The QC, Vol. 78, No. 03 • September 19, 1991

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Volume LXXVIII, Number 3
September 19,1991
INSIDE THE
QUAKERCAMPUS
NEWS
ROADSHOWS
A complete look at Whittier's
fall roadshows. Page 5.
SABBATICALS
Part two of a two-segment
series about professors on
leave. Page 6.
EDITORIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
Editorial page editor Mike
Machado speaks on the
alcohol policy and who's to
blame on its enforcement.
Page 3.
FEATURES
VANITY PLATES
Personalized license plates,
also known as vanity plates,
are not uncommon around
the Whittier campus. Page
10.
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MOVIE CRITICS
Arts & Entertaiment editor
Jenny Colville talks about
how movie critics are
discrediting the emotional
aspects of films. Page 12.
SPORTS
POETS PLACE FIRST
The men's cross-country
team finished first in the
Whittier Invitational, and
they did it without the
services of senior star Jeff
Henderson. Page 16.
STREAK ENDS
ThePoetfootball team began
the 1991 season and ended a
10-game losing streak by
defeating Ciaremont 15-3 on
Saturday. Page 16.'
INDEX
News
Opinion
Features
Classifieds
Arts & Ent.
Sports
1,4-7
2-3
8-10
11
12-13
14-16
Board of Governors Meets With Administration;
Expresses Concerns On College Alcohol Policy
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
Marking its first major
move ofthe Fall semester, the
Board of Governors (BOG) sent
a letter to the Administration
demanding that immediate
action be taken concerning
discrepancies with the newly
created College alcohol policy.
The letter stated that BOG
has determined that there are
some "striking inconsistencies
between various circulating
documents."
It went on to say that "it is
unrealistic to expect members
of this college community to
adhere to an alcohol policy that
lacks consistency. We demand
that a singularly compiled
document be distributed only
after the consultation with the
student body and its
representatives."
Following a 24-hour
deadline given to the
Administrations, a meeting
between BOG and members of
the Administration took place
late Tuesday afternoon.
Steve Gothold, Dean of
College Life; Ken Kelly,
Associate Dean for Student
Activities; Dave Leonard,
Associate Dean for Residential
Life; and Bill Mullowney,
College Counsel, attended the
meeting.
According to Alvin
Henderson, BOG President, the
meeting was meant to express
concerns by BOG members.
These concerns included:
the fact that the policy did not
come out of a consensus;
apparent conflict of interest
between the alcohol policy and
the possibility of an honor code;
and philosophical implications
related to the enactment of an
honor code.
BOG President Al Henderson gets a point across at Tuesday's meeting.
"The alcohol policy is
inconsistent in that it does not
demonstrate the idea that the
school trusts its students,"
Henderson said.
Gothold responded, "The
honor code does not preclude
the fact that there are rules the
state holds us responsible for."
Gothold added, "There is
pressure from the City (of
Whittier) to regulated student
behavior."
According to Gothold, there
is a major alcohol problem at
Whittier.
He cited several reasons
why the college should enforce
the policy,includingthe number
Please see BOG page 4.
For a list of BOG
Amendments, please see
page 7.
Alcohol Policy Enforcement
Standard Changes; Affects RAs
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
To create a consistency
between residence hall policy
and enforcement, Resident
Advisors (RA) will be
documenting any students
involved with alcohol,
according to Dave. Leonard,
Associate Dean of Residential
Life.
"This (documenting) will
establish a process whereby
students realize the residence
halls are not the place to be
drinking," Leonard said. "The
halls are meant for educational
purposes."
Students will be
documented (in an incident
report) whenever they are in a
situation where there is any
alcohol present in a public area,
or in an area which is causing
a disturbance, Leonard said.
Documentation will occur
whenever a Resident Advisor
or Area Coordinator comes in
contact with a minor in
possession of, or consuming
alcohol.
"Resident Advisors are
ambassadors of the College,"
Leonard said. "They are not
taught to be police officers; we
are asking them to confront
and document situations
where they openly see alcohol."
When documented, a
student will receive a first
Please see CHANGE page 4.
Delegation Goes to Haverford to Observe Honor Code
By Caitlin Duffy
Managing Editor
In order to experience a
working honor code, a group of
six representatives from
Whittier College left today for a
four-day visit to Haverford
College in Pennsylvania.
Haverford, a liberal arts
college of approximately 1,050
students, has had an academic
honor code since the 1890s,
Haverford President Tom
Kessinger said. A social code
was later adopted.
The group visiting
Haverford are: Bill Mullowney,
College Council; Dr. Joseph
Price, professorofReligion; Alvin
Henderson, ASWC President;
Nicole Walker, President Pro-
temp; senior Katherine Gulsby
and junior Jennifer Kelly.
They will meet with
Haverford faculty,
administration and students
and will have the opportunity to
interview them about their
honor code, Kessinger said.
Whittier President James
Ash spoke with Kessinger last
summer about Haverford's
honor code at a conference ofthe
Friends Association for Higher
Education.
Kessinger and Ash
discussed the possibility of
having a group from Whittier
College visit Haverford.
"Wehave visitors frequently
to seeour honor code," Kessinger
said.
The Haverford honor code is
governed by a council of elected
student representatives.   The
student body has the authority
to change or amend the code
each year. Three-fourths of the
votes are needed to make
changes.
This code encompasses
aspects of student academic and
social conduct but does not
include the alcohol policy,
Kessinger said.
Haverford junior Jill
Chelimer said that because of
their honor code, the students
are able to schedule their own
exams and take them
unsupervised. "This establishes
a lot of trust between the faculty
and students," she said.
"Some people have even
come to Haverford for the Code,"
Chelimer continued. "It has a
big affect on the way people treat
each other."
Chelimer described the
social part of the honor code as
being loose. "It's intended to
promote honesty and help work
out disputes," she said.
Mullowney said that
Haverford was chosen as a
visiting site because, as a small,
Quaker, liberal arts college, it's
"like Whittier."
However, Haverford's
honor code is different than the
one that a Whittier Ad-Hoc
committee devised last spring.
The Committee researched
codes at college campuses across
the country before drafting the
proposal, which, according to
Henderson, will be voted on by
the student body this year.
The cost of airfare for the
trip to Haverford was paid for
by BOG and the Administration.