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WHITTIER COLLEGE March 23,1995 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ▲ SPORTS Junior Brian Polcovich scores as the Poets rebounded from an overtime loss to Connecticut on Saturday to annihilate Santa Clara on Sunday. pg 16 CURRICULUM Increased Enrollment Leads to Problems With Larger Classes; Solutions Discussed C A M J> UilS w ► Cure Those Summertime Blues Learn about the unique things you could do this summer from working on a fishing boat in Alaska to working at a vineyard in Italy. . pg 7 COLLEGE M V Meet Artist Desiree Revior pg 15 ^■Increased class sizes have forced faculty to employ several coping mechanisms to deal with the greater number of students. by GEORGE RIGGLE QC Staff Writer The recent growth of the Whittier College student body has created not only larger class sizes and difficulty in meeting liberal education requirements where students are concerned, but also an interesting crux for the administration and faculty. The increase in the size ofthe Whittier student body has been due to the school's "plan for growth," according to Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders. Enders called the plan, which has increased the school's total undergraduate population by twenty-seven percent since the fall of 1990, a "success in a big way." Enders said the school has reached its expected level of growth and is looking to "main- SOCIETIES tain" its current size. Enders acknowledged the obvious "pressure on class offerings" which the College's growth in enrollment has created. '■. According to Vice President of Academic Affairs Lisa Rossbacher, there are currently many proposed solutions to the problems created by the school's recent population growth. These proposals are currently under examination by the Educational Policies Committee, which has been talking since September, Rossbacher said. There are for the most part "two different takes on the subject" and two directions in which the school can go, Rossbacher said. The options include either restructuring class sizes so as to fit existing resources and faculty, or adding new faculty to accommodate the growth in size. The latter possibility, Rossbacher added, creates a new problem of "where [to] add faculty," a subject she is sure "everyone has an idea about." Despite the problems of accommodating growth, Rossbacher said she sees "much that's good" at Whittier. There still remains the opportunity for the small class sizes which "attract a lot o*'-people" to the school, Rossbacher said, citing last year's average class size of twenty to twenty-one students. Rossbacher said there is & necessity for "better variety in class sizes," in the future. Students need to understand that although there is a need for some larger classes of thirty or forty students, Whittier still remains an adequate forum for seminar and small discussion group classes of ten or fifteen students, Rossbacher added. According to Psychology Professor Chuck Hill, larger class sizes do not necessarily make his job any harder, although they do require a little more time in grading, and a bit of creativity. Hill, who regularly teaches an Introduction to Psychology course of about one hundred students, says he is able to maintain "meaningful discussion" and interaction, even in large classes, by breaking his students up into small groups and assigning class exercises. Coping with growing class sizes takes another approach in the English department, however, where Professor and Department Chair Anne Kiley cites the absolute necessity for the type of class interaction which can only occur in classes with no more then twenty-five to thirty students. Kiley pointed to an informal agreement among the members of the English department to stop adding students to their classes at thirty. Kiley added, it is difficult to turn students away from your class, but in English—a "very discussion oriented" discipline— small class size is crucial to the development of students' analytical skills. Kiley cited the development of the senior seminar in order to "give majors more time for interaction" with other high level students. ► On Campus for Spring Break? W.mberg .aid Wardman Halls will remain open for .halls will h v ' > pril 8 at no» 6 at noon. Si - * <■- is! ■ • ostay on campus over \b '. : :must make an\,-i^-mcnls with residents of Wanberg or Wardman . • >ul a housi l and submit it to their AC by March 31. Failure to register with one's A.C. will re- sultina$2 . • -.cy fee and disci] • n. Society Advisory Board Discusses New Constitution by BENJAMIN HUBBLE QC A&E Editor The Society Advisory Board (SAB) meeting on Thursday, March 16 focused on concerns brought forth by the faculty concerning the societies' pledging procedures. Moderated by Susan Allen, the often heated discussion touched many aspects of both society and academic life but the power to act on the ideas was encumbered by the lack of a SAB constitution. Without a constitution, an organization such as the SAB cannot act in an official capacity. To remedy the situation, the next SAB meeting (scheduled for Thursday, March 23 at 5 p.m. in the Faculty Center) will focus on the creation of a constitution. At a previous meeting, a constitution was passed without quorum. This "acting" constitution was unilaterally declared not only ineffective but invalid. "The faculty is concerned. We care about your education. This is not about ridicule, it is about concern," said Cheryl Swift, professor of biology, one of eight faculty members present at the meeting. The faculty's concern focused on the January Interim pledging period. "It is interfering with January education," Swift continued. Please see SAB pg. 4 Recently Completed 1995 Acropolis to Arrive in May YEARBOOK ► /w a break from U m, this year's Acropolis will be delivered in thespi vithasupplen spring events to ha distributed next fall by JANINE LEIGH KRAMER QC 1 EDITOR-in-Chiit Just a few weeks alter last year's Acropr. ided out. this year's staff finished up the 1995 book and sen! the last section of it to the publisher on March 2. On I • ivious years, the \995 Acropolis was finished without any late fees being assessed. Because it was completed on schedule, the book will arrive in time to be handed out to a nts the week before finals.. "The yearbook staff made it a priority to gel it done. With the pressure of a spring book you have to meet every deadline." said .Bell. Acroi tor. - 5 the tsoni'or • i • was that people took individual initiative, i-orna didn't i Ely have to tell people to. ■ ' junior Mark Bistricky. mAcropolis staff mem- ^__ ■■■ |f v ■■ .■■■■. ^'' 1 " X 1 ■„,,■<„„,„- Editor Lorna Bell working on finishing up the 1995 Acropo is ber. "It was a lot of dedication on the part o\ a few people," said Bistricky. When asked about reasons for having a book which came nut in the spring as opj . Bel! said "a yearbook is more meaningful to the students at the end of the year." Having (he annual come out in the spring would fix some of the budget problems ol" pa nslall- I'lease see YEARBOOK pg.6 ISSUE 21 • VOLUME 81
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Title | The QC, Vol. 81, No. 21 • March 23, 1995 |
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 | March 23, 1995 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-01 |
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Title | 1995_03_23_p001 |
OCR | WHITTIER COLLEGE March 23,1995 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ▲ SPORTS Junior Brian Polcovich scores as the Poets rebounded from an overtime loss to Connecticut on Saturday to annihilate Santa Clara on Sunday. pg 16 CURRICULUM Increased Enrollment Leads to Problems With Larger Classes; Solutions Discussed C A M J> UilS w ► Cure Those Summertime Blues Learn about the unique things you could do this summer from working on a fishing boat in Alaska to working at a vineyard in Italy. . pg 7 COLLEGE M V Meet Artist Desiree Revior pg 15 ^■Increased class sizes have forced faculty to employ several coping mechanisms to deal with the greater number of students. by GEORGE RIGGLE QC Staff Writer The recent growth of the Whittier College student body has created not only larger class sizes and difficulty in meeting liberal education requirements where students are concerned, but also an interesting crux for the administration and faculty. The increase in the size ofthe Whittier student body has been due to the school's "plan for growth," according to Dean of Enrollment Tom Enders. Enders called the plan, which has increased the school's total undergraduate population by twenty-seven percent since the fall of 1990, a "success in a big way." Enders said the school has reached its expected level of growth and is looking to "main- SOCIETIES tain" its current size. Enders acknowledged the obvious "pressure on class offerings" which the College's growth in enrollment has created. '■. According to Vice President of Academic Affairs Lisa Rossbacher, there are currently many proposed solutions to the problems created by the school's recent population growth. These proposals are currently under examination by the Educational Policies Committee, which has been talking since September, Rossbacher said. There are for the most part "two different takes on the subject" and two directions in which the school can go, Rossbacher said. The options include either restructuring class sizes so as to fit existing resources and faculty, or adding new faculty to accommodate the growth in size. The latter possibility, Rossbacher added, creates a new problem of "where [to] add faculty," a subject she is sure "everyone has an idea about." Despite the problems of accommodating growth, Rossbacher said she sees "much that's good" at Whittier. There still remains the opportunity for the small class sizes which "attract a lot o*'-people" to the school, Rossbacher said, citing last year's average class size of twenty to twenty-one students. Rossbacher said there is & necessity for "better variety in class sizes," in the future. Students need to understand that although there is a need for some larger classes of thirty or forty students, Whittier still remains an adequate forum for seminar and small discussion group classes of ten or fifteen students, Rossbacher added. According to Psychology Professor Chuck Hill, larger class sizes do not necessarily make his job any harder, although they do require a little more time in grading, and a bit of creativity. Hill, who regularly teaches an Introduction to Psychology course of about one hundred students, says he is able to maintain "meaningful discussion" and interaction, even in large classes, by breaking his students up into small groups and assigning class exercises. Coping with growing class sizes takes another approach in the English department, however, where Professor and Department Chair Anne Kiley cites the absolute necessity for the type of class interaction which can only occur in classes with no more then twenty-five to thirty students. Kiley pointed to an informal agreement among the members of the English department to stop adding students to their classes at thirty. Kiley added, it is difficult to turn students away from your class, but in English—a "very discussion oriented" discipline— small class size is crucial to the development of students' analytical skills. Kiley cited the development of the senior seminar in order to "give majors more time for interaction" with other high level students. ► On Campus for Spring Break? W.mberg .aid Wardman Halls will remain open for .halls will h v ' > pril 8 at no» 6 at noon. Si - * <■- is! ■ • ostay on campus over \b '. : :must make an\,-i^-mcnls with residents of Wanberg or Wardman . • >ul a housi l and submit it to their AC by March 31. Failure to register with one's A.C. will re- sultina$2 . • -.cy fee and disci] • n. Society Advisory Board Discusses New Constitution by BENJAMIN HUBBLE QC A&E Editor The Society Advisory Board (SAB) meeting on Thursday, March 16 focused on concerns brought forth by the faculty concerning the societies' pledging procedures. Moderated by Susan Allen, the often heated discussion touched many aspects of both society and academic life but the power to act on the ideas was encumbered by the lack of a SAB constitution. Without a constitution, an organization such as the SAB cannot act in an official capacity. To remedy the situation, the next SAB meeting (scheduled for Thursday, March 23 at 5 p.m. in the Faculty Center) will focus on the creation of a constitution. At a previous meeting, a constitution was passed without quorum. This "acting" constitution was unilaterally declared not only ineffective but invalid. "The faculty is concerned. We care about your education. This is not about ridicule, it is about concern," said Cheryl Swift, professor of biology, one of eight faculty members present at the meeting. The faculty's concern focused on the January Interim pledging period. "It is interfering with January education," Swift continued. Please see SAB pg. 4 Recently Completed 1995 Acropolis to Arrive in May YEARBOOK ► /w a break from U m, this year's Acropolis will be delivered in thespi vithasupplen spring events to ha distributed next fall by JANINE LEIGH KRAMER QC 1 EDITOR-in-Chiit Just a few weeks alter last year's Acropr. ided out. this year's staff finished up the 1995 book and sen! the last section of it to the publisher on March 2. On I • ivious years, the \995 Acropolis was finished without any late fees being assessed. Because it was completed on schedule, the book will arrive in time to be handed out to a nts the week before finals.. "The yearbook staff made it a priority to gel it done. With the pressure of a spring book you have to meet every deadline." said .Bell. Acroi tor. - 5 the tsoni'or • i • was that people took individual initiative, i-orna didn't i Ely have to tell people to. ■ ' junior Mark Bistricky. mAcropolis staff mem- ^__ ■■■ |f v ■■ .■■■■. ^'' 1 " X 1 ■„,,■<„„,„- Editor Lorna Bell working on finishing up the 1995 Acropo is ber. "It was a lot of dedication on the part o\ a few people," said Bistricky. When asked about reasons for having a book which came nut in the spring as opj . Bel! said "a yearbook is more meaningful to the students at the end of the year." Having (he annual come out in the spring would fix some of the budget problems ol" pa nslall- I'lease see YEARBOOK pg.6 ISSUE 21 • VOLUME 81 |
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