The QC, Vol. 76, No. 21 • May 3, 1990

              QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXVI, Number 21
The Voice of Whittier College Since 191-4
May 3, 1990
BSU Protest Caused By
Perceived Lack of Attention
By   Amy   Szczukowski,
Features Editor and
Michele   Apostolos,
Assistant News  Editor
Sparked by the lack of
response from President Ash and
the current administration to
their proposal presented three
weeks ago, the BSU held a rally
attended by about 100 students
from four schools, as well as
Whittier College faculty and
administrators in the quad noontime yesterday.
The proposal was submitted
to Ash and the Faculty
Executive Committee (FEC) by
the Ad-Hoc Committee on black
student concerns recommending
that a black administrator and
black faculty be hired as soon as
it is feasible to do so.
Tyler said that "He (Ash)
completely side-stepped us."
After the proposal was made,
Ash attended a BSU meeting
before making a response which,
according to Tyler, "Doesn't
address any of our academic
problems."
A black resident area
coordinator was recently hired
but wasn't informed until after
her appointment that part of the
job would be working with
black students.
Tyler has attempted to contact
Ash but has received the "run-
around." Tyl er said Ash did not
return her phone calls and is
now out of town on a road
show.
Tyler believes that Ash is
stalling because it is almost the
end of the year.
Yesterday's rally was a
congregation of members of the
Whittier College community as
well as black students from four
other schools. Also attending
and speaking was Jimmy
Dickson, President of the San
Gabriel Chapter of the National
Association For the Advancement
of Colored People"! don't think
the BSU has been effective," he
said after the rally. "I think the
administration has avoided
them."
Other speakers included
ASWC President, Paul
McManus, Coach Hugh
Mendez, and Bill Mullowney,
assitant to the President and
Katherine Forte, vice president
for enrollment and student life,
who were present and thus
invited by Tyler to speak.
'We hope to be able to
respond to you quickly and
effectively," Mullowney said.
"Our ears are open. We're in
this thing with you."
Forte said that "If he (Ash)
knew this was taking place he
might have come home for it."
A petition was circulated
throughout the rally to "support
the BSU in their struggle for
justice and equality in education
at Whittier College," and
everyone was invited to wear red
ribbons recognizing this
support.
At the conclusion of the rally,
the group marched to the
President's office to deliver the
petition and to decorate his
office with posters of charts and
graphs outlining the minority
problem on the Whittier
campus.
Ash will return to his office
on Monday.
Nabers Forced To Resign By BOG.
Overall Attendance Is A Problem
—By Rob Cioe
QC Sports Editor
Darrell Nabers, Communications Chair for the Board of
Governors, has been forced to
resign from BOG. The announcement was made by ASWC president Paul McManus at Tuesday's
BOG meeting.
According to the bylaws of the
ASWC "the unexcused absence
of any member from five regular
meetings will constitute the
resignation of that member"
from the Board.
"I spoke to Darrell three or
four weeks ago," started
McManus, "and at that point I
informed him that another
absence would mean his
resignation." Nabers, who was not
at Tuesday's meeting, found out
later in the day of the decision and
said that he was not shocked by
the move.
'"I am not surprised at all.
Basically the meetings have been ,
low in attendance all year," said
Nabers. But he also added that
"it's obvious that he (McManus)
never told anyone that there was
only a certain number of
absences" allowed.
BOG faculty advisor Dave
Garland said that this procedure
"is rare, but not unheard of."
Garland, who has been the BOG
advisor for ten years, could recall
only two other instances when a .
member was forced to resign due
to attendance problems.
Lately attendance has been a
problem for BOG members and
McManus has had to make it
known to other members of the
Board that unexcused absences
will not be tolerated. "Lately, it's
been really hectic, and it is
difficult to find time for 14 busy
people to meet," said BOG
Secretary Laura Martin. "Paul
stressed the fact that attendance
is very important, and that some
of us may be in danger of having
that fifth absence."
"The fact that this
happened to Darrell will
also send a message to
some members on the
Board that attentance is
crucial. There are
others who I have told
that one more absence
and that will be
considered their
resignation,"
 Paul McManus
"We are meeting two to three
times a week now, and his
(Nabers) vote would have been
essential," said McManus. "The
fact that this happened to Darrell
wfll also send a message Id some
members on the Board that
attendance is crucial." He
continued, " There are others
who I have told that one more
absence and that will be
considered their resignation."
"He's lost. He's totally lost, and
he's been lost all year," Nabors
said about McManus and his
problems communicating
with BOG.
Program Board Chair, Kandis
West, when asked about the
Nabers resignation said that "at
this late date, it really doesn't
matter." She went on to say that
it was difficult finding time for all
the meetings. "The Sunday night
meetings extend our week to six
days leaving us only Saturday as
a day off. I think this may have
contributed to the reason Darrell
' was absent alot."
"I've had a lot of conflicts this
semester," started Nabers.
"There's not been one meeting
that I've been to where everyone
has been there." Nabers looks
directly to McManus as the
cause  of this.
"You have to look to leadership.
The reason people don't go to
BOG meetings is that they see the
same things at every meeting, the
same problems rehashed over
and over." Nabers also said," I'm
sick of being on a Board that...
doesn't do anything but throw
decisions to task forces. I've never
seen so many task forces. The
Board doesn't have any enthusiasm. Nothing gets done"
West said "No one has acted
outstandingly this year. There is
not one perfect attendance
record." West blames the length
of the meetings as a factor for
some people not showing up.
"Most meetings last one and a
half to two and a half hours, when
last year's meetings ran only one
Please see BOG page 3.
BOG To Institute Early Morning
Meetings To Remedy Attendance
SOS Debut
See Page 4.
By Stepahanie Wiggins
QC Staff Writer
Due to low attendance by
Board of Governors (BOG) members, BOG meetings have been
changed from Sundays at 6 pm in
various lounges to Tuesdays at 7
am in Platner Hall.
ASWC President Paul
McManus said, "Attendance has
been ridiculous; it's a joke."
According to meeting minutes,
not one member of BOG
achieved perfect attendance this
year. Of the thirteen BQG
members, six have missed at least
one quarter of the meetings.
McManus proposed to change
the meetings to weekdays
because, "many members have
projects that conflict with the
meeting time. Board members
are traditionally the most active
on campus. Because they have
110 things to do, it's hard to get
a meeting time where everyone
is available."	
Musker'sArt
See Page 5.
BOG member Dave Donlevy
proposed   a   morning   time
because "turnout at meetings
have been low. We must vote on
proposals for new offices."
Hector Huffington, Freshman
Liason, seconded the motion.
BOG Advisor Dave Garland said,
"It will be a test of commitment."
This year, meetings had been
held in the lounges of various
dorms, an innovation termed the
"BOG Road Show," in an effort to
try and get members of the
student body to attend the
meetings.
According to McManus, the
effort was fairly successful.
"People showed up and
occasionally people would
wander by and listen. I was pretty
happy with it and hope that future
Boards will consider it."
The time change would defeat
this purpose, but "it's the end of
the year; we must get voting out
of the way for projects that have
been proposed," said McManus.
"Chris (Perkins) is right, the
Board isn't doing anything, part
of the premise is that you need to
show up," said McManus.
McManus referred to last
week's editorial by QC Managing
Editor Chris Perkins which said
that BOG had not done anything
this year.
McManus said, "Chris is right
in the sense that individuals on
the Board haven't been as
visionary as I would have liked
them to be."
However, McManus believes
that the Board of Governors has
accomplished a lot this year.
Lacrosse Upset
See Page 7.