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QUAKERCAMPUS VolumVnlnmiaT.YYTe LXXIXY , NumbeNiimhor 92R5 > ' MaMavfi_1<ift.y 6,19931 WCLL Champions, Yet Again COR Begins Plans For New Structure Under ASWC President Andy McDonald, a sub-council begins work on a new format for the student government and begins updating the bylaws. by Andy Markowitz According to President Pro Tem QC Viewpoint Editor Rhonda Ross, the new set-up would consist of an executive The Council of Representa branch and a separate senate. tives is currently examining On the executive branch ways to restructure the student there would be the student body government system at Whittier president, two vice presidents, Sie^ume Oma/QC Hwto Edit.* College for the 1993-94 school a treasurer, secretary and the year. presidential cabinet. Ofthe vice Members of the men's lacrosse team celebrate their third Currently, the student gov presidential positions, one consecutive Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Championship ernment is set up as follows: a would be the head ofthe cabinet after a 14-10 win over Cal Berkeley on Sunday. president is elected by the stu and the other would be the head Please see page 20 for the full coverage of the Final Four. dents and there are a number of of programming. offices underneath the president The senate, the other which are also held by students. Please see COR pg. 4 Student Activities Faculty Salaries May Increase; Still Director Released Lower Than Comparable Colleges Ken Kelly, the associate dean of student by Angel Felix activities, will not return next year as QC Staff Writer How Whittier Compares... Student Services is reorganized. In a meeting held last ASSOC ASST week by the Budget and Pri SCHOOL PROF PROF PROF INST by Alec Mackie any explanation. orities Committee, a"five per Pomona 71 51.9 40.8 35 QC News Editor "It doesn'tmake any sense," cent raise was recommended sophmore Chris Matteson said. as across-the-board for all fac Ciaremont 69.3 49.4 40.7 — The College is waiting to According to Robin Hickin, ulty and staff," according to Pepperdine 67 52.6 49 — hire a replacement for Ken the chair of the Council of Dean of Faculty and Vice Kelly, the director of student Representitive's Program PresidentofAcademic Affairs Whittier 63.2 47.4 36.8 40 activities who will not return Board, the adminsitration may Wendy Furman. Occidental 62 46.5 38.8 32 next year, until the new dean of have felt Kelly took the side of Salary increases are de student life is hired, according students on too many issues. pendent on many factors. U of Redlands 54.5 43.5 37.4 — to Steve Gothold, dean of college However, she said, "I don't Among them are academic Cal Lutheran 47.3 38.7 33.1 32.5 life. believe he was too much on the rank in faculty and the type The QC recently confirmed side of students. He always had of institution. The U of La Verne 45.4 35.8 31.8 — that Kelly will be leaving as of a balanced point of view." committee's recommendation Figures are average faculty salaries in thousands of dollars. Dashes next week; however, neither Andrew Gustafson, who does not mean everyone will indicate an institution with no such rank or with less than six faculty in that Gothold nor Kelly would helped Kelly with intramurals, receive a five percent raise. ranking. Figures were compiled by Maryse Eymonerie Associates for the comment on the reasons. said that Kelly was simply "too With the increase proposal, American Association of University Professors. "The staffing decisions are Furman "anticipates on some According to the AAUP Rating Scale, Whittier is in the 80th student oriented for the percentile of Category IIA (Comprehensive institutions). on hold," said Gothold. By administration." improvement in that with the leaving the position open it "If the reason he is being inflation being low, some Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education allows the new dean flexibility fired is because he is too much people will get a little bit more ciation of University Professors three years. in creating an entirely different of a student advocate, then that's money." did an annual survey to con The survey, based on in postion, Gothold said. b.s.," Gustafson said. In the April 14 issue of clude that faculty salaries on formation from 2,269 insti However, many students Kelly said he could not The Chronicle of Higher Edu the national average did not sub tutions, stated as inflation who work with Kelly are ouraged comment on the reason why the cation, the American Asso- stantially increase in the last Please see PAY pg. 5 thatheisbeingreleased without Please see KELLY pg. 4 What's Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus News Viewpoint Features A&E Sports Turner Update Ask a Trustee Heritage Week The 'Good' Review Sports Awards Despite delays Several students take This week the HSA cel Josh Machamer's pro The QC sports staff se caused by rain, the new an opportunity to ask the ebrates the true spirit of duction of CP. Taylor's lects the MVPs and ROYs hall will open in June. Board of Trustees about cer Cinco de Mayo: self-deter 'Good' receives high marks. for the spring sports sea Pg. 7 tain campus issues. Pg. 3 mination. Pg. 11 Pg.13 son. Pg. 18 v^ 2/QCMay 6,1993 EDITORIAL •4 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS The 1992-93 QC Letters to the Editor Bid Farewell Further Responses far top the men's teams (i.e. Campus Safety officers ready As journalists, we must remain unbiased and keep our women's cross country). Why to stifle any student party with personal feelings out of the pages of the Quaker Campus. to Gender Equity try to be better than losers, a series of write-ups. However, in this last issue, we would like to take the opportunity Dear Editor, Whittier has enough of those. Of course my brother won't to convey our gratitude to the campus community and reflect be caught having fun at these on the past year's events while also looking to the future ofthe I am amazed at the lengths Gilbert Paul Salazar parties next year because those College. to which members of the Sophomore houses will be gone. Then I Yes, a full school year has gone by in 25 issues ofthe QC. women's lacrosse team and thought, now what do I do after The weekly droll has taken its toll, and while it seemed like fellow sympathizers will go to a long week of studying? Well, late-breaking news would break us too, in retrospect, Whittier achieve intercollegiate status. Dear Editor, I do nothing now. It's okay College and the Quaker Campus have had a good year. The April 22 issue of the QC because I was here when it was Yes, a good year, which has seen student leaders undergo featured an In-depth" article It seems unfortunate you fun and there were things controversy but stand strong and come through for the students about gender equity. As I read, chose to title your article about besides studying to look forward in the end. BOG underwent an image change by becoming I agreed that there does exist a gender equity, The Battle Over to, but now there isn't and Fm COR and may further restructure itself in order to become certain preference for men's Gender Equity." In so doing, glad I'm graduating. College more efficient and effective in dealing with student issues and athletics, but no more than in you create an adversarial should be a learning experience, the administration. thousands of other colleges and position which is not necessary but there is much more a college The year in Residential Life saw the introduction of rules high schools across America. to establish in discussing this can offer besides academics. issue. Perhaps it would have such as no overnight guests of the opposite gender and the Men's athletics developed This school is starving for been more appropriate to state introduction of theme floors for next fall. Of greater impact, much earlier than women's, and something to do. The recent The Responsibility of Gender however, was the building of Turner Hall and the destruction I believe this is reason for the Spring Sing was very good and Equity," or "Legal Issues of of tradition in the form of revoking the society houses. emphasis given to their I have never seen so many Gender Equity." Sports proved exciting as well, as men's lacrosse took the programs. It has only been students at Spring Sing in all WCLL crown for the third straight year and received the recently that in many sports You also miss the point my four years here. But what chance to compete with the Eastern big boys over Spring women have begun to compete. about which gender equity is did these students do after it Break. Women's lacrosse also fared well posting their first Ibelieve this gender equity issue concerned. It is not about how was all over? Some students winningrecord andgettingtwo players, junior Megan Brenner will naturally disappear, but not many men play football. The stayed on campus to do the usual and senior Becky Rumack, selected to compete in the Nationals. instantly. issues and legalities instead weekend nothing, and most address such things as special Men's soccer proved their prowess as they took second in The problem with the article others had to leave campus to meals provided football — not SCIAC behind the nationally-ranked Cal Lutheran Kingsmen is that it seems to be just another go to the Franklin house or other provided any women's teams; and women's cross country was represented at Nationals by attempt by members of women's party spots away from Whittier.