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WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^"^W ^mm^ March 7, 1996 Quaker Campus ► SPORTS The women's Lacross team improvedto 3-1 in league play by demolishi- ing USC 17-9 pg 15 ► The Big Event This year's formal dance will be held at the Sheraton Universal, near the Universal CityWalk. Find out more about Whittier's big night, pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E, ► Thespian For three years senior Wendy Newell has acted in Whittier plays. Find out more about her. pg 10 ► Dialing for Dollars Last week President James Ash announced the tuition increase for next year. The 5.3% increase in tuiti . it in the last Whittier is one of the first colleges in the southland .mee its tuition . :. Here are some Whittier competitors in the area and their tuition Wh; allege 95-96 96-97 $17,800 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Remedial English Class Created CURRICULUM ► The faculty has created a program to help students learn the basics about college writing and texts. The program is a two year experiment. by ADAM PAVA QC Staff Writer In order to address concerns about first year students being poorly prepared for freshmen writing courses, the faculty recently approved a proposal for a developmental writing program for incoming students that do not meet certain minimum G.P.A. and S.A.T. requirements. The new class, titled the Developmental Writing Seminar (DWS), will be taken by roughly 20% of freshmen. Students who pass this three unit course will then take one of the regular writing seminar classes, giving them a total of six units of writing instruction-for the year. "This is not a class for stupid people," said English Professor Susanne Weil, who helped craft the proposal. "They are being admitted to Whittier because they' ve got the potential to succeed here. We are taking people who come from a wide range of backgrounds — not people who are preprogrammed for success — and giv- "This is not a class for stupid people. They are being admitted to Whittier because they've got the potential to succeed here." — Susanne Weil English Professor ing them a shot at succeeding." ChuckHill, aprofessorof psychology, put together the data analysis to determine what system should be used for a cutoff point in deciding who is allowed to advance to FWS without taking DWS. "We want all students to see this as a positive thing. We think that they can succeed here, or we wouldn't let them in. We're trying to meet everyone's needs by providing the right tools," said Hill, who is the chair of the Assessment Committee. According to the proposal, "based on analysis of data for freshmen entering in Fall '92, '93, and '94, the best predictors of writing measures and college G.P.A. were the S.A.T. verbal score and the high school G.P.A.; other indicators do not correlate significantly with performance in freshman writing." Currently, the cutoff points for Compromise Reached on Geology, SPA Cuts CURRICULUM ^■The proposal to dissolve the Geology Deptartment will be decided next semester. The fate of SPA will be decided this semester, faculty chair announces. by CATHERINE PAYNE QC News Editor Acompromise aboutproposed cuts of the geology and SPA majors has been reached between the faculty and administration. The compromise allows the faculty to decide what academic programs get cut, announced Faculty Chair Mike McBride yesterday. . The compromise has also received the support ofthe administration and faculty members. Currently, according to McBride, "the FEC, Chair of the EPC, Chair of SPA, the Chair of the Geology Department has agreed to it, the Dean [of Faculty] and the president has agreed with this." Prior to the compromise, the faculty had no methods of handling a situation that deals with cutting of departments. "In meetings, the Faculty Executive Committee has worked to find some process to deal with the situation," McBride said. The process will not only involve the faculty in the decisionmaking process about the proposed cuts, but also set a framework to deal with future issues about cutting and downsizing. The first thing the process calls for is a body which will handle situation like this. The body will consider whether the cuts for the Please see MAJORS, pg. 4 ► The Compromise What do you think of the compromise reached on the Geology Department? Call the Comment Line ext. 4856 the program will be the following: • Those with an S.A.T. verbal score below 300 • Those with a high school G.P.A. below 2.4 • Those with an S.A.T. verbal score below 400 and high school G.P.A. below 2.6. Approximately 60 entering freshmen are expected to fall into one of these categories. This proposal was put together through a joint effort of the Writing Committee and the Assessment Committee. According to Weil, head of the Writing Committee, the class will be a remedial course focusing on writing as well as reading comprehension of college level texts that many students did not get in high school. According to Dean of Faculty Richard Millman, an increasing number of students are entering college less prepared in English and math. The new course will be in a trial period for the next two years. The class will be continued after that depending on whether significant improvement is shown through.the students' writing portfolios and college GPAs. The DWS sections will be taught by Wei 1, Professors Wendy Furman, Kathy Landis and Rafael Chabran. Like the freshmen writing seminars, each class will have a theme. Please see CLASS, pg. 4 The Proposed Syllabus The new developmental writing class would incorporate subjects from current freshman writing seminars while teaching students basic skills through "lessons in reading comprehension and critical thinking, fin addition to] lessons in time management and study skills." The proposed syllabus uses Plato's Crito, Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" essay, Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and Ori- ana FallaciV preface to Interview With History. As in current freshman writing seminars. The Random House Handbook will be used to further writing skills. Students will also use the Skills Bank III software The focus in such a class would be far more ana lytical II1U1 IRSiif H ► QC Editorial A good program, but there is a problem. pg. 2 Handbook Problem Solved With COR Funds SOCIETIES ► The Hustler's Handbook "er names were mistakenly released. The second printing will be partially funded by COR. by DEMIAN MARIENTHAL QC Staff Writer the wnJJAM Pmti SOCIETY'S HUSTLER'S HANDBOOK QC File Copy lilable last Decem- d the names, phone d addresses of many, o had requested that ins received complaints from students erro- - ^ inal printing of the Please see HUSTLER'S, pg. 4 ISSUE 18 • VOLUME 82
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 18 • March 7, 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 | March 7, 1996 |
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 | 2013-10-16 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1996_03_07_001 |
OCR | WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^"^W ^mm^ March 7, 1996 Quaker Campus ► SPORTS The women's Lacross team improvedto 3-1 in league play by demolishi- ing USC 17-9 pg 15 ► The Big Event This year's formal dance will be held at the Sheraton Universal, near the Universal CityWalk. Find out more about Whittier's big night, pg 7 C O L L E G L E G E, ► Thespian For three years senior Wendy Newell has acted in Whittier plays. Find out more about her. pg 10 ► Dialing for Dollars Last week President James Ash announced the tuition increase for next year. The 5.3% increase in tuiti . it in the last Whittier is one of the first colleges in the southland .mee its tuition . :. Here are some Whittier competitors in the area and their tuition Wh; allege 95-96 96-97 $17,800 The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Remedial English Class Created CURRICULUM ► The faculty has created a program to help students learn the basics about college writing and texts. The program is a two year experiment. by ADAM PAVA QC Staff Writer In order to address concerns about first year students being poorly prepared for freshmen writing courses, the faculty recently approved a proposal for a developmental writing program for incoming students that do not meet certain minimum G.P.A. and S.A.T. requirements. The new class, titled the Developmental Writing Seminar (DWS), will be taken by roughly 20% of freshmen. Students who pass this three unit course will then take one of the regular writing seminar classes, giving them a total of six units of writing instruction-for the year. "This is not a class for stupid people," said English Professor Susanne Weil, who helped craft the proposal. "They are being admitted to Whittier because they' ve got the potential to succeed here. We are taking people who come from a wide range of backgrounds — not people who are preprogrammed for success — and giv- "This is not a class for stupid people. They are being admitted to Whittier because they've got the potential to succeed here." — Susanne Weil English Professor ing them a shot at succeeding." ChuckHill, aprofessorof psychology, put together the data analysis to determine what system should be used for a cutoff point in deciding who is allowed to advance to FWS without taking DWS. "We want all students to see this as a positive thing. We think that they can succeed here, or we wouldn't let them in. We're trying to meet everyone's needs by providing the right tools," said Hill, who is the chair of the Assessment Committee. According to the proposal, "based on analysis of data for freshmen entering in Fall '92, '93, and '94, the best predictors of writing measures and college G.P.A. were the S.A.T. verbal score and the high school G.P.A.; other indicators do not correlate significantly with performance in freshman writing." Currently, the cutoff points for Compromise Reached on Geology, SPA Cuts CURRICULUM ^■The proposal to dissolve the Geology Deptartment will be decided next semester. The fate of SPA will be decided this semester, faculty chair announces. by CATHERINE PAYNE QC News Editor Acompromise aboutproposed cuts of the geology and SPA majors has been reached between the faculty and administration. The compromise allows the faculty to decide what academic programs get cut, announced Faculty Chair Mike McBride yesterday. . The compromise has also received the support ofthe administration and faculty members. Currently, according to McBride, "the FEC, Chair of the EPC, Chair of SPA, the Chair of the Geology Department has agreed to it, the Dean [of Faculty] and the president has agreed with this." Prior to the compromise, the faculty had no methods of handling a situation that deals with cutting of departments. "In meetings, the Faculty Executive Committee has worked to find some process to deal with the situation," McBride said. The process will not only involve the faculty in the decisionmaking process about the proposed cuts, but also set a framework to deal with future issues about cutting and downsizing. The first thing the process calls for is a body which will handle situation like this. The body will consider whether the cuts for the Please see MAJORS, pg. 4 ► The Compromise What do you think of the compromise reached on the Geology Department? Call the Comment Line ext. 4856 the program will be the following: • Those with an S.A.T. verbal score below 300 • Those with a high school G.P.A. below 2.4 • Those with an S.A.T. verbal score below 400 and high school G.P.A. below 2.6. Approximately 60 entering freshmen are expected to fall into one of these categories. This proposal was put together through a joint effort of the Writing Committee and the Assessment Committee. According to Weil, head of the Writing Committee, the class will be a remedial course focusing on writing as well as reading comprehension of college level texts that many students did not get in high school. According to Dean of Faculty Richard Millman, an increasing number of students are entering college less prepared in English and math. The new course will be in a trial period for the next two years. The class will be continued after that depending on whether significant improvement is shown through.the students' writing portfolios and college GPAs. The DWS sections will be taught by Wei 1, Professors Wendy Furman, Kathy Landis and Rafael Chabran. Like the freshmen writing seminars, each class will have a theme. Please see CLASS, pg. 4 The Proposed Syllabus The new developmental writing class would incorporate subjects from current freshman writing seminars while teaching students basic skills through "lessons in reading comprehension and critical thinking, fin addition to] lessons in time management and study skills." The proposed syllabus uses Plato's Crito, Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" essay, Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and Ori- ana FallaciV preface to Interview With History. As in current freshman writing seminars. The Random House Handbook will be used to further writing skills. Students will also use the Skills Bank III software The focus in such a class would be far more ana lytical II1U1 IRSiif H ► QC Editorial A good program, but there is a problem. pg. 2 Handbook Problem Solved With COR Funds SOCIETIES ► The Hustler's Handbook "er names were mistakenly released. The second printing will be partially funded by COR. by DEMIAN MARIENTHAL QC Staff Writer the wnJJAM Pmti SOCIETY'S HUSTLER'S HANDBOOK QC File Copy lilable last Decem- d the names, phone d addresses of many, o had requested that ins received complaints from students erro- - ^ inal printing of the Please see HUSTLER'S, pg. 4 ISSUE 18 • VOLUME 82 |
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