In a recent social media challenge, we asked our alumni to 'Tell me you went to Lehigh without telling me you went to Lehigh.’ The results were both nostalgic and hilarious!
![The iconic rotunda housed in Lehigh's Linderman Library.](/sites/default/files/inline-images/rotunda_4.png)
We've sorted the best responses into categories: Distinctly Lehigh Skill Sets, Badge of Honor, A Beloved Rivalry, Lingo and Landmarks, and The Color of Love.
Distinctly Lehigh Skill Sets
- Meredith Freeman Fernandez ’83: “Ability to drive a bed.”
- Rita Clark ’87: “Out of breath in August and in tip-top shape by May.”
- Robert Davenport ’68: “Destroying cheap door locks after years of opening heavy oak doors.”
- Brian Dakin ’89: “You know exactly where [Linderman Library Rotunda] is …”
![A group of Lehigh fans attempt to tear down the opposing team's goal post at a Le-Laf game.](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Le-Laf_Feature_Goalposts.png)
Badge of Honor
- Andy Ladick ’84: “Cast iron butt from sitting in the old stadium’s concrete bleachers!”
- Caroline Power Gangl ’85: “I was the only non-Lafayette person in the Easton Hospital ER for an injury that occurred when jumping the fence at the end of a football game to be able to say I tried to get a piece of wood.”
- Ken Anderson '82: “Helping obtain the longest piece of goalpost in history, which was eventually taken from our old house by the university and displayed in the University Center for many years.”
- Gary Wilson ’72: “Rounded up shoe sole tips.”
![A bedsheet hangs from a building with a taunt, "Changed password to Lafayette but Gmail said it was too weak."](/sites/default/files/inline-images/bed%20sheet_4.png)
A Beloved Rivalry
- Kate McMinn ’04: “Booing anything and anyone Lafayette.”
- Beth Brinkman ’88: “I graduated more than 30 years ago. To this day, if I meet people from Lafayette, I stiffen up a bit and look at them askance.”
- Bob Forrest ’78: “An extreme dislike for the color maroon, big spotted cats, and French nobles who assisted with the American Revolution.”
![A Lehigh alum shows off his tray of greekers - a hotdog with a steamed bun, mustard, onions, and a secret sauce.](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Petes%20Hot%20Dogs%20Inside%201_3.jpg)
Lingo and Landmarks
- Eleanor O'Bryan Runkle ’87: The Goose… & the ’Ho!!
- Renee Goldman Schwartz ’88: “Knowing that ‘The Goose’ is not an actual goose but the best place to get a hoagie in Bethlehem.”
- Teri Challender McNab ’89: “We named our sailboat Tally Ho.”
- Sharon Kanovsky Richter ’86: “Snake Pit.”
- Bobby Bender ’85: “Greekers, pierogies, and red cream soda are a gourmet meal.”
- Mark T. Florio ’94: “People look at you funny when you mention Gryphons instead of RAs.”
![Lehigh students show off their brown and white with t shirts, flags, pom poms, and sunglasses.](/sites/default/files/inline-images/brown%20and%20white1.png)
The Color of Love
- Marilyn Blacher-Reich ’75: “I probably have more brown and white outfits than the average American adult woman.”
- Lauren Mastbaum ’08: “I was going to say incorporating brown into everything. Even if you didn't go to college in the '70s, it'll look like you did.”
- Ginger Fitzer Fuentes ’96: “I’m thinking anyone who uses the brown heart emoji 🤎🤍🤎🤍”
- John McCawley ’84: “Defending brown and white as legitimate team colors.”
- Rebekah Taylor ’01: “Our house is painted white with brown trim.”