The QC, Vol. 81, No. 22 • March 30, 1995

              WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^"^^ , ^*^ March 30,1995
Quaker Campus
April Lake/QC Photo Editor
▲ SPORTS
Freshman Jim Zimmerman attempts to check
an opposing attackman in
a recent game. The Poets
have won four straight
raising their record to 9-2.
pg 16
C   A   M.P
»
»> An American
in Copenhagen
Whittier student Alexander Mackie, who is
studying in Denmark,
shares lessons on culture,
plus how to not get beat
up while living abroad.
pg7
C  O  L  L  E  G
L  E  G  E.
At
► True Challenge
for Chavez
True West, directed
by senior Greg Chavez,
opens tonight in the Studio Theatre. The production of this Sam
Shephard play is the culmination of Chavez' senior project.
pg 10
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CAMPUS
Harris Halls, Science Building Burglarized;
Campus Safety Reports No Leads or Suspects
► Computers, a VCR, a CD
player and cash were among
the articles stolen in a series of
burglaries of the Harris
Residence Halls and the Science
Building Monday and Tuesday.
by CHRIS LONGMAN
QC Staff Writer
A series of burglaries has beset the Whittier College Campus
in the last three days. Four incidents of theft, three in the Harris
residential complex and one in the
Science building, have been reported since Monday morning.
Three dorm rooms, all on the
first floor of Harris C, were burglarized Monday morning, sometime between 9 a.m. and noon.
Campus Safety surmises that
the perpetrator entered the building through the street-side window of one ofthe victims' rooms.
The doors of the other two rooms
had been Jeff unlocked by their
occupants.
Campus Safety Chief Ed Ma
lone said that the Harris residents
lost cash, credit cards, CDs, two
computers, a few computer games
and a CD player.
The next day, between approximately 12:30 and 1:30 Tuesday
afternoon, a Macintosh Power-
book and a VCR were stolen from
the Science building. Professor
of Biology Warren Hanson reported the crime shortly after it
happened.
Hanson was able to give Campus Safety and Whittier Police a
description of a man who was in
the area around the time the theft
occurred whom he did not recognize. However, Malone said, "All
these cases are open and under
investigation. We have no leads
and no suspects at this time."
Whittier Police apprehended
one man on Tuesday during an
attempted burglary of a residence
on Earlham Drive across the street
from the College. Another suspect eluded the police and fled.
However, no connection has yet
been established between the cam-
ADMINISTRATION
Office of Business and
Finance to Fund All
Dance Floor Rentals
by BOGLARKA KISS
QC Managing Editor
From now on, the administration of Whittier College will pay
for the rental fees of the dance
floor used at student-sponsored
dances until the Club is renovated.
Up until now, student-run organizations rented the floor every
time a dance was held at the Faculty Center.
As the Faculty Center—especially its carpeted floor—was not
designed for social events of this
nature, use of a dance floor is
necessary to protect it.
According to COR Treasurer
junior Vuk Milojkovic, "The cost
of every floor rental is between
$200-$400. It was in the past paid
for by COR as a part of the budgets allocated to various clubs."
COR had made plans to purchase a dance floor to relieve student clubs from the added costs.
Milojkovic estimated the cost of
purchasing a dance floor and a
cart to transport it (when not assembled) at $4,400.
Milojkovic then explained,
QC file photo
Harold Hewitt
"Since a dance is held by a student organization just about every week, the cost ofthe purchase
of the floor was estimated to be
covered after approximately 17
dances."
However, before the dance
floor could be bought, several
issues arose.
First of all, due to the size of
the dance floor, there was an immediate need for a relatively large
storage place.
Please see FLOOR pg. 4
pus burglaries and the Earlham
arrest.
Harris resident Lee Wider
agrees with Campus Safety's theory about the method. "It happened while we were all in class,"
he said. "One of the window
screens was off when we got back,
and we hadn't locked our doors."
Wider estimates that he and
his roommate probably incurred
the least amount of loss in burglary. He said, "I personally didn't
have anything stolen and I think
my roommate lost less than $ 100."
Wider's roommate, Eric
Stevens said it must have been a
quick job, noting that his CD player, left in a drawer, was not taken.
"They just snagged my wallet,"
he said.
Kris Loomis was less fortunate, losing his computer and printer. He said, "Anything that was
out and accessible, they took."
Loomis added that, "This is
pretty typical really. 1 went to
boarding school and the same thing
always happened near the end of
the semester."
Area Coordinator Angelica
Vergil has been conducting meetings with the Harris residents to
keep them informed about the
crimes.
Vergil said, "We're reminding students to keep their doors
and windows locked and we're
asking them to keep their eyes
open."
Vergil added that all Harris
residents have been notified, in
writing, of both the crimes and
Campus Safety's recommendations about security.
Campus Safety has also posted "crime alert" fliers around the
school suggesting that all members of the Whittier College community always secure their rooms,
cars and offices.
Campus Safety is requesting
that anyone who has, "seen any
suspicious people or activity or
heard any information about these
crimes, p'lease caVi Yne ■Campos
Safety Office at ext. 4211 with the
information."
OBITUARY
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Norma Larkin (center) pictured with Hoang Hau and
President Ash, receiving the 1994 Distinguished Ser-
vic   Award,
Larkin Missed After 25
Years of Dedicated Service
b\ GEORGE RIGGLE
■ ■'* -'.*■■'■"-'';'-''- *-"" ^x' "X: ■.•:.-
Me? v. March 27, for B u
ik'S> Office Data Processor Norma Larkin.  Larkin. who had
;70, passed away Tuesday
ev< causes," according to
Business Oi • Hau.
-■ in Butte, Mont, in 1924
on ecd of workers. She wa->
"tf and punctual." Hau said.
Larkin was always "the .. even when t she wa ■■'•■"
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