The QC, Vol. 83, No. 01 • September 5, 1996

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September 5,1996
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
► Poet Football
Rears Its Head
Once Again
The 1996 Poet football program is being revamped under new head
coach Bob Owens.
Players are optimistic
and enthusiastic about the
new coaching approach.
The team prepares for
pre-seaon scrimmage
Saturday, Sept. 14 at
home against Pierce College.
See Sports for an overview of offense, defense
and coaching strategies.
pg16
C   A
► A Poet Returns
from the Front
Senior Jason Trumpfcr
returns to" wminer alter
eight months of military
service in Bosnia. If you
think you had an interesting summer, read his story inside.
pg7
C O L L E G
L E G E.
► Penny Lane
Penny Lane, Uptown's
newest hip-hoppin', roll-
rockin',bee-boppin' music shop and coffeehouse
is reviewed in this week's
Arts and Entertainment
section.
Is it worth the walk?
pg 10
^A Commuter's
iven
ed across from Stauffer
Hall on Haverhill Road, is
available most hours* of the
day §ot <rft<w$m students who need a quiet,
air-conditioned place to
study, test, or just hang'
out. Call 464-2651 for
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Opening of Spot Heralds Culinary Change
CAMPUS INN
► The anxiously awaited Spot
opened this week, inperfectsync
with" the influx of freshmen and
the advent of the equally
anticipated Flex program.
by LORNA BELL
QC Editor-in-Chief
After years of planning and an
entire year of construction, The
Spot opened on Thursday, Sept.
5, four months past the predicted
completion date. The Spot was
originally planned to open in April
of 1996, yet missed this date due to
complications with construction
and changes in planning according to Bon Appetit General Manager, J.P. Dozier and Director of
Projects, Nelson Park.
"I would say we are opening
just a month later than we planned,
probably because the kitchen
equipment company did not perform as well as we had hoped,"
Park said.
j^nother complication occurred surrounding tne addition
of acharcoal broilerto the kitchen
of The Spot because it required a
special venting system which utilizes air from outside. It took
three weeks to develop a scheme
which would incorporate such a
machine, according to Park.
Park, who has worked on nu-
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor
Readily stocked for your snacking needs, The Spot is finally open for business.
merous projects for the college,
including the Shannon Center and
Turner Hall, rated The Spot as
among one ofthe most complicated projects on which he has
worked.
"The Spot has a little.bit of
everything-—it was challenging to
jam so much stuff into such a
relatively small space," Park said,
"everything was constricted by
space."
The Spot, together with the
Club, was refurbished in order to
create a space that students can
call their own, where they can get
food/drinks and have a place to
hang out on campus late at night,
according to director of student
activities, Tracy Poon.
"The idea was to make use of
the existing space—the old Spot
was too small to do what it was
meant to do," architect William
Jones said.
In order to increase the size of
the old Spot to the current size of
35TTO square feet, the bathrooms
had to be moved to the rear and a
20 foot concrete wall at the bottom ofthe inside stairs was sawed
out and replaced with a steel beam.
The bookstore storage units were
used as a firm divider between
The Club and The Spot, accord-
Please see SPOT pg. 6
Hewitt Resigns to
Work for Poet Rival
Enders Leaves Enrollment,
Lahti Hired for Interim
ApMINISTRATjON
► Looking for greater
opportunities and challenges,
Harold Hewitt moves to
Occidental College, while
U.C.LA. Vice President Jo Ann
Hanidn carries on in his place.
by MIKE GARABEDIAN
QC Managing Editor
Vice President of Finance and
Administration Harold Hewitt has
taken on the position of Chief
Financial Officer (C.F.O.) for Occidental College in Eagle Rock,
Ca. Hewitt left Whittier College
on July 15 after more than seven
years at this institution.
Hewitt said that his decision
to leave was based upon the potential for career advancement.
"Oxy is a bigger opportunity," he
said. "Many of the challenges
that F ve faced at Whittier are now
coming around again. I realized
that I wasn't able to grow further." With an endowment
nearly three times that of Whittier
College and a host of financial
difficulties that have plagued the
instiution in the past, Hewitt hopes
to lead the fiscal revision at Occidental in order to further his career in administration. Although
the traditional path to a college
presidency is through the faculty,
CFOs have been considered in
recent years.
Hewitt first learned about the
Occidental position after he was
sought out by a consultant from
the placement firm Korn Ferry
International. "There was a strong
sense of responsibility to this institution," Hewitt said. "I was
torn, and initially leaned toward
the needs of Whittier College."
After being contacted again
by a Korn Ferry consultant on
behalf of Occidental, Hewitt reevaluated the offer and then met
with a committee of Occidental
faculty and administration before
deciding to accept the position.
Hewitt began his career at
Whittier on September 18, 1988.
Initially an assistant to then CFO
Please see HEWITT pg. 5
ADMISSKMIS
► .4 national search is
currently   active for  a
financial aid packaging
through the month of
by JED GILCHRIST
QC News Editor
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Tom Enders
tendered his resignation to Whittier College in July to accept a
position as Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services at
California State University Long Beach (C.S.U.L.B.i.
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long campaign for a ne* posiUon, a campaign supported hy
President James Ash «rf Vice President and Dean of Family
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looking U> leave Whilticf; I was srtnply responding lo growing
pains. I have been at Whittier for seven years, working in the
same department for gift, and f just felt it was time to start
something new, somedting with dUfercnt opportunities and
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