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WHITTIER COLLEGE COLLEGE S P OR • Shoe-In November 20,1997 At Whittier routed • Strongest Oxy 41-7 on Link Saturday and uaker reclaimed the Junior Erin Link shines in One coveted Shoes ampus Flea Spare. trophy. OPINION TOPIC CAMP U.S • High Societies m Does the College • No Fair? have The rained-out a serious drinking Homecoming problem? fair was moved The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 inside. Roman and Simmons Crowned Queen, King class," Brodsky-Porges said. "It • HOMECOMING was a privilege to be singled out as the prince." by Matt Feinberg Sophomore royalty are Chuck QC Staff Writer McLeod and Misty Sanford. When asked for a comment re Eight Whittier students be garding the event, McLeod came royalty last week during the cracked "I'm going to Disney Homecoming activities. land." King Will Simmons and Queen Sanford described the.coro Nicole Roman were crowned dur nation as "cool and unexpected" ing the halftime ceremonies at Sat and said that she is "very appre urday's football game. ciative." "It feels good," Roman said. The junior class prince and "It was great to be there among princess are Joe Mueller and Sadie friends and family. It was a fun Workman. experience because of all the ener "I was really, really surprised gy ofthe fans and supporters." and flattered," Workman said. "It was a lot of fun and I feel "[The coronation] was a lot of honored," Simmons said. "But I'm fun." not going to change. I'll still be the "It was a shock," Mueller said. same guy I was before [I was elect Voting took place over the ed King]." course of three weeks in the Mail- The prince and princesses— room. During the first week, open one of each from the freshman, nominations were taken, where sophomore and junior class Thurs anyone could nominate a man and Nicole Roman and Will Simmons are the Homecoming Queen and King. day evening at the "fireless bon woman from each class. Jascha Kaytes-Wollt QC PlioB Eoto fire," held in the gym because of After nominations were in, the senior men and two senior wom ing the third week of voting, stu iors Vicky Yang and Erin Nogle, weather conflicts. top five males and females from en ofthe 10 finalists, and one dents selected one person out of both members of Program Board, Freshman price and princess the freshman, sophomore andjun- man and one woman from their the three senior finalists to be the co-chaired the coronation activi are Ben Brodsky-Porges and Jaime ior class became finalists. For se own class. king and queen. ties. Price-Mitchell. niors, the top 10 of each sex be All the princes and princess It was estimated that about Yang believes that overall the "I didn't have Homecoming at came finalists. es were decided upon at this 300 to 400 people voted each voting process was a "huge suc my high school so this was the During the second week of point. At the same time, the week. cess." bomb for me," Price-Mitchell said. voting, students chose represen queen and king nominees were The coronation activities "We were scared of the rain, "All candidates were excellent tatives out of these finalists. Vot narrowed down to three men were sponsored by Program that it might ruin the activities," representatives of the freshmen ers were allowed to choose two and three women. Finally, dur Board, a division of COR. Jun she said. "[But it] all worked out." Rainbow Connection Robinson Elected A.S.W.G President • ELECTIONS we're happy with the outcome and Robinson received 168 votes, are looking forward to the 1998 and Steele received 153 votes. by Adam Pava term," Bartyl said. "It is a privilege to represent QC Editor-in-Chief Current A.S.W.C. President the students here at Whittier," Rob Keristofer Saryani accounted for inson—a Business Administran Junior Karl Robinson was this low turnout by saying, "One major—said. "I am confident that elected president ofthe Associ of the reasons there wasn't a big with the help of Greg, Jennifer and ated Students of Whittier Col voter turnout was that there was a the entire council, many goals for lege (A.S.W.C.) on Friday, Nov. lack of candidates. However, even the next two semesters will be ac 14. Junior Greg Steele was elect though the president and vice pres complished." ed vice president, and junior Jen ident positions ran unopposed, it Steele, a Biology/PreMedi- nifer Windt was elected secre doesn't mean that the candidates cine major, said "I hope I can now tary. They will begin their terms are unqualified," Saryani said. help COR take big steps to im in office on Jan 1. "Knowing both Karl and Greg, I prove the College. The first step is Robinson and Steele ran can say that they are very well to prioritize our goals and make unopposed. Windt beat out soph qualified and will continue to make the necessary steps to complete omore Mark Neria. positive changes." them. Organization is of utmost According to current While Bartyl was uncomfort importance because if we getjum- A large rainbow appeared above campus on Thursday, bled up, we may come to a stand Nov. 13, as if to say, "Hey! It's raining! The Homecoming A.S.W.C. Secretary Kim Bartyl, able releasing the exact number of Carnival has been moved inside to the Faculty Center!" only 189 students voted, or about votes for the secretary position, still." Indeed, the Carnival was relocated—sans giant inflat 15% of all students on campus. she did say that "it was a close "As vice president, I will be able playthings such as the Velcro Wall and the Sumo "We were very disappoint vote," and that more votes were open to any suggestions or con- Wrestling Ring. For the complete scoop, see page 10. ed in the amount of students that counted for secretary than the oth came out for the elections, but er positions. See ELECTIONS, page 6 ISSUE 12 • VOLUME 84 QUOTE' OF THE WEEK Tail fins, Elvis-worshipping groupies, long-haired hippies and waiters at the Campus Inn. As college alumni say, those were the good old days. EDITORIAL • LETTERS • COMMENTARY Nilanga Jayasinghe.freshman • please see Reunions Bring Alumni Together, pg. 7 OC EDITORIAL LETTERS whatever it Takes Faculty Sign Harassment Statement We applaud the concerned students who sat in the Stauffer Hall sublounges last weekend. Sacrificing To the Whittier College community, role as educators, we pledge to address the following issues their Saturday night, especially a Homecoming week in all relevant classes throughout the remainder of this end night, to baby-sit their peers is a selfless and The following statement was made available for signa academic year: 1) respect for others. 2) responsible use of telling gesture.. ture at the regular faculty meeting on Nov. 18: physical and psychological power. 3) the obligation to And still, we wonder if this is the right direction to The current harassment incidents that have happened protest violations and to support those who have the take. Yes, it seems like the rational solution today, but in the residence halls throughout the fall semester to our courage to expose them. it is not a real solution; rather, it is a band-aid. It is students, the majority of whom have been women, are unrealistic to think that students will continue to act so outrageous and unacceptable. The statement was signed by 104 members of the faculty. nobly, despite their well-meaning efforts now. Such occurrences violate all standards of appropriate Due to space constraints the QC is unable to print this list But this, of course, isn't the point. The point is that behavior within the Whittier College community. In our of names. students shouldn't have to take this sort of action. Because the "College community is now aware ofthe problems ofharassment and vandalism, official action Not Everybody Does It, But Everybody Should should be taken by Campus Safety, Residential Life We—your somewhat so- and the administration. Shawn Fitzpatrick We have Resident Advisors (R.A.*s). We have ly unacceptable, opinionated, (X Jessie Hawkins Area Coordinators (A.C.'s). We have Campus Safety stinky (from the smoke), wired officers.. (from the coffee), and some Currently, R.A.'s make rounds about three times times rash copy whores—hap on a typical weeknight, and four times on weekend pened to be speaking with nights. One A.C. is on call each weekend. Campus some mutual friends one hap Safety officers patrol the halls periodically. less day, when we tripped over If it has gotten to the point where students feel it is a truth. The discovery of fire, necessary to create then own watchdog force, then Newton's laws of physics, Einstein's theory of relativity, dripped and dribbled as a result of youthful liaisons. And, obviously the system that is currently in place isn't Salk's discovery ofthe polio vaccine, and yes, even the who wants to bet there would be a boom in Chemistry and working. creation of Comedy Central all pale in'comparison to the Anatomy class attendance? We need more rounds by Campus Safety officers, absolute truth which we are about to bestow upon you. If we take an economical approach to the increase of especially in Stauffer. We need more than one round Two words, gentle readers: Sex and Sensuality. sensuality and sex, we find that the results would have a every few hours by R.