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W H I T T I E R ^^"^W , y*-^ October 5,1995 Ouaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Gender Equity Complaint Filed Against College ►Athletic department may be investigated by Dept. Of Education after assistant athletic directorfiles complaint with Civil Rights office. by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief The assistant athletic director of the College filed a gender equity complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Sept. 18 after watching the gender distribution in athletics get further out of balance for the fourth year in a row. Sherry Calvert, assistant athletic director for ten years, filed the complaint under Title IX of the 1972 Civil Rights Act, in part because the football program grew at an alarming rate this year, she said. "I was at a crossroads," Calvert said. "Either I could sit back and accept what's going on, even though I had brought it to the administration's attention earlier, or I could take a stand. This case is seeing if this institution will confront the issue." Calvert's written complaint alleges "discrimination on the basis of sex in athletics," said Rodger Murphey, spokesperson for the Department of Education, after reviewing the complaint. The complaints are public record. It alleges the college is failing to accommodate the athletic needs and abilities of female students, Murphey said. Ernie Park, College counsel, said the College is aware of the complaint, but as of Wednesday had not been contacted by the Office for Civil Rights. Park said they were notified of the complaint by the person who filed, but he refused to identify them. Park said he had two reactions at this time: "It has always been my belief that matters of an adjudicatory matter are best tried in the courts and not in newspapers. My second reaction is, I don't believe the complaint is legally well founded." If the OCR does investigate, Park said the college will cooperate. He is confident the college is not in violation of Title IX. A college is in violation of Title IX if it is not attempting substantial progress, he said. "As far back as 1993 the College has been making substantial progress towards gender equity. Whittier is using reasonable amounts of resources to achieve gender equity. Those facts are what bring us into compliance with Title DC," said Park. Calvert, who also coaches track and field and teaches freshman writing, said the working environment has become uncomfortable after filing the complaint. However, she has received support from some community members. "Yes it is uncomfortable and I ► Sachsens They're off campus, they're underground... Do you really know who the Sachsens are? pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E, ► EthnicMusician Find out about Whittier's own ethnomusicolo- gist, Danilo (Danny) Loz- ano. pg 10 Tim Kazules/QC Asst. News Editor COR Treasurer Vuk Milojkovic, at center, presents the COR budget at the meeting on Monday night. COR Allocates $64,500 to Groups for Fall Events news you can use »- Tuition Costs 771.? Chronicle of Higher ':£■■ at 3,000 colleges and universities. Included were: Xfai&Bm V - $17,902 Occidental $18,000 PomonaC $18,780 Stanford U $19,695 UCLA $3,890 .■■■.'■■■■ . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■ WhittierC $17,187 ■ ■■ ;".'■■■ STUDENT GOV'T ► Facedwiththelargeincrease in budget requests and the lower amount of money available, COR's budget committee was forced to make drastic cuts. by TIM KAZULES QC Asst. News Editor Members of the Council of Representatives (COR) Budget Committee presented their recommendations on Monday night for the allocation of the Fall Student Activities fees to the various clubs and organizations at Whittier College. COR unanimously approved the budgets as one block, except for eleven budgets which members asked to be voted on sepa rately. After further discussion all eleven budgets were approved. The Budget Committee, consisting of seniors Treasurer Vuk Milojkovic, Cindy Bartok, Nathan Ho, and non-COR member Jeremy Curran, were faced with a smaller amount of money to allocate. The number of students has dropped by nearly 80, leaving Please see BUDGET on pg. 4 p >. :■ ". H ► Qufistjon v out COF cis? What would you have done? Cali' us with your input. Q ine ext. ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 82 expected that," she said. "All that I want to ensure is that this does not affect negatively the way students or athletes in contact or affiliated with me are treated. " College officials, including faculty and athletic department officials, said they could not comment on the complaint, referring all questions to College counsel. The OCR will first determine if a college receives federal funds and determine if the complaint falls under civil rights legislation. The OCR then will contact the school to request information. Spokesperson Murphey said this is the current status of the complaint against the College. The OCR will then analyze that information and may schedule an on- sight visit, Murphey said. Murphey said OCR attempts to have school officials and the individual who filed the complaint talk about possible resolutions before OCR investigates. If schools do not cooperate, then OCR is obligated to investigate. If a violation is found to have occurred, the Department of Education can suspend federal funding, he said. The OCR received 43 intercollegiate complaints under Title DC in fiscal 1994, Murphey said. "(Losing our federal funding) is not even in the slightest realm of possibility," Park said. Athletic director Dave Jacobs said he could not comment on the complaint filed with the OCR. In general, he said he is concerned about gender equity, feels the college is currently taking proper steps towards correcting the imbalance and is concerned about situations where federal Please see EQUITY pg. 5 : I Ire -S^ B ■&&■■ Bs* ► C'- «toria! What is the future of gender equity here? pg 2 rt^jrfW! Undergoing Changes by ALEXANDER MACKIE QCEDrron-lN-CHiKF In an attempt to keep better records of spending, ihe Council ol Representatives is again instituting a minor change in the way it distributes money to clubN and organizations on campus, according to Vuk Milojk- : ovie,; COR^treasiirsr; : ■': ;fl§||| Starting with this semester. money allocated for club and organization events will not be turn to the way money was distributed during the Fall of 1994. ■ ■■■ year with giving clubs more control of their money and il did not work. "When w . ihe pro cess last semester we decided we would evaluate the system at the end of the year." Miiojk- ovie said. "During the semester, we kept track ot what worked and what did not so wc could but instead will stay in COR's Two years ago during the ovic, a senior. up during the Spring semester. Milojkovic said. This includes tracking money, ensuring receipt, come hi, keeping COR money separate from club/organization money and making ft easier to get leh over money ,;Wc changed it because under the system used last semester, we had a hard time keeping track of the expenditures as they took place. Due to the large numberof accounts, it was .■'■;.; ■';■"■.•.,.'. ■ ■■:..■;'.:.■ , ■ • " .,•„,.. back." Th.s year's change is a re- ey. ; ic in the budget process, money would be distributed on a case by case basis during a semester. After the change, clubs were gets listing all expected events, i-c; .•>;!;• ■■;:.'. ■'■ V ::•:;! ' vie. ■ • The process stayed the same during the Fail of 1994, When Milojkovic was appointed in December he decided to try a different approach to distributing the funds. "Being on inter-club before I joined COR and through know- ■■■<■ ':.•■-> .-.■•:■. i heard I'rustra- Please se* CHANGES pg= 6
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 05 • October 5, 1995 |
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 | October 5, 1995 |
Language | eng |
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Title | 1995_10_05_p001 |
OCR | W H I T T I E R ^^"^W , y*-^ October 5,1995 Ouaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Gender Equity Complaint Filed Against College ►Athletic department may be investigated by Dept. Of Education after assistant athletic directorfiles complaint with Civil Rights office. by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief The assistant athletic director of the College filed a gender equity complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Sept. 18 after watching the gender distribution in athletics get further out of balance for the fourth year in a row. Sherry Calvert, assistant athletic director for ten years, filed the complaint under Title IX of the 1972 Civil Rights Act, in part because the football program grew at an alarming rate this year, she said. "I was at a crossroads," Calvert said. "Either I could sit back and accept what's going on, even though I had brought it to the administration's attention earlier, or I could take a stand. This case is seeing if this institution will confront the issue." Calvert's written complaint alleges "discrimination on the basis of sex in athletics," said Rodger Murphey, spokesperson for the Department of Education, after reviewing the complaint. The complaints are public record. It alleges the college is failing to accommodate the athletic needs and abilities of female students, Murphey said. Ernie Park, College counsel, said the College is aware of the complaint, but as of Wednesday had not been contacted by the Office for Civil Rights. Park said they were notified of the complaint by the person who filed, but he refused to identify them. Park said he had two reactions at this time: "It has always been my belief that matters of an adjudicatory matter are best tried in the courts and not in newspapers. My second reaction is, I don't believe the complaint is legally well founded." If the OCR does investigate, Park said the college will cooperate. He is confident the college is not in violation of Title IX. A college is in violation of Title IX if it is not attempting substantial progress, he said. "As far back as 1993 the College has been making substantial progress towards gender equity. Whittier is using reasonable amounts of resources to achieve gender equity. Those facts are what bring us into compliance with Title DC," said Park. Calvert, who also coaches track and field and teaches freshman writing, said the working environment has become uncomfortable after filing the complaint. However, she has received support from some community members. "Yes it is uncomfortable and I ► Sachsens They're off campus, they're underground... Do you really know who the Sachsens are? pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E, ► EthnicMusician Find out about Whittier's own ethnomusicolo- gist, Danilo (Danny) Loz- ano. pg 10 Tim Kazules/QC Asst. News Editor COR Treasurer Vuk Milojkovic, at center, presents the COR budget at the meeting on Monday night. COR Allocates $64,500 to Groups for Fall Events news you can use »- Tuition Costs 771.? Chronicle of Higher ':£■■ at 3,000 colleges and universities. Included were: Xfai&Bm V - $17,902 Occidental $18,000 PomonaC $18,780 Stanford U $19,695 UCLA $3,890 .■■■.'■■■■ . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■ WhittierC $17,187 ■ ■■ ;".'■■■ STUDENT GOV'T ► Facedwiththelargeincrease in budget requests and the lower amount of money available, COR's budget committee was forced to make drastic cuts. by TIM KAZULES QC Asst. News Editor Members of the Council of Representatives (COR) Budget Committee presented their recommendations on Monday night for the allocation of the Fall Student Activities fees to the various clubs and organizations at Whittier College. COR unanimously approved the budgets as one block, except for eleven budgets which members asked to be voted on sepa rately. After further discussion all eleven budgets were approved. The Budget Committee, consisting of seniors Treasurer Vuk Milojkovic, Cindy Bartok, Nathan Ho, and non-COR member Jeremy Curran, were faced with a smaller amount of money to allocate. The number of students has dropped by nearly 80, leaving Please see BUDGET on pg. 4 p >. :■ ". H ► Qufistjon v out COF cis? What would you have done? Cali' us with your input. Q ine ext. ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 82 expected that," she said. "All that I want to ensure is that this does not affect negatively the way students or athletes in contact or affiliated with me are treated. " College officials, including faculty and athletic department officials, said they could not comment on the complaint, referring all questions to College counsel. The OCR will first determine if a college receives federal funds and determine if the complaint falls under civil rights legislation. The OCR then will contact the school to request information. Spokesperson Murphey said this is the current status of the complaint against the College. The OCR will then analyze that information and may schedule an on- sight visit, Murphey said. Murphey said OCR attempts to have school officials and the individual who filed the complaint talk about possible resolutions before OCR investigates. If schools do not cooperate, then OCR is obligated to investigate. If a violation is found to have occurred, the Department of Education can suspend federal funding, he said. The OCR received 43 intercollegiate complaints under Title DC in fiscal 1994, Murphey said. "(Losing our federal funding) is not even in the slightest realm of possibility," Park said. Athletic director Dave Jacobs said he could not comment on the complaint filed with the OCR. In general, he said he is concerned about gender equity, feels the college is currently taking proper steps towards correcting the imbalance and is concerned about situations where federal Please see EQUITY pg. 5 : I Ire -S^ B ■&&■■ Bs* ► C'- «toria! What is the future of gender equity here? pg 2 rt^jrfW! Undergoing Changes by ALEXANDER MACKIE QCEDrron-lN-CHiKF In an attempt to keep better records of spending, ihe Council ol Representatives is again instituting a minor change in the way it distributes money to clubN and organizations on campus, according to Vuk Milojk- : ovie,; COR^treasiirsr; : ■': ;fl§||| Starting with this semester. money allocated for club and organization events will not be turn to the way money was distributed during the Fall of 1994. ■ ■■■ year with giving clubs more control of their money and il did not work. "When w . ihe pro cess last semester we decided we would evaluate the system at the end of the year." Miiojk- ovie said. "During the semester, we kept track ot what worked and what did not so wc could but instead will stay in COR's Two years ago during the ovic, a senior. up during the Spring semester. Milojkovic said. This includes tracking money, ensuring receipt, come hi, keeping COR money separate from club/organization money and making ft easier to get leh over money ,;Wc changed it because under the system used last semester, we had a hard time keeping track of the expenditures as they took place. Due to the large numberof accounts, it was .■'■;.; ■';■"■.•.,.'. ■ ■■:..■;'.:.■ , ■ • " .,•„,.. back." Th.s year's change is a re- ey. ; ic in the budget process, money would be distributed on a case by case basis during a semester. After the change, clubs were gets listing all expected events, i-c; .•>;!;• ■■;:.'. ■'■ V ::•:;! ' vie. ■ • The process stayed the same during the Fail of 1994, When Milojkovic was appointed in December he decided to try a different approach to distributing the funds. "Being on inter-club before I joined COR and through know- ■■■<■ ':.•■-> .-.■•:■. i heard I'rustra- Please se* CHANGES pg= 6 |
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