The QC, Vol. 81, No. 08 • October 27, 1994

              WHITTIER
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L^KERCAMPUS
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
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STUDENT GOV'T
Michelle Tautfest/QC Photo Edilor
▲SPORTS
Freshman Callie Batts
fights for the ball as senior Katie Ross looks on
Cal Lutheran won the
game and the Poets' record
now stands at 3 and 10
overall. pg 16
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► From Bobbing
for Apples to The
Mighty Morphin'
Power Rangers
How did Halloween
evolve from a religious
holiday into a commercial occasion marked by
candy, costumes, and
jack-o'-lanterns? The story of Halloween is inside.
pg 7
► Art Major Looks
Ahead
Senior Karen Maness
is highlighted this week.
You can see some of her
art on display at Friday's.
She is an art major in the
Whitier Scholars program
and is preparing art for a
showing as part of her senior project,        pg 10
► Student Fori
a student forum. Pre
in attendance, and
proposed changes
Student Union. Sti
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Lowering of GPA Requirement for COR
Positions to be Voted on by Student Body
PAfter much debate by
members of the Council and
concerned students, the decision
of whether or not to lower the
GPA requirement from 2.5 to
2.0 will be made through a
campus-wide vote next week.
by JEN SANCHEZ-SALAZAR
QC News Editor
The entire Whittier College
student body will have the opportunity to vote whether the required
GPA for members of COR should
be lowered to 2.0, or remain at 2.5
for executive positions and 2.2 for
all other positions.
The election will take place
Tuesday, Nov. 1 and Wednesday,
Nov. 2.
The decision to put the issue
to a student-wide vote, rather than
deciding it within the COR body,
was-.made by the council this
Monday after a prolonged discussion. COR Secretary and Chair of
the Elections Committee Julie
Lippincott opened the issue by
making a motion that the question
ofthe grade point average requirement be decided in a student election.
Among the 16 COR members
and "at least 17 observing students
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COR Members voted to put the proposed change of the
ASWC constitution to a vote by the entire student body.
Monday's meeting was highlighted by the largest attendance of a COR meeting by interested students this year.
present, a long discussion ensued,    organization to "live up to your
One student offering his perspective was junior Steven "Wally"
Rosales, who expressed disappointment that COR seemed to be
"ducking the issue" by suggesting
that the student body decide instead of voting, as the governing
body had anticipated.
In concurrence with Rosales
was Adam Webster ('94), who
charged the student government
names. You are representatives,
and the students have entrusted
you with the responsibility of
making these choices."
Both Rosales and Webster argued that COR should "take a
stand" and allow students to respond according to that stand.
Sophomore Ken Chiu supported the motion to hold a campus-
wide election, praising COR for
taking a "proactive rather than a
reactive" stance by presenting the
proposed constitutional amendment to the student body for a
vote.
Several COR members expressed support of the proposed
election, while Representative-At-
Large David Fujimoto suggested
that by putting the issue to a student vote, COR would be accepting a decision made by "people
who are less informed than we are
about this issue."
After concluding the discussion, COR voted in favor of Lippincott's motion. The motion
passed with two members opposed.
"It has blown up into a big
issue. We need more student input. Even though we are representatives, we didn't have enough
information on Monday to vote
on this issue/' Lippincott said in
an interview regarding the proposed amendment.
Commenting on the allegations that COR was backing down
by not voting, Lippincott said, "I
think it's ridiculous. Just because
we had anticipated voting doesn't
mean we had to. The election was
a much better idea.    This is a
please see VOTE. pg. 4
STUDENT
Student Arrested on
Felony Drug Charges
Streaker Apprehended
Off-Campus by Whittier
P.D., Campus Safety
by ALEXANDER MACKIE
QC Design/Graphics Editor
Freshman Douglas Brown was
arrested outside his Stauffer Hall
room Friday by Whittier police
officers on a felony charge of drug
possession with the intent to sell
after administrators allegedly
searched his residence hall room
on a tip, according to a Whittier
Police Department report.
According to the police report, officers found and took into
evidence a "leafy substance" in a
small plastic bag, wrapped in other bags.
Offcers also foud a metal scale,
$163 in cash and a wallet.
Brown's roommate, who
wished to stay anonymous, said
he was present Friday at 7 p.m.
when David Leonard, associate
dean of residential life and Ed
Malone, the chief of campus safety, searched the room and found a
plastic bag one-quarter full with a
green leafy substance.
Neither Leonard nor Malone
would comment on the incident
citing student privacy laws and
college policy.
Brown was unavailable for
comment.
The police report states that
Brown admitted to possession and
selling marijuana on campus.
Brown told officers that he had
made a $100 sale and several $20
sales and had 133 grams that he
received from hisbrother. According to the report Brown said that
he had never sold before.
Hi s roommate said that he never saw Brown use drugs.
Leonard said that in a case
where a student is found to have
committed a felony, the College
handles its own internal investigation and hearing, in addition to the
police investigation. Expulsion is
not immediate, according to Leonard.
Please see FELONY pg. 4
STUI ENT
by VUK MILOJKOVIC
QC M or
Safely     and
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College student at an off-
campus resilience on Penn
Street inute chase
Friday night.
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tackled and handcuffed by
Campus Safety officer Mike
Hernandez and a female
Whittier P.D. officer after he
led two Campus Safety officers
on a chase that began near the:
Ward; .y and ended on
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Candeleria and three other
Whitti -ers arrived
on the scene immediately and
assisted with the arrest.
Sophomore Steve Benard,
who was standing within eight
feet ofthe student, said that he
saw the Campus Safety officer
tackle the streaker, hold him
down and hit him in the back
with a Mag lite several times as
three other police officers and
The student, who was later
identified as senior Eric-
Peacock, received several minor
scratches and bruises as a result
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