SPRING 2017 LEHIGH BULLETIN LEHIGH BULLETIN SPRING 2017 WHEN LEHIGH BEAT DUKE How teamwork, togetherness and selflessness helped the 2011-2012 Mountain Hawks pull one of the greatest upsets in the history of March Madness. STRIKE UP THE BAND The Marching 97 will have the honor of marching in the 2018 New Year’s Day Parade in London, England. Former Lord Mayor Catherine Longworth, right, of the City of Westminster visited campus in November to officially extend the invitation. Photo by Christa Neu UP FRONT STAFF EDITOR Tim Hyland
[email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Mary Ellen Alu ASSOCIATE EDITORS Kurt Pfitzer, Kelly Hochbein CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Margaret Burnett ’17, Lori Friedman, Henry Greenburg ’17, Madison Gouveia ’17, Linda Harbrecht, Dawn Thren, Amy White CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kurt Hansen ART DIRECTOR Beth Murphy DESIGNER Neha Kavan PHOTOGRAPHERS A Team Worth Celebrating Ryan Hulvat, John Kish IV, Christa Neu BUSINESS SUPPORT Traci Mindler “Sports is human life in microcosm.” that legendary tournament, and it won’t be the CONTACT US —Howard Cosell last. But here at Lehigh, that game immediately Lehigh University Alumni Association became, and still remains, one of the greatest 27 Memorial Drive West As anyone who has ever been foolish enough moments in the history of not only Lehigh Ath- Bethlehem, PA 18015-3734 (610) 758-3135 to fall in love with a team knows, there is a fun- letics, but of Lehigh University. Fax: (610) 758-3316 damental truth about sports that, sometimes, And yes, I assure you, the reasons go far be- Hotline: (610) 758-alum non-sports fans simply can’t quite understand.