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COLLEGE January 18,1996 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ► SPORTS Sophomore swimmer Dede Hsieh broke the school record in the 200M butterfly by more than seven seconds last Saturday at the Claremont In- vitationals as the team placed seventh, pg 15 Williams Selected For Rhodes Scholarship C A M.P ^"■^Wwkers £> Visiting Leaders The leaders ofthe Farm of America signed books and posters at Whittier's newest bookstore/gallery Both Sides of the Equator. pg 6 COLLEGE r A Musical Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the new album from British power pop band Oasis. Find out if their music will quench your thrist.pg 15 news you can use ► Future Grads May Find the Job Hunt Getting Harder Finding a job in the near future may soon be harder than in 1984, when the economy was at one of its lowest points in recent history. Over 1,180,000 new college graduates will begin looking for employment this year. This is up from the one million graduates just two years ago. The number of job- seeking college graduates is projected to increase faster than the number of employment positions requiring a college degree over the next several years. Also, a personnel consulting group found that the average employer takes only 15 seconds to review a resume. From a press release by Snelling and Snelling Inc., a job placment agency. STUDENT ► Williams is Whittier's fourth winner ofthe prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She will spend up to three years studying in England, - . . J by ALEXANDER MACKIE and CATHERINE PAYNE QC Editors Senior Malaika Williams was one of 32 college students from across the nation chosen in December as a recipient Of the pres- tigious Rhodes Seholar- ship.Williams is Whittier's fourth Rhodes Scholar. Williams, a pre-med student from Nevada, was selected after an extensi ve interview process that involved an application with eight letters of recommendation, an interview in her home state of Nevada and a final interview in Los Angeles the weekend before finals in December, according to professor Ria O'Foghludha, chair of Whittier's Rhodes Scholar nomination committee. "I was shocked and surprised," Williams said. "I wasn't really thinking in terms of winning and losing. I was more interested in getting to know the others at the interview." Williams said that she has been oriented since high-school towards going to medical school Whittier's quality education and quality faculty members. Founded by English philanthropist and statesman Cecil J. Rhodes near the turn of the century^ the Rhodes Scholarship gives students" frohi ~atouhd the world the chance to attend the prestigious Oxford University in England.Recipients receive free tuition as well as a living stipend.' Past recipients include President Bill Clinton and the late William Fullbright. Each year, 79 Rhodes Scholarships are divided among 18 former or current British colonies, with the United States-receiving 32 of the awards. Students spend up to three years in England studying for a degree of Please see WILLIAMS PG. 4 Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Pholo Edilior Malaika Williams and becoming a doctor. But now, she will begin her two years in England in September and earn a second bachelor's degree in physiology. She said that she will then return to the U.S. for her medical degree. O'Foghludha saidof Williams, "I felt she was an extraordinary candidate. She hps a perfect GPA, and she is very well rounded. She has done a research project... and is also quite an athlete. I was delighted when I found out, though I was not surprised, I had a feeling she might get it." President James Ash called Williams a "superstar" and said that the award is not only an honor for Williams, but also a sign of Rhodes Scholarship Gives Whittier National Attention by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief When Malaika Williams received the Rhodes Scholarship, Whittier College received a free gift, so to speak: media attention and alumni interest. According to administrators this attention not only helps validate Whittier's academic reputation, it also helps in the competitive drive for donations. Alumni and national interest in the College could mean more donations. "One ofthe truisms of fund- raising is that good colleges attract money," said Joe Zanetta, the vice president for development. Zanetta pointed to colleges like Harvard and Yale which have large endowments. Forsmallcollege's like Whittier, opportunities to bask in the limelight of national attention are few and far between. When the spotlight does turn on Whittier, as it did when ex-President Richard M. Nixon died two years ago, alumni and donor interest in the College grows, according to officials. "Any national attention assists with the College's visibility," said President James AsfiT Administrators are unlikely Please see RHODES pg. 5 liliii p. Profile The story behind the Rhodes Scholar, Malaika Williams. Pg. 6 Club to Open in Mid-April. Intense Work Still Ahead Faculty Support Not Deadline in CAMPUS ► The College is currently renovating the Club and Spot. Administrators hope the Club will improve student social life by providing a new place for students to gather. by ALEXANDER MACKIE and TIM KAZULES QC Editors With less than three months until the expected April 15 opening of the Club, a party and social space currently being constructed under the Campus Inn, administrators admit that the time pressure is intense. As with any construction project, minor things are continually going wrong, but construction is currently on schedule, according to Harold Hewitt, the vice president for business and finance. According to Nelson Park, Whittier's project manager, this is one of the most difficult projects he has done (since he started here in 1987) because ofthe April dead- CURRICULUM line and renovating part of an ex- isting building. by ALEXANDER MACKIE The plans call for a large so- and CATHERINE PAYNE cial space, nearly twice the size of QC Editors Please see CLUB pg.5 Spot to Have Extended Menu With the opening of the Spot, students will be able to order from an extensive menu from morning unti Hate at night. With a full kitchen, the Spot plans to offer the following items: • Pizza • Charbroiled items such as hamburgers and chicken sandwiches • A variety of Mexican food • Fried items • A full salad bar • Gourmet coffees • Muffins, croissants and other coffee shop pastries • Breakfast items • Various drinks After three months of debate and disagreement, the faculty agreed at their last meeting of 1995 to approve a revised and scaled back revision of the original Sunset Proposal. The original proposal called forthe end of all academic programs in an effort to ease the work for the Re-Visioning Committee, which is expected to propose a new academic curriculum next year. The faculty could not agree on the Fall 1997 deadline that the original Sunset Proposal required, .so faculty chair Mike McBride encouraged a compromise: no due date, but allow the Re-Visioning Committee freedom, he said. "There was no way to reach aconsensus. From my perspective as chair, it would not be Re-Visioning, But Revised Proposal productive tocontinuc into the next year.... So we agreed to a compromise," McBride said. The length of the debate has raised some broader questions about the consensus process the faculty uses to approve proposals, according to McBride. The faculty is only beginning to wrestle with the consensus issue and is likely to use it to approve the new curriculum. The current curriculum is a patchwork of academic programs created in different years starting in the 1970s that put together make up a Whittier education. Programs include: Liberal Education, Whittier Scholars, January interim, semester system, pair taught courses and other programs. The new wording of the Sunset Proposal gives the faculty's support to the Re-Visioning Committee and allows them to put into the new cur- Please see FREEDOM pg. 4 ISSUE 14* VOLUME 82
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 14 • January 18, 1996 |
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 | January 18, 1996 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 12 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-16 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1996_01_18_p001 |
OCR | COLLEGE January 18,1996 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 ► SPORTS Sophomore swimmer Dede Hsieh broke the school record in the 200M butterfly by more than seven seconds last Saturday at the Claremont In- vitationals as the team placed seventh, pg 15 Williams Selected For Rhodes Scholarship C A M.P ^"■^Wwkers £> Visiting Leaders The leaders ofthe Farm of America signed books and posters at Whittier's newest bookstore/gallery Both Sides of the Equator. pg 6 COLLEGE r A Musical Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the new album from British power pop band Oasis. Find out if their music will quench your thrist.pg 15 news you can use ► Future Grads May Find the Job Hunt Getting Harder Finding a job in the near future may soon be harder than in 1984, when the economy was at one of its lowest points in recent history. Over 1,180,000 new college graduates will begin looking for employment this year. This is up from the one million graduates just two years ago. The number of job- seeking college graduates is projected to increase faster than the number of employment positions requiring a college degree over the next several years. Also, a personnel consulting group found that the average employer takes only 15 seconds to review a resume. From a press release by Snelling and Snelling Inc., a job placment agency. STUDENT ► Williams is Whittier's fourth winner ofthe prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. She will spend up to three years studying in England, - . . J by ALEXANDER MACKIE and CATHERINE PAYNE QC Editors Senior Malaika Williams was one of 32 college students from across the nation chosen in December as a recipient Of the pres- tigious Rhodes Seholar- ship.Williams is Whittier's fourth Rhodes Scholar. Williams, a pre-med student from Nevada, was selected after an extensi ve interview process that involved an application with eight letters of recommendation, an interview in her home state of Nevada and a final interview in Los Angeles the weekend before finals in December, according to professor Ria O'Foghludha, chair of Whittier's Rhodes Scholar nomination committee. "I was shocked and surprised," Williams said. "I wasn't really thinking in terms of winning and losing. I was more interested in getting to know the others at the interview." Williams said that she has been oriented since high-school towards going to medical school Whittier's quality education and quality faculty members. Founded by English philanthropist and statesman Cecil J. Rhodes near the turn of the century^ the Rhodes Scholarship gives students" frohi ~atouhd the world the chance to attend the prestigious Oxford University in England.Recipients receive free tuition as well as a living stipend.' Past recipients include President Bill Clinton and the late William Fullbright. Each year, 79 Rhodes Scholarships are divided among 18 former or current British colonies, with the United States-receiving 32 of the awards. Students spend up to three years in England studying for a degree of Please see WILLIAMS PG. 4 Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Pholo Edilior Malaika Williams and becoming a doctor. But now, she will begin her two years in England in September and earn a second bachelor's degree in physiology. She said that she will then return to the U.S. for her medical degree. O'Foghludha saidof Williams, "I felt she was an extraordinary candidate. She hps a perfect GPA, and she is very well rounded. She has done a research project... and is also quite an athlete. I was delighted when I found out, though I was not surprised, I had a feeling she might get it." President James Ash called Williams a "superstar" and said that the award is not only an honor for Williams, but also a sign of Rhodes Scholarship Gives Whittier National Attention by ALEXANDER MACKIE QC Editor-in-Chief When Malaika Williams received the Rhodes Scholarship, Whittier College received a free gift, so to speak: media attention and alumni interest. According to administrators this attention not only helps validate Whittier's academic reputation, it also helps in the competitive drive for donations. Alumni and national interest in the College could mean more donations. "One ofthe truisms of fund- raising is that good colleges attract money," said Joe Zanetta, the vice president for development. Zanetta pointed to colleges like Harvard and Yale which have large endowments. Forsmallcollege's like Whittier, opportunities to bask in the limelight of national attention are few and far between. When the spotlight does turn on Whittier, as it did when ex-President Richard M. Nixon died two years ago, alumni and donor interest in the College grows, according to officials. "Any national attention assists with the College's visibility," said President James AsfiT Administrators are unlikely Please see RHODES pg. 5 liliii p. Profile The story behind the Rhodes Scholar, Malaika Williams. Pg. 6 Club to Open in Mid-April. Intense Work Still Ahead Faculty Support Not Deadline in CAMPUS ► The College is currently renovating the Club and Spot. Administrators hope the Club will improve student social life by providing a new place for students to gather. by ALEXANDER MACKIE and TIM KAZULES QC Editors With less than three months until the expected April 15 opening of the Club, a party and social space currently being constructed under the Campus Inn, administrators admit that the time pressure is intense. As with any construction project, minor things are continually going wrong, but construction is currently on schedule, according to Harold Hewitt, the vice president for business and finance. According to Nelson Park, Whittier's project manager, this is one of the most difficult projects he has done (since he started here in 1987) because ofthe April dead- CURRICULUM line and renovating part of an ex- isting building. by ALEXANDER MACKIE The plans call for a large so- and CATHERINE PAYNE cial space, nearly twice the size of QC Editors Please see CLUB pg.5 Spot to Have Extended Menu With the opening of the Spot, students will be able to order from an extensive menu from morning unti Hate at night. With a full kitchen, the Spot plans to offer the following items: • Pizza • Charbroiled items such as hamburgers and chicken sandwiches • A variety of Mexican food • Fried items • A full salad bar • Gourmet coffees • Muffins, croissants and other coffee shop pastries • Breakfast items • Various drinks After three months of debate and disagreement, the faculty agreed at their last meeting of 1995 to approve a revised and scaled back revision of the original Sunset Proposal. The original proposal called forthe end of all academic programs in an effort to ease the work for the Re-Visioning Committee, which is expected to propose a new academic curriculum next year. The faculty could not agree on the Fall 1997 deadline that the original Sunset Proposal required, .so faculty chair Mike McBride encouraged a compromise: no due date, but allow the Re-Visioning Committee freedom, he said. "There was no way to reach aconsensus. From my perspective as chair, it would not be Re-Visioning, But Revised Proposal productive tocontinuc into the next year.... So we agreed to a compromise," McBride said. The length of the debate has raised some broader questions about the consensus process the faculty uses to approve proposals, according to McBride. The faculty is only beginning to wrestle with the consensus issue and is likely to use it to approve the new curriculum. The current curriculum is a patchwork of academic programs created in different years starting in the 1970s that put together make up a Whittier education. Programs include: Liberal Education, Whittier Scholars, January interim, semester system, pair taught courses and other programs. The new wording of the Sunset Proposal gives the faculty's support to the Re-Visioning Committee and allows them to put into the new cur- Please see FREEDOM pg. 4 ISSUE 14* VOLUME 82 |
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