The QC, Vol. 81, No. 03 • September 22, 1994

              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
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► 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-
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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
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