The QC, Vol. 83, No. 16 • February 13, 1997

              WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^^^ February 13,1997
OuakerCampus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Pholo Editor
► Men's Hoops
The Men's Basketball
team has remained in third
place for two-and-a-half
weeks, regardless of a last-
minute loss to Occidental, 75-62.
pg 15
C   A
► Ka Boom
Shakes the Room
Until October, if you
were looking for some 8-
track tapes or a Planet of
the Apes puzzle, you'd be
out of luck. But now you
can just visit Ka Boom, a
new store in Uptown.
pg7
C O L L E G E,
► Romeo and
Juliet
Whittier College's
Theatre Department's
biggest and most expensive produu k-r> ofthe >-\ ar
will debut on Wednesday,
Feb. -inson
Theatre. epic
Shakespeare play includes an epic cast and an
epic set and lighting design. 'Where'foreartthou
article?
pg 10
news
vou can use
► OT-SS'FAFSA
For all of you on Financial Aid, be sure to pick up
the 1997-98 Free Application for Financial Aid
(FAFSA) as soon as possible. The priority deadline
for all applications is
March 2, and missing that
deadline may harm your
chances of receiving sufficient aid. so get on it!
Orthogonians to Erect Nixon Memorial
CAMPUS
► After a three-year process of
generating $11,000, the
Orthogonian Society is
scheduled to construct a
memorial to late Orthogonian
Richard Milhous Nixon.
by CATHERINE PAYNE
QC Senior Staff Writer
On April 22, the Orthogonian
Society will dedicate a memorial
to the late Orthogonian and former
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon.
The memorial will be constructed out of black granite, and
located near the Orthogonian
Pond, which is situated in front of
the Mendenhall parking lot. The
dedication will also serve as a
groundbreaking, and commemorate the anniversary of Nixon's
death.
The $11,000 cost of the memorial is being supplied entirely
by the Orthogonian Society, past
and present.
According to Nixon Memorial Chair, senior Christian Lozano,
though the active members have
raised a great deal of the money
needed, the majority ofthe funds
-re being donated by alumni.
Photo courtesy of Marcus Parcdcs
The soon to be constructed Nixon memorial will honor the late Whittier alumnus while
helping to improve and strengthen ties between Whittier College and the Nixon family.
"We didn't want to eliminate
any brother," Lozano said. "We
wanted to make this a group O
project."
Because of this philosophy,
practically all ofthe Orthogonians
who have graduated from Whittier since 1929 were contacted and
informed about the efforts to honor the past U.S. and Orthogonian
president. The result of this exten
sive outreach was that the remainder of the money needed to fund
the project was obtained. The
project is expected to be completed later this year.
The actual completion of the
monument will be the culmination of three years' work by the
society. The Orthogonians began
to lobby for some kind of memorial when Nixon died in 1994.
"Upon his [Nixon's] death,"
Lozano said, "the Orthogonian Society wanted to build a monument
because we noticed a lack of any
visual memorial recognizing the
fact that Nixon had come to our
school. As [he was] President of
the United States one, and President ofthe Orthogonians two, we
wanted to recognize this fact."
Please see MEMORIAL, pg. 4
Pierro Steps Down as
ASWC Vice President
STUDENT GOV'T
► The freshly-filled position
of COR Vice President is
vacant once again, as the
recently elected Billy Pierro
has stepped down for academic
reasons.
by LORNA BELL
QC Editor-in-Chief
Recently elected vice-president of COR, junior Billy Pierro,
formally announced his resignation on Monday, Feb. 10, 1997.
Pierro was placed on partial academic probation due to his academic performance last semester,
and he has "chosen to step down
to focus on academics," according to Pierro.
According to the COR constitution, in the event of a vacant
position, the president has the
option of appointing a member
ofthe Whittier College community to fill the position for the
remainder ofthe administration.
Current president Keristofer
Saryani has opened up the position to all eligible sophomores
and juniors.
Pierro's resignation came
about after receiving grades
which were lower than he anticipated last semester, Pierro said.
"Being on partial probation
means I have to pull my grades
up this semester or I cannot hold
a position."
According to Dean of Students Susan Allen, the College
does not require students on partial probation to resign from leadership positions; however, they
are "strongly encouraged" to resign. Students on full academic
probation or discipline probation
are not allowed to hold leadership positions.
Allen said that there has never
been a situation in the past where
a student who was encouraged to
resign, refused and had to be
forced. Pierro said he knew he had
taken on too much and had to
make a priority list.
"I was overextended," Pierro
said. "My choice came down to
either putting everything into my
job as vice-president and flunk
school, or focus on school and do
a bad job as vice-president."
Please see PIERRO, pg. 4
ISSUE 16* VOLUME 83
Two Male Students Taken into
Custody for Library Shenanigan
iron work and looking into the
windows on the building's
northern facade.
Upon exiting the library,
McGinnis encountered two students. The officer questioned
the tw u students, asking whether they or any of their mends
had been climbing the facade.
by MYLES COPELAND
QC Copy Edit.jr
Two male suspects, identified as Whittier College students by a Whittier Police Department (W. P. D.) report, were
arrested after a College housekeeper spotted them scaling the
cheese grater-like facade of
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ed under California Penal Code
sections 602 (trespassing), and
148 (resisting arrest and/or dis-
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majftda), both misdemeanor
cri mcs.
According to a report filed
by Campus Safety Officer Jeff
McGinnis.. the housekeeper
brought the suspects to McGinnis': rwas
admitting the housekeeper to
cleai           ra ty.
The housekeeper told him
that, while she had been wait-
i two
male suspects clinging to the
they did not know vi hut he was
talking about.
McGinnis then heard the
sounds of someone scaling the
building, and looked up to sec a
suspect climbing o\\ top ofthe
rary roof. mis sur
mised that a possible burglary
was in process. As the only
Campus Safety officer on duty,
McGinnis, at 4:17 a.m.. radioed Use Campus Safety dispatcher to notify W.P.D.
W.P.D. Officers Stonerand
Rollins arrived on the scene at
4:18 a.m. Officer McGinnis explained the situation to the two
police officers. Stoner and
Rollins questioned and released
the two students previously
questioned h\ rus.
The three officers then pro-
Please s BR   RY, pg. 6
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