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QUAKER CAMPUS 1/~1.,.~~ ■ VVX/l NIxmKof O ^^5 ' M I -in iCiOl Volume LXXV1, Number 9 November 16 1989 Proposal Made For Sheltering The Homeless Over Two Winter Months By Caitlin Duffy QC Staff Writer A proposal for utilizing the club as a homeless shelter from December 5-January 15 was approved by the Board of Governors (BOG) on October 31. The proposal was drawn up by BOG Director of Development Miguel Santana and campus chaplain John Moody. BOG requested that the proposal be submitted to President Ash for further approval. Moody said that he had heard that President Ash looked favorably upon the idea. Ash was unavailable for comment. "There seemed to be overwhelming support to go ahead with this, but there were concerns voiced about scheduling events in the Club as well as whether or not this will extend beyond the Christmas and Easter season," said ASWC President Paul McManus. "Right now we are proposing it for this year. If it works it is likely that it could be done again,'' said Moody. The housing homeless program is in conjunction with the Whittier Ecumenical Council, made up of 12 Whittier area churches. These churches provide shelter for homeless during the cold months of the year on a four week rotation basis. The shelters offer two hot meals and a matress and bedding to sleep on. Whittier College has been involved in this program since it began in 1985, through students volunteering to staff the shelters. Their duties include: serving food, distribution of bedding and clean-up. Santana, who works for the housing homeless project, became aware of the difficulty that the churches were having finding an available site for the four weeksthis winter. "I feel that the club would be an ideal location for this program because of the fact that students wil 1 be on vacation for the majority of the time that it would be in use," said Santana. He also added that the Club's accessibility to the street and central location are other benefits. Club Shelter Santana said that if the proposal goes through, the shelter would be open from 9 PM to 7 AM. Students would be able to volunteer if they wished, but the church staff would staff the Club during the winter break. The shelter would be open to approximately 60 people, all of whom would be screened and chosen according to a need basis. Only those who are currently employed, seeking work, or disabled would be eligible due to the lack of space. "More and more, the Ecumenical Council is screening people. The city has given money to screen people and an office. They |the homeless] will go through this office. This would mean that if someone is intoxicated, they would be turned down. It is too disruptive. We need to put conditions," said Moody. —First Proposal Denied In 1987, Moody and former student Kent Gilbert made a similar proposal to former President Eugene Mills but were denied. "We asked that the campus chapel be made available for a shelter, but there was some anxiety about the safety of the musical instruments and equipment stored there," said Moody. Moody also stated that getting the needed insurance was difficult. "I don'tfeel the insurance company did enough research on the situation." ,.-. ■ On the current proposal, Moody said, "My personal perspective is that we have a variety of people on campus all Please see BOG page 3. English Requirements Changed For This & Next Year's Freshman Class By Michele Apostolos QC Staff Writer Next years incoming freshman will not have to fufill two semesters of freshman english due to a department policy change that eliminates the second semester writing class. The change resulted from a faculty concensus following a proposal from the Educational Policies Committee (EPA), chaired by Dr. Steve Overturf. Freshman Seminar first semester and then complete a paper in their major in their junior or senior year," said Overturf. English Department Chair Ann Farmer felt that the decision, "was not a clear decision, there was very little unanimity in the concensus." "lam not happy with having the three unit Freshman Writing "I am not happy with having three unit fresh rranwriting requirements. I feel it should be six units. In is unfortunate when writing is so important that we could not handle this another way"—Ann Farmer. ' Three meetings were held with faculty," said Overturf, before they approved the change. "There was a high level of debate and a couple of people felt pretty strongly against this." "The proposal eliminates the second semester requirement for freshman. They (1990 freshman) will be required (under the new policy) to take the three unit requirement, 1 believe it should be six units," said Farmer. "It is unfortunate when writing is so important that we could not handle this another way." "We (the faculty) have been thinking about writing for a long time and there has been a lot of discussion," said English professor Dr. Charles Adams. The decision made on November 8 was the result of an evaluation of the current program that was implemented in the fall of 1987. According to Farmer, this evaluation was built into the program when it was first established. Written and oral interviews with faculty and students were done by a Freshman Writing Committee. In addition to this, two outside evaluators from UC Davis and Pomona College were brought in during the fall of 1988. A report complied by Linda Morris from UC Davis was submitted to EPC late last year. "The EPC did not come to any conclusions until early this year," said Overturf. Both Overturf and Farmer agreed that the main problem existed in the second semester writing course. "An unevenness was found in the amount of writing assignments and in the attention given to writing and revising," said Farmer. Please see ENGLISH page 3. TWEET AWAY: Whistles were handed out to all female on campus students in an effort to increase student safety. All whistles were paid for by the Residence Hall Association. Whistles Handed Out To Females Students By RH A By Deborah Paul QC Staff Writer As a protective measure for the females on campus due to the two attempted assaults reported this semester, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) has provided rape whistles for all girls living in a residence hall. "If they |females| are able to make noise with something, then somebody can come and help them. Whistles really stand out in the night," said RHA member Araceli Gonzalez. The President of RHA, Julie Sutton said the recommendation came from Ken Kelly, vice president for student life. Sutton said that whistles for girls living off campus will be distributed in their boxes by next Wednesday. The males on campus will not receive whistles. ' 'We felt that the girls were in the most danger, and we assumed that the guys could take care of themselves," said Sutton. The whistle initiative is part of a continued effort to make the campus safe. Other efforts include increased lighting installed by maintenance, and the additional student-run escort service organized by College Life Ombudsman Mark Taylor. However, according to Taylor, ' 'there are not enough people to run the program." Student Candace Kodama agreed that the whistles are an effective form of protection against rape. Kodama also stated that the plastic whistles that they were given are better than metal whistles because they are louder. Freshman Christina Monteverde said she liked the idea and stated, "you know that you are a little bit safer." Monteverde said that it was fine for students to play with the whistles during the day, but they should respect them at night. She said she believed that students were abiding by this. Despite this, there have been reports of students blowing whistles out of context. RHA has been discussing the possibility of establishing a monetary fine for blowing the whistles in a non- danger situation. Resident Advisor Mario Dinsmore said, "We have a lot of people blowing whistles just goofing around. If people keep doing that, we won't respond 1 in a real danger situation]." Dinsmore stated that nothing was final. The possible fine was only in the discussion stages. "We know one school that has a $50 fine for such an offense, but we don't know if it |Whittier's fine) will be that high." A Comparison See Page 4. Russian Feelings See Page 4. Awareness Week See Page 5.
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Title | The QC, Vol. 76, No. 09 • November 16, 1989 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
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Date | November 16, 1989 |
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OCR | QUAKER CAMPUS 1/~1.,.~~ ■ VVX/l NIxmKof O ^^5 ' M I -in iCiOl Volume LXXV1, Number 9 November 16 1989 Proposal Made For Sheltering The Homeless Over Two Winter Months By Caitlin Duffy QC Staff Writer A proposal for utilizing the club as a homeless shelter from December 5-January 15 was approved by the Board of Governors (BOG) on October 31. The proposal was drawn up by BOG Director of Development Miguel Santana and campus chaplain John Moody. BOG requested that the proposal be submitted to President Ash for further approval. Moody said that he had heard that President Ash looked favorably upon the idea. Ash was unavailable for comment. "There seemed to be overwhelming support to go ahead with this, but there were concerns voiced about scheduling events in the Club as well as whether or not this will extend beyond the Christmas and Easter season," said ASWC President Paul McManus. "Right now we are proposing it for this year. If it works it is likely that it could be done again,'' said Moody. The housing homeless program is in conjunction with the Whittier Ecumenical Council, made up of 12 Whittier area churches. These churches provide shelter for homeless during the cold months of the year on a four week rotation basis. The shelters offer two hot meals and a matress and bedding to sleep on. Whittier College has been involved in this program since it began in 1985, through students volunteering to staff the shelters. Their duties include: serving food, distribution of bedding and clean-up. Santana, who works for the housing homeless project, became aware of the difficulty that the churches were having finding an available site for the four weeksthis winter. "I feel that the club would be an ideal location for this program because of the fact that students wil 1 be on vacation for the majority of the time that it would be in use," said Santana. He also added that the Club's accessibility to the street and central location are other benefits. Club Shelter Santana said that if the proposal goes through, the shelter would be open from 9 PM to 7 AM. Students would be able to volunteer if they wished, but the church staff would staff the Club during the winter break. The shelter would be open to approximately 60 people, all of whom would be screened and chosen according to a need basis. Only those who are currently employed, seeking work, or disabled would be eligible due to the lack of space. "More and more, the Ecumenical Council is screening people. The city has given money to screen people and an office. They |the homeless] will go through this office. This would mean that if someone is intoxicated, they would be turned down. It is too disruptive. We need to put conditions," said Moody. —First Proposal Denied In 1987, Moody and former student Kent Gilbert made a similar proposal to former President Eugene Mills but were denied. "We asked that the campus chapel be made available for a shelter, but there was some anxiety about the safety of the musical instruments and equipment stored there," said Moody. Moody also stated that getting the needed insurance was difficult. "I don'tfeel the insurance company did enough research on the situation." ,.-. ■ On the current proposal, Moody said, "My personal perspective is that we have a variety of people on campus all Please see BOG page 3. English Requirements Changed For This & Next Year's Freshman Class By Michele Apostolos QC Staff Writer Next years incoming freshman will not have to fufill two semesters of freshman english due to a department policy change that eliminates the second semester writing class. The change resulted from a faculty concensus following a proposal from the Educational Policies Committee (EPA), chaired by Dr. Steve Overturf. Freshman Seminar first semester and then complete a paper in their major in their junior or senior year," said Overturf. English Department Chair Ann Farmer felt that the decision, "was not a clear decision, there was very little unanimity in the concensus." "lam not happy with having the three unit Freshman Writing "I am not happy with having three unit fresh rranwriting requirements. I feel it should be six units. In is unfortunate when writing is so important that we could not handle this another way"—Ann Farmer. ' Three meetings were held with faculty," said Overturf, before they approved the change. "There was a high level of debate and a couple of people felt pretty strongly against this." "The proposal eliminates the second semester requirement for freshman. They (1990 freshman) will be required (under the new policy) to take the three unit requirement, 1 believe it should be six units," said Farmer. "It is unfortunate when writing is so important that we could not handle this another way." "We (the faculty) have been thinking about writing for a long time and there has been a lot of discussion," said English professor Dr. Charles Adams. The decision made on November 8 was the result of an evaluation of the current program that was implemented in the fall of 1987. According to Farmer, this evaluation was built into the program when it was first established. Written and oral interviews with faculty and students were done by a Freshman Writing Committee. In addition to this, two outside evaluators from UC Davis and Pomona College were brought in during the fall of 1988. A report complied by Linda Morris from UC Davis was submitted to EPC late last year. "The EPC did not come to any conclusions until early this year," said Overturf. Both Overturf and Farmer agreed that the main problem existed in the second semester writing course. "An unevenness was found in the amount of writing assignments and in the attention given to writing and revising," said Farmer. Please see ENGLISH page 3. TWEET AWAY: Whistles were handed out to all female on campus students in an effort to increase student safety. All whistles were paid for by the Residence Hall Association. Whistles Handed Out To Females Students By RH A By Deborah Paul QC Staff Writer As a protective measure for the females on campus due to the two attempted assaults reported this semester, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) has provided rape whistles for all girls living in a residence hall. "If they |females| are able to make noise with something, then somebody can come and help them. Whistles really stand out in the night," said RHA member Araceli Gonzalez. The President of RHA, Julie Sutton said the recommendation came from Ken Kelly, vice president for student life. Sutton said that whistles for girls living off campus will be distributed in their boxes by next Wednesday. The males on campus will not receive whistles. ' 'We felt that the girls were in the most danger, and we assumed that the guys could take care of themselves," said Sutton. The whistle initiative is part of a continued effort to make the campus safe. Other efforts include increased lighting installed by maintenance, and the additional student-run escort service organized by College Life Ombudsman Mark Taylor. However, according to Taylor, ' 'there are not enough people to run the program." Student Candace Kodama agreed that the whistles are an effective form of protection against rape. Kodama also stated that the plastic whistles that they were given are better than metal whistles because they are louder. Freshman Christina Monteverde said she liked the idea and stated, "you know that you are a little bit safer." Monteverde said that it was fine for students to play with the whistles during the day, but they should respect them at night. She said she believed that students were abiding by this. Despite this, there have been reports of students blowing whistles out of context. RHA has been discussing the possibility of establishing a monetary fine for blowing the whistles in a non- danger situation. Resident Advisor Mario Dinsmore said, "We have a lot of people blowing whistles just goofing around. If people keep doing that, we won't respond 1 in a real danger situation]." Dinsmore stated that nothing was final. The possible fine was only in the discussion stages. "We know one school that has a $50 fine for such an offense, but we don't know if it |Whittier's fine) will be that high." A Comparison See Page 4. Russian Feelings See Page 4. Awareness Week See Page 5. |
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