The QC, Vol. 76, No. 19 • April 5, 1990

              QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXVI, Number 19
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
April 5, 1990
December-To-December Term For
BOG Passed; Restructuring Eyed
By Chris Perkins
QC Managing Editor
The Board of Governors
voted at their April 1
meeting to institute a
December -to-December
term for all Board members
beginning late next semester
and proposed radical
restructuring of several BOG
positions.
The Board voted 8-1 for the
change in term. Instead of
running the full academic
year, future Boards will
begin their terms in the
spring semester and carry
on over the summer and
through the next year's first
semester.
Board members cited
several reasons for the
switch.
"This is a change to
promote continuity," said
ASWC     President     Paul
McManus, "This is a system
that other colleges and
universities use. It is proven
effective. In some ways we're
backward not to be using it
already."
McManus said that the new
system should result in
better communication
between incoming and
outgoing Boards.
"Basically, most BOG
members come into their
positions at the beginning of
the year with little guidance
and little idea of how their
duties within that position
are to be handled."
Ombudsman Andy Roach
commented,. "Currently,
BOG has to spend its first
month in office deciding
where to go and what to do.
As a result, there's kind of a
lull the first four  or fivt
weeks of school."
"Hopefully,   this   new
system will fix that."
The new plan will also
increase productivity by
promoting summer projects,
Betty Hart, President Pro-
Tempore, stated.
Some  members   also
brought up the point that
under the current system
BOG is not well structured
for its senior members.
"I think seniors, by second
semester, are thinking of
other things like graduate
school and jobs. They
should have those concerns,
but BOG becomes
secondary," said Miguel
Santana,     Development
Please see BOG page 3.
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preview of the center.
Security To Move To Science
Library As Temporary Housing
By Chris Perkins
QC Managing Editor
Beginning April  9,  the several  factors,   including
college's    Department    of student housing concerns,
Security will have  a new would   go   into   the   final
home     in    the     science decision,
budding.
Due to the demolition of   Same Service
the current office adjacent to
Stauffer  Hall  in order  to Blackman   said   that
make   room   for   Faculty Security operations will be
Masters housing.  Security affected only slightly by the
will be temporardy housed move and   the new location,
in   the   former   Wardman     "It won't change the basic
Science   Library   on   the   sevices, of course. We do asK,
Sponsorship Fund 'Not Serving Its
Original Purpose/ McManus States
science building's second
floor.
Security will remain in the
science budding only 60-90
days, according to Deputy
Director of Security Don
Blackman. After that, the
department must vacate to
accomodate the possible
expansion of the Fairchild
Aerial Photography
Collection.
A permanent site for
Security has not yet been
decided, said Vice President
for Finance Harold Hewitt.
The decision on a
permanent location will
take place after
administration has dealt
with the issue of the Campus
Inn's remodeling, which is
currently being finalized.
Some suggestions given for
the permanent home of
Security are one of the
empty buddings in Carousel
Court, and one of the
Haverhill small housing
units.      Hewitt   said   that
though, that people are
tolerant. We will be in a
little bit of turmoil untd we
get stable, but we will make
every effort to continue
business as usual."
"If everything goes as
planned, it should be a
smooth transition from one
[building] to the other."
Blackman said he expected
the biggest problem Security
would encounter during the
move would be dismantling
and rewiring the alarm
monitors and fire alarm 1
system.
According to Blackman,
Security has been housed in
the Blott House next to
Stauffer approximately 8-
10 years.
The Blott House is
scheduled for demolition
April 16.
"One swipe of the wrecking
ball and it's bye-bye Blott
Blackman     commented,
"This  little   petite  maison
will be no more."
Bv Jennifer Buddemeyer
QC'Staff Writer
The Sponsorship Fund, the
Board of Governor's fund for
establishing new and original
student groups, has not served
the purpose for which it was
intended, said ASWC President
Paul McManus.
The original intent of the
$10,000 fund, which also can pool
more money from other
accounts, was "to get students
involved in new groups and clubs
with original ideas and to get
those groups started," said
McManus.
"Unfortunately, that didn't
really happen," said McManus.
"Very few groups came forth with
original ideas."
However enough groups have
used the fund to total $10,700.50
this year, with the surplus from
the budget paid for through
McManus' Chief Executive
Account. McManus said that
there is still around $1,000 left in
that account in available fund
money for student clubs.
Many groups came to BOG for
money because of a lot of budget
tightening campus-wide.
McManus said, "We ended up
funding already established
groups on campus who were in
a budget crunch."
One club that did come up
with an original idea was the Surf
Club, headed by sophomore Todd
Isayama, junior Phillip Beh, and
junior Derek fha.
Surf Club was designed to take
groups of students on frequent
trips to local beaches to surf. The
trips are open to all students, not
- '» »"■"-
just club members. They were
granted $500 to purchase
supplies and get activities started.
"We bought two surfboards,
three boogie boards, and six
wetsuits," said Isavama.
—Club     $ Asked
$ Received
Choir                  $4,000
$4,000
Friday's        $2 650 50
$2,410.50
$1,686
W. Lacrosse
$815
Surf Club   $1055-1115
$500
SAC A               $68! 70
$430
Xmas Kloat           $ 400
$400
$345
Leaps &        -       $200
$200
TOTAL
$10,700.50
BUDGET
$10,000.00
However, the group has not
been active through the year and
McManus said organized trips by
the Surf Club have been scarce
because of poor planning.
Members of the Surf Club said
that this is not so. The Surf Club
has been on one surf trip to San
Clemente with a participation of
15 people. Beh said they were
unable to plan more trips because
of "the big oil spill that happened
a week" before they had planned
their first trip.
Closed beaches and cold
weather are two reasons the club
has not been active according to
Beh and Isayama. Beh said Surf
Club activities will pick up after
Spring Break now that the
beaches closest to Whittier have
reopened and as weather starts to
warm up.
Other groups who asked for
and were granted money from
BOG were SAGA, Men's
Lacrosse, Women's Lacrosse,
Women's Water Polo, the
Whittier College Choir, Leaps
and Bounds, Friday's, and the
committee who built the
Christmas Parade float for the
Uptown Christmas Parade,
according to BOG secretary
Laura Martin.
The three sports teams which
received money from BOG are all
club teams who are not paid for
through    the    Athletic
Department's Budget.
The men's lacrosse program
received $1,600 from BOG. Head
Coach Doug Locker said that the
program has gotten money from
BOG for nine years and that even
though the team is now officially
sponsored by school, the athletic
department does not give the
program any money.
"My feeling is that the only
thing we ask ASWC for is
membership dues," said Locker.
"Balls, uniforms, and travel
related expenses come out of our
own pockets."
To receive money from the
Sponsorship Fund, groups must
present a written solicitation to
BOG outlining exacdy how much
money is needed and where it
will go, according to Bill Erikson,
business manager of BOG.
If the group is thorough and
organized in its approach to its
solicitation, Erickson said they
will typically be given some
money. "BOG is receptive toward
Please see CLUB$ page 3.
Foster's Dreams
See Page 4
Margaritaville
See Page 5
Lacrosse Upset
See Page 8