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W H FT T I E R iC O L L E G E March 14, 1996 ^ ^ Marcti 14, 1990 [aker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Operations Cuts to Yield $787,000 A SPORTS Just under five feet, senior Chi Catello excels not only in basketball, but in volleyball and track, not to mention lacrosse. Not only is her height unusual, but her dedication and success is as well. Find out more about her many talents... . - pg 15 C O L L E G A Local Talent: With six students, one alum, a little practice and a lot of talent, the group Blue Goldfish share their special brand of folkmusic with the College. Catch up with Whittier's newest musical find. pg 10 news you can use ^ Can You Say i Do, But Later?" So, you are 22 and ready to get married. Think you're just like every other 22 year-old in the U.S.? Think again. According to numbers recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau the average age Americans get married for the first time is getting higher. The Bureau found that •the median age for men was 26.7 yeaffe-old and 24.5 for women. FINANCES ► /« order to total the one million dollars needed for academic programs, administrative cuts will be made in the Business Services Division, Enrollment, Advancement and the President's Office. by JANINE LEIGH KRAMER QC Senior Staff Writer Whittier College has recently undertaken an investigation of administrative downsizing options. The purpose of these cuts will be to reallocate $787,000 from administrative budgets to academic affairs. This money will be added to the tuition increase revenues to provide the permanent $1 million transfer to academic programs and faculty salaries slated for next year. The Business Services Division, Advancement, Enrollment and the President's Office are currently undergoing a downsizing process. "The College needs to find the money. We can't get it all by • raising tuition because the amount of increase needed would be unreasonable," said Harold Hewitt-, vice president for business and finance. As it is currently, the 5.34% increase in tuition will generate approximately $213,000 in revenue after the additional financial aid monies have been taken out. According to Hewitt, the only viable way to find the additional funds is to find cuts. "Painful decisions have to be made. No one wants to do this, but if we are serious about our academic mission, we have to face these issues," said Hewitt. A study conducted by the College of 19 West Coast small liberal arts colleges compared the percentages of monies spent on each college's instructional budget, which includes faculty salaries, academic departments and programs and the library. Whittier College had the lowest percentage of monies spent on instruc- tipnal budgets. Last spring the College's administration mandated that something must be done to mitigate the discrepancy. Thus, the $1 million pledge to academic affairs. The mission then became to find the $1 million. Student Affairs could not be cut because "then students would have complaints about a lack of cb^curricular support," said Hewitt. This left four administrative departments. Admissions brings in students to keep enrollment stable, and Advancement and the Two Professors Hired for American, European History FACULTY ► With the selection process over, Whittier will not only receive two new professors, but also new history courses will be added to the curriculum. by MICHAEL GARABEDIAN QC Opinion Editor The Department of History announced the decision to hire U.S. Historian Laura McEnaney from the University of Wisconsin and Professor of European History Lynn Sharp from U.C. Irvine at Tuesday's faculty meeting, marking the end of an extensive four month selection process to replace retiring professors Joe Fairbanks and Donald Breese. Both McEnaney and Sharp will bring a slightly different slant to the History Department with their interest in and knowledge of specialized historical subjects and gender studies. As a result, in addition to taking over current history courses, McEnaney will be teaching several new, specialized courses: A History of Post- Civil War American Women, United States from 1945- Present and Social Movements, 1865- present Sharp will be teaching Religion, Society, Culture, and Modern Europe, a seminar on the French Revolution and European Women. The actual selection process began with advertisements placed in various historical journals and over electronic media. Over 300 applicants responded for the U.S. position, while approximately 200 applicants responded for the European position. Professors Robert Marks, Richard Archer, Donald Nutall, Breese and Fairbanks narrowed these numbers through a series of interviews and correspondences until eight applicants (four Please see HISTORY, pg. 4 Money from... $213,000 Tuition Revenue (after Financial Aid) + The College hired Engineering Associates, Inc., a consulting firm, to analyze the Physical Plant operations and make suggestions for ways to reduce its budget. This firm was chosen on several bases, according to Hewitt. One Desi Danaganan/QCGraphics Edilor was reCOmmendationS President's Office are closely from other colleges. Some of En- $787,000 Admin. Cuts $1,000,000 Total linked with the Capital Campaign, a major fundraising effort aimed at increasing the endowment of the College. Therefore, the largest cuts were to come from the Business Services Division, according to Hewitt. "One thing needs to be clear: these cuts are programmatic and have nothing to do with conduct, past history or quality [of the affected departments]," said Hewitt. The Business Services Division includes the Maintenance Department (Physical Plant), the Business Office, Campus Safety and other non-academic areas of the College under control of Vice President Hewitt. These areas will take 80-85% of the cuts. The largest amount of monies cut will be from the Maintenance (Physical Plant) Department, as this department has the largest portion of the business services division budget. gineering Associates, Inc.'s other clients include other resource constrained liberal arts colleges. The other two bases were the fact that this is the only type of work that this firm does and that it is completely independent. This means that it has no ownership interests in any companies that do maintenance/physical plant work. This study should take about two months because of the large number of areas included. Housekeeping, custodial work, grounds, building maintenance, carpentry, Please see CUTS, pg. 6 ► In the March 7 QC, Dr. Mike McBride was misquoted. The quote should read, "This proposal assumes that Wadsworth's position will not be filled for next year." The QC regrets this error. CURRICULUM Committee Approves Women's Study Minor byPARULPATEL QC Staff Writer A faculty committee recently approved a proposal that would create a women's studies minor that may be available to students as early as the Fall of 1997. The proposal for the program was approved by the Educational Policies Committee (EPC) at their March 7 meeting. The minor, based on a similar program at Pomona College, will consist of a core course created for the minor andeiasses currently scheduled to be taught by the History, Sociology and Religious Studies Departments. Sharad Keny, chairperson of the EPC, said that this proposal was first introduced last year, but was not approved at that point because of concerns raised by faculty members, con- Current plans call for the program to be financed through an outside grant, which will not draw from the already strained Academic Affairs budget. ceros which have since been resolved. The program's source of funds and the "nature of women'j studies as a discipline" were under debate, according to Richard Millman, vice president of Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. After the proposal was resubmitted, the plan was discussed amongst faculty. Keny stated that the program was approved Please see MINOR, pg. 4 ISSUE 19 • VOLUME 82
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Title | The QC, Vol. 82, No. 19 • March 14, 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 14, 1996 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-16 |
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Title | 1996_03_14_001 |
OCR | W H FT T I E R iC O L L E G E March 14, 1996 ^ ^ Marcti 14, 1990 [aker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Operations Cuts to Yield $787,000 A SPORTS Just under five feet, senior Chi Catello excels not only in basketball, but in volleyball and track, not to mention lacrosse. Not only is her height unusual, but her dedication and success is as well. Find out more about her many talents... . - pg 15 C O L L E G A Local Talent: With six students, one alum, a little practice and a lot of talent, the group Blue Goldfish share their special brand of folkmusic with the College. Catch up with Whittier's newest musical find. pg 10 news you can use ^ Can You Say i Do, But Later?" So, you are 22 and ready to get married. Think you're just like every other 22 year-old in the U.S.? Think again. According to numbers recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau the average age Americans get married for the first time is getting higher. The Bureau found that •the median age for men was 26.7 yeaffe-old and 24.5 for women. FINANCES ► /« order to total the one million dollars needed for academic programs, administrative cuts will be made in the Business Services Division, Enrollment, Advancement and the President's Office. by JANINE LEIGH KRAMER QC Senior Staff Writer Whittier College has recently undertaken an investigation of administrative downsizing options. The purpose of these cuts will be to reallocate $787,000 from administrative budgets to academic affairs. This money will be added to the tuition increase revenues to provide the permanent $1 million transfer to academic programs and faculty salaries slated for next year. The Business Services Division, Advancement, Enrollment and the President's Office are currently undergoing a downsizing process. "The College needs to find the money. We can't get it all by • raising tuition because the amount of increase needed would be unreasonable," said Harold Hewitt-, vice president for business and finance. As it is currently, the 5.34% increase in tuition will generate approximately $213,000 in revenue after the additional financial aid monies have been taken out. According to Hewitt, the only viable way to find the additional funds is to find cuts. "Painful decisions have to be made. No one wants to do this, but if we are serious about our academic mission, we have to face these issues," said Hewitt. A study conducted by the College of 19 West Coast small liberal arts colleges compared the percentages of monies spent on each college's instructional budget, which includes faculty salaries, academic departments and programs and the library. Whittier College had the lowest percentage of monies spent on instruc- tipnal budgets. Last spring the College's administration mandated that something must be done to mitigate the discrepancy. Thus, the $1 million pledge to academic affairs. The mission then became to find the $1 million. Student Affairs could not be cut because "then students would have complaints about a lack of cb^curricular support," said Hewitt. This left four administrative departments. Admissions brings in students to keep enrollment stable, and Advancement and the Two Professors Hired for American, European History FACULTY ► With the selection process over, Whittier will not only receive two new professors, but also new history courses will be added to the curriculum. by MICHAEL GARABEDIAN QC Opinion Editor The Department of History announced the decision to hire U.S. Historian Laura McEnaney from the University of Wisconsin and Professor of European History Lynn Sharp from U.C. Irvine at Tuesday's faculty meeting, marking the end of an extensive four month selection process to replace retiring professors Joe Fairbanks and Donald Breese. Both McEnaney and Sharp will bring a slightly different slant to the History Department with their interest in and knowledge of specialized historical subjects and gender studies. As a result, in addition to taking over current history courses, McEnaney will be teaching several new, specialized courses: A History of Post- Civil War American Women, United States from 1945- Present and Social Movements, 1865- present Sharp will be teaching Religion, Society, Culture, and Modern Europe, a seminar on the French Revolution and European Women. The actual selection process began with advertisements placed in various historical journals and over electronic media. Over 300 applicants responded for the U.S. position, while approximately 200 applicants responded for the European position. Professors Robert Marks, Richard Archer, Donald Nutall, Breese and Fairbanks narrowed these numbers through a series of interviews and correspondences until eight applicants (four Please see HISTORY, pg. 4 Money from... $213,000 Tuition Revenue (after Financial Aid) + The College hired Engineering Associates, Inc., a consulting firm, to analyze the Physical Plant operations and make suggestions for ways to reduce its budget. This firm was chosen on several bases, according to Hewitt. One Desi Danaganan/QCGraphics Edilor was reCOmmendationS President's Office are closely from other colleges. Some of En- $787,000 Admin. Cuts $1,000,000 Total linked with the Capital Campaign, a major fundraising effort aimed at increasing the endowment of the College. Therefore, the largest cuts were to come from the Business Services Division, according to Hewitt. "One thing needs to be clear: these cuts are programmatic and have nothing to do with conduct, past history or quality [of the affected departments]," said Hewitt. The Business Services Division includes the Maintenance Department (Physical Plant), the Business Office, Campus Safety and other non-academic areas of the College under control of Vice President Hewitt. These areas will take 80-85% of the cuts. The largest amount of monies cut will be from the Maintenance (Physical Plant) Department, as this department has the largest portion of the business services division budget. gineering Associates, Inc.'s other clients include other resource constrained liberal arts colleges. The other two bases were the fact that this is the only type of work that this firm does and that it is completely independent. This means that it has no ownership interests in any companies that do maintenance/physical plant work. This study should take about two months because of the large number of areas included. Housekeeping, custodial work, grounds, building maintenance, carpentry, Please see CUTS, pg. 6 ► In the March 7 QC, Dr. Mike McBride was misquoted. The quote should read, "This proposal assumes that Wadsworth's position will not be filled for next year." The QC regrets this error. CURRICULUM Committee Approves Women's Study Minor byPARULPATEL QC Staff Writer A faculty committee recently approved a proposal that would create a women's studies minor that may be available to students as early as the Fall of 1997. The proposal for the program was approved by the Educational Policies Committee (EPC) at their March 7 meeting. The minor, based on a similar program at Pomona College, will consist of a core course created for the minor andeiasses currently scheduled to be taught by the History, Sociology and Religious Studies Departments. Sharad Keny, chairperson of the EPC, said that this proposal was first introduced last year, but was not approved at that point because of concerns raised by faculty members, con- Current plans call for the program to be financed through an outside grant, which will not draw from the already strained Academic Affairs budget. ceros which have since been resolved. The program's source of funds and the "nature of women'j studies as a discipline" were under debate, according to Richard Millman, vice president of Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. After the proposal was resubmitted, the plan was discussed amongst faculty. Keny stated that the program was approved Please see MINOR, pg. 4 ISSUE 19 • VOLUME 82 |
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