I T T I E R COLLEGE COLLEGE SPORTS • Two in a September 25,1997 At row! • Jan's Term After beating uaker Pianist Jan Menlo, the Football Gottlieb Jiracek team has a 2-0 will play at the record for the first ampus Shannon Center. time since 1983. OPINION TOPIC CAMP • Political Things Fall Apart? Main Stay Political Science Are the renovations simply Professor Dick covering up larger problems, or Harvey has been teaching at the The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 is the College truly improving? College since 1960. WBSmBfmk Freshman Election Results In, Cross Voted President • ELECTIONS campus representative position phasized was approachability. drew 40 voters. She wants students to "feel free to express their ideas." by Greg Steele Cross, who is from Covina, QC Managing Editor was involved with his high Wong, who will be assum­ school student government as ing the position of secretary, senior class senator. He com­ spent all four years in her Las Josef Cross was elected mented that in the group's first Vegas, NV high school involved freshman class president in elec­ meeting, to be held this week, in the student government. Three tions which were held on Thurs­ they would perhaps "start dis­ of of those years she served as day, Sept. 18 and Friday, Sept cussing. . . some of the future secretary. 19. Dan Rummel was elected goals." Originally, Wong said, she vice-president, Ebonee Dumas Rummel, who hails from "decided not to do it anymore." was elected treasurer, Brenda Cambria, emphasized "getting When the elections came around, Josef Cross, president. Dan Rummel, vice president. Wong was elected secretary, and the class involved" as the key to however, her friends convinced Photo Courtesy of Josef Cross Photo Courtesy ol Dan Rummel senior Diane Danoff was delet­ a successful year. her to run. ed the off-campus representa­ Dumas, from Las Vegas, was As a first priority, Wong tive. The results were announced chosen to represent the fresh­ stressed fundraising because she on Friday evening. men as treasurer. After being felt it was necessary in order to According to Council of Rep­ involved in her high school stu­ prepare for future events. resentatives Secretary Kim Bar­ dent government her freshman Danoff, in her last year at tl, about 125 freshmen—or about year, Dumas took a leadership Whittier College, ran for the po­ 25% of the whole class—cast class for the remaining three sition of off-campus representa­ their votes during the two day years while holding leadership tive because she "wanted to take open-ballot. positions in several clubs. Hunan vv. These statistics show a de­ "We have a really good fresh­ Danoff mentioned creating a crease in participation from years man class," Dumas said, adding "Sportsfest" team made up of off-campus students and orga­ past ('95 showed 42% participa­ that the new students seem "very Ebonee Dumas, treasurer. Brenda Wong, secretary. tion and '96 showed slightly positive." nizing other "activities for off- Liza Gershman / QC Asst. Photo Editor Photo Courtesy ol Brenda Wong more than one third). The off- Another aspect Dumas em­ campus people to get together." KWTR Construction Set to be Completed in Months

• KWTR Peterson said. the project." The new radio station will use Saryani hopes that the radio the broadcast equipment fromth e station will be used for "a forum by Carlos Estrada old station, which was temporari­ for debates around election time QCAssL News Editor ly relocated to the Ball Hall base­ or have an opinion call-in show. ment. For three years the station sat Having a mode of expression like Construction began on the collecting dust and was never op­ that will bring the whole campus new KWTR office inside the Stu­ erational. together," he said. dent Union on Monday, Sept. 22 The Student Union location after three years of stasis. Manag­ was chosen because it puts the er of Campus Facilities Dan Peter­ radio station in the same building news son, who is spearheading the as the other two student media you can use KWTR project, estimates that the sources on campus, the Quaker construction will be completed Campus newspaper and Acropo­ "within the next couple of lis yearbook. • SENIOR months." "It wouldn't seem right if PORTRAITS KWTR, Whittier's radio sta­ KWTR was removed fromth e oth­ tion, was originally scheduled to er campus media in the Student Seniors must make appoint­ operate by the beginning of this Union," Associated Students of ments before Sept 26 to have school year. It was postponed Whittier College President their ponraits taken for the because of unforeseen complica­ Keristofer Saryani said. yearbook. To schedule an tions with the current air condi­ "I'm pleased that they are fi­ mefit,cail( 4- tioning system in the Student Construction for the new KWTR office is underway in the nally starting the construction," Union (see QC volume 84, issue Student Union. 2651 or stop by Hastings Chad Nicholson / QC Asst. Photo Editor Saryani added. "It has been over 1, Sept. 4). two years in the making." House. TO. According to Peterson, plans proved by the City of Whittier, area where the new room will be "[The Council of Representa­ Sitting times are from for the air conditioning system Peterson expects no complica­ built. Currently, the frames are tives (COR)] has tried in the past 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on were redrawn and new bids were tions. being built for the room. to show the administration that Monday through Thursday, received earlier this month. While Oi Monday, the construction "After we put up the frame, this is a serious student-backed and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the new designTor the air condi­ crew removed the Student Union we'll hang the drywall and then project," Saryani said. "We've Friday. :: tioning system has yet to be ap- televisions and carpeting fromth e we'll run the electrical [system]," even contributed COR funds to

ISSUE 4 • VOLUME 84 Q, U O T E O F T H E WEEK The least they could have done was hand out tar boots during orientation.

Please see Sick and Tarred, below

OC EDITORIAL LETTERS Sick and Tarred Alumnus Urges Building Of Whittier Whittier College began to look like Philip Dear Editor— will be used to finance projects such as the George Allen Morris' fantasy early this semester when fresh It is easier to tear down than to build up. This proverb Fitness Center, Naylor Hall and a new technology wing layers of tar began covering the maze of paths came to mind after reading alumnus Mark Hoogs' dia­ for the library. Each of these facilities will be of immense crossing the upper and lower quads. While this tribe against Whittier College last week. In his letter, Mr. benefit to current students. has improved both the aesthetics of the campus Hoogs urges students and alumni to speak out against the Rather than offering general and ultimately unpro­ and skateboarding conditions considerably, we perceived failures of the College's present administra­ ductive criticism of our alma mater, I challenge future wonder why, exactly, the school waited until fall tion. alumni to build up rather than tear down. Support the semester to begin this project. Mr. Hoog's criticism is remarkably short-sighted, College financially when you become alumni, for pre­ Trailers spilling the sticky slop have added a and facts simply do not cease to exist because they are cisely the reasons cited by Mr. Hoogs. whole new audio-visual appeal to the campus as ignored. He overlooks the fact that under the present Whittier College has problems that need fixing, but their generaiors rumble, drowning out our words. administration, the College is on more stable financial complaining about them doesn't solve anything—giving Two QC staff members walked by one of these ground than it has ever been, and that the College has just back to the College does. If we can raise the pitifully remarkable machines, parked conspicuously in completed the largest fundraising year in its history. The small percentage of alumni who support the College (less the middle of a path near the C.l. and remarked purpose of this fundraising is simple: to make Whittier than 30%), we will help Whittier be a source of pride for that, with its hoses and tar-covered boots lying College a better place for its students. everyone connected to it. As Lincoln said, "he has a right on board, it looked much like a modern sculp­ His statement that the College cares nothing for its to criticize who has a heart to help." Criticize by creating ture, perhaps a commentary on industrializa­ current students, only the financial assets they represent, the changes you want to see. tion, pollution or the prospect of smoothing over is rendered ludicrous by the fact that all fundraising is societal ills using natural resources. And, they undertaken for the ultimate benefit of the students! In­ —Mark Bistricky '96, Asst. Director of Alumni noticed, it looked like an ugly eyesore in the deed, much of the money raised by the Capital Campaign Relations middle of the path to the C.I. On the plus side, the new bed of black has done a remarkable job keeping our campus warm. Nothing beats hauling one's sweaty butt uphill in Mob Mentality Found Under Library the midday Los Angeles heat, but with the new inky terrain, we improve our tans with every three Dear Editor— the weekend hours. The library closes at 5:00 p.m. on minute walk to our dorm rooms. On Saturday, Sept. 13, a group of students and I waited Friday and does not open until 1:00 p.m. the following Californian students have found a new form of outside the Bonnie Bell Wardman Library after 1:00 p.m. Saturday, 20 hours later! So much for getting your re­ entertainment and now sit on the benches in front (the posted^gening time) for Campus Safety to arrive and search done before the weekend. In case you are hot of the science building with binoculars to watch open the back door to the library for the work study aware, the residence halls tend to be much louder over the their out-of-state peers bum as they cross the students to enter. Then we had to wait for them go through weekend, starting Friday afternoon, so it is not very easy uppe jua I their opening procedures and then, finally, to open the to get work done while in them. The yellow tape used to block off the most main doors for the growing masses outside. Now that I've These current weekend hours seem to imply that all recently paved lanes adds a fresh, if grotesque, stood outside the library with a group of angry students Whittier students are helping to finish off a keg by 5:00 stripe of color to the campus where there was wasting their precious research/study minutes waiting just p.m. Friday and then do not even wake up till the afternoon once only green. Every day is a new adventure as to get in, I know first hand what mob mentality is. on Saturday. I can assure you, this is not the case. Even we are constantly forced toward the roads less First of all, opening the library should not be a surprise though it is clearly not widely known, many students

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September 25,1997 !!SH!»*I,

Whittier College • OPINION • Quaker Campus Are ih't Whhitei -Bull din

• *V,:f '» f; r »r ZS —- Ok \f i*" iweiueuij Li'ftw oijiTitieiit by Megan j. Carver £C G««f Columnist "The air-conditioning systems need major work... oh, and the reezing cold showers, arc doors in the bathrooms don't lock tic air conditioning, or lack Fthereof, and falling ceil­ very well." ings. Third world country? Hard­ Matt Cunningham is a senior ly. Welcome to Whittier College. majoring in Business Yes, that beautiful looking cam­ Administration. pus isn't quite as beautiful on the inside as it is on the outside. Is it really as bad as that? "I just think they need to do Well, one might just consider these your normal "Mr. Fix-It" prob­ something about the fire alarms lems faced by every college cam­ in Johnson, and maybe add some pus; and, while this may be true, carpeting to the rooms." the problems lie in the lack of Jennifer Esty is a junior majoring in repair of these little inconvenienc­ es. Biology. Many may have noticed the "cosmetic surgery" that Whittier College is undergoing. The resto­ ration of Naylor, the painting and "The Club is pretty nice and once refinishing of the residence halls, they finish Naylor and give this the re-tarring of the walkways whole place a facelift... then it (which has caused significant de­ tour problems) and the installa­ will be a pretty... good school." tion of The Club and Spot that Damien Ramondo is a senior took place not so long ago are majoring in Business definite improvements to the out­ Administration. ward appearance of the campus, but take a look inside. The showers in Turner and the locker room in the Athletic year's opening of The Spot and needed. paint protruding directly over my ble, therefore unable to enjoy Center are falling apart. In the The Club, as well as the renova­ A problem that has particu­ head. our lovely new paved paths. Harris residence halls, air condi­ tions to the Student Union (which larly plagued my thoughts in Precisely as this vision's I guess what I am trying to tioning is the foremost problem, includes a new KWTPv radio sta­ recent days are the very roofs humor occurred to me and I . say is; as long as all this tar is out with students in some rooms roast­ tion). under which we sleep and play. cracked my lips to smile, the and handy, please cover my and ing while their neighbors wake to Recently, I gave a tour of the If you have set foot into a Turner largest ofYhe bulbous pimples other ceilings on campus with it Jack Frost nipping at their noses. campus to the class of 1957. Next restroom recently, only to "sit" exploded over me, leaving my so that they do not collapse on As I work in the Chemistry Lab, I time you want to complain about in fear of the decaying ceiling head and shirt thoroughly my misshapen head. cannot help but notice that the the campus, talk to some of our above you, or if you were any­ drenched. Although I was an­ Matt Stuart is a sophomore ceilings (with its missing and alumni and they will tell you where near the women's locker noyed with my state of wetness, majoring in Art. drooping panels) are suffering about how much this campus room when gravity got the best I felt fortunate that the water from a lack of attention. has improved over the years. of its overhead wall, then you which now covered my upper YOUR TURN I am not condemning the Now, I know you might be think­ too probably share my concerns. body had not been followed by school's interest in beautifying ing it has been 40 years since This morning, as I loaded a concrete, as was the case in the • It Causes CaiW our campus; in fact, I think they 're then and improvements need to washing machine in the "mod­ ladies locker room, and perhaps the Turner first floor men's rest cor, Emphysema, doing a pretty good job of keep­ be made over a 40 year period, ern" temple I call home (Harris and Bad Breath, ing up the campus appearance. but many of the recent improve­ C), I was torn from my task by a room, which is now "closed for I'm just wondering why some of ments are not improvements that tapping on my head. As I looked construction." Yet Smoking Con- these funds aren't being filtered were needed rather than luxu­ above my head to the source, I Meanwhile, all over cam­ itmues. Why? into those places where students ries that the school is providing encountered the next round of pus, a ridiculous amount of tar is If you are interested in ex­ spend more of their time... in­ for the students. The Club is a taps on my left retina, leaving being strewn about, which, while pressing your opinion on this side. facility that rivals nightclubs in me partially blinded. making my skateboard journey issue, Contact Tim Kazules at While it may seem to admin­ Los Angeles. We don't need a I struggled to regain the vi­ from the top of campus to the Ext. 5074 or call the QC Office istrators that no matter what they club of that magnitude on cam­ sion in my left eye while my bottom virtually scarless, seems at Ext. 4254. Please see our do, the students will always find pus, but the administration felt right noticed that several hang­ a bit pointless; at any given mo­ column policy on the facing something to complain about, but The Club would boost social life. ing bubbles of water clung to the ment, I may be engulfed in rub­ page. the fact is that these are not petty Next time you choose to feel problems. The same problems apathetic about Whittier and are faced every year and talked chose to ignore the many im­ about by many Whittier students, provements around campus, re­ Dean Millman Relates College Growth and maybe if some attention were member why you decided to at­ paid to these "sniveling" students tend Whittier. Was it for a Dear Editor— we can, given our finances. While College student to faculty ratio there would be less to complain $ 150,000 fitness center or was it I very much agree with the it is not necessary to respond in decreased. In addition, the Col­ about. Just a thought. for the education and the rela­ QC opinion editor's response detail to the allegation of the let­ lege has offered significantly tionships you would make with to the alumnus who expressed ter, I did want to clarify one point. more sections now than it has in Megan Carver is a junior ma­ your professors? dissatisfaction in the Sept. 18 As a matter of record, contrary the past (an increase of 13.3%). joring in English. issue. The faculty and staff do a to the assertion of the letter, the The data follows. Billy Pierro is a junior ma­ first rate job of working with number of full-time instructional by Billy Pierro joring in Political Science. students, both collectively and faculty has increased during the —Richard S. Millman, Pro­ QC Guest Columnist individually, to the extent that last five years and the Whittier vost and Dean of Faculty by Matt Stuart mprovements to Whittier? I QC. CO-Sports Editor Year Full Time Facultv* Student/Facultv Ratio Total Courses feel that the improvements 1993/94 82 13.9:1 563 around .campus are great. o is Whittier College fall 1994/95 v 88 13.8: 1 592 I J Sure, they are slow, but they are ing apart? My response, 1995/96 88 13.8 : 1 592 a welcome change. I am in my Sin a word, is "YES." Whit­ 1996/97 92 13.1 : 1 638 third year here and I am feeling tier College does seem to be go­ 1997/98 93f N/A N/A better then ever bemuse of chang­ ing into a state of decay. Al­ es around campus such as The though some efforts have been * The faculty numbers do not include librarians* Questions about the data should be directed George Allen Fitness Center, ren­ made to redeem Whittier's crum­ to Dr. Gerald Adams, Registrar, f Plus 4 vacancies. ovations to Naylor Hall, last bling walls, more work is still September 25,1997 Whittier College • NEWS • Quaker Campus Low Turnout at Financial Aid Forum WEEK • FINANCIAL AID

A Weekly Look at Events Around the World by Shawn Fitzpatrick QC Copy Editor

national Amid rumors of student dis­ contentment with the financial aid news department, COR President Keristofer Saryani and the Office Why Not Whittier? of Student Financing worked to­ Chelsea Clinton is now enrolled at Stanford University in Palo gether in presenting the first Stu­ Alto, California. She moved into her dorm this past Weekend under dent Forum of the semester. In the watchful eye of her parents and a small army of Secret Service part, the purpose of the forum was agents, all wearing civilian clothes. Once there, she attended all the to inform students about the work­ freshman meetings and programs while her parents attended all the ings of financial aid, as well as usual parent conferences. While on campus she will retain a small dispel some common myths about group of plain clothes Secret Service agents like the ones she has the department. Only a small num­ had ever since her father became president. The Clintons do not ber of students were in attendance Catherine Graham from the Financial Aid Office addressed qualify for financial aid and will have to foot the bill for the $30,000 at the Student Forum, which was students questions on Monday. tuition. held in the Faculty Center on Liza Gershman / QC Assl. Photo Editor Monday, Sept. 22. new approach to counseling." As ated some difficulty early on. Making Something Out of Nothing Catherine Graham, the new described by Graham, this ap­ These transitions occurred while Michael Sailor, a materials scientist based in San Diego is Senior Associate Director of Fi­ proach includes new ways of per­ our department was in the process attempting to create machines and compounds from the molecular nancial Aid, opened the forum with forming routine tasks: "We now of receiving the majority of stu­ level up. His team of scientists have been experimenting with the statement, "I am here because have three new counselors who. dent aid application materials; everything from making lattice works of molecules that conduct it is a wonderful opportunity for will each maintain a group of stu­ thus, the delay which some of you electricity to a thumbnail sized likeness of Elvis made with glow- the Office of Student Financing to dents. I believe this will give stu­ experienced and had complaints in-the-dark silicon. Sailor is trying to discover a way to someday communicate to you the very im­ dents a greater opportunity to work about." build circuitry on a microscopic scale that could be used in the next portant issues which will affect more closely with the financial "In the future," Graham ex­ generation of computers or as nerve connections in bionic limbs. you as students." She then ex­ aid staff." plained, "these delays should be pressed her desire to be open and Graham, who had been the less of a problem for us due to Loophole, Ahoy frank in answering any questions Associate Director of Financial some changes that we are imple­ A task force created by the Board of Regents of the U.C. system concerning the aid process. Aid since February of 1996, be­ menting. A new system that we returned last week with a recommendation that the Universities With a smile and great enthu­ came the Senior Director of Fi­ are instituting will allow us to drop the S.A.T. test from their requirements for admission. The siasm, Graham launched into a nancial Aid in July 1997 after work on students' need analysis Latino Eligibility Task Force was created to find a way of recruiting multitude of changes which have Janice Adams, the former Direc­ throughout the year. Along with more Latino Students to attend the most prestigious of the U.C. been taking place in her depart­ tor, vacated the position for an this," Graham stated, "we also schools. The task force also recommended that the regents go ment as of late. Among these opportunity to work at Luther have new computers, new tech­ forward with plans to build a new university in central California. changes are a "relatively new fi­ College in Iowa. Graham, who nology and new on-line software The decision of the panel comes only a couple of weeks after the nancial aid team," new forms has been working in financial aid which will allow us to do loan law battle over proposition 209 (which effectively ends affirmative which will expedite the aid pro­ for over seven years, said, "the action) ended in the proposition being upheld. cess and what Graham calls "a staff transitions in our office cre­ See FINANCIAL AID, page 6

international MEETING NOTES news Council of Representatives Meeting • Sept. 22, 1997

I. Call to Order/Roll Call/Ap­ A. The French Club is requesting a Student Union for the dance that' Cleaning House in China proval of Minutes total of $ 1,100 for various expenses was held in The Club last Friday The Chinese Communist Party held its fifteenth congress at the A. The meeting was called to for the purpose of presenting Samuel night. Pierro moved to approve this Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Jiang Zemin the new order at 7:05 p.m. Beckett's [The Last Real.] The fund­ recommendation; Nicole Jackson president of China consolidated his power base and his future as heir B. All members were present ing would go towards helping with seconded the motion. The recom­ to Deng Xiaoping by surrounding himself with loyal appointees. except Jennifer Perkins and Andy the travel expenses of several French mendation was approved by con­ Several old party members in high positions were retired to make Murphy, both unexcused. actors who will be performing in the sensus. way for Zemin's younger, more educated and economically minded C. Quorum was established. play. The bill was referred to the C. Yang moved to close the congress. 109 members out of the 193 person Central Committee, D. Sheila Ali moved to approved Budget Committee. meeting due to the discussion of the nation's parliamentary body, were replaced at the congress. the minutes from September 15; B. A funding request was made by personnel issues; Liza Gershman Vicky Yang seconded the motion. Model United Nations for their annu­ seconded the motion. The meeting Anti-tourist Violence on the Nile The minutes were approved by con­ al conference to be held in San Fran­ was closed by consensus. sensus. cisco. Whittier will be hosting the D. Renae Waestman, Billy Pier­ Nine German tourists and their Egyptian bus driver were killed II. President's Message conference. A list of expenses was ro, Chris Muller, and Jamie Wem- Friday in an attack by armed militants. The attack took place outside A. Saryani welcomed all the new presented to C.O.R. which will be met were recommended for the of the Egyptian Museum which houses many of the famous artifacts members of C.O.R. who were re­ reviewed to determine which expens­ Budget Committee. This recom­ from the pyramids and other famous archeological sites. The exact cently appointed or elected. es would be appropriate to fund. The mendation was approved by con­ number of gunmen who took part in the attack is unknown due to B. All preparations for the Fi­ bill was referred to the Budget Com­ sensus. conflicting accounts by witnesses but three were captured at the nancial Aid Student Forum were mittee. E. Jennifer Perkins, Jennifer scene. This" attack is part of what has been a six year long campaign completed. Special thanks was of­ Baily, Andi Baker, and Aaron against tourists, scholars and Coptic Christians by Islamic militant fered to Billy Pierro who did most IV. Daily Calendar Considerations Mickelson were recommended as groups seeking to return the nation to complete Islamic rule. of the preparation. A. Due to the lack of memgers on Publications Board at-large mem­ C. The C.O.R. retreat will be the Budget Committee, C.O.R. rec­ bers. The recommendation was ap­ I'm Okay—You're Not this weekend in Huntington Beach. ommended that we provide the funds proved; there were objections and abstentions. In a decision that the Russian Orthodox church and ultra- All C.O.R. members are encour­ for the rental of a public announce­ aged to attend. ment system for Seth Farley's memo­ nationalists like Vladamir Zhirinovzky are praising, the Russian D. All committee finalization rial service. Gershman moved that V. Announcements Parliament has passed a law restricting freedom of religion. The law will take place by next Monday's C.O.R. approve this recommendation; A.» All funding request forms specifies that any religion must have practiced in the Russian meeting. Applications for commit­ Vicky Yang seconded the motion. will be out by Wednesday. Republic legally for at least 15 years in order to continue practicing. tee appointments were placed in all The recommendation was approved That effectively bars all religions other than the Russian Orthodox student mailboxes. Interested stu­ by consensus. VI. Adjournment Church and certain small, Jewish, Islamic and Buddhist groups. The dents are encouraged to reply B. Due to the lack of members on Ali moved to adjourn the meet­ Vatican, the United States, and the Council of Europe have de­ promptly. the Budget Committee, Lisa Rollins ing; Mike Garabedian seconded the nounced the action but President Boris Yeltzin is not expected to veto recommended that C.O.R. fund $600 motion. The meeting was adjourned it. * III. First Reading of Bills of the $700 requested by the Black by consensus at 7:50 p.m.

Open meetings take place Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Information Compiled From the Los Angeles Times by Carlos Estrada, QC Asst. News Editor . Redwood Conference Room, unless otherwise indicated.

September 25,1997 Whittier College • NEWS • Quaker Campus College Receives $25,000 for A Weekly List of Upcoming On-Campus Events Exchange Program Scholarships

The Write Stuff • SCHOLARSHIPS Bank of California. California including China Town, The Writing Center is now open with 12 computer worksta­ "The banking industry has Korea Town, Little Tokyo, Little tions available and tutors on-hand to help along the way. The gone beyond traditional commu­ Saigon, Hsi Lai Temple, Pacific Writing Center is located in the basement of Hoover Hall and by Dennis Soto nity boundaries due to rapid ad­ Asia Museum, and companies and will be open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to QC Assoc. News Editor vances in technology," Hartnack factories in Japan and Mexico. midnight, Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from said. "It is incumbent upon us to Wu plans to use the dona­ noon to midnight. Please remember that the tutors are there to The Union Bank of Califor­ participate in learning about other tion money for guest speakers and help improve papers, not simply proofread them. nia/Mitsubishi Bank of Tokyo cultures, languages and tradi­ field trips throughout the school Student Exchange Program at tions." year. In the past, Wu has obtained Say Cheese Whittier College received a dona­ The donation is for expens­ such speakers as David Vikner, Seniors can sign up to have their yearbook pictures taken or tion of $25,000 from the Union es expected for the program for President of United Board for purchase photo packages. Appointments must be made by Sept. Bank of California Foundation in the 1997-98 school year. "We want Christine Higher Education in 26. Photos will be taken from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 between the late July. The money will provide to cover a variety of areas: cul­ Asia, Lisa See, author of the best hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and on Friday, Oct. 3 from9:0 0 scholarship support for business ture, politics, community, law, sci­ seller On Gold Mountain, and a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Students need not buy a photo package to and economic students interested ence, business, communications, Edwin Keh, Managing Director appear in the yearbook but there is a $5 sitting fee to process the in Pacific Rim Languages and history, and education," Wu said. of Donna Karan Hong Kong. "We yearbook photo. Call 464-2651 to make an appointment or stop cultures. The Union Bank Founda­ try to combine field trips [and by Hastings House. The program sponsors schol­ tion gives support to foster cultur­ guest speakers] as a part of the arships and academic activities, al exchange between the United class," Wu stated. Asian Students Association Meeting such as student travel scholarships, States and Asia. The Union Bank of Califor­ summer internships, study in Ja­ Find out about A.S.A. at the firstannua l meeting of the Asian Union Bank of California nia foundation has sponsored The pan, Japenese language and cul­ Students Association this Friday at Hastings House. The meet­ Cultural Exchange Program of­ Union Bank of California/Mitsub­ ture instruction and speeches, ac­ fers student internship at Union ishi Bank of Tokyo Student Ex­ ing will begin at 5:00 p.m. Come and meet new people. cording to Assistant Professor of Bank of California branches and change Program since April 1995. Business Administration Haw-Jan offices as a part of the Summer It was first named Mitsubishi Bank Cosmic Corn Wu, the program's coordinator. Internship Program, financial aid of Tokyo/Union Bank Cultural Karl Taube will be at Johnson House next Tuesday, Sept. 30 "Union Bank of California is for study-abroad students in Ja­ Exchange Program until Sept. at 7:00 p.m. He will be giving a presentation on "Corn and concerned with helping students pan, courses in Asian and Asian- 1996, when it took on the current Cosmology in Meso-America and the American Southwest." understand their role in the global American issues featuring guest name due to the merger of the For more information contact either Rafael Chabran at Johnson community," saidRichardC. Hart- speakers, trips to cultural and ed­ Union Bank and the Bank of Cal­ House or Mariella Bacigalupo at Ext. 4423 nack, Vice Chairman of Union ucational attractions in Southern ifornia. Be A Good Sport TO.V.; There will be a meeting this Thursday, Sept. 25 for all those interested in planning Sportsfest. People are needed for the actual planning, as well as for designing a T-shirt and selecting a theme. All interested parties should meet at Hastings House at 4:00 p.m. TO

••'•••••••: , : : ' •••. I Psyched Over New Computers Computers are available for use in the psychology research ^ *m*rita, you lab in the science building. All computers in room 209 may be used by students to do homework if they are not being used for % research. mm food * ...^^ Qr Submit SOMA Your Work *b*iter to th« tft^ The Scam Magazine is back thanks to SOMA. Submissions are being accepted in the form of poetry, photography, drawing, 1V f cartoons, music reviews or editorials. Send all materials to Mike * * is no ordinal* ^^ HTOTO-- McKennedy at Box 8256 or call Ext. 5290. The deadline for all submissions is Oct. 1. ** *» visit the to**1* yp *"ro First Amendment Rights Xh 1 Free Speech Friday, sponsored by SOMA, will take place * infirm. No*** *^^ this Friday and every other Friday in front of the C.I. from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Anyone with anything to say about anything is welcome. ^nmion doe* » ** ^ ^ Garrett House Has The Key * ^vide dothin

Take A Test Spin All students interested in being disc jockeys at The Club should contact Heidi at the Office of Student Activities by To the 80 million of you who volunteered time and Tuesday, Sept. 30 at (562) 464-2651. money last year, thanks for all you've given. Imagine what more could do. Call 1-800-55-GIVE 5. /T\ 111 CTJ] Information Compiled From Campus Sources ;:;'.- '-TO : : TO •; , TO' TOTO.. ^' '"-/•-'' :*TOTO -'TOTO* by>fasmeen Shaw, QC Graphics Editor

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Whittier College • NEWS • Quaker Campus College Paths and Parking LotS New Art Professor Awarded Receive Asphalt Makeover FellowsMp ,0 Study in France • FACULTY • RENOVATIONS by Jody Himrod QC Staff Writer by Adam Pava QC Editor-in-Chief Art Professor Endi Poskov- IC was recently awarded a fel­ The upper and lower quads lowship to spend a semester liv­ have been transformed into a web ing and working in Cassis, of blackened pathways as the Col­ France. Poskovic is a tenure- lege is in the process of sealing all track Professor of Art in his first the asphalt on campus. yearal - I ier. Manager of Campus Facilities This fellowship, sponsored Dan Peterson has made plans to h\ the Camargo Foundation in eventually seal all asphalt on cam­ collaboration with French art­ pus, a task that he estimates will ists, is given yearly to 11 artists take a number of months. "I doubt in ail fields from music to the if it will be done before winter," he TO-TO TO:TO'TOTOTOTOTO\ TO said. TO .TO: .'• TO:.. ' . :':•'.. "Asphalt deteriorates as it Endi Poskovic. ages," Peterson said. "The sand on will be starting spring semes­ fiesSstEfx&vOS&ftK the top layer withers away over Work is being done on the pathways, such as this one ter, and will devote the time to time. To preserve it [the asphalt], behind Wardman Hall, all semester. -• - , 'TO; ' . ; TO ;. TOTOTOTO;, • -TO we needed to seal it with a 'flurry Chad Nicholson / QC Asst. Photo Editor ship is prized because he feels His method of expression is coat.'" lower quads, and the area between water," Peterson said. "Water runs "an artist needs time with noth­ cal led Intaglio and involves print­ Currently, the College is in the the Amphitheater and Wardman through it, and combined with wear ing else to do but work." He ing with an etched glass. This process of sealing the asphalt with Hall. The parking lot next to Cam­ and tear, that is how you get pot­ will return to Whittier for the process, which he describes as the flurry coat. Throughout the pus Safety and the Counseling holes." fall semester. "very elaborate," is what domi­ month of October, the asphalt will Center buildings was completely When the parking lot in back Professor Poskovic was nates his work. The results are be crack-filled, and then sealed re-asphalted because it was so of the Campus Inn (C.I.) is sealed, born in Sarajevo. Bosnia and and prints again. "Before we can crack-fill it, damaged. a grilled drain system will also be received degrees from the Sa­ that y^rcd. These it needs to age a little bit," Peterson Peterson said that asphalt installed to manage the water out­ rajevo Academy ol' Fine Arts pieces also reflect his own di- said. should be sealed every two or three put from the C.I. and from The State University verse background, with subject Areas with the flurry coat com­ years, but most of the asphalt path­ "We're just trying to make of New York at Buffalo. He has matter from apples to Arabic pleted so far include the Ball Hall ways on this campus have never things last around here," Peterson had his work shown in over 100 writing as icons. parking lot, the Mendenhall park­ been sealed. said. "It's all part of our 'preventa­ solo and group exhibitions From his time in France, ing lot, the paths in the upper and "Asphalt is not impervious to tive maintenance program." worldwide. He has also taught Poskovic hopes to give back to art courses in colleges from his students at Whittier. He will FINANCIAL AID contribution, and arrives at an to the Office of Student Financ- Norway to Bell State Universi- cake TO

6 September 25,1997 ThisWeek Next Week •WACKY ADVENTURES • CAMPUS CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Wacky adventurers Adam Pava and Greg Steele embark upon an epic Looking for something to get involved journey. Wackiness ensues as they in? Whittier students have developed travel to a 35th story revolving a variety of cultural and social groups. cheese lounge! From SOMA to Wrestling we take a look at the clubs and organizations SEE PAGE 9 the campus has to offer.

STUDENT INTEREST • COMMI Harvey Knows the Politics of Teaching

• PROFESSORIAL PROFILE by Victoria Pohlmann QC Staff Writer

Professor Richard Harvey is the Stonehenge of Whit­ tier College. Few current students know when or how he got here. Harvey is the second oldest faculty member and the longest tenured professor. He has been at Whittier since 1960, making this his 38th year. Harvey was bom in Los Angeles on Nov. 28,1930 and in staying close to home, he has made a profound impact on the Los Angeles community. He resides in La Habra Heights with his wife, Patricia, and they have two sons. Harvey received a B. A. fromOccidenta l College and both his M.A. and Ph.D. fromUCLA . As a boy, Harvey wanted to become a lawyer like his father. Yet, as so many Whittier College students will soon find out, what you think you are going to do when you first start college is not what you later end up doing. After graduating from Occidental in 1952, Harvey was accepted to USC Law School but eventually decided on a career working in politics. Harvey enjoyed young people and chose to set his sights on teaching college. As could have been expected, his parents were less than thrilled about the switch. Today, Harvey assures students, "don't feel bad if you change your mind about the future. It works out." As any ofhis students can see, Harvey did not regret his decision to become a professor. Harvey's interest in politics started early in life with Richard Harvey, Whittier's most tenured professor, an expert on California Politics See HARVEY, page 8 Chad Nicholson/OCAssl. PlwoEdto Ex-Students Reflect on Why They Left Whittier College

• RETENTION by Anna Neese "There are more girls at U.S. C and Student Retention Rates QCAsst. Campus Life Editor so I might as well pay $4,000 more a year to go to U.S. C. and get a better Retention of Undergraduates —r- Fall Semester U.S.C. sophomore Ivan Dominguez left reputation than stay at Whittier." Whittier along with 230 of his peers who transferred or dropped out last year. His — Ivan Dominguez, former student grades were average, but he felt his social Year 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 life was defunct, and his heart was set on U.S.C. Talking to him now, he feels good the best thing about the school. "I met the about his decision to leave. "Whittier is too greatest people there, some who I'm still Total Students 1196 1297 1340 1361 1336 small of a school for me. [The school] really close with," Muller said. "I loved the doesn't have that great of a social scene," school for that." Muller was interested in Graduates 228 244 249 278 304 Dominguez said. film, and was disgruntled that the school Dominguez is a good example of a had a lot of funding for sports, but not for Pool for Retention 968 1053 1091 1084 1032 student who didn't leave Whittier because his major or other academic areas. "The the quality of his education was bad, but whole idea on scrapping geology is ridicu­ because the school wasn't quite what he lous. They spend too much money on sport- Did Not Return 161 197 214 * 217 231 expected. "[Whittier] costs too much for related things. They need to be spending the kind of social life I had there. There are money on more quality programs." Returned in Fall 807 856 . 877 866 801 more girls at U.S.C. and so I might as well The overall retention rate for students pay 4,000 dollars more a year to go to last year was 77.6%, which does not in­ U.S.C. and get a better reputation than stay clude students who graduated in '97. These Retention Rate 83.4% 813% $0.4% 80.0% 77.6% at Whittier," Qominguez said. numbers show Whittier to be "probably Mike Mutjer, a freshman at Whittier right in the middle of the pack for an last year, also feels that Whittier is more institution of its sort," according to College Information courtesy of the Gerald Adams from the Office of the Registrar. expensive than the experience is worth. He feels, however, that the social scene was See MISSING STUDENTS, page 8

September 25,1997 Whittier College • CAMPUS LIFE • Quaker Campus

Matt Feinberg is... Fun With Mad Libs: History Boy Make Your Own Retelling Whittier College's History One Story at a Time C.I. Comment Card! Never had the cojones to fill out a Dear C.I. Homies: Comment Card? Let us help you! Simply Just a note to tell you that I almost fill in the missing words with the Smart (past tense verb) appropriate parts of speech, and you're set! There are a few guys around campus who are so after eating your tonight. I famous-you talk about them all the time. The funny (past tense verb) Dear C.I. People: thing is; you don't even know who they are. A little so hard, the neighbors complained. Thank you. amfiiscd?'D0Sh« names Pickering, Hadley, and Painter The science department would like to request Thank you, thank you, thank you. Lots of love ring a bel!7 JtfnOt, these are the names of some of the samples of the you served tonight. streets around Whittier College, but more than that, and , Johnny Potatolover. (noun) they are thenames of men who played a major roleia -..; (plural noun) We'd like to perform. creating Whittier as. we know it. ':"".: (adjective) (noun) on it. Also, we were hoping that Aguilla H. Pickering, a businessman from Chica­ (proper noun) go, aloag with Washington Hadley, both dedicated Dear C.I. : might be given access into the. so Quakers,,vipfexmBre or less, the founders of Whittier. (plural noun) (noun) In 1886, tfbik returning from a trip to Mexico City, Please. I beg of you. No more. that he might study the metamorphosis of the PickermgandHadtey detoured through what we now (expletive) know as Whittier. Impressed with the terrain, climate, potato bar. Sincerely, Over Starched potato. Thanks! —Us Wacky Biologists and the ability to see the entire vai ley and the ocean (a IittJe less smog, back then), Pickering saw a lot of potential for "educational and gospel work." He con­ this .! I pay damn good money to eat in this. . hole and I end up having to go vinced many other Quakers to come and see for (expletive) (expletive) (expletive) themselves, They all agreed with him. So, on May 3, out and spend more money. You mother. make so much from us. I haven't eaten (expletive) (expletive) 1887, the Friends Church bought most of the area we anyway. Find some good. _. Do you think that you could make dorm food that looks edible? I know as Whittier fo per acre (a hefty price back (expletive) then). The new owners formed the Pickering Land & like the turkey, one of my favorites, but when you have it and don't have mashed potatoes with them Water Compai y of "the Quaker Colony;" the actual it sucks. Then on a night with nothing you have mashed potatos. name "Whittier" was not selected until May 5, 1887. (expletive) John H. Painter, a member of the Friends Church, owned the largest percentage of Pickering Land & Water Company stock. He was a successful business­ RETENTION man to say the least. At one point he owned all of continued from page 7 Dean of Faculty Richard Millman said, "I always worry northern Pasadena. He sold the Friends Church the that if you hand people numbers then there are a hundred land for their first church in Whittier and donated registrar, Dr. Gerald Adams. different ways that you can read them." lumber to build it. Later, his son-in-law, Charles The freshman retention rate at Whittier has steadily This is exemplified in the fact that the registrar has a Tebbetts, became the first president of Whittier Col­ dropped over the last five years. The number of freshman hard time determining why every student leaves. Muller lege. who stayed at the College for the '96-'97 school year is and Dominguez are a small example from a large pool. Other streets, like Philadelphia, Greenleaf, Penn, 68%. This is lower than year before, which was 69.4%. "You never know whether a student comes predisposed to and Friend%atet*efieeMfaeth«*af3M^^ Phil­ With such»a small student body, Whittier feels the loss withdrawing from the institution," Adams said. "If they adelphia was the center of the Quaker religion in of even a small number of students. "Although I wasn't come with that notion, how are you supposed to count America. Greenleaf was the middle name of John best of friends with anyone who left, I still find myself [them]?" Adams said that students will often say they are Greenleaf Whittier. William Perm founded and adTO looking around campus for people who I was so used to leaving for a reason dealing with something they didn't ministered Pennsylvania, where a majority of Amer­ seeing last year," sophomore Naomi Nunez said. "I have like at Whittier, when in reality, it is for a more personal ican Quakers resided. And, of course, Friends is friends who left because of personal reasons, but none who reason that they don't want to disclose. "It is more than named after the Friends Church. left because they hated Whittier. I don't see what the likely that a student will give you the most obvious reason Now that you have been enlightened a little, administration could really do about the problem of stu­ as to why they left," he said. maybe the next time you give directions to get here, or dent retention rates." There are many different ways to look at the problem decide to meet someone at the comer of Painter and The school is aware that a lot of students leave, and that the College faces with retention rates. "If I wanted to make Philadelphia, those names may be more, than just it is an area of the school that needs work. "It is a problem us look really bad all I have to do is pull out Princeton, names of streets. They may be insight into our col­ that the institution is facing," Adams said. "Aside from the Harvard or Yale," Adams said. "But if we look at regional lege's past. Either way, thanks to mem, we don't get graduating seniors, we lost 231 students." This number institutions then we're pretty normal." According to Muller, lost. does not include stop-outs—students who say they are your experience here "depends on what you put into taking a semester or two off. "Stop-outs are also hard to [Whittier College]. It depends on the person." When asked HARVEY measure. We do have categories in terms of leave of if he felt he didn't work hard enough, or if it was Whittier continued from page 7 absence and withdrawal, but you can't guarantee either that didn't work hard enough to keep him, he said "It was his enchantment with FDR's famous "fireside chats." The one as a solid truth," Adams said. a combination of both. I was really interested in film, and comforting voice from the radio reassured young Harvey The administration is eager to express the fact that they didn't have anything of that nature there. I didn't give that the American government would take care of its statistics can be read in many different ways. Provost and it my all, really, either." people. At age ten, Harvey's Republican parents sent him to school wearing a Wendell Wilkie campaign button. Latin America course with little knowledge about the that he voted Republican up through the Eisenhower Since Roosevelt was the more popular presidential candi­ subjects. American politics, and more specifically those of election in 1952. He describes the atmosphere of UCLA date of the day it came as no surprise that another school­ California, were and continue to be Harvey's speciality. as having "pulled [him] to the left." Harvey did, however, mate proceeded to punch Harvey in the face. Fortunately, Dr. Harvey became a tenured Associate Professor in guarantee that he rarely votes Democratic "down the line." this incident did not traumatize Harvey enough to run from 1965 and a Full Professor in 1969. That year he served as Harvey remembers that the most disgruntling experi­ the political world. the director of the Whittier College-in-Copenhagen pro­ ence of his career as occured when he brought in Paul For graduate school, Harvey believed a larger institu­ gram for the Fall semester. Conrad, the L.A. Times political cartoonist in 1978, to fill tion like UCLA would be more appropriate to his needs. Harvey then worked as the Dean of Academic Affairs a position known as the "Nixon Chair" in which outside His interest in Earl Warren led him to write his dissertation from 1971-80. In recalling his experiences as an adminis­ authorities on various disciplines would teach five week about the former California governor and Supreme Court trator, Dr. Harvey spoke ofhis difficulty in making tough courses at the College. The liberally-oriented cartoonist Justice. In addition to scholarly pursuits, Harvey began to decisions and his subsequent lack of sleep. During this loved to poke fun at Whittier's most famous alumnus, follow football at UCLA. To this day, he remains an avid period, he continued to teach a California Government Richard Nixon, during and after the. Watergate Scandal. Bruin fan, reciting game scores from the 1950's off the top course. Needless to say, Harvey encountered much hostility with­ ofhis head. He speaks fondly of Saturday football games Most January terms will find Dr. Harvey teaching in the administrative community .for hiring such a man to in which his team was always winning. Dick's dream is to Politics Beyond the Classroom, a class which gives stu­ teach a course here. live long enough to see UCLA win a second National dents a behind the scenes look at California politics. The Today, Dick Harvey's title is that of "Distinguished Championship. With season tickets, the chance of Harvey class culminates with a Sacramento trip where Whittier's Service Professor" which means that he is able to phase missing the game is slim. prospective politicians get a chance to tour the capital and into retirement by working part-time. When asked if he Upon completing his dissertation in 1959, Harvey sit in on the California Assembly. plans to leave the college any time soon he replied, "Yes, applied for a job at Whittier College. From 1960 to 1962, "He knows everything about California Politics." Jun­ and it's not going to be feet first." Harvey plans to retire he worked as a temporary instructor. In 1962, Harvey was ior Vicky Yang said with a twinkle in her eye. "When he in the year 2000. rehired as an Assistant Professor of Political Science. In adds in personal stories it makes the lectures interesting." "Its hard to find professors who know so much." Yang our interview, he spoke apprehensively ofhis initial inse­ For those of you who know Dr. Harvey as a staunch said. "When Dr. Harvey retires we'll be losing a great curity in teaching a foreign policy class and a politics of card-carrying Democrat, you should be amused to learn asset. I just love him."

8 September 25,1997 Whittier College •CAMPUS LIFE •> Quaker Campus WHITHER ART Three Pounds of Revolving Cheese THE BROTHERS mortgage to a reasonably-priced two-bed­ room apartment. We waited... and waited CUUNARY? . . . and waited. It seems the waitress was new and didn't quite fully understand the Dear Editor — "revolving" part of the lounge. Our guess is Evil rumor, yes, even that which that she returned with our platter only to rampant runs throughout our fair com­ discover that we simply weren't in the munity, dragging our fellowship and same place from where we ordered, so she good cheer into the muck of cynicism ADAM PAVA 6R€6 ST€€L€ quit and returned home to her simple, non- and despair, pours in my pained ear revolving studio apartment. the dread news—that "The Brothers As we have so keenly discovered, Turned out it was really just some guy (In a side note, notice how the phrase Culinary" is not to appear in our QC wacky adventures just aren't easy to come named Mago, but he must have had a good 'you are what you eat' fits so well in our this week! by these days. The closest we've come in disappearing act 'cause we didn't see him case: Greg who is from Nebraska, is a O wretched fate! the past week was sitting at Denny's at all night. Cracker, and Adam, who listens to show- Where am I to find my needful 5:00 a.m. pretending to poke our eyes out Waiting in line for 45 minutes in the tunes, is a fruit3. And we both have cheese dose of ironic epicurean journalism? with forks.1 However, being dedicated non-revolving center of the lounge was to spare.) Alas, not in the turgid pages of the adventurers and scholars, we turned to oddly similar to waiting in line at Disney­ At any rate, halfway through our third L.A. Times, nor yet the tepid prose of scholarly research: the phone book. And land, in the respect that it was a line and that rotation ("Look, there's that... big build­ the Orange County Register] Alack, although there isn't a section for Wacky it didn't revolve. Inching forward in such ing ... again"), the appetizers finally found I shall have to drag my weary soul Adventures, we did find a hotel (in the a slow and non-revolving fashion, we us. We were shocked at what we saw: six through the wearing days until Oct. 2, Hotel section) named Bonaventure— guessed that the reason it must be taking so crackers, two pieces of the white part of the when this pall shall—I make bold to which loosely translates to "good adven­ long to be seated is that the maitre 'd waits watermelon, and three pounds of cheese. hope—once again lift. ture." for the empty tables—which are on the Any attempts to partition the food were Close enough for us. revolving outer-portion of the restaurant— doomed from the start because in order to Yours, Get this: when we got there, we dis­ to come to him. make the finishing of the cracker coincide Susanne Weil, covered that this particular hotel is more When we were finally given a table, our with the finishing of the cheese, we simply Associate Professor of English than a hotel: it has a revolving lounge on spirits were dashed. The lounge was re­ had to eat a nibble from the saltine, and then the 35th floor. Talk about a wacky adven­ volving really slowly, not nearly fast enough bite off a chunk of the brie. That, friends, is • EDITOR'S NOTE ture! And we were just hoping to make to justify the drink prices—although we no way to live. fools of ourselves in the karaoke lounge. figured that if you ordered enough of the John Maki and Mike Garabedion, the We ascended through the atmosphere drinks, the lounge might seem to rotate ' We've discovered that one can simu­ Brothers Culinary, will return next in a magical glass elevator (Adam had to much faster. At one point we tried vigor­ late the white goo from a punctured eye by week with their review of the Bavarian push that chocolate-eating twit Charlie ously to spin the table in the hopes that, like piercing a creamer cup, concealed by a Inn. Until then, the campus communi­ out of the way2), only to be informed that a Sit 'n' Spin or the Teacup's, the entire clenched hand in front of the eye, with a ty will have to drag its collective wea­ the night truly was going to be magical: a restaurant would speed up. fork. ry soul through the wearing days until magician named Mr. Magoo was per­ We ordered a platter of fruit, cheese and 2 No, not really. Oct 2. forming all night from table to table. crackers, which alone could pay off the 3 Ibid. Sorry about that.

emorial Sendee for Seth Farley this Saturday

The memorial service for Seth Allen Farley will be held this Saturday, Sept. 27, at 5:00 p.m. in the Upper Quad. This memorial service is the collaborative effort of Seth's family, friends, professors and the Whittier College community. Seth was extremely involved in most aspects and with most people of the Whittier allege campus. There will be a short formal introduction, but the majority of the service will be an open microphone for people to come and express their thoughts in anyway that they choose. Food will be provided after the open microphone service. Vegetarian potluck dishes wguld be greatly appreciated, as are flowers and other decorative contribuffons from the community attending. Following the service the Wardman Art Gallery will open Seth Farley's Art Exhibit. A wide selection of Seth'sworkwill be on display as will numerous video projects he was involved with. There will also be a live performance by the Spanish rock group Viva Malpache at this.time.' There will be many opportunities for people to color, draw, paint, write or simply reflect on the celebration of this life. If you have any questions concerning the service, or would like to help in the arrangement of the service, lease contact Jane Parnes at the Counseling Services Office. Thank You. ••;'•--• Inside ^% T " X X3 ' £~* XI Next Week • Van Burens Whittier College' s own campus ska band is back together, ready to wreak Anders La pantless havoc on an unsuspecting Sept. community. Find out what they've been up to, what they've got in • That Voodoo You Do store, and what they did on their Anders Lansing's latest'project summer vacations. And find out if explores the intersection between this year, they'll be keeping their art and religion. pants on... Mia THE ARTS •ENTERTAINMENT • REVIEWS Piano Prodigy Jan Jiracek to Perform Sunday • PREVIEW helped me to relax and play my • Jan Gottlieb best." Pianist Claudio Arrau is one of by Nilanga Jayasinghe Jiracek Jiracek's main influences—he iden­ QC Assoc. ACrE Editor When: Sunday, Sept. 28 at tifies with the way that Arrau played. 3:00fAm. Unfortunately, Jiracek said, he has His fingersfle w over the keys not had the opportunity to meet Where Shannon Center and the music he made was bril­ him and his other influence, Le­ Price: Free to Whittier Col­ liant in its masterful presentation. onard Bernstein, but confessed that lege students, faculty, and The thundering applause that he hopes to do so one day. staff. General tickets are broke out with the conclusion of Following the Van Cliburn priced at $ 18 and non- Whitti­ his piece was ample evidence that Competition, Jiracek was imme­ er College students and se­ the audience enjoyed his hard diately asked to join the Commu­ nior citizens at $14. work. He is the German pianist, nity Concert Touring Roster his Jan Gottlieb Jiracek. first American concert in New A master of the piano, 24- already won the first prize at the York City. During the 1997-98 year-old Jiracek placed fifth in Steinway Competiton in Ham­ concert season, he is set to per­ the Tenth Van Cliburn Interna­ burg. Jiracek said that when he form in Austria, Germany, Italy tional Piano Competition, held in realized people appreciated his and the United States. May of this year. Van Cliburn playing, it inspired him to prac­ With the Shannon Center as pianists are of a very high calibre tice. his next venue, Jiracek said that and the Ruth B. Shannon Center He made his formal debut in he was glad to have received this for the Performing Arts is very his hometown of Hannover the invitation to perform here. proud to be hosting him for a following year, and since then, he David Palmer, Theatre Man­ performance on Sunday, Sept. 28, has gone on to win many awards, ager for the Shannon Center, said at 3.00 p.m. such as second prize at the 1996 that Jiracek's Whittier engagment Bom in Hannover, Germany, Busoni Competition and the 1996 came about quite by chance. As a Jiracek is the eldest son of musi­ Maria Canals Competition. -:*. member of the Western Area Arts cally inclined parents. Being selected as a finalist Alliance, Palmer attended his first His father, originally from from 146 applicants for the Tenth meeting in Alburquerque, NM, Czechoslovakia, is a professional Van Cliburn Internatonal Piano two years ago. trumpet player, and met his moth­ Competition was one of the focal At this meeting he came across er, an organ player, in Germany. points of his career. the General Manager for the Van Originally, Jiracek's parents "I felt great playing there," Cliburn Foundation, Maria wanted him to play the violin, but Jiracek said, "because the audi­ Guralnik, and arranged the first his true love was the piano, and so ence was good and really listen­ performance of a Van Cliburn Distinguished piano prodigy Jan Gottlieb Jiracek will be he took his first piano lesson at the ing to me. It felt more like a con­ Competiton finalist, which took playing for Whittier College on Sept. 28. age of six. cert recital than a competition. By the time he was ten, he had And so, the audience reaction See JIRACEK, page 12 Pholo Courtesy ol Jan Gottheb Jiracek Trip The Spring: An Alternative to Alternative coffee tables. their own brand of'60s influ­ hard/soft/hard game, sure, but with excel- • REVIEW A band that can in­ enced alternative music, more finesse than most, not just lent- spire devotion like that sneaking on to the bill at dumping the whole song on a few skillful mu­ by Chris Ziegler will go far, and when the much-vaunted South bars of distorted guitar riffing. sicians all. QCA&-E Editor they' re rock stars for real, By Southwest music in- And while normally spotting Their sound is you can bet that those so- fc dustry conference and a wah-wah pedal in a guitarist's polished enough to fit When you're a rock star, it's supportive fans who didn't MTV's 120 Min­ effects box is a signal to flee be­ in fine on MTV or with easy to get friends. care what Penny Laners utes, while all the fore the funk hits the fan, Trip The any of today's hot alterna­ When you're just a musi­ thought of them will still be ska punk kids Spring succeeded through mu­ tive artists. cian, playing to knots right up front singing every were still sical minimalism, prevent- * The Dave Matthews of indifferent record song, remembering those practicing ing any instrument from <4t Band, for instance, might store shoppers last sparsely attended shows scales in their overwhelming the find a new tourmate in Friday night at of years past. skank- influences—from folk to Kevin Dutton's the normal Penny Lane 0 crowd was absent. TO. alternative band your-brains out rock to sea chantey^—with spare, twangy vocals are JN» u Trip The Spring that their music. (how's this for alterna­ reminiscent of of Bob Of course, there were friends showed up, stood up, and For seven tive?) excellent musi­ Dylan, even, and Trip's still a few sullen kids with shrieked and danced the night years, Trip The cianship and compe­ rhythm section, David '70s thrift store clothes and away, singrhg along on all the Spring has been | tent song writing. Dutton (drums) and songs and shimmying between the quietly playing They play the Steve Parks" (bass), is See SPRING, page 12

i. 4 J !R*CAMEUS ••••HSr TO--TO. t i0 10 September 25,1997 Whittier College • ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT • Quaker Campus

STOGIES & SUCH Where Cigar Aficionado Kevin Au Reviews A Cigar.Every Other Week It's More Than Mild, It's Medium Well folks,'tixre's no turning back now. I don't know &&& I but overdue pastfew weeks, I've If you miss Fargo, Frances McDormand may send you already gotten bogged down with more tests and through the wood chipper. essays than I care to acknowledge. But even with Photo Courtesy of moviewebcom my hectic sctedute, I managed to carve out time „ heWffiidtfteittfr review some stogies. Witts!.. -kHireview consisting of an excep- r tioiially mild cigar sad ah exceptionally illegal—I A&E CALENDAR mean exceptionally robust—cigar, I decided to try and find some stogies that fell somewhere in the middle, zf, BS^3tij\tit0iiiWfiCCnat)(aiot ON C.A.M..P...U.S iiwgsiaiArlfe anOliveros Reyes which I picked Second on the agenda was an Exealibur II up at Havana House. Measuring in at five and a half from the Hoyo De Monterrey company, which Thursday, Sept. 25 Season Premiere inches with a 44 gauge thickness, it provided a I also picked up from Havana House (hey, it's Find yourself in The Club this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. to watch respectable 50 minutes burn time. Unfortunately, nearby). This beauty measured in at six inches NBC's Must See TV premiers, including/-Wends, Union Square, my fingersajsogo t someburn time.Abou t half-way in length with a 47 gauge thickness. It bad a Seinfeld, Veronica's Closet and an all new episode of ER— through my smoke, thehody of the cigar started to well constructed Colorado Cfafo fa medium broadcast live , no less! Refreshments will be provided: get really hot. In Cuba* the roller probably would' ve brown) wrapper, suggesting a medium to full been shot. Well, maybe that's a little harsh. flavor. Friday, Sept. 26 Fargo Rolling a cigar loosely or failing to pack enough Well, the wrapper seldom lies. The Excali- The Coen Brothers' Academy Award winning mystery about a filler tobaccoii i it allows too much air into the cigar. bur, in addition to giving me an even hour-long sleezy car salesman and his attempt to cover up a botched With excess air, the fire bums too hot, making the smoke, was medium and rich in flavor without kidnapping scheme will be showing in The Club on Friday at cigar uncomfortable to hold and shortening bum being over-powering. It also had a hint of spice 7:00 p.m. time. The flavor of the Oliveros was medium- which made it all the more enjoyable. The buzz *• bodied with a smooth texture. The tobacco wasn't was average, but was overshadowed by the Sunday, Sept. 28 Jan Gottlieb Jiracek strong enough to rate very high on the Buzz Factor wonderful flavor of die Honduran tobacco. An Hear this 24-year-old German pianist play from a repertoire of scale. Overall, a satisfying if ordinary smoke. excellent cigar well worth the price. classical selections including Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Ger­ shwin and more. This Shannon Center performance is at 3:00 Size: 5.5 x 44 Size: 6 x 47 p.m. and admission is free. Flavor: Medium & Smooth Flavor: Medium/Rich w/ a hint of spice Burn Time: 50 minutes Burn Time: 60 minutes Wednesday, Oct. 1 Kali Demonstration Buzz Factor: (A very disappointing) 1.5 Buzz Factor: 3 Watch an ancient martial arts demonstration in the dance room Cost: $5.95 ($5.36 w/ Discount) ... ^ Cost: $7.25 ($6.53 w/ discount) . of the Athletic Center. This Filipino-style display of skill will Where to get it: Havana House Where to get it: Havana House begin at 7:30 p.m. Call Ext. 4975 for more information. Overall Grade: B- Overall Grade: A U P OWN Friday, Sept. 26 Big Roc kin' Daddy Soulful bluesters Big Rockin' Daddy (with opening act The Usual Suspects) are playing at Penny Lane this Friday evening. Penny Lane shows start at 8:00 p.m. and are always free opportunities for entertainment and socialization. Penny Lane, 6747A Greenleaf, 464-0271 for info Skittled ^iftftagc Cinemas Saturday, Sept. 27 Dead 5 This band will be playing toe-tappin', martini-swillin' lounge SEE music. Ideal for rides both up and down elevators. Again, shows 7038 Greenleaf Avenue • Uptown Whitter • (562) 907-3300 (Program Information) at Penny Lane start at 8:00 p.m. Penny Lane, 6747A Greenleaf, 464-0271 for info Show Times Good 9/26/97—10/2/97

LOS AN G.E.L.E S Peacemaker PG-13 The Edge R Friday, Sept. 26 Aquabats 12:20 • 2:20 • 4:20 • 6:20 • 8:20 • 10:20 12:40 • 3:45 • 6:45 • 9:45 Only $10 for ska goof legends the Aquabats, plus equally Hercules • George of the Jungle beloved ska and ska punk bands Cooley's Market, Low Pres­ PG-13 In and Out (Double Feature) R sure, and All Star Picnic? Pinch yourself to make sure you're not 12:50 • 3:10* 5:30* 7:45* 10:00 12:15 (2:10).4:10(6:05). 8:05 (9; 55) dreaming, ska-kid! The Barn, 900 University Dr., Riverside, 909-715-2252 The Full Monty R G.I. Jane R Friday, Sept. 26 Auntie Christ 12:45- 3:00- 5:15 • 7:30*9:45 1*2:20 • 4:35 • 8:50 Seminal Los Angeles punk rocker Exene Cervenka's (of equal­ Garcia Lorca • Fire Down Below ly seminal Los Angeles punk band, X) newest project, backed R by independent powerhouse Lookout! Records. (Double Feature) E Money Talks Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, 310-276-6168 12:35 (2:45). 4:55 (7:05). 9:10 2:40 • 7:00 Friday, Oct. 3 The Crabs Wishmaker R The Game R This mellow Olympia folk rock band (see review, page 12) will 1:00.3:15«5:35.7:50.9:55 play a free show with dreamy lesbian popsters, the Lookers. 12:30.3:30«6:30.9:30 No Life Record Shop , 7209 Santa Monica Blvd., West Holly­ Digital Stereo Sound in All Nine Auditoriums • FREE Parking In Rear wood, (213) 845-1200 Open 12:00 Nopn Daily • General Admission $6.00 • Children 3-11 $3.00 If you have an event that you would like printed in the A&E $3.00 for all shows startng before 6:00pm daily Calendar, please send it to the Quaker Campus, c/o Stephanie Kuhn, Whittier College Box 8613. Or call ext. 4254 by the FOR WHITTIER COLLEGE STUDENTS AND STAFF Sunday before publication. Information compiled from various flyers and press releases. 55 WITH COLLEGE ID Calendar by Stephanie Kuhn. Anytime. Present valid college ID at box office when purchasing tickets.

September25,1997 11 Whittier College • ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT • Quaker Campus

Exhibit Blends Art, Architecture, Religion MM bites • CAMPUS ART Quick Reviews Of Music You've Probably Never Heard by Stephanie Kuhn QC AM, A&E Editor • Mr. T Experience, "Revenge is Sweet and So Are You" Lookout! Records, POB 11374, Berkeley, CA, 94712-2374 What is this, their tenth record in ten years? Are we giving out Santeria is a Caribbean lifetime achievement awards yet, because MTX has been plugging term, originally coined by West away with anthem after sappy punk anthem since their infancy in African slaves. It came to mean 1986. Dr. Frank writes some of the better lyrics in pop punk, the combination ofCatholicis m suffused with a sort of resigned self-pity usually associated with and native rituals,th e synthesis old country music, in tracks like "Who Needs Happiness? (I'd of traditions and religions. Rather Have You)" and "The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Mendenhall's featured art­ Beautiful." Actually, "Revenge" veers perilously close to a bitter­ ist, Anders Lansing, whose sweet country sound on a few tracks, but manages to stay within works are currently on display, MTX's familiar punky pop sound. A fun, quirky, album with just thoughtfully named his exhibit enough edge to keep it from deteriorating into "Moon/June/Soon" by this term. lovey-dovey pap. Call it "Love Songs For The Melancholy Philos­ "It's almost totally opposite ophy Major." (Chris Ziegler) ofart, " Lansing said. "Somepeo- ple would make the case that art • Skavoovie and the Epitones, "Ripe" is a type of religion—butl don't Moon Ska Records, POB 1412, New York, NY 10276 agree." Skavoovie and the Epitones kick ass. Offering an east coast sound Lansing's work is highly de­ and refreshing lyrics referring to everyone' s favorite sub terranean pendent on the placement ofhis superhero, AquaMan, Skavoovie and the Epitones deliver a great art within the given area. new album. If you haven't heard of them but you like what you "I work within the space... have heard in the past out of Moon Records, this is definitely for I try to make it hide within the you. There is really nothing negative to be said about this album, architectural space and not in- and this is a great band to see live if you ever get the chance. Upbeat your-face," he said. horn sections and funny lyrics that make you want to get up and A new space in which to dance fill this CD. Not to mention the cute girl on the cover holding present his work gives Lansing a suitibly ripened orange—very "Tragic Kingdom"-ish, eh? You the opportunity to evaluate the pretty much can't lose with "Ripe," so go out and buy it, okay? aesthetic principles and the ar- "I changed the whole space. In a sense, i was able to (Matt Stuart) v chitectural interior of the partic­ change the art to fit the scene and vice-versa/' Lansing ular area. As faras working with­ said of his exhibit. in the space in the Mendenhall Chad Ntctiotson / QC Assl Photo Edrta • Discount, "Ataxia's Alright Tonight" gallery, Lansing said, "It was a Liquid Meat Records, POB 460692, Escondido, CA, 92046 In addition to the placement of "The titles should evoke challenge, but... I like that." Take lilting female vocals, personal, intelligent lyrics and touch­ the paintings, Lansing arranges his memories for people. People ing pop songs, and then bring it to life with gutsy punk energy and Paintings placed around the works together, explaining, "They can retain their own feelings youthful abandon and you've got Discount, widely regarded as room, some hanging on the wall are all separate, individual paint­ from it," Lansing said. one of the best new bands of 1996 and star pupil in the the in a conventional way and oth­ ings, but they're clustered, and they •Lansing studied at the Art Jawbreaker/J Church school of smart pop punk. But, inexplicably, ers on the floor, are meant to work off of each other." Center College of Design in Pas­ it doesn't quite click. I feel like I should love this record, but for offer the opportunity for view- The paintings themselves are adena, and has been working as KTO some reason I don't. Maybe it's because their best songs aren't ;» ers to re-evaluate their image of designed to change along with the an artist since, in areas in and here, but scattered across as assortment of split singles with bands "** how art is supposed to be pre­ viewer's interpretation of the art. around Los Angeles. like J Church and My Pal Trigger. Maybe they just can't live up sented. The presentation of the "The paintings are meant to be The works of Anders Lan­ to the hype. I think it's just this particular album, however. work is quite intentional. a slow read. You start to see new sing have been on display in Discount is as amazing and inspiring as ever, able to appeal to fans "The pieces on the floor things as you look at it more," Lan­ Mendenhall since Sept. 1, but, of alternative, pop, and punk all at once—but not really on have beveled edges," Lansing sing said. accordingto Lansing, havebeen "Ataxia." If you just want to hear them for yourself, get "Ataxia." said. "They're meant to be on The works are titled so as to synthesized since 1992. If you want to hear them at their best, try their "Wonder Pulled Me the floor, sort of sink into the encompass the expanding impres­ The exhibit will remain on Under" single and go from there. (Chris Ziegler) floor." sions of the work. display until Sept. 26. •RUlHnS9HHHHUlUHUHHII • The Crabs, "What Were Flames Now Smolder" JIRACEK General tickets are priced at expressed a preference for the K Records, POB 7154, Olympia, WA, 98507 continued from page 10 $18. Non-Whittier College stu­ works of Beethoven and Schu­ Once again, my favorite independent label (from my hometown, dents and senior citizen's tickets mann. no less) puts out some nice tunes by bands who don't want to be place at the Shannon Center last cost $14, but the concert is freet o A young man who feels that rock stars, from a music scene where ska, surf, and hard-core punk year. all Whittier College students, fac­ his professional career is going never seem to catch on. No, this is the land of indie rock. Gracing The performer was Armen Ba- ulty and staff. rather well, Jiracek has already us with a visit from this magical musical underworld are The bakhanian, a finalist at the Ninth This is because the Barber signed a Manager Contract for Crabs. Occasionally, K releases softer, more folk-y kinds of bands Van Cliburn Competition. Fund, which gives funding to the Germany, and hopes to record his (see Mary Lou Lord or Beck, who recorded his first folk album on As performance arrange­ Music Department of Whittier own compact disc soon. K) and The Crabs definitely fall into this category. Female singer ments had to be made a year in College, will partly cover the costs "When I play, I feel like a and drummer Lisa's and male singer and guitarist John's harmo­ advance, Jiracek had to be booked of this concert. storyteller," Jiracek said. "Every nies are straight out of a Velocity Girl reject band, and the lyrical last year. At this performance, Jiracek piece of music has been played content tends to be either lovey-dovey romance feel-good or "We wanted someone with the will perform' Fantasy in C Major' by many people and they each heartbreak's a headache type stuff-—fairly well written, all the same kind of charm and kindness by Franz Schubert, 'Three Inter­ bring a new aspect to the pieces same. Anyway, I'm a sucker for indie folk rock and I like this that we saw in Armen Babakhanian mezzi' by Johannes Brahms,' Re­ each time they play them. I, too, album. More than the Spice Girls, even. (Mike McKennedy) because I believe it is very impor­ garddeL 'esprit deJoie' by Oliv­ believe that 1 bring a new and tant for Whittier College," Palmer er Messiaen and 'Fantasy in C different interpretation to a piece • Potshot, "Pots and Shots" said. Jiracek was recommended and Major' by Robert Schumann. As and that I tell my own story, be­ Asian Man, POB 35585, Monte Sereno, CA, 95030 the Shannon Center booked him a pianist, he mentioned that he has coming a storyteller in my own Ska-punk from Japan that, disappointingly, sounds pretty much for a performance. no special favorite pieces, but right." : like ska-punk from California. For coming from so far away, I was expecting a new, fresh take on the whole ska punk phenomenon, SPRING I hadn't seen so many baby innovative? Are they just playing filtered through a culture markedly different from our own. But continued from page 10 barrettes since the last No Doubt what we want to hear? Or are they though they may hail from Japan, they sound like they're from show. just nice guys? Anaheim. That said, Potshot play fast, catchy ska-punk a bit like Punky Colors hair, but for the But the crowd liked them. And, of course, does it mat­ a cross between Reel Big Fish and the Bruce Lee Band, doing a lot most part, Trip's crowd was sur­ Everyone, from the tiny girl ter? with simple chord progressions. This is a very tight band, especial­ prisingly diverse, made up of towing a grubby stuffed dog to If Trip The Spring could bring ly since they have only three core members, and could give any of genially grinning white-haired the guy with the sleeveless Grate­ such a disparate group of Califor- our SoCal ska kids a run for the money. And I did finally find my folks with polo shirts and little ful Dead shirt, to me, with Hick­ nians together, maybe they should cross-cultural perspective in their lyrics, which, while written and children in tow. ey and F.Y.P tapes in my back­ be rock stars and unite punks and sung in English, didn't quite transfer correctly. One man's trans­ There were little children all pack, was smiling contentedly. pensioners across the country. lation error|s another's bold new poetic insight. The American over the place, toying with a check­ Of course, a band with that And when all their friends get pop culture juggernaut rolls on... (Chris Ziegler) erboard and crawling around un­ wide of an appeal makes me won­ up front and sing along, maybe der the CD racks. der: are they really that good, that I'll head up there too.

12 September 25,1997 Whittier College • SPORTS • Quaker Campus

Women's Soccer Steps Up Play, POET SCHEDULE

Falls Short Against Cal Lutheran Friday, Sept. 26 • WOMEN'S SOCCER Women's Volleyball vs. Pomona-Pitzer, by Matt Stuart QC Co-Sports Editor 7:30 p.m.

Despite a 5-1 loss on Satur­ day, Sept. 20, the Whittier Col­ Saturday. Sept. 27 lege women's soccer team played one of their strongest games in past seasons against a nationally Women's Soccer @ Occidental, 11:00 a.m. ranked Cal Lutheran University. Cal Lutheran, who went into the game ranked 13 th in the na­ Men's Soccer vs. Christian Heritage, 4:00 p.m. tion, played strong throughout the entire game, but did not show the dominating power they have Men's/Women's Cross-Country @ Golden had over the Poets in past meet­ ings. West Invitational "I am extremely pleased with the way the girls played," Coach Kwame Lloyd commented. "We Football vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, have historically lost to Cal Lu in the double digits, so holding them 7:00 p.m. to five goals is like night and day compared to the past." The Poets showed their tenac­ Tuesday. Sept. 30 ity and competitive spirit relent­ lessly throughout the game, even when their opponents would score. "We played through every one of Women's Volleyball @ Occidental, 7:30 p.m. their goals like the score was 0-0," junior sweeper Cindy Bock com­ mented. Wednesday. Oct. 1 The Poets' only goal came early in the second half after out­ side halfback Megan Boisineau Women's Soccer vs. Hawaii Pacific, 4:00 p.m. was fouled in the 18 yard box near the goal. Bock was chosen to kick .* »...... --- the penalty shot that brought the Junior sweeper Cindy Bock holds off a Pomona player in Men's Soccer @ Biola, 4:00 p.m. Poets their only point. Wednesday's game. (See box, below.) "We really stepped up our Chad NkAHson / QC Asa Pholo Edlof performance for Cal Lu," Bock said. "For the returning players it added, "I think a couple of the Thursday. Oct. 2 was kind of a reckoning, and we goals could have been prevented. • WEDNESDAY'S wanted to prove ourselves. .. we .. we were pretty evenly matched." GAME never let down." The Poets hope to keep their Losing to Pomona-Pitzer, 2- Men's Soccer vs. UC Santa Cruz, 4:00 p.m. Another standout was full­ level of play where it was in their 1 in overtime, the Poets dis­ back Lisa Rollins who comment­ confrontation with Cal Lu in up­ played a type of play carried ed, "Coach Lloyd got us mentally coming games. "I am not satis­ over from Saturday's loss to Women's Volleyball @ Caltech, 7:30 p.m. prepared for the game and we fied, but 1 am very pleased," Lloyd Cal Lutheran. Whittier con­ played tough through the last sec­ said, "If we can perform like this trolled the tempo of the game onds." Rollins played an aggres­ in the future, we will shock a lot of during the firsthalf , but allowed sive defensive game which helped teams." the Sagehens to score in the to hold Cal Lutheran's drive. Four Lloyd hopes to set a new pres- final two minutes of the game. of Cal Lutheran's points came in idence in women's soccer for In their 15 minute overtime, the firsthalf , while their finalgoa l Whittier College and, backed by Pomona-Pitzer scored quickly, came after a questionable off-sides their strong showing against Cal giving the Sagehens the win call in the second half. "We let Lutheran, it would seem that they over the 1-4 Poets, down our guard a bit," Rollins are well on their way. €fl>R€tfO • CAPPUCCIMO • PACTHff • ftOH BAGGL9 iTOTOTOs flTOTO^iTO^TOh-TO. , : v .• •,,: • • ; tt€SH )\K£S • CROItfANT C • SAMDWICH€9 Football's Battles Unable to Play « vm ra nM WITH voua mm Despite Anticipated 1997 Return BUY THREE DRINKS AND GET A FREE MOVIE TICKET • UPDATE TO WHITTIER VILLIAGE CINEMA! 9 Poet running back Shaun Battles, who returned to Whittier this year to play football LOCATED M€XT TO TH€ WHITTO VIILWG€ CWCTW after leaving in the middle of the 1996 school year, has not played in the Poets* first two 7036 GR€€MLGA^ AOUG • WHITT1€R. VJUfOm 906QQ games. Battles, who attended school in the summer in order to come back to Whittier, was (560) 696-1Q97 "unable to produce the 24 transferable credits in order to play," Athletic Director Dave Jacobs stated. Jacobs also said that Battles will not be eligible'to play until he is cleared "through Whittier's registrar. Winning their first two games against LaVerne and Menlo, the Poets are surviving without the all-conference running back, who was predicted to be a strong force for Wfeittier and a standout in the conference. The Quaker Campus will provide more information on Battles' status as informations becomes available* • ••• TO ' WBM&SBmBm Whittier College • SPORTS • Quaker Campus

, FITNESS new center would have on Whit- continued from page 16 tier's Athletic Program. Jacobs also recalled his first meeting Young Runners Shine at Ash then introduced Bill Har­ with George Allen. ris, a longtime friend of George "I was getting ready for a Allen, who graduated Whittier football game when I saw a man in 1955 and became a signifi­ walking up the steps to the sta­ cant force in the creation of the dium. . . I thought to myself, Westmont Invitational fitness center. Harris shared 'that couldn't be George Allen; stories about Allen and some what is he doing here?'" as a unit to where Stuart and of his best memories of the ., Jacobs introduced himself • CROSS-COUNTRY Maksimow are," Phillips stated. Poet and N.F.L. coaching leg­ to Allen, a then nationally rec­ "Itput things in perspective Although he thought that the end. ognized N.F.L. head coach, and by Kristina Nasi for me as far as my SCIAC teams Whittier faced in "I remember practicing late received a lengthy lecture about QC Co-Sports Editor condition. lam confident the Invitational (Redlands, Cal one night and coach Allen winning and what it takes to Lutheran and Caltech) were wasn't satisfied with how we build a strong and successful that we will be strong Whittier Cross-Country had especially (in the) late "weaker teams in the confer­ were playing," said Harris. "We program. Allen enthusiastical­ a strong day at the Westmont ence," Phillips also thought his could barely see the ball so ly shared his beliefs with Ja­ Invitational in Santa Barbara. season, as everyone peaks." runners ran well and anticipates coach told us to drive our cars cobs, who was taken aback by improvement from several indi­ Finishing second out of the eight — Chris Nagao, up to the field and turn our head- Allen's wisdom and obvious schools competing with a total of viduals. freshman ligts on." passion for Whittier football. 67 points (second to Westmont "I look to Sal, Matt (Kos­ Harris laughed at the idea After speeches and presen­ who had 34 points), the men's trubala) and Sean to take time off of playing amongst a sea of tations, it was time for the rib­ team had seven runners finish in their race.. .based on last year's car lights, but he and his fel­ bon cutting. Ash, Etty Allen the top 25, and two placed in the to beat." performance, I predict that they low players did what their and Harris did the honors, and top ten. This was the men's first The pack of runners to which will move up," Phillips stated. coach told them to, because no guests were invited to tour the meet of the season, as they did Stuart was referring were sopho­ Other Whittier runners who one questioned Allen's deci­ new fitness center. Student- not compete in the Whittier Invi­ more Sean Riordan (29:22), jun­ competed included senior An­ sions. athletes were on hand to answer tational, and took the extra time ior Sal Plascentia (29:27), fresh­ drew Trempe (30:39), junior Raul "Coach Allen would always questions and demonstrate the to train. man Chris Nagao (29:28), soph­ Rios (30:53), freshman Todd say, 'The future is now!'" said new Cybex equipment. Freshman Pete Maksimow, omore Matt Kostrubala (29:42), Benjamin (31:53) and senior Harris. He described Allen as a Just as impressive as the new running a strong 28:03 for the and freshman Jorge Flores James Villavert (38:41). competitive, dedicated and driv­ machines was the section of the 8000 meter race, finished sixth (29:51). All six runners rounded The women's team only had en man, whose desire to win fitness center dedicated to Allen and was pleasantly surprised by out the top 25 of the 66 runners two runners entered into their was matched only by his wit and his illustrious coaching ca­ his performance. "I didn't expect who competed. 5000 meter race. Freshman Katie and compassion. reer. to do so well," Maksimow stated. Nagao felt good about his first Dunne finished 17th with a time After a few minutes of nos­ Memorabilia from the Allen "Now I know where 1 am physi­ college race. "It put things in of (22:26), and sophomore Ann talgia, Harris introduced the family was an eclectic and mov­ cally, and I'll build off of that." perspective for me as far as my Hickey (28:58) finished 48th. members of the Allen family ing collection of Allen's great­ Matt Stuart, who finished in condition," he stated. Nagao was The two runners did not score who were able to attend the est coaching moments. 28:12, was the other Whittier run­ also impressed by his team's per­ enough to be placed in the team ceremony. Etty Allen, George's Included was a picture of ner in the top ten, and ended up in formance: "I am confident that scores. wife, stood up and acknowl­ Allen and President Richard ninth place. "I was satisfied with we will be strong especially (in The Cross-Country team will edged the crowd, grateful tears Nixon, personally autographed how I ran, because I felt pretty the) late season, as everyone compete again this Saturday at filling her eyes. by the late Whittier alum. Also weak before the race," the soph­ peaks." the Golden West Invitational at Harris then introduced one in the glass clasing was How to omore said. Stuart also attribut- Coach Greg Phillips was sat­ Fairview Park in Costa Mesa. of Allen's three sons and a Train the Quarterback, Merry ed his strong time to his team- isfied with his team and viewed Phillips looks forward to the race daughter who both shared some­ Christmas, You're Fired, and the tight grouping of his runners as "all the men and women (who thing about their father. other books that Allen either mates. "We packed together re- as an asset for future races. "I'm are phys cally able) will be run- Allen's daughter Jennifer, wrote or co-wrote. A Washing­ ^fijy well, and if we can do this in hoping to see the group move up ning th weekend." currently working on a book ton Redskins helmet and the future races, we should be tough about her father, called herself actual football from Allen's 50th the relative expert on Allen fam­ victory with the Redskins were •appointments ily history and shared several also included. endearing tales about the man Allen's 1976 N.F.C. Coach must be she knew as "Dad." of the Year trophy was promi­ She told the audience that nently displayed, as did the foot­ scheduled by any time she would call home ball from the 1952 S.C.I.C. after leaving for college and championship game when SENIORS!! September 26 sounded upset or unhappy, her Allen coached Whittier to a 46- father would simply ask "did 7 win over Redlands. •orders are NOT you have a good workout to­ Allen's appearance on the day?" covers of Life magazine ("King sept. 29-oct. 3 necessary to This George Allen-ism was of the Ramskins") and Sports a common utterance from the Illustrated ("Play it My Way") have senior man who did 111 push-ups a were also immortalized. 9.00 am-6.00 pm day until his eighties, doing 100 More personal and mean­ photo in the for good health, ten for good ingful, however, was the pic­ sign up luck, and the last one to stay ture of Allen and his family tak­ monday-thursday yearbook honest. en from their home in Palos Jennifer also remembered Verdesin 1974,andAHen's Poet 9.00 am-1.00 pm •$5.00 sitting fee how Whittier always remained letter jacket that Jennifer, in lat­ now in her father's heart, even after er years, used to wear "as a pays for he was done coaching the Poets protective coat of armor.'' friday and moved on to professional Everyone who attended processing of teams like the Washington Red­ seemed awestruck by the [Mis- for skins. "He always fondly re­ tine glow of the fitness center yearbook photo, membered and talked about his and the impressiveness of its call 464.2651 time coaching at Whittier," she size and equipment. There was senior and will be said. no doubt that Whittier had done or stop by After Harris expressed his something exciting for itself and discounted off of excitement about the fitness cen­ its students. ter and the athletics projects to A great sense of enthusiasm photos hastings house * any order placed come, Ash came to the podium was present among the people again and introduced junior who had the chance to see the Kristina Nasi, a student-athlete final result of a project inspired (attention returning students) ---• who gave a short speech about by the great George Allen who what the new center would mean believed: "A workout is a form ! Supplements for last year's Acropolis have arrived! to Whittier College students. of rebirth. When you finish a Nasi was followed by Ath­ good woorkout, you don't sim­ ! Pick up your copy from the Acropolis office in the letic Director Dave Jacobs, who ply feel better. You feel better discussed the impact that the about yourself." ! Student Union next to the COR office

*4 September 25,1997 Whittier College • SPORTS • Quaker Campus Volleyball Splits "Pike's Peak Invitational," 2-2

• VOLLEYBALL games strong," she said. "We got our mental game tournament, the team suffered middle blockers Glass and Led­ The first match of the day, together and came back to win from fatigue and lost some of the lie continued as they added seven by Jon Ratcliff Whittier beat Colorado College the match," she said. Whittier intensity that they had the day and nine kills, respectively. Ma­ QC Staff Writer three games to one by scores of won the next two games 15-13 before. As a result, they went on jor contributors also included 15-9, 15-13, 7-15, and 15-10. and 15-8, tying the match at two to drop the next two matches. In Kealalio (29 assists), Valdez (11 Whittier's women's volley­ Several players had solid match­ games each. The fifth and final the first match, the Poets lost kills 28 digs), and Kamlin (15 ball team faced tough competi­ es,' including sophomore middle game demonstrated the intensity three straight games to Colorado digs). tion last weekend at Colorado blocker Laura Glass, who had a and desire of the Poets who pulled College, 9-15, 9-15 and 10-15. The "Pike's Peak Challenge" College's "Pike's Peak Chal­ weekend high of 10 solo blocks. out a 16-14 victory. The team struggled offensively gave more to the Poets volleyball lenge." This marked the first Junior all-tournament setter Coach Vanderberg was im­ with only 27 total kills. Defen­ team than wins and losses. Ac­ time the Poets ventured to the Kiilani Kealalio contributed by pressed with the play and de­ sively the fatigue showed itself cording to Kamlin, these games Colorado Springs tournament. adding 37 assists, freshman mid­ meanor of the entire team during in the number of digs, 41. were a learning experience that The tournament was a three team dle blocker Alisha Ledlie had 13 the Wheaton match. "They dem­ The last match of the tour­ taught "us what we need to do to event that included Wheaton kills for the match and junior all- onstrated a lot of character and nament for Whittier was a re­ win. Opponents are not going to College (IL) and Colorado Col­ tournament outside hitter Marice- heart in this win," she stated. match with Wheaton, who sore­ just hand us a win; we have to lege. The Poets finished the la Valdez gave the Poets 12 kills. Whittier was also very dom­ ly wanted to redeem themselves work our butts off." weekend with second place hon­ The second match against inant defensively. They had a for their play on the previous Vanderberg was also very ors and a tournament record of 2- Wheaton was a true test of the total of 218 digs, lead by Valdez night. The Poets gave up the pleased about the way the team 2. team's poise. The Poets fell be­ with 45. The team was also aid­ first two games 5-15, 7-15. played, especially in the face of On the first day of play, the hind two games early on, 8-15 ed by the outstanding play of They won a tightly contested seemingly insurmountable defi­ Poets won both of their games and 14-16. According to senior Kealalio (35 assists and five serv­ third game 16-14 and them lost cits. "This (Whittier) team is a which, according to Coach Kristi defensive specialist Ejan Kam­ ing aces), Ledlie (13 kills), Ka­ the fourth 9-15, giving them an good 4-7 team," she said. "We Vanderberg, was not easy. lin, what happened next was the mlin (40 digs) and freshman overall record of 4-7 and a tour­ have played very solid teams. "We overcame a lot of obsta­ most impressive point during the Karina Manzo (45 digs). nament record of 2-2. Almost all of them have been cles but we were able to finish tournament. In the next and last day of the The outstanding play fromth e ranked regionally." Water Polo Plays Well Despite Early Loss in Pomona Tourney

• WATER POLO gave Santa Clara the best game. If team was not prepared adequate­ the team would have had more ly. "For a team to prevail over us time to get used to the pool, we like that, it was just condition­ by Valerie Vera would have had a greater chance ing," Carty said. QC Staff Writer at beating them," Carty said. Leonardi agreed with Carty's Senior Marcelo Leonardi felt sentiment.".. .because we needed Facing strong teams from the that the Poets "took the loss (to more conditioning, we were un­ SCIAC region, the Poet water polo Santa Clara) like a championship able to execute." team finished 2-2 at the Pomona team." He attributed the team's The Poets had some strong Tournament on Sept. 21 -22, hold­ ability to regroup and prevail in •import from transfer student ing a 6-2 overall record. The team the next game to their uniting as a Allen Johnson and senior Marce­ is currently ranked 25th in the team, both physically and mental- lo Leonardi. "The things they did nation and is ranked seventh in the were things that the opponents did west coast. That afternoon the team faced not expect. It's frustrating for the Senior Geoff Stults makes a reception. Against a currently ranked SCIAC rival, Occidental, in a 17- other team," Carty said. They JMChgKa^qfr^Wfag/QC Photo &Mar •.• 16th in the nation Santa Clara 7 blowout. The Poets held the stepped up and contributed to the FOOTBALL This forced Menlo into a do-or- team, the Poets were edged 13-12 Tigers scoreless the entire first team's success. Freshman Josh continued from page 16 die fourth and eleven from the in their first game on Saturday. half. "It'salwayssatisfyingtowin Kueng, who did not play much at 29 with about two minutes re­ "We did not play up to our against Occidental," said Carty. the Hillman Tournament, also The third quarter was a de­ maining. potential. It was really close and On Sunday, the team was vic­ contributed this weekend. fensive battle as neither offense "When die plays needed to we fought hard the whole way," torious over Redlands with a score With a young roster, the team's was able to score. be made, die guys stepped up head coach Mitch Carty said. He of 12-8. The Poets controlled the future looks bright as they prepare "The first half we (the of­ and made the plays. You gotta felt that careless penalties late in game fromth e start. "It's good to for the Air Force Academy Tour­ fensive line) were exploding," love that" Owens said. the game attributed to the team's start getting used to winning. nament on Oct. 4-5. The Poets offensive tackle Ryan Colberg Menlo attempted topas s for defeat. Winning produces winning. It will face strong teams such as the said. "We got lackadaisical. We the first down and was denied Playing in a 30 meter pool makes it easier," Carty said. Air Force Academy, Long Beach, have to work on that Get up, by the Whittier secondary as th e rather than a 25 meter pool may Engaged in a physical battle Santa Clara and UC Davis. All stay up, develop a killer in­ ball fell incomplete to the turf. have also hurt the Poet team who against Loyola-Marymount Uni­ four teams are in national top 20 stinct" "During the closing minutes needed time to get acclimated to versity in their final game, the standing. "That's where we're The Menlo offense did a of the game the guy s on the field the conditions. "It was a shame Poets lost 7-10. Although the going to see how good we are with good impression of the first and on the sidelines were ex­ that we had to play them first. We game was close, the coach felt the the best in the west." Carty said. quarter Whittier offense as it tremely focused," Owens said. scored two touchdowns in the "The team unity"was incredi­ first five minutes of the fourth ble." quarter. The ball was then turned POETSmR^AW) "Ithinktheyareaverogood back over to the Poet offense, footbal l team, whi (If ilffived which ranout the remaining time Football: Whittier 26, Menlo 20 the way they came back. on the clock, cementing the' vic­ "Their wide receivers were re­ tory and the teams first2- 0 start Water Polo: Whittier 17, Occidental 7 ally gd@4 They had a pretty since 1983. Hardaway ended Santa Clara 13, Whittier 12 good offense," Johnson said. up as the leading rusher with 25 • ASIhegarrieaeareditsclose carries for 96 yards, and Fiuker Whittier 12, Redlands 8 the Oaks received the ball and led the receivers with nine re­ Loyola-Marymount 10, Whittier 7 battled down into Whittier ter­ ceptions. Owens identified Women's Soccer: Cal Lutheran 5, Whittier 1 ritory. They were only 28 yards standout defensive players as away from a possible victory. Johnson, defensive backs Scott Pomona-Pitzer 2, Whittier 1 (O.T.) "They just kept getting us„ Shraiberg and Marcos Ramirez, Men's Cross-Country: Second at Westmont Invitational on fourth down and kept us on who had an interception late in die field. It was tough- we ex­ the game. Volleyball: Whittier 3 (matches), Colorado College 1 erted a lot of energy," Johnson Owens stressed that his team Whittier 3 (matches), Wheaton College 2 said. should not get overconfident: h Colorado Collge 3 (matches), Whittier 0 The exhaustedPoet defense "It's just game two. There is a pushed the opposition back a long footballseaso n ahead For Wheaton 3 (matches), Whittier 1 yard on the first three downs. us, it's just one game at a time."

September 25,1997 15 • Women's Soccer The women' s soccer team lost to nationally ranked Cal Lutheran Saturday 5-1. Despite the score, Whittier played competitively throughout the game. Facing Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday, the Poets maintained their strong level of play, holding the Sagehens scoreless until two minutes left in the second half. The Poets lost the game 2-1 in over­ GAMES • EVENTS •:• ATHLETES time. Jascha KaytasWottt / QC Ptiolo Editor Page 13 Poets Hold Menlo, Win Second Straight • FOOTBALL by Sean Riordan QC Campus Life Editor

Like a lumberjack possessed, the Poet football team chopped down the Menlo Oaks 26-20 on Saturday. The team's record now stands at 2-0. The win marked the second straight defeat of a team which got the best of Whittier last year. Whittier struck three minutes into the game when quarterback Steve Luce hit wide receiver Kahlid Fluker with a five- yard touchdown pass. A one-yard run by Donjay Hardaway and an extra point by Whittier soccer player Kana Warren gave the Poets a 13-0 advantage. "We just felt the adrenaline pumping at first. We knew that they didn't know what we had," Luce said. "We wanted to get the ball up early and it worked." The offense continued its barrage in the second quarter with two more touchdowns against the blitzing Oaks. The first score on a four-yard Hardaway run and Warren kick made it 20-0. The Poets lead increased to 26-0 less than three minutes later as Luce connected on a 10 yard pass to wide receiv­ er Jeremy Snyder, who led the receiving corps with 157 yards. •V • TO • . /.....TO' But it wasn't the offense alone that got the job done in the first half. "Our defense The Poets and Oaks face off during Whittier's 26-20 win. The Poets are now the only SCIAC team with a 2-0 record. has given us great field position," head Jascha Kayto-Wottf I QC Photo Edilor coach Bob Owens said. interceptions. The first two went to line­ "Coaches Steve Garcia on defense and Menlo got on the board with 21 seconds The defensive line of Jeremiah Johnson, backers Elvin Dick, who also had an inter­ Gene Miranda on offense have done a great remaining in the half by running in a two- Spencer Carter, Martin Darland, Tawan ception against La Veme last week, and job in game planning," Owens said. As a yard touchdown to make it 26-7. Hall, and Zak Stevenson put pressure on Marvin Johnson in the midst of the Poet's result, "our players believe in each other the Menlo quarterback, who threw three first half blitzkrieg of Menlo. and have been executing the game plan." See FOOTBALL, page 15 "The Future is Now" with New Allen Fitness Center "A workout makes you better today than you were yesterday. It strengthens the body, relaxes the mind, and toughens the spirit. When you work out regularly, your problems diminish and your confidence grows." -George Allen • FITNESS CENTER stood alone in front of the rows of chairs set up on the gym floor. There were name by Matt Stuart and Kristina Nasi tags and congenial conversation amongst QC Co-Sports Editors the alumni, trustees, faculty and students. President Jim Ash stood at the podium About one hundred people gathered first. He welcomed the audience and rec­ together in the Graham Athletic Center ognized the distinguished guests and ma­ last weekend to celebrate a new beginning jor donors to the fitness facility, then ex­ for Whittier athletics and to honor a man pressed his excitement for the unveiling of whose influence on the school and the the new facility—one of many proposed nation was substantial. additions to Whittier Athletics. The George Allen Fitness Center Ded­ Other hopeful additions included a new ication, from all appearances, was another softball field with lights, an all-weather Purple and Gold alumni function where track, and lights for the soccer field. Al­ financial issues and future expectations though no time-line was given, a sketch of were discussed. the proposed additions was on display. The gold and purple balloons framed Etty Allen, Bill Harris and President James Ash cut the ribbon at the Fitness Center dedication. the refreshments and the podium which See FITNESS, page 14 Photo Courtesy of SWven Bums Photography

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