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• Wait...What Are • New Courses foi • Radiohead Rules! • Football Ties for Those Blue Bins For? January and Spring First Place in SCIAC Students debate the merits of recycling Interested in wilderness, sculp We couldn't get tickets, but we Poets go 2-0 in the Conference and wonder where our environment is tures, U.F.O.s, medicine or went to the concert anyway. with a win over Occidental. headed. bookmaking? WHITTIER • COLLEGE r October 26,2000 & John Qrtaikaf Quaker The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 http://www.whittier.edu/qc Students Hold Forum to Discuss Alleged Discrepancies impeach Collard, but to inspire appointed, including the majority • FORUM activism on campus. of the Executive Council, have "Apathy makes me sick," he that much of a similar opinion that said. it won't make a difference." by Amy Stice "I'd be happy if we had this Another anonymous group QC News Editor forum and at the end everyone posted responsive fliers in the hated us, but at least they'd have mailroom on Wednesday, Oct. 25 Fliers calling for the impeach an opinion," junior forum orga criticizing the forum's organiz ment of senior COR President nizer Travis Nass said. "[Proceed ers. These fliers directly attack Jonathan Collard were distribut ing with impeachment] depends the organizers—calling them "The ed to campus mailboxes on Mon Anti-Social Club for Non-Con on the forum turnout. If we're Field oxidated. day, Oct. 23 by an anonymous convinced at the forum that COR forming Conformists of the Con group of students, protesting that is doing what they're supposed to servative Liberal Movement"— the Council of Representatives and that Collard's actions are ap and "invite you to stand up against (COR) is not adequately repre propriate, we wouldn't [sic]. But these people at the open forum." Renovated Track, senting the student body. The fli if we walk away feeling the same Referring directly to quota ers outlined the duties of COR as way we do now..." tions taken from the responsive detailed in the COR Constitution Nass was present at the COR fliers, Neilsen dismissed its argu and extensively quoted Collard meeting on Monday, Oct. 23 and ments. "I wasn't aware that we End Zone Vandalized and the Quaker Campus to illus invited COR members to the fo were against the A.S.W.C. [Asso trate alleged discrepancies in Col m CRIME rum during the Public Voice sec ciated Students of Whittier Col Bob Owens said. "Great rival lard's campaign promises and his tion of the meeting. Collard re lege]," he said. "I wasn't aware ries are about respect." administration. The students have plied that he would not attend a that we claimed to be 'The Voice by Rebecca Wolf Occidental College in Los organized an informal forum to forum directed at his impeach of the Campus.'" QC Managing Editor Angeles has been notified of the take place on Thursday, Oct. 26 at ment, but that senior COR Trea "I wasn't aware of resenting vandalism. Their Campus Safe 6 p.m. in the Lower Quad. surer Jaison Battle would repre any and all campus activities," Approximately $2,400 ty has been faxed a copy of the Junior Clancy Neilsen is one sent COR. Nass expressed confu Nass added. worth of damage was done to crime report, but it is not known of the forum's organizers. He sion about this decision. However, both Nass and the track and field when "Oxy" if any Occidental students, fac claims that the overlying goal of "I don't really understand it. was spelled out with diesel fuel ulty, or staff were involved, See FORUM, page 6 the forum is not necessarily to Maybe the people [Collard] has in the end zone of the football Lewis said. Occidental is report field, according to Assistant edly pursuing the incident on Chief of Campus Safety John their end. Students March in L.A. Rally Lewis. A three-foot by two-foot "We've communicated with pool of diesel fuel was also Occidental; we want to take the • RALLY bullets in to the mass of over one ular." spilled on the newly renovated high road," Lewis said. "If any thousand people. First-year student Erik Steg track surface about ten feet away [Whittier] student feels com by Ted Leslie The man marched this week- from the field, along with eight pelled to delve into payback, it QC Assoc. News Editor march ^^^^^^^^^^^^ _^^ end with the Internation speckles of fuel trailing from the would not be a good idea. [Occi was "The al Socialist Organiza "There were a lot of field. dental] is on alert." A number of Whittier College perfect tion. "I was right up "This is just very frustrating "We've talked to Occidental opportu people that fell; a lot of students were in attendance at a against where they were for all the people involved in and assured them there would nity to police brutality rally last Sunday, people got shot at" actually beating on peo working to make [the stadium] a not be any retaliation," Jacobs voice our Oct. 22. Included in the number ple," he said. "The worst state-of-the-art facility," Director said. "We beat them in the foot opinions present were 15 affiliated with Christine Sisoev was when they charged of Athletic Dave Jacobs said. ball game and volleyball game on the in- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano everyone up the street." Jacobs added that the track has (held Tuesday, Oct. 24), and justices Whittier Resident de Atzlan (MEChA) and one with According to Stegman, not been used since it was com that's the best payback." we see ev the International Socialist Orga the most violence took pleted in September. Owens said, "Retaliation on ery day," nization. After a two-hour march said senior MEChA place when the small crowd of The incident is believed to our part would not speak very to the Los Angeles Parker Center, Chair Luis Hernandez. protestors who attempted to en have occurred after Whittier de highly of our institution We protestors and riot police clashed, The police who fired into the circle the building were chased feated Occidental in the prized won the game and we have the and police began firing rubber crowd were set off by portion of and cornered up against the main "Battle for the Shoes" Saturday, shoes, that should be enough." protestors who veered from the crowd. A policeman knocked a Oct. 21 and was discovered by According to Lewis, petro main body of the protest and protestor behind the knees with a Facilities Grounds Supervisor leum products will eat through marched around the side of the billy club, bringing him to the John Gonzalez the morning of- the synthetic track surface and news Parker Center. pavement. One kneeled on his you can use Tuesday, Oct. 24. The bronze "will weaken the integrity of the "We got to the back of the neck and others surrounded him shoes become the possesion of track." building and there were riot cops while the crowd chanted, "Let him the winner of the Whittier-Occi- The damage to the track is on horses that told us to turn around go." When police began firing • CI. dental games—a tradition dat estimated to be $2,200 while the and go back," said Whittier resi non-lethal crowd control bullets, ing back to 1938 when Whittier cost to replace the grass is esti dent Christine Sisoev. "There were one member of his organization player Myron Claxton forgot mated at $200. The grass will not Saturday brunch on Oct. a lot of people that fell, a lot of was hit in the chest, and his girl them after a game at Occidental. be replaced during the season, 28 will be served in The people got shot at," she contin friend was hit in the stomach. "He Spot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Rivalries are not about de ued. "They were just shooting into was just holding up a peace sign," struction," football Head Coach See VANDALISM page 6 the crowd, not at anyone in partic Stegman said. ISSUE 8 • VOLUME 87 QUOTE OF THE WEEK I'd be happy if we had this forum, and at the end, everyone hated us. At least they'd have an opinion. EDITORIAL^LETTERS^COMMENTARY - Junior Travis Nass • see News, Front Page OC EDITORIAL LETTERS .TN^ Hide & Go Seek Last academic year a group of students gathered COR Member Defends Collard together under the mantle SMAK (Social Movements Action Kommittee) to agitate for more minority faculty Dear Editor, members on campus. These students employed massy I am writing both as a member of COR and as a member this, but I have not seen them coming to COR meetings, means of communicating their message, ranging from of the ASWC. Students checking their mail boxes this speaking with COR members, running for COR office or flyer campaigns to unfurling giant banners off of the week have found flyers with "!!!!OUR MISSION!!!!" science building roof to littering the upper quad with even voting. Perhaps if they paid more attention to what balls of every shape and size. Their hope was to utilize headline. These flyers have called for the impeachment of exactly is going on, they'd know that no wrong doing has various forms of publicity to pique the interests of the ASWC President Jonathan Collard, asked to amend the been committed. As for amending the constitution, I am a student body and faculty and to start dialogue before COR Constitution and increase student involvement on member of the Internal Affairs Committee, tasked with the attempting to engage in the structural revision process.