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Happy Holidays Whittier College December 7, 1995 fAKER The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ► SPORTS Despite Whittier's height disadvantage, the women's basketball team beat Christian Heritage last Saturday, Dec. 2, 75- 62 pg 16 The Holidays Are Here! And have we got some Holdiay Cheer for you! C A ► Shop til Ye Drop Holidays are here and with finals, shopping time is limited. Find out some hints for last minute holiday shopping in and around campus. pg 8 C O L L E G LEGE ► Things to Do Stuck in sunny Southern California for the holidays? Enjoy a listing of seasonal happenings ranging from ice skating to holiday concerts., pg 11 ► Nixon Mania Deceased former president Richard Nixon '34, perhaps Whittier's most famous alumnus, is big news again. Nixon died in April '94. • Nixon the movie. Starring Anthony Hopkins and directed b> one, it opens D • Nixon the book, Bookstores aphics of Nixon. *N .ABC News, which produces the A&E channel's Biography, is workii ecial. Whittier Receives Large Grant FINANCES ► The College 'sproposedenvironmental justice project was granted $400,000 to create a database which will correlate various uses of open space. by MEGAN TAYLOR > QC Managing Editor Eight Whittier faculty members were awarded a $400,000 grant last week for a two-year interdisciplinary project to study land use in Los Angeles county. Some of the money will go towards student internships, according to faculty members. The money, allocated by the Southwest Voter Research Institute, will be presented in a ceremony Monday. The funds will be used to establish a computer database to compare social, economic and historical information regarding the use of land during the last century. Assistant Professor of Biology Cheryl Swift, the project's coordinator, said the goal was to "examine the way land gets used in conjunction with certain kinds of socioeconomic factors." The project will use the Geographic Information System (GIS) to digitize maps. Swift explained that the GIS works by "electronically storing spatial points so you actually create a map with sets of these points." The program analyzes multiple maps by comparing different sets of data. "For example, a map of income can be overlaid on a map of open space," Swift said. Swift hopes that "we'll be able to train Society Unity Day students to use GIS, and those students will act as nodes" to teach other students how to use the program, so that more faculty can incorporate GIS into their classes. Students will be hired to assist with research during the next two years. The eight faculty members will remain on campus these two summers, and some of the grant money will go for faculty salaries during these periods. Professor of Political Science Fred Bergerson, a co-principal investigator for the project, said that tentative plans call for approximately three students to be employed to work with each of the eight professors contributing to the project. In addition to these salaries, Swift says that a "big chunk" of the $400,000 will be spent to create the database of information. "Photos that we need and that [the Keck lab] can't supply will have to be purchased," Swift said. The money was originally appropriated for use by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through work done by Whittier's U.S. Representative Esteban Torres. The EPA then passed it on to the Southwest Voter Research Institute to distribute. Whittier's grant proposal was considered along with those from several major state universities. "We are aware of this because an alumnus i s now working in Congressman Torres' office," Swift said. Albert Jacques ('77), who works for Torres in Washington, D.C, encouraged the College to apply. The decision was made in mid-November. Please see GRANTS, pg. 7 STUDENT Reservist Called to Active Duty by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief A 21 -year-old Whittier student, who is a member of the army reserves, has left the College to go on active duty, possibly in preparation for deployment to Europe to support the NATO peace-keeping operation in Bosnia, according to his family, a local news cast and the Los Angeles Times. Jason Trumpler, a junior enlisted man, was interviewed by a local television station Tuesday at California's March Air Force base as his unit, the 353rd Psychological Operations Battalion, was getting medical shots for the possible deployment. Trumpler was unavailable for comment. According to the Dec. 5 Times, psychological operations specialists are assigned to persuade civilians to cooperate with the peacekeeping operation. The Times reported that 36 reservists in California have been called up, which would include Trumpler, No active duty military units in California have yet to be slated to go to Bosnia, according to the Times. Trumpler, a senior from Huntington Beach, told the television reporter that the possibility of supporting the Bosnia mission makes him feel good. "I don't like the idea of going overseas to kill people," Trumpler told the reporter Tuesday. "I like the idea of going over there to Please see TRUMPLER, pg.6 Nearly 70 society members representing all nine societies and dressed in their traditional pledging uniforms gathered around the rock at noon on Friday. Dec. I. According to Ed Barnes, a coordinator of the event, the original purpose was to meet with faculty members; however, sit event becan "' ■ tdents Susan The communication and relationship between societies Jascha Kayfcts-Wolff/QC Photo Editor reat in the past, Barnes said. This event, and ys, are ways of bringing Whittier's nine soci- c'de-- ndencouraging communication betweenthem. In the past, the societies have had rivalries with one ding to Barnes, but this year Barnes said he hus th lift with more societies working together. 1 'cond time societies have gathered around the nity. In April 1993, they held a similar event. was held in response to the administration's dec is away small housing. ISSUE 13 • VOLUME 82
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 13 • December 7, 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 | December 7, 1995 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-10-15 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1995_12_07_001 |
OCR | Happy Holidays Whittier College December 7, 1995 fAKER The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ► SPORTS Despite Whittier's height disadvantage, the women's basketball team beat Christian Heritage last Saturday, Dec. 2, 75- 62 pg 16 The Holidays Are Here! And have we got some Holdiay Cheer for you! C A ► Shop til Ye Drop Holidays are here and with finals, shopping time is limited. Find out some hints for last minute holiday shopping in and around campus. pg 8 C O L L E G LEGE ► Things to Do Stuck in sunny Southern California for the holidays? Enjoy a listing of seasonal happenings ranging from ice skating to holiday concerts., pg 11 ► Nixon Mania Deceased former president Richard Nixon '34, perhaps Whittier's most famous alumnus, is big news again. Nixon died in April '94. • Nixon the movie. Starring Anthony Hopkins and directed b> one, it opens D • Nixon the book, Bookstores aphics of Nixon. *N .ABC News, which produces the A&E channel's Biography, is workii ecial. Whittier Receives Large Grant FINANCES ► The College 'sproposedenvironmental justice project was granted $400,000 to create a database which will correlate various uses of open space. by MEGAN TAYLOR > QC Managing Editor Eight Whittier faculty members were awarded a $400,000 grant last week for a two-year interdisciplinary project to study land use in Los Angeles county. Some of the money will go towards student internships, according to faculty members. The money, allocated by the Southwest Voter Research Institute, will be presented in a ceremony Monday. The funds will be used to establish a computer database to compare social, economic and historical information regarding the use of land during the last century. Assistant Professor of Biology Cheryl Swift, the project's coordinator, said the goal was to "examine the way land gets used in conjunction with certain kinds of socioeconomic factors." The project will use the Geographic Information System (GIS) to digitize maps. Swift explained that the GIS works by "electronically storing spatial points so you actually create a map with sets of these points." The program analyzes multiple maps by comparing different sets of data. "For example, a map of income can be overlaid on a map of open space," Swift said. Swift hopes that "we'll be able to train Society Unity Day students to use GIS, and those students will act as nodes" to teach other students how to use the program, so that more faculty can incorporate GIS into their classes. Students will be hired to assist with research during the next two years. The eight faculty members will remain on campus these two summers, and some of the grant money will go for faculty salaries during these periods. Professor of Political Science Fred Bergerson, a co-principal investigator for the project, said that tentative plans call for approximately three students to be employed to work with each of the eight professors contributing to the project. In addition to these salaries, Swift says that a "big chunk" of the $400,000 will be spent to create the database of information. "Photos that we need and that [the Keck lab] can't supply will have to be purchased," Swift said. The money was originally appropriated for use by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through work done by Whittier's U.S. Representative Esteban Torres. The EPA then passed it on to the Southwest Voter Research Institute to distribute. Whittier's grant proposal was considered along with those from several major state universities. "We are aware of this because an alumnus i s now working in Congressman Torres' office," Swift said. Albert Jacques ('77), who works for Torres in Washington, D.C, encouraged the College to apply. The decision was made in mid-November. Please see GRANTS, pg. 7 STUDENT Reservist Called to Active Duty by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief A 21 -year-old Whittier student, who is a member of the army reserves, has left the College to go on active duty, possibly in preparation for deployment to Europe to support the NATO peace-keeping operation in Bosnia, according to his family, a local news cast and the Los Angeles Times. Jason Trumpler, a junior enlisted man, was interviewed by a local television station Tuesday at California's March Air Force base as his unit, the 353rd Psychological Operations Battalion, was getting medical shots for the possible deployment. Trumpler was unavailable for comment. According to the Dec. 5 Times, psychological operations specialists are assigned to persuade civilians to cooperate with the peacekeeping operation. The Times reported that 36 reservists in California have been called up, which would include Trumpler, No active duty military units in California have yet to be slated to go to Bosnia, according to the Times. Trumpler, a senior from Huntington Beach, told the television reporter that the possibility of supporting the Bosnia mission makes him feel good. "I don't like the idea of going overseas to kill people," Trumpler told the reporter Tuesday. "I like the idea of going over there to Please see TRUMPLER, pg.6 Nearly 70 society members representing all nine societies and dressed in their traditional pledging uniforms gathered around the rock at noon on Friday. Dec. I. According to Ed Barnes, a coordinator of the event, the original purpose was to meet with faculty members; however, sit event becan "' ■ tdents Susan The communication and relationship between societies Jascha Kayfcts-Wolff/QC Photo Editor reat in the past, Barnes said. This event, and ys, are ways of bringing Whittier's nine soci- c'de-- ndencouraging communication betweenthem. In the past, the societies have had rivalries with one ding to Barnes, but this year Barnes said he hus th lift with more societies working together. 1 'cond time societies have gathered around the nity. In April 1993, they held a similar event. was held in response to the administration's dec is away small housing. ISSUE 13 • VOLUME 82 |
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