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QUAKER CAMPUS \Z~1 ~TYYVT lV.,™l.*>i- 18 ^5 - i, * ^/ Marr.Vl 29. 1990 Volume LXXVI, Number 18 March 29, 1990 Tuition Increase Generates $1.88 Million To Be Used In Four Areas By Chuck Bock QC Editor-in-Chief In a move which will generate $1.88 million in new revenue for the college, Whittier College president James Ash announced a $1,550 tuition increase for the 1990-1991 academic year. Undergraduate tuition for next vear has been set at $12,900. The 1989-90 tuition cost was $11,350 per student. In explaining appropriations of the new revenue, Ash, along with members of the Budgeting Priorities Committee, said no money from the new revenue will go towards payment of the $18 million bond issue procured in November. Instead, $917,000 (48.53 percent) will be allocated for financial aid, $355,000 (18.83 percent) for the support structure of the college, $349,000 (18.48 percent) for faculty salaries and raises, and $267,000 (14.15 percent) for administration and staff salaries. The total revenue was based on projections on enrollment of 990 for next year, compared with 955 for this school year. Along with this, housing costs will be equalized throughout campus, which, according to acting vice president of finance Harold Hewitt, means that "the average dorm cost goes up about six percent, with the highest increase being eight percent." Hewitt said diis move will reduce the cost of housing in the Harris Buildings, and allow students equal choice of rooms and dorms. "The tuition increase does not cover bond related services at all," Ash said. "Along with that, many other schools have announced their tuition rates. This puts us in Bedlands' neighborhood, but we are still below Occidental, Pomona, Pitzer, not to even mention USC." Hewitt said that all the changes from the bond issue — campus aesthetic rennovations, Faculty Masters buildings, landscaping and construction, and improvements to the campus inn — will be paid for through tuitions of students in 1993. Ash informed the student bodv of the changes on Tuesday, March 27, when letters were placed in student boxes. Before sending the letters, though, Ash adressed a specially convened BOG meeting on Monday evening to explained the increase. Please see BUDGET page 3. COMPARAT IVE HOUSING COSTS FOR THIS AND NEXT YEAR THIS NEXT (89/90)(90/91) DORM ROOMS SINGLE $2802 $3018 DOUBLE $2284 $2460 HARRIS SINGLE $3340 $3018 DOUBLE $2724 $2460 SMALL HOUSING SINGLE $2860 $3170 DOUBLE $2427 $2698 Mendez And Pioneer High School Agree On Terms For Job Offer By Chuck Bock QC Editor-in-Chief Though nothing has been finalized, Whittier Unified School District (WUSD) officials and Hugh Mendez, former Whittier College football coach, have apparently come to terms on an agreement which will make Mendez the head football coach at Pioneer High School. "We have no formal offer and no contract has been drawn up," said Bon Bhodes, assistant superintendant for personnel at WUSD. "He is our number-one candidate for the position right now at Pioneer High School." "Because he [Mendez] has taught at the college level for so long, his high school credentials have slipped," Bhodes said. "He is going to take the California Basic Educational Skills Test [CBEST] to get them renewed. We have agreed that we will not offer him a contract until he successfully completes the test and gets his credentials renewed." Bhodes said that the agreement was reached "two-or three weeks ago," however an anonymous source said the agreement was finalized on Feb. 27. This agreement will keep Mendez, who lives in Pasadena, coaching in die Whittier area, but apparently puts an end to any speculation that he will be at Whittier College next year. "I have an allegiance to [Pioneer]," Mendez said. "Their athletic director was a baseball captain for me. I like the school. I've spoken at a couple of their banquets...I like the challenge of making it [the Pioneer football program] respectable." Since retiring from his position as head football coach last November, Mendez has claimed that administration — specifically Whittier College president James Ash — is forcing him out as a teacher, that (after Mendez presented his original plan to retire) Ash offered him a contract which would allow him to teach and coach for two more years —■ after which he would retire, and that he received a mysteriously placed faculty handbook saying that part-time faculty (of which Mendez is one) can be fired at any time. Ash, for his part, has told insiders that he will not say one negative word about Mendez. Bhodes said that Mendez showed interest in the position in January. On Feb. 15, the Quaker Campus printed a story in which he said that he hoped to stay at Whittier College but was 90 percent sure he would not be back next year. A similar story ran the next day in Whittier Daily News. In any case, Mendez' career as a Poet coach, which started in 1971 when he was hired as a baseball coach after the school's Black Student Association demonstrated for equal rights and representation, should come to a close with this agreement. When interviewed on March 7, Mendez acknowledged that a job offer had been made, but said that he had not accepted it. "I've had three or four offers, including Pioneer," Mendez said. "I don't know if I'm going to take it." "I really haven't decided what I'm going to do," Mendez said. "I've got to take that test again because I took it before and used the wrong pencil or something like that." Since that interview, though, things seem more concrete. "There is definite interest by them, but before anything is concluded I must be certified," Mendez said. Mendez is registered to take the CBEST on April 7 in Pomona. "We should know the results in six or seven weeks," Please see MENDEZ page 3. CLOSED SHOP: Due to a gas leak caused by the CI fire, the spot (pictured above) and the club will be closed tor the rest of the year. Please see story on page 3. Honor Code Recommendations On Hold For Rest of School Year By Michele Apostolos QC Assistant News Editor Implementation of an honor code at Whittier College will not be seen for quite awhile according to Robert Marks, Chair of the Honor Code Task Force. Marks said discussion will last throughout this semester and definitely carry on into next year. "Clearly students have to be fully involved in overseeing and making it (an honor code) if it is going to work here," said Marks. The Honor Code Task Force, consisting of four administrators, three faculty members and three students, has completed investigation of honor codes and honor systems at eight institutions and is currently trying to inform students and faculty on their findings. The task force holds open meetings every tuesday at 11:00 am in the Faculty Center, and is planning student and faculty forums. The institutions the task force collected information from are: University of Miami, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Rice University, University of Virginia, Harvey Mudd, Naval Academy, and University of Colorado at Boulder. The task force analyzed different aspects of each system including history, philosophy or rationale. breadth of coverage, student and faculty responsibiblites, privileges, due process, sanctions, orientation, and relationship to disciplinary system. "Nearly all of the honor codes and honor systems we looked at were either initiated by students or have extensive student control," said Marks. Mark Taylor, Whittier College Ombudsman said in many of the programs "students are responsible for educating faculty members" on the guidelines of their honor system. Marks said student and faculty support and involvement are equally important in establishing any kind of honor system. One of the main goals of the task force is to broaden the Whittier College community's understanding of what an honor code is. doyce Kaufman, professor of political science, said an honor code does not try to "impose one single set of values", but rather tries to develop a "community of trust" where there is "mutual agreement between students and faculty to share a feeling of respect for each other." Junior Tracy Von Wormer, one of the students on the Please see CODE page 3. BSUPrez See Page 4. Mistaken ID See Page 5. Softball Wins See Page
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Title | The QC, Vol. 76, No. 18 • March 29, 1990 |
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. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | March 29, 1990 |
Language | eng |
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Title | 1990_03_29_p001 |
OCR | QUAKER CAMPUS \Z~1 ~TYYVT lV.,™l.*>i- 18 ^5 - i, * ^/ Marr.Vl 29. 1990 Volume LXXVI, Number 18 March 29, 1990 Tuition Increase Generates $1.88 Million To Be Used In Four Areas By Chuck Bock QC Editor-in-Chief In a move which will generate $1.88 million in new revenue for the college, Whittier College president James Ash announced a $1,550 tuition increase for the 1990-1991 academic year. Undergraduate tuition for next vear has been set at $12,900. The 1989-90 tuition cost was $11,350 per student. In explaining appropriations of the new revenue, Ash, along with members of the Budgeting Priorities Committee, said no money from the new revenue will go towards payment of the $18 million bond issue procured in November. Instead, $917,000 (48.53 percent) will be allocated for financial aid, $355,000 (18.83 percent) for the support structure of the college, $349,000 (18.48 percent) for faculty salaries and raises, and $267,000 (14.15 percent) for administration and staff salaries. The total revenue was based on projections on enrollment of 990 for next year, compared with 955 for this school year. Along with this, housing costs will be equalized throughout campus, which, according to acting vice president of finance Harold Hewitt, means that "the average dorm cost goes up about six percent, with the highest increase being eight percent." Hewitt said diis move will reduce the cost of housing in the Harris Buildings, and allow students equal choice of rooms and dorms. "The tuition increase does not cover bond related services at all," Ash said. "Along with that, many other schools have announced their tuition rates. This puts us in Bedlands' neighborhood, but we are still below Occidental, Pomona, Pitzer, not to even mention USC." Hewitt said that all the changes from the bond issue — campus aesthetic rennovations, Faculty Masters buildings, landscaping and construction, and improvements to the campus inn — will be paid for through tuitions of students in 1993. Ash informed the student bodv of the changes on Tuesday, March 27, when letters were placed in student boxes. Before sending the letters, though, Ash adressed a specially convened BOG meeting on Monday evening to explained the increase. Please see BUDGET page 3. COMPARAT IVE HOUSING COSTS FOR THIS AND NEXT YEAR THIS NEXT (89/90)(90/91) DORM ROOMS SINGLE $2802 $3018 DOUBLE $2284 $2460 HARRIS SINGLE $3340 $3018 DOUBLE $2724 $2460 SMALL HOUSING SINGLE $2860 $3170 DOUBLE $2427 $2698 Mendez And Pioneer High School Agree On Terms For Job Offer By Chuck Bock QC Editor-in-Chief Though nothing has been finalized, Whittier Unified School District (WUSD) officials and Hugh Mendez, former Whittier College football coach, have apparently come to terms on an agreement which will make Mendez the head football coach at Pioneer High School. "We have no formal offer and no contract has been drawn up," said Bon Bhodes, assistant superintendant for personnel at WUSD. "He is our number-one candidate for the position right now at Pioneer High School." "Because he [Mendez] has taught at the college level for so long, his high school credentials have slipped," Bhodes said. "He is going to take the California Basic Educational Skills Test [CBEST] to get them renewed. We have agreed that we will not offer him a contract until he successfully completes the test and gets his credentials renewed." Bhodes said that the agreement was reached "two-or three weeks ago," however an anonymous source said the agreement was finalized on Feb. 27. This agreement will keep Mendez, who lives in Pasadena, coaching in die Whittier area, but apparently puts an end to any speculation that he will be at Whittier College next year. "I have an allegiance to [Pioneer]," Mendez said. "Their athletic director was a baseball captain for me. I like the school. I've spoken at a couple of their banquets...I like the challenge of making it [the Pioneer football program] respectable." Since retiring from his position as head football coach last November, Mendez has claimed that administration — specifically Whittier College president James Ash — is forcing him out as a teacher, that (after Mendez presented his original plan to retire) Ash offered him a contract which would allow him to teach and coach for two more years —■ after which he would retire, and that he received a mysteriously placed faculty handbook saying that part-time faculty (of which Mendez is one) can be fired at any time. Ash, for his part, has told insiders that he will not say one negative word about Mendez. Bhodes said that Mendez showed interest in the position in January. On Feb. 15, the Quaker Campus printed a story in which he said that he hoped to stay at Whittier College but was 90 percent sure he would not be back next year. A similar story ran the next day in Whittier Daily News. In any case, Mendez' career as a Poet coach, which started in 1971 when he was hired as a baseball coach after the school's Black Student Association demonstrated for equal rights and representation, should come to a close with this agreement. When interviewed on March 7, Mendez acknowledged that a job offer had been made, but said that he had not accepted it. "I've had three or four offers, including Pioneer," Mendez said. "I don't know if I'm going to take it." "I really haven't decided what I'm going to do," Mendez said. "I've got to take that test again because I took it before and used the wrong pencil or something like that." Since that interview, though, things seem more concrete. "There is definite interest by them, but before anything is concluded I must be certified," Mendez said. Mendez is registered to take the CBEST on April 7 in Pomona. "We should know the results in six or seven weeks," Please see MENDEZ page 3. CLOSED SHOP: Due to a gas leak caused by the CI fire, the spot (pictured above) and the club will be closed tor the rest of the year. Please see story on page 3. Honor Code Recommendations On Hold For Rest of School Year By Michele Apostolos QC Assistant News Editor Implementation of an honor code at Whittier College will not be seen for quite awhile according to Robert Marks, Chair of the Honor Code Task Force. Marks said discussion will last throughout this semester and definitely carry on into next year. "Clearly students have to be fully involved in overseeing and making it (an honor code) if it is going to work here," said Marks. The Honor Code Task Force, consisting of four administrators, three faculty members and three students, has completed investigation of honor codes and honor systems at eight institutions and is currently trying to inform students and faculty on their findings. The task force holds open meetings every tuesday at 11:00 am in the Faculty Center, and is planning student and faculty forums. The institutions the task force collected information from are: University of Miami, California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Rice University, University of Virginia, Harvey Mudd, Naval Academy, and University of Colorado at Boulder. The task force analyzed different aspects of each system including history, philosophy or rationale. breadth of coverage, student and faculty responsibiblites, privileges, due process, sanctions, orientation, and relationship to disciplinary system. "Nearly all of the honor codes and honor systems we looked at were either initiated by students or have extensive student control," said Marks. Mark Taylor, Whittier College Ombudsman said in many of the programs "students are responsible for educating faculty members" on the guidelines of their honor system. Marks said student and faculty support and involvement are equally important in establishing any kind of honor system. One of the main goals of the task force is to broaden the Whittier College community's understanding of what an honor code is. doyce Kaufman, professor of political science, said an honor code does not try to "impose one single set of values", but rather tries to develop a "community of trust" where there is "mutual agreement between students and faculty to share a feeling of respect for each other." Junior Tracy Von Wormer, one of the students on the Please see CODE page 3. BSUPrez See Page 4. Mistaken ID See Page 5. Softball Wins See Page |
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