The QC, Vol. 82, No. 12 • November 30, 1995

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November 30, 1995
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
► SPORTS
The men's basketball
team lost their second
home game 69-64 against
Biola Tuesday. They play
again Thursday, Nov. 30
at La Sierra at 7:30 p.m.
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▲ Time...What
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Learn some tips on managing time wisely.
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COLLEGE
► Three Sisters
The Theatre Arts Department successfully
takes on Russian Realist
Anton Chekhov with this
week's production of
Three Sisters.
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!► World Aids Day
Whittier will participate
in World AIDS Day Friday, Dec. 1.
Observances include a
moment of silence at 1:50
p.m. and 15 bell tolls will
commemorate the 15 years
of the epidemic.
Whittier-Rio Hondo
Call to Hope" at First Ui.i
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Hoza Fired After Second Losing Season
PERSONNEL
► D«g to concerns from
various campus officials, head
football Coach Kirk Hoza and
staff will not be finishing their
contracts which were to be
reevaluated in February.
by ALEXANDER MACKIE
QC Editor-in-Chief
The College announced Nov.
17 that Kirk Hoza, head football
coach for two years, will not return next year. The College will
not renew his contract and is in the
process of forming a search committee to look for a new football
coach, according to Dave Jacobs,
the athletic director.
At the same time, it was also
announced that head women's
soccer coach Jeff Laiblin, a part-
time coach, has resigned for personal reasons. Men's soccer coach
Pat Noyes will take on women's
soccer recruiting and scheduling
duties until a new coach is hired.
College officials declined to
cite specific reasons for not renewing Hoza's yearly contract,
but said his intensive style of play
did not fit well with the College's
goals, according to Jacobs.
"We will try to find a better
fit," Jacobs said of the upcoming
nation-wide search for a replacement.
Kirk Hoza
QC File Photo
The decision to fire Hoza was
made by Jacobs and supported by
President James Ash, according
to both.
Hoza came to Whittier from
the University of Redlands, another member in the SCIAC conference, two years ago when coach
Ken Visser resigned. Since that
time Hoza has had two 1-8 seasons, increased the number of
players and recruited 50 freshman
for this season.
Jacobs said that the decision
was not based solely on the losing
record, but rather on the need to
send the program in a different
direction.
Dean of Students Susan Allen
said she had heard from six stu-
48 Total Votes Elects
New At-Large Members
STUDENT GOVT
!► Continuing the trend of low
participation in elections, the
four unopposed candidates were
elected by only four percent of
the student population.
by MELISSA INMAN
QC Staff Writer
Four students ran unopposed
and were elected two weeks ago to
the Council of Representatives at-
large positions. Eight members ran
for the positions last year.
The student election, which
occurred on Nov. 16 and 17, drew
48 votes, or 4% of the student
body, according to Wally Rosales, chair of the Elections Committee. Sophomores Brian Atwater, Sheila Ali, Liza Gershman and
junior Christina Sports were elected to the at-large positions.
This election was similar to
the presidential and secretary races the previous week where they
had candidates running unopposed
as well. Rosales said he believed
the lack of voting interest was due
to the lack of candidates.
"People might have thought it
just didn't matter if they voted or
not," Rosales said.
"I didn't know or even really
care about them," sophomore
Dave Kiyahara said.
"I feel that it is a pressing
concern that students just don't
seem interested in participating
anymore. I just hope that this apathy doesn't become a trend,"
sophomore Margaret Bacon said.
At-large COR members serve
as representatives of the campus
at large as opposed to other COR
members which represent specific groups like the Publications
Board and Inter-Club.
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> What do you think about
the current trend in low election participation? Callus.
QC Comment Line
dents concerned with the way the
football program was being run.
Allen refused to give specific examples, but said one concern was
with the time commitment the
program required.
Jacobs was also supported in
his decision by the Faculty Executive Council according to Mike
McBride, chair of the council.
The council met in October to
discuss the football coach and other athletic department issues,
McBride said.
The Council expressed general concern with gender equity,
fairness in the distribution of resources and Hoza's style of interaction with student athletes.
McBride declined to elaborate on
these reasons.
In addition to sending the program in a different direction, Jacobs said the new coach would
work on bringing the football program closer to the other athletic
programs and not seeing it as separate.
This new approach will be
implemented through a restructuring of the program that will
include reducing resources allocated to the football program and
perhaps having assistant football
coaches assist with other sports.
The firing was not the result
ofthe Title IX gender equity complaint currently filed with the Office of Civil Rights, a department
ofthe national Education Depart-
"It comes as a bit of
a shock, what with
the brevity of the
period, and the fact
we were ali on the
same page as far as
recruiting freshman
and looking to the
future."
—Kirk Hoza, as quoted in
the Whittier Daily News
ment, Jacobs said.
"We just need to make sure
that football is on the same level
as our other sports," Jacobs said.
Jacobs and President Ash said
that resources for the football program were increased under Hoza.
President Ash said there were two
reasons for the increase.
First, the coaches that the College considered hiring when Visser left said that an improvement
in the budget was necessary. And
second, the College wanted to increase the level of funding for the
football program to be similar to
other SCIAC colleges.
Ash added that resources were
also added to other programs, including women's programs.
The increase in funding for
the football program and the increase in intensity which Hoza
brought to the program was con-
Please see HOZA, pg. 6
Sportsfest Weekend Successful
"The Fight for the Hill" was the theme of the 1995 Sportsfest
competition. The weekend of Nov 16-19 ended with Hartley
House taking home the Sportsfest travelling trophy. See related article, page 15.
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