Skidmarks: The Best of the Brown and White
By: Editorial Staff
Here at the Lehigh Patriot, we have tremendous respect for our colleagues at the Brown and White. They provide the Lehigh community with a biweekly feast of the news and analysis that keeps our campus dialogue informed and vibrant. Professors, administrators and prospective Lehigh families alike view the Brown and White as a window into the minds that make up our student body. For better or worse, they speak for all of us.
It’s a small miracle, then, that the Brown and White was there to give us 800 words to describe the operating hours of a new off-campus deli. From this thrilling investigative piece, we learned the following:
Samantha Petner, ’11, is a frequent patron of Dave’s Deli.
“I am kind of boring, I just like turkey on a Kaiser roll, but Dave’s really has the best sandwiches,” Petner said.
Kelly Sprague, ’11, goes to Dave’s Deli about once a week and is a big fan of the Chicken Ranchero.
Hannah Gobetz, ’11, does not consider herself a regular at Dave’s Deli, but she said she found the Chicken Caesar Wrap to be quite delicious.
This intrepid reporter didn’t stop there. She managed to use “the internet” to uncover a startling fact:
Part of the deli’s secret, according to its Web site, is that it uses “the best” meats and cheeses.
While the news division of the Brown and White works to hold local establishments accountable to the highest standards of deli meats and cheeses, the lifestyle section reliably churns out impeccably sourced universal claims about the social lives of Lehigh students. In a recent issue, they even tracked down an expert financial analyst to talk about the bar scene:
Brooke Wiener, ’10, said the current economic conditions haven’t impacted the bar scene.
“It’s not necessarily about the economy,” she said. “It’s just being smart about your money.”
In addition to economic issues, the Brown and White is always there to cover Lehigh’s attempts to be environmentally friendly. One such story gives us a great deal of detail about a “new eco-friendly printer” to be used in Rauch. If you are not excited yet, you should be:
Buskirk called Lehigh’s acquisition of the trial a rare opportunity. Few other universities have access to the ColorQube’s unique technology.
In case you were wondering, the ColorQube has other benefits:
In its brochure, Xerox says that the ColorQube can print up to 85 pages per minute…
For the printer aficionados in the crowd, the article continues to explain all of the gory details about printing technology that most of us never thought to ask:
“The ColorQube’s ink blocks only leave behind a small black spot of biodegradable wax that resembles a Necco wafer,” Buskirk said.
For all of its heady intellectualism, the heart and soul of the Brown and White is found on its editorial pages. Here, the senior editors demonstrate that conventions of grammar, diction and syntax are merely obstacles to telling a unique and heartfelt story about how sad they are to be leaving Lehigh. Some variation of the following statement (from the 10/20/09 publication) can probably be found in every Brown and White Edit Desk dating back to 1894:
The end of this magic experience is on the decline, and I for one am going to find all means of using Lehigh to get the best experience possible. I hope you all do the same.
Yes. Everybody, please do…that.
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(Editorial Correction: The printed version of The Patriot incorrectly stated that the Brown and White Edit Desk referred to in this article was published on 11/13/09. The correct publication date is 10/20/09. The editorial staff regrets this mistake.)
