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Lehigh athletes reflect on taking a fifth year of eligibility

Graduate track and field runner Lauryn Heskin, senior men’s wrestler Owen Reinsel and graduate football player Dillon Sheehan spoke with The Brown and White about their choices to...

Published Apr 4, 2026, 11:17 AM EDT

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Lehigh soccer teams bond and train during Munich spring break trip

The Lehigh men’s and women’s soccer teams spent spring break in Munich, where they trained together, strengthened team bonds and explored the city. Players volunteered through Lehigh Athletics...

Published Apr 3, 2026, 2:22 PM EDT

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Lehigh Valley Book Festival spotlights 'Reading is Resistance'

Families filtered through the Bethlehem Area Public Library Saturday, weaving between bookshelves, author tables and panel discussions during the Lehigh Valley Book Festival. Founded in 2020, the annual...

Published Apr 3, 2026, 1:22 PM EDT

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Yuval Erez brings magnetic energy to the classroom

Yuval Erez, an economics professor at Lehigh University, spent three years in the Israeli military where he followed orders with little room for independent thought. That experience led...

Published Apr 3, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

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Forest Park to open first trail on South Mountain

Forest Park will open its first mountain biking trail on South Mountain. Joe Klocek, Lehigh’s director of planning, design and construction who started mountain biking in 1997 as...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT

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New executive election marks major shifts in Student Senate

Lehigh’s Student Senate has elected a new president, Drew Smith, ‘27, as the organization prepares for internal transitions that could reshape its structure. The Student Senate serves as...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 12:48 PM EDT

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Audrey Jimenez named women's college wrestler of the year

Sophomore Audrey Jimenez won the 2026 USA Wrestling Anthony‑Maroulis Trophy, awarded to the women's college wrestler of the year. Jimenez also captured the NCAA national championship at 110...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 12:47 PM EDT

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Nasir Whitlock Enters Transfer Portal After Championship Season

Men’s basketball junior guard and captain Nasir Whitlock announced Thursday morning on Instagram that he will enter the NCAA transfer portal. The Patriot League Tournament MVP helped lead...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 12:02 PM EDT

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Hayley Frerichs channels creativity through storytelling

Hayley Frerichs grew up telling stories, writing diaries for imaginary historical characters and crafting tales that turned her friends into fairies. She now works as a marketing and...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

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What’s the truth in the age of AI?

We used to joke about older generations being unable to tell memes from real news; now AI-generated content has made that task far harder for everyone. The article...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

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Lehigh women’s basketball earns first-ever WNIT bid

Expectations changed from the Patriot League championship roster that won the 2024–25 title as Lehigh returned with a younger, reshaped team. Injuries forced the Mountain Hawks to adjust...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 11:19 AM EDT

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Take it or leave it: The true cost of education

For years, education has been described as the holy grail in the U.S., the pathway to opportunity, personal growth and life satisfaction. However, access to that opportunity often...

Published Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

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Line dancing finds its rhythm in Bethlehem

Aleah Nothstein, who once pushed back against her father’s love of country music, now leads line-dancing nights at Seven Sirens in Bethlehem. Her classes blend country, pop, rock...

Published Apr 1, 2026, 11:22 AM EDT

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Growing Without Roots on the South Side

Devynn Goodspeed, ’23, is the social media and marketing manager for Five Maidens Cider Company and recalls her family’s relocation to the Lehigh Valley shortly after the 2008...

Published Apr 1, 2026, 10:25 AM EDT