The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 September 11,2003 QUAKER CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc COR members review progress Brycie Jones QC Assistant News Editor The Council of Representatives met for the first time this semester Monday, Sept. 9, marking the halfway point of senior Zach Winters's term as COR president. ililli Winters, elected Nov. 22, 2002, won a runoff election against senior Todd Spainer. Throughout his campaign, Winters emphasized his lack of prior COR experience as the quality COR needed most: "I'm going to get in, throw everyone on their heads, and they're not even going to know what happened," Winters said during a debate on Nov. 12, H 2002. Specific issues Winters addressed in his candidate :"^%:S>:|>i^^p^8^SJil l • -- •••• -J- :&... b- statement [Quaker Campus, volume 89, issue 11] included CANDY CHARLSON / QC ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR the need for more call boxes and better lighting across First-year students Krista Key, Jenny Smith and Stephanie Collins in their triple room in Johnson. campus, more attention to new initiatives versus old initi­ atives and creating a patio cafe to compete with Bon Appetit. The arrival of the largest class in ten "Unfortunately there has been no visible progress on the patio cafe," Winters said, although he hopes to have it running by December "in all possibility" with the help of the Economics Club. "I envision it [as] a place to sit and years forces some residents into triples relax with coffee and bagels, etcetera, that on weekends and Genevieve Roman nights will turn into a stage that will showcase local and QC Assistant News Editor college bands, as well as a keg service." Winters also said the cafe" would need to be run by Bon Appetit due to the Three girls living in one room meant for two might seem but this number has gotten smaller and still more of the girls College's exclusive contract, unlike Winters's original normal in Wanberg, but the female first-year students in the are expecting to de-triple in the next few weeks. First-year plan which called for a different catering company to Johnson triples don't have two roommates by choice. The student Megan Johnson said she and the rest of the girls in compete with Bon Appetit. class of 2007 has 376 students, making it about 23 percent triples don't have any guarantees as to when they will de- During the 2003 spring semester, sophomore COR larger than the class of 2006. The rise in enrollment means that triple, but that because of triple housing charges she is saving Member-at-Large Stephanie Del Razo took on the call there are some first-year women living in Johnson Residence "about nine-hundred dollars a year." Johnson added, "at this boxes and lighting issue on campus. However, "the admin­ Hall rooms that are meant for two residents but have been point in time we all like each other and wouldn't even want to istration somehow does not feel the same way we do about converted to triples; tripling is the only recourse Whittier de-triple." And first-year student Erin Raisner said: "We only their importance," Winters said. Del Razo did bring broken College has in the event of overbooking. Associate Dean of have two desks, but we just rotate using the internet, and if we lighting near the Wanberg stairs to the attention of Facili­ Academics, Director of the Liberal Education Program and have to, we just go to the library. I was worried at first about ties; the lighting has since been repaired. Professor of Mathematics Fritz Smith noted that "the goal for the space, but it's kind of fun... We all like each other and we While Winters's administration did focus more on new this year's freshman class was three-hundred and forty, based might end up staying together anyway." initiatives during the 2003 spring semester, Winters said: on expectations of kids who enroll but don't come." Miller said that changes in the number of applications "One past project we should have paid more attention to, I Besides its growth in size, the new freshman class is also from year to year is "the nature of the game and it's hard to tell admit, was the COR Car. That will be changing this year." "a bit stronger academically than last year's newcomers," said how many accepted students will enroll, but these fluctuations Winters feels his presidency has had an effect on COR: Smith. Director of Admissions Kieron Miller explained that are natural and cannot be attributed to any single factor." Miller "Without a doubt, COR is a different place now. Many of "during the admissions process, students are divided into also pointed out that "admissions did stay open a little bit the concerns lots of students had about COR have been academic quintiles, and in this year's class seventy-two longer and the College is still looking at the numbers to explain addressed." percent of the students were in the top three academic quin­ the data; a lot of it has to do with the state school's tuition Other COR members are less enthusiastic about their tiles as opposed to sixty-eight percent of the 2002 freshman increases and the passion that Whittier College admissions and accomplishments from last semester. Former Program Board class." financial aid counselors have for their jobs. Otherwise," said Chair sophomore Lauren Bourgoyne said, "I think that we The 2003 class was so large that at the beginning of the Miller, "I don't know that there were any drastic changes." set out to do too many things without realizing there wasn't year there were thirteen rooms converted to triples in Johnson, enough time." Junior COR Secretary Lindsey Brengle echoed Bourgoyne's statement, saying, "we accomplished First-year student enrollment by year some of our goals, especially the Uptown Discount pro­ gram, but there is still a lot left to do. And I emphasize 'a lot.'" COR now looks forward to the beginning of the fall semester as a time to put more plans into action. "The setup is complete, now comes time for the follow-through," Winters said. During Monday' s meeting, the eleven present COR members discussed plans for a $5,000 renovation of the Student Union. The renovation will mostly consist of See COR, page 7 ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 90 SEX! Hoovielicious UFO! interview Stuff with balls Surely you want to know There's this story. It's about the Yeah, that's right. UFO! Uh- A lot of the things in this section what that is about. While Hoovies. Is your interest peaked? huh. There's also a story abour deal with handling balls. You are you're at it, enjoy twelve I thought so. So, do you come Kevin Smith of "Mallrats" so sick, you totally misinterpreted things about Whittier here often? fame. Yee-haw! that. Opinions, Page 2 Campus Life, Page 8 A&E, Page 10 Sports, Page 16 Q,U OTE OF THE WEEK "We think this is going to be a super-dee-duper-great year, man!" —senior Hovig Artinian OPINIONS • see News page 1 Thursday. Sept 11, 2003 - QUAKER QC EDITORIAL CAMPUS" Two-year anniversary not so memorable It's September 11th. Don't think we're heartless. We We toppled a government we sus­ to shake our foundations and hob­ Amber Hollingsworth Kind of snuck up on you, didn't cried the same as you when we saw pected of harboring weapons and ble our ability to influence the rest Editor-in-Chief it? Across the country people just the pictures of those buildings top­ fighters bent on more attacks on of the world. In short, to change the like you have spent the last few days pling, we felt the same sense of American soil. We still haven't American way of life. Margo Chilless coming to that realization and won­ overwhelming isolation, ineffectu- found any. Managing Editor But here it is, two years later, dering if they should do something alness and indignation as the death Many of us opposed the war, and life goes on. We still trade with Patrick Holmes about it. They' re not really sure what, tolls mounted and the looming con­ some of us quite vocally. We ar­ the rest of the world. We still send News Editor maybe make some kind of gesture flict seemed inevitable. gued that more violence and de­ troops to other countries whether Genevieve Roman towards the thousands of people who But there's not much we can do. struction wouldn't change things, they want us or not. Our protesters Assistant News Editor lost their lives so senslessly two The United States sent troops while at the same time proving that and politicians still think they know years ago. We wondered the same into Afghanistan looking for the they don't. what's best for the rest of the world. Felicia Chapman thing, frankly, but decided we were people who planned and committed The reason that the Sept. 11 For better or worse, we still do Brycie Jones Adam Thurtell too busy or were just otherwise un­ these acts of murder. Two years attacks occurred were to disrupt pretty much what we did on Sept. News Writers motivated. later we're still looking for them. American commerce and politics, 10, 2000. Martin Voss Opinions Editor (Sex) talk is Genevieve Roman Sara Ellen Toyota Campus Life Co-Editors cheap College is a leap into fresh in­ Courtney Carlton sights.