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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 from the 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 from the 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 from the 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.

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