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WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^^^^^ ^ "" ^ September 22? 1994 Quaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ▲SPORTS Sophomore Derek Bacorn goes for a header against Biola. He scored twice in two games last week. g 14 y Coffee Break Learn about the one of the great providers of caffeine. ■* pg 7 C O L L E G L E GJE„ M ► Senior Bio Katy Givler, a senior theater arts major, talks about her life, her goals, and her love ofthe theath- er in this feature. It is the first in a series of bios on seniors who majored in art, art history, or theater arts. pg 10 ► Drop Period Ends This Week While today w<is the last day to add classes, classes can still be dropped until ne?u Thursday, Sept. 29. Drop-add cards should be turned in to the Registrar's Office before the close of the business day. YEARBOOK Acropolis Expected in December After a problematic year, the yearbook staff wraps up the 1993-94 edition and prepares to face even greater challenges in the current year. by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR QC News Editor Sophomore Lorna Bell began her term as Editor-in-Chief of the Acropolis (Whittier's yearbook since 1912) with the deck stacked against her. Bell returned to the College in September and was immediately faced with the problems of an unfinished 1994 volume and an administrative change in the concept of the Acropolis's status for the 1994-95 academic year. The 1993-1994 volume of the Acropolis has an expected distribution date of December or January. Senior Eric Aitken,Acro/>o- lis Editor-in-Chief for 1993-94, said that the book is expected to be received for distribution to the College community by early December, a date that is late in comparison with the October and November releases of recent years. The 1993-94 volume was sent to publishing company Herff Jones on Tuesday, Sept. 20, months after the publisher's original deadline. Director of Student Activities Rueban Rodriguez stated that the Ruth Fogelberg/QC Pholo Edilor Lorna Bell book would be arriving later than was originally planned because the students working on the Acropolis had missed publisher-set deadlines. "The way that Herff Jones works is that the students are supposed to turn in a number of pages and photos according to deadlines set by the publisher. The pages were not turned in on time." Aitken noted that the book's delay could be attributed to students who did not complete their assignments. "Throughout the school year, things got lost or misplaced, and eventually those as- Pholo courtesy of COR Eric Aitken signments turned up late or had to be redone," said Aitken. With the completion of the Spring semester, students whose work Aitken had counted on left the campus: some for the summer, some forever. The final pages of the 1994 book were completed almost entirely by Aitken and Bell, in the early weeks of this month. No course penalty was leveled against those students enrolled in INTO 12 (Acropolis Workshop) who did not complete their assignments, Aitken noted. Rodriguez commented, "It was evident that even though there was a class, credit was given and the work wasn't done." This observation, combined with an overall review of the Acropolis experiential class, led Rodriguez to recommend to Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Lisa Rossbacher that the course not be offerred in the Fall semester (despite its listing in the Fall course schedule passed out last Spring and the new course catalogs issued this Fall). "For the past few years, the yearbook class has been offerred in the fall and spring," stated Rodriguez. "The bulk of interest occurred in the fall, but as the year went on, the assignments given out would not be completed, so it was left up to the editors to complete the yearbook over the summer." Rodriguez stated that the decision not to offer yearbook as a credit course this semester was based mostly on his observations and recommendations: "I didn't think the class was necessary this semester for the publication of the Please see YEARBOOK, pg. 6 Student Letter Soliciting Funds Receives Mixed Reactions from Community p- In an effort to cover senior JaMarr Brown's educational costs, a letter soliciting funds was drafted on his behalf and sent to alumni, trustees, and local businesses. by JANINE LEIGIf KRAMER QC Editor-in-Chief N, A letter sent to Board of Trustees members, Uptown businesses and some alumni, has solicited donations to pay for COR President JaMarr Brown's education. The letter askes recipients of the letter to "make an investment in this (Brown) college student's education and in the future." Although this method of fund- raising is legal, it has upset several recipients ofthe letter as well as some Whittier College community members who have heard about it. Monte Wicker, who owns Monte's Camera Shop, said, "I think JaMarr could have gotten a loan. I have taken out loans in the QC File Photo JaMarr Brown past, and unlike a donation, you have to work to pay loans back." "I give money to Whittier College, but I don't give to just one student. I like to give to benefit all of the students. I think JaMarr was a little out of line," continued Wicker. One Uptown merchant who preferred to remain unidentified said, "(Brown's letter) set a bad precedent. I feel that he should go to the financial aid department and get help from them. If he realized that he couldn't work and would be $8,000 in the hole he should have prioritized." "The letter was very upsetting to me," continued the merchant. According to Dean of Students Susan Allen, some of the people who received the letter called and wanted information about Brown. "A few were aggri- vated and a few wanted to help only if they weren't being scammed," Allen said. Brown said he "doesn't want to cause a rift between (himself) and the Whittier College community." "But I needed the money to pay for school. Anyone will talk about their successes when trying to get money, a job or a scholarship. Everything in the letter was true," said Brown. Jonathan Meer, Executive Assistant to President Ash, said, "Administrators have been receiving calls from alumni, community members and trustees (about the letter) because they think it has come from the College." "It needs to be explained that a letter from an individual at an institution, even a leader at that institution, is from that individuak^ and not from that institution," said^^ Meer. "JaMarr (Brown) acted as an individual," said Meer. "We support free speech; however, we apologize to members of the Board of Trustees, members of the alumni family and members ofthe Whittier business community if they had the impression that the letter was either supported or encouraged by the administration," said Meer. "No members ofthe administration are in the position to tell students what to do," said Meer. "Personally, I would have appreciated it if he would have sought wiser counsel." The letter described Brown as a student ofWhittier College, his academic record, his involvement please see LETTER pg. 4 ISSUE 3 • VOLUME 81
Object Description
Title | The QC, Vol. 81, No. 03 • September 22, 1994 |
Publisher | Associated Students of WhittierCollege |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | September 22, 1994 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
Type | image |
Format of digital version | jpeg |
Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-10-01 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1994_09_22_001 |
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WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^^^^^ ^ "" ^ September 22? 1994
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
▲SPORTS
Sophomore Derek Bacorn goes for a header
against Biola. He scored
twice in two games last
week.
g 14
y Coffee Break
Learn about the one of
the great providers of caffeine. ■* pg 7
C O L L E G
L E GJE„
M
► Senior Bio
Katy Givler, a senior
theater arts major, talks
about her life, her goals,
and her love ofthe theath-
er in this feature. It is the
first in a series of bios on
seniors who majored in
art, art history, or theater
arts.
pg 10
► Drop Period
Ends This Week
While today w |
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