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WHITTIER ^""^ ^~*^ September 19,1996 Quaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor ► Poets open with a loss Sophomore quarterback Russ Bumgarner threw for 183 yards, one TD and one interception in Saturdays season opening 35-17 loss to Red- lands. pg 16 C A M.P U7IS » > Samantha's Courtyard Cafe Ever feel like the world is closing in on you? Is everything going wrong.' Try escaping to an idealized environment. We've got a place where you can do this and get your daily caffeine-fix too. pg 9 c o ► Laura Dennis Opens Horton Foote's Laura Dennis, which opens in Hollywood this weekend and is directed by Theatre professor Crystal Brian, is reviewed on A&E. pg 10 news you can use ► £ -»ns Elections for positions on Freshman Class Council a? .Jam- pus Representative will be held next Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 25 and 26 from 11:00a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Mailroom. Select Departments, Facilities Benefit from One Million Dollar Allotment FOLLOW-UP ► The largest sums of one million alloted dollars went towardfaculty salary increases, improvements for the Wardman library and to the creation of six new assistant professor positions. A smaller portion was used for administrative purposes. by PARUL PATEL QC Asst. News Editor Last year, the Dean of Faculty approved the distribution of one million dollars from the College's operating budget into academic programs. Many departments have benefited as a result. More than half a million dollars, $557,520, was specifically made available for the 100 members ofthe Whittier faculty. "The Professional Interest Committee, P.I.C., recommended faculty get a ten percent raise across the board. In general, we tried to follow that," Richard Millman, Dean of Faculty said. This is the largest percentage increase for faculty in recent years. In 1994, faculty received a three percent salary increase and none in 1993 and 1995. However, members of administration agree that the present increases in general are not enough for many departments. ". ..I believe there were at least two very significant, maybe even double digit increases. It's the relatively new faculty members, the ones that have been here for two to four years and therefore missed those two large increases, who had increases of zero, three, and zero percent in 94-96 whose earning power was weakened by inflation over the same period," Jonathan Meer, Executive Assistant to the President said. Meer added, "The executive staff forfeited a three percent (salary) increase to help make the one million dollars possible. They were also under a salary freeze last year. [It has been] now two years that the top executives have gone without salary increases. I think that's a pretty damn noble [thing to do]." The Wardman library benefited by receiving $160,000 of the million dollar sum. The money will be used for various future improvements. Of that amount, $ 100,000 will go toward acquiring more library materials, $50,000 will be used to pay a Computer Systems Manager and $10,000 will be directed toward obtaining new computers. Phillip O' Brien, the College Librarian, commented on the expense of maintaining periodicals. "The cost of periodicals increas- Where Did The Money Go? PROFESSIONAL INTEREST FOOL $525,000 10% Faculty Salary Raise 20,000 Faculty Research and pevelopment 12,520 Professional Colloquia and Training EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE tf* tf ^ tf* tft $282,480 Six Tenure-Track Positions EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE $$$$$ $50,000 Computing Systems Manager 50,000 Library Aquisitions 30,000 Periodicals 20,000 Electronic Materials 10,000 New Computers $1,000,000 es an average of 18 percent a year" said O' Brien, and he estimated that $30,000 will be used to augment this area. O' Brien also added that, "...$20,000 will go into electronic materials in two areas...a database called Search Bank...and buying one time electronic data." Anne Dahney/QC' Manuring Editor The Educational Policies Committee, E.P.C., recommended, and Millman approved, the dispersal of $282,480 into the creation of six assistant professorpo- sitions. "They are earmarked for Biology, Religious Studies, Soci- ' m Please see MILLION, pg^6 Whittier Drops to Fourth Tier in Annual Report ■ -tm .'.:>■:I COLLEGE IN THE NEWS ► Whittier ranks in the fourth tier of the U.S. News rating, despite improved ratings in several of the categories. Administrators emphasize internal improvement for the good ofthe institution. by MIKE GARABEDIAN QC Business Manager After two years of being ranked in the third tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges, Whittier College slipped into the fourJh tier in "America's Best Colleges 1997 Annual Guide" as rated by U.S. News and World Report in an issue released Monday, Sept. 16. This places Whittier between. 120 and 160 out of 160 schools in the category. Despite the lower position, a comparison with last year's ranking reveals no considerable dif ference, and in fact, the College has improved in several categories. This fact, according to Executive Assistant to the President Jonathan Meer and Dean of Students Susan Allen, makes the rank- tention, value added, and alumni giving. Whittier improved in the areas of acceptance rates (70 percent lastyear, 66 percentthisyear), graduation rate (51 percent last Where Whittier College Ranks SAT/ACT Freshmen Education 25th -75th in top Accep- expend, pereen- 10% of tance per rete.r'cr tile HS class rate student Graduation rate Alumni giving Academic reputation September 11,1995 (third tier) 810-1080 31% 70% $13,135 78' 51% 26% 90 September 16, 1996 (fourth tier? 930-1160 24% 66% $12,732 76% 58% 27% 91 Sourest U.S. News and World Report ing process suspect. "The indication is that maybe U.S. News and World Report is batty," Meer said. "We've improved in nearly every category, yet we've moved downward." The rankings within each category are based on six weighted factors: selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, re- Mike Garabedian/QC Business Manager year, 58 percent this year) and alumni giving rate ("the two-year average percent of a school's alumni who contributed to its 1994 and/or 1995 fund drive"), which rose one percent from 26 to 27. Whittier's academic reputation, determined by a survey of 2,730 "college presidents, deans and admissions directors," remained the same, from 90 out of 161 last year to this year's 90 out of 160. Meerpoints out, however, that Whittier's academic reputation is rated the highest in the fourth tiex and higher than half of those schools listed in the third tier. As was the case last year, the percent value for retention remained high at 20 percent, and this is a category in which, according to an article from the September 14, 1995 issue ofthe QC, "Whittier has traditionally had a low score." The figure is based "on the average percent of students in a school's 1986-to-1989 freshmen classes who graduated from that school within six years and the average percent of freshman entering in 1991 to 1994 who returned in the following fall." Whittier's freshman retention rate dropped from 78 percent last Please see RANK, pg. 5 ISSUE 03* VOLUME 83
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Title | The QC, Vol. 83, No. 03 • September 19, 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 | September 19, 1996 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-16 |
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Title | 1996_09_19_p001 |
OCR | WHITTIER ^""^ ^~*^ September 19,1996 Quaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor ► Poets open with a loss Sophomore quarterback Russ Bumgarner threw for 183 yards, one TD and one interception in Saturdays season opening 35-17 loss to Red- lands. pg 16 C A M.P U7IS » > Samantha's Courtyard Cafe Ever feel like the world is closing in on you? Is everything going wrong.' Try escaping to an idealized environment. We've got a place where you can do this and get your daily caffeine-fix too. pg 9 c o ► Laura Dennis Opens Horton Foote's Laura Dennis, which opens in Hollywood this weekend and is directed by Theatre professor Crystal Brian, is reviewed on A&E. pg 10 news you can use ► £ -»ns Elections for positions on Freshman Class Council a? .Jam- pus Representative will be held next Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 25 and 26 from 11:00a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Mailroom. Select Departments, Facilities Benefit from One Million Dollar Allotment FOLLOW-UP ► The largest sums of one million alloted dollars went towardfaculty salary increases, improvements for the Wardman library and to the creation of six new assistant professor positions. A smaller portion was used for administrative purposes. by PARUL PATEL QC Asst. News Editor Last year, the Dean of Faculty approved the distribution of one million dollars from the College's operating budget into academic programs. Many departments have benefited as a result. More than half a million dollars, $557,520, was specifically made available for the 100 members ofthe Whittier faculty. "The Professional Interest Committee, P.I.C., recommended faculty get a ten percent raise across the board. In general, we tried to follow that," Richard Millman, Dean of Faculty said. This is the largest percentage increase for faculty in recent years. In 1994, faculty received a three percent salary increase and none in 1993 and 1995. However, members of administration agree that the present increases in general are not enough for many departments. ". ..I believe there were at least two very significant, maybe even double digit increases. It's the relatively new faculty members, the ones that have been here for two to four years and therefore missed those two large increases, who had increases of zero, three, and zero percent in 94-96 whose earning power was weakened by inflation over the same period," Jonathan Meer, Executive Assistant to the President said. Meer added, "The executive staff forfeited a three percent (salary) increase to help make the one million dollars possible. They were also under a salary freeze last year. [It has been] now two years that the top executives have gone without salary increases. I think that's a pretty damn noble [thing to do]." The Wardman library benefited by receiving $160,000 of the million dollar sum. The money will be used for various future improvements. Of that amount, $ 100,000 will go toward acquiring more library materials, $50,000 will be used to pay a Computer Systems Manager and $10,000 will be directed toward obtaining new computers. Phillip O' Brien, the College Librarian, commented on the expense of maintaining periodicals. "The cost of periodicals increas- Where Did The Money Go? PROFESSIONAL INTEREST FOOL $525,000 10% Faculty Salary Raise 20,000 Faculty Research and pevelopment 12,520 Professional Colloquia and Training EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE tf* tf ^ tf* tft $282,480 Six Tenure-Track Positions EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE $$$$$ $50,000 Computing Systems Manager 50,000 Library Aquisitions 30,000 Periodicals 20,000 Electronic Materials 10,000 New Computers $1,000,000 es an average of 18 percent a year" said O' Brien, and he estimated that $30,000 will be used to augment this area. O' Brien also added that, "...$20,000 will go into electronic materials in two areas...a database called Search Bank...and buying one time electronic data." Anne Dahney/QC' Manuring Editor The Educational Policies Committee, E.P.C., recommended, and Millman approved, the dispersal of $282,480 into the creation of six assistant professorpo- sitions. "They are earmarked for Biology, Religious Studies, Soci- ' m Please see MILLION, pg^6 Whittier Drops to Fourth Tier in Annual Report ■ -tm .'.:>■:I COLLEGE IN THE NEWS ► Whittier ranks in the fourth tier of the U.S. News rating, despite improved ratings in several of the categories. Administrators emphasize internal improvement for the good ofthe institution. by MIKE GARABEDIAN QC Business Manager After two years of being ranked in the third tier of National Liberal Arts Colleges, Whittier College slipped into the fourJh tier in "America's Best Colleges 1997 Annual Guide" as rated by U.S. News and World Report in an issue released Monday, Sept. 16. This places Whittier between. 120 and 160 out of 160 schools in the category. Despite the lower position, a comparison with last year's ranking reveals no considerable dif ference, and in fact, the College has improved in several categories. This fact, according to Executive Assistant to the President Jonathan Meer and Dean of Students Susan Allen, makes the rank- tention, value added, and alumni giving. Whittier improved in the areas of acceptance rates (70 percent lastyear, 66 percentthisyear), graduation rate (51 percent last Where Whittier College Ranks SAT/ACT Freshmen Education 25th -75th in top Accep- expend, pereen- 10% of tance per rete.r'cr tile HS class rate student Graduation rate Alumni giving Academic reputation September 11,1995 (third tier) 810-1080 31% 70% $13,135 78' 51% 26% 90 September 16, 1996 (fourth tier? 930-1160 24% 66% $12,732 76% 58% 27% 91 Sourest U.S. News and World Report ing process suspect. "The indication is that maybe U.S. News and World Report is batty," Meer said. "We've improved in nearly every category, yet we've moved downward." The rankings within each category are based on six weighted factors: selectivity, faculty resources, financial resources, re- Mike Garabedian/QC Business Manager year, 58 percent this year) and alumni giving rate ("the two-year average percent of a school's alumni who contributed to its 1994 and/or 1995 fund drive"), which rose one percent from 26 to 27. Whittier's academic reputation, determined by a survey of 2,730 "college presidents, deans and admissions directors," remained the same, from 90 out of 161 last year to this year's 90 out of 160. Meerpoints out, however, that Whittier's academic reputation is rated the highest in the fourth tiex and higher than half of those schools listed in the third tier. As was the case last year, the percent value for retention remained high at 20 percent, and this is a category in which, according to an article from the September 14, 1995 issue ofthe QC, "Whittier has traditionally had a low score." The figure is based "on the average percent of students in a school's 1986-to-1989 freshmen classes who graduated from that school within six years and the average percent of freshman entering in 1991 to 1994 who returned in the following fall." Whittier's freshman retention rate dropped from 78 percent last Please see RANK, pg. 5 ISSUE 03* VOLUME 83 |
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