice based on ‘how you feel that day.’ This is radical, in my humble opinion, but more so, it’s a dimensioned issue that impacts both the transgendered community and the heteronormative community. Just like that individual doesn’t have the right to be harassed, I don’t either – and I find that someone of the wrong gender in my bathroom is sexual harassment. In short – it’s a highly faceted issue that deserves a full evaluation. That’s something a resource head could never provide.
But with the working groups,” I continued, “Lehigh has the opportunity to bring all respective angles to the table to have a conversation. That moves us more forward than any complaint-based system, or worse – the risk that a resource lead would demand some kind of skewed solidarity for their interest. After all – remember what we talked about the incentives? They spend their time evaluating the issues that plague the communities they claim to support. It’s like, I go to CPAC every year – a conservative convention. If I spent my whole life listening to people who speak at just CPAC, I’d only get one side of the story. I’d see the world as a very scary place, and fail to realize the breath of what’s around me. But these leads, they are very much in-tuned with the special interests they defend. And because of this, they are the last people who should be in a position to lead a ‘crisis’-based response to any issues that arise on campus.”
I was on a roll. I couldn’t stop now. “Finally – and this is back with the incentives – what resource lead will ever step down? This whole thing, it’s about money and power. Money and power entrench their necessity more than anything else. Do you think that there would be a day when one of these leads walked out of their office, handed a letter of resignation in and said ‘I’m no longer needed here’? No! Their ‘research’ will always lead them back to the conclusion that the world is out to get them and their constituents, and being that their job is essentially to carry out this research in addition to tending to student programs and directives, and occasionally teach – frankly, when you couple in the highly political nature of their work, I feared that they’d never go away.
Remember what we said about dialogue. Simply telling students that their views are antiquated and oppressive – that just breeds internalized resentment, and that’s the favorite tactic of these resource rooms. I always feared that my children would someday go to college, and in their first day or two, they’d have to undergo some kind of ‘sensitivity training,’ where they learned that – perhaps unintentionally, they were consistently offending and oppressing individuals. Now, at Lehigh, the fist thing students are told at orientation is that..” Ben cut me off. “Wait, Trevor, I’ll pull up the document…” Ben was referring to Lehigh’s new Diversity in Discussion pledge. “Here it is, I’ll read it.
We the students commit that as members of this university, we challenge ourselves to never close our minds to an idea. Ideas are the basis of humanity’s finest hours – ideas may be challenged, loved or hated, but they must never be quashed, quieted or censored. As such, we understand that college is about the free and open exchange of ideas. Some may be more comfortable to us than others. We understand that discomfort from an idea does not constitute harassment. We further acknowledge that the root of ideas is a dialogue. Dialogue demonstrates to us as individuals which ideas will stand the tests of time, and which shall fall. No one student, professor or administrator has the right to destroy an idea, be it at birth or gestation. Lehigh has committed itself to this through our office of Equity in Community, a permanent cabinet-level position whose role is to start and moderate conversations – not to control the flow of dialogue (and ideas), but rather, to challenge and maintain order.”
“Ah, words to live by, eh Ben?” I asked, calmer now. “I’ll be curious to see how this all holds up nationally – the VPEC report itself stated that we are moving towards a new epoch in diversity, and I believe it. We are the children of the first generation, and we have been raised under radically different standards than those who necessitated the resource rooms in their early years. Now, we can proudly say that we’ve moved past this piecemeal approach, tackling the challenge of diversity in education with a holistic, singular vision dedicated to dialogue and the free and open exchange of ideas. Sounds rather Platonic, doesn’t it, Ben?”
…Lifting her head from the pensive, Alice stepped back. The Gang of 8 cracked their fingers and necks, and chatted quietly amongst themselves for a moment before Alice broke the murmur. “I think we all know what needs to be done. I’ll call a meeting with the board – we’ve got work to do!”
Trevor Drummond @ April 25, 2010
Politicizing Haiti
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010, tremors rock Haiti, 15 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the capital city. Shaking with a force of 31.6 megatons or 31 small-nukes, Port-au-Prince crumbled. Buildings once vertical lay shattered across the landscape. Devastation spread as the poorest country in the west lost its entire power grid.
The already fragile infrastructure was now broken. Combined with, “poor infrastructure, landslides, vulnerable neighborhoods, no strict building codes, [and] a high density population,” recovery seemed hopeless.1
And then came relief! Obama promised a “swift, coordinated and aggressive” effort.2 The Red Cross and U.N. rushed to provide relief as U.S. and international charities followed. Philanthropic Americans started new causes and poured money into the country.
However, that is not the whole story. Interwoven in the epic relief effort is a narrative of corruption, scam and politicization of crisis.
Starting at the top, the over 3,000 NGOs have taken most of the donations to effectively pay their employees. The America Red Cross has already admitted to financing their debt with donations. After nearly two month relief efforts and $354 million collections, almost half of the 1.3 million homeless don’t even have a tarp for the rainy season.3 More substantially, not even one-third of the collected money has been spent on relief. Instead it stays stagnant in the bank accounts of large NGOs.
Even worse is the bottom feeders of the crisis, out scam the average Americans. According to Symantec Corp, maker of Norton Antivirus, the first scam e-mails about the Haiti earthquake appeared only two days after the quake.4 Scammers send e-mails requesting money for children in Haiti, when they are actually routing your relief money to pay for their child support!
So, what has Lehigh been doing about the earthquake?
Lehigh has been using Haiti issues as a source of free publicity and program subsidies. Three programs in specific are have used this crisis as a source of publicity.
Starting with the publicity stunts, the Brown and White took a non-Haiti related speaker on campus, Ellen Gustafson, and painted her speech and the associated program as a Haiti only front cover news issue. Ellen came to Lehigh to speak on leadership through her experience as founder of FEED Projects, LLC and the Feed Foundation. This event, hosted by the Leadership Initiative at Lehigh was student run program that brought together students across campus from all majors to learn about leadership. However, the Brown and White did not cover any part of that story. Instead they took out of context, a mention Ellen causally made about Haiti and turned it into a front page picture.
Continuing with the sources of program subsidies, both the Hawks for Haiti program and the DanceFest 2010 have used the Haitian discourse to conjure interest for their events. According to Tyrone, organizer of DanceFest, only 70 percent of the proceeds go to Haiti related donations. The rest of the money goes to the host. Similarly, Hawks for Haiti is organizing a carnival for Haiti. However, there is no mention of how much money or support they actually plan to give to Haiti related organizations.
Together crisis politicians at Lehigh have agreed to donate all of the money raised to the Red Cross, the corrupt organization mentioned above. In a conversation with the Community Service Office, I was told that the director researched the best place to put the money. It is clear this research did not take in to account any in-depth analysis of charity effectiveness.
In the treachery of charity for Haiti, what can you do to help? How can you avoid scams?
There are two ways to do the right thing:
(1) avoid scams
(2) be informed.
The Christian Science Monitor recently published five tips to avoid scams.5
The top three things that have to say are:
(1) be cautious with online donations.
(2) check out the charities.
(3) donate to organizations not individuals.
If you ask for all of the facts and call the charity you can learn a great deal about where your money goes.
Furthermore, it is important to be informed. You should read technical information sources that are non-biased. For example the U.S. Geological Survey measured 16 earthquakes above 6.0 on the Richter Scale in the last 3 months. Some of these earthquakes were more than ten times as powerful as the Haitian earthquake.6 It is also important to consider the opportunity cost of your donations. If you donate to Haiti, you are not donating to help HIV/AIDS in Africa or the earthquake in Chile or poverty in Bethlehem. Therefore, when looking at donations through a systems lens, it is important to think about where you can give for the most impact and the most need.
Sources
1 – http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=2434299
2 – http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=9547609&page=1
3 – http://www.sfbayview.com/2010/red-cross-under-fire-where%E2%80%99s-the-money-for-haiti/
4 – http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/HaitiEarthquake/story?id=9561420&page=2
5 – http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0115/Five-tips-to-avoid-Haiti-relief-scams
6 – http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/
David Gritz @ April 25, 2010
