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WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^■^^ ^-^ March 13'1997 Quaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 SPORTS ► Men's Lacrosse After a disappointing loss to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Feb. 15, the men's lacrosse team has won five games in a row. Among those beaten were UC Santa Barbara, 21-3, and Denver University, 13-12 in overtime. pg 16 C A MJ U/IS » Photo Courtesy of Marcy Holmer ► Holmer Schedules Future Senior Marcy Holmer juggles outside responsibilities and resident advisor duties, and somehow finds time for involvement in her society. pg7 C O L L E G L E G E, At ► Closing Time Dimas Diaz serves up the laughs with the production of his original play, The Closing Hour. pg io news you can use *-- Jyfo Opportunities for Seniors Heller Financial will inten iew Seniors for Commercial Finance Trainee Positions on Mondav. March 17, 1997. Also, the V- -r City School District will talk with si >b op portunities, re . nents, and the application process Tuesd ■ from 4:00p Sign up in the Career Office, or call I . M). Paddy Selected as New English Professor FACULTY ► David Paddy was chosen out of 520 applicants as the English Department's new professor. This Belgium-born scholar specializes in post-modernism. by LIZ VALSAMIS QC Staff Writer After receiving and examining the highest number of applications ever received by any department for a professor position, the English Department has invited David Paddy to join them. "We advertised a pretty wide description. . . Our ad asked for really too much, but that was intentional. So we got a lot of people who did a lot of different things," Professor Charles Adams, chairman of the English department, said. "We felt pretty strongly that we needed someone who did 20th Century British [literature] and, in particular, we wanted somebody who had a strong interest in fiction. He, of course, does all those things. His special interest is post-modernism," Adams added. Out of the 520 applicants, four finalists were selected. Each presented an on-campus lecture. "We felt he [Paddy] was the person we could see in the classroom. Someone who the students would like. The student opinion had a big impact because there were a lot of students who could see him as a teacher based on his presentation," Adams said. Paddy will take on some of the load presently shouldered by Professor of English Anne Kiley. Kiley is currently the only professor who deals with the last 200 years of British literature. "David is a 20th Century person. He does a lot more Modern British literature than I do. We Adam Pava/QC News Editor Mendenhall turned into a movie set on Friday, March 7. CBS Movie Of the Week Taped in Mendenhall, Directed by Alumnus CAMPUS ► Under the direction of an alumnus, 70 crew members spent 12 hours taping 3~-4 minutes of footage. by ADAM PAVA QC News Editor Mendenhall was transformed into the Beauville, Alabama County Offices on Friday, March 7. The reason? Arthur Allen Seidelman, a Whittier College alumnus of 1958, was directing Deep Family Secrets, aCBS Movie of the Week for Dick Clark Productions. "I was looking for a building that looked like a county office building, and I thought of Mendenhall," Seidelman said. "And at the same time, I could visit my old school." The campus building will be seen in the movie for only three or four minutes, despite taking "essentially all day" to shoot, according to Seidelman. The crew, which consisted of about 70 people, occupied parts of Mendenhall and its parking lot for nearly twelve hours. After 35 years in show business, Secrets is Seidelman's 36th film. His last two movies were Please see MOVIE, pg. 5 need a lot more contemporary stuff. He is also in position to offer a course in Modern British Drama," Kiley said. Paddy is currently receiving his doctorate at the University of Maryland. He received his bachelors degree at Miami University in Ohio, where he was under a program similar to Whit- tier's. "It was interdisciplinary. It was sort of a combination of the Liberal Education and Whittier Scholars. We took core classes and we designed our own major," Paddy said. Paddy was born in Belgium to a British family and spent his life living in Belgium, England and the eastern United States — never traveling farther west than Wisconsin until his connection with Whittier. "I liked the size and the close interaction of faculty and students. That's really was what appealed to me. . . the sense of community," Paddy said. Along with his fields of concentration, Paddy will also bring the possibility of a change to the English major. "We like our department program, but we designed it 15 years ago," Kiley said. "We need to sit down and look at all the courses and decide if we need to make some changes. . . For one thing, there has been 15 years of literature written since then." Fitting into the English department — literally — may be the one obstacle facing Paddy. Hoover's lack of office space problem will not be alleviated until the reopening of Naylor. According to Kiley, Paddy may have to be placed in a phone booth. ". . .1 mean, we remodeled one of the bathrooms for the new history professor, and we need at least one bathroom up here," Kiley said. ADMISSION Whittier's Percentage of Latino Students Second in California ► Thanks in part to success of the Center for Mexican American Affairs, Whittier's Latino student percentages continue to rise. by LETICIA GARCIA aino NADIA GARCIA QC Staff Writers Whittier College has the second highest Latino population by percentage among institutes of higher education in California, and twelfth largest in the country, according to the Center for Mexican American Affairs. At 36 percent, Whittier is second only to California State University of Los Angeles, which has 41 percent. In 1990, only 270 Latino students attended Whittier, while today 464 out of the 1,3 00 undergraduate students are Latino. One of the primary reasons for this increase is the Center for Mexican American Affairs, a department which works closely with a number of the organizations, including Alianza De Los Amigos (the Hispanic Alumni Association of Whittier College, which helps to recruit Latinos and provide scholarships) and the Hispanic Student Association (HSA). Martin Ortiz, Directorof the Center for Mexican American Affairs, was the only Latino student to graduate from Whittier in 1948. At the time, he was the only Latino student on campus. After completing his graduate work in Chicago, he returned to Whittier ten years after graduation to teach sociology and summerworkshops. Since the Center's commencement in 1971, Ortiz has helped thousands of students graduate from college. Thatyear, the College's enrollment was 5.5 percent Latino. Five years later, it was 16 percent. "We open doors," Ortiz said. Through financial and moral support, the Center of Mexican American Affairs is able to help Latino students make college a reality. "90 percent of the Latinos we work with are the First in their family to'go to college," Ortiz said. Aside from helping students to find scholarships, the Center helps to arrange tutoring and secure jobs. , Senior Juan Carlos Ledez- ma said, "upon coming here I felt that the Center for Mexican American Affairs was supportive of the Latino population, acknowledging the fact that the area is primarily Latino. I was brought to Mr. Ortiz's office after the campus tour, because the Center is not part of the official Please see LATINO, pg. 6 ISSUE 18
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Title | The QC, Vol. 83, No. 20 • March 13, 1997 |
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 13, 1997 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Format of digital version | jpeg |
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 | 1997_03_13_001 |
OCR | WHITTIER COLLEGE ^^■^^ ^-^ March 13'1997 Quaker Campus The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 SPORTS ► Men's Lacrosse After a disappointing loss to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Feb. 15, the men's lacrosse team has won five games in a row. Among those beaten were UC Santa Barbara, 21-3, and Denver University, 13-12 in overtime. pg 16 C A MJ U/IS » Photo Courtesy of Marcy Holmer ► Holmer Schedules Future Senior Marcy Holmer juggles outside responsibilities and resident advisor duties, and somehow finds time for involvement in her society. pg7 C O L L E G L E G E, At ► Closing Time Dimas Diaz serves up the laughs with the production of his original play, The Closing Hour. pg io news you can use *-- Jyfo Opportunities for Seniors Heller Financial will inten iew Seniors for Commercial Finance Trainee Positions on Mondav. March 17, 1997. Also, the V- -r City School District will talk with si >b op portunities, re . nents, and the application process Tuesd ■ from 4:00p Sign up in the Career Office, or call I . M). Paddy Selected as New English Professor FACULTY ► David Paddy was chosen out of 520 applicants as the English Department's new professor. This Belgium-born scholar specializes in post-modernism. by LIZ VALSAMIS QC Staff Writer After receiving and examining the highest number of applications ever received by any department for a professor position, the English Department has invited David Paddy to join them. "We advertised a pretty wide description. . . Our ad asked for really too much, but that was intentional. So we got a lot of people who did a lot of different things," Professor Charles Adams, chairman of the English department, said. "We felt pretty strongly that we needed someone who did 20th Century British [literature] and, in particular, we wanted somebody who had a strong interest in fiction. He, of course, does all those things. His special interest is post-modernism," Adams added. Out of the 520 applicants, four finalists were selected. Each presented an on-campus lecture. "We felt he [Paddy] was the person we could see in the classroom. Someone who the students would like. The student opinion had a big impact because there were a lot of students who could see him as a teacher based on his presentation," Adams said. Paddy will take on some of the load presently shouldered by Professor of English Anne Kiley. Kiley is currently the only professor who deals with the last 200 years of British literature. "David is a 20th Century person. He does a lot more Modern British literature than I do. We Adam Pava/QC News Editor Mendenhall turned into a movie set on Friday, March 7. CBS Movie Of the Week Taped in Mendenhall, Directed by Alumnus CAMPUS ► Under the direction of an alumnus, 70 crew members spent 12 hours taping 3~-4 minutes of footage. by ADAM PAVA QC News Editor Mendenhall was transformed into the Beauville, Alabama County Offices on Friday, March 7. The reason? Arthur Allen Seidelman, a Whittier College alumnus of 1958, was directing Deep Family Secrets, aCBS Movie of the Week for Dick Clark Productions. "I was looking for a building that looked like a county office building, and I thought of Mendenhall," Seidelman said. "And at the same time, I could visit my old school." The campus building will be seen in the movie for only three or four minutes, despite taking "essentially all day" to shoot, according to Seidelman. The crew, which consisted of about 70 people, occupied parts of Mendenhall and its parking lot for nearly twelve hours. After 35 years in show business, Secrets is Seidelman's 36th film. His last two movies were Please see MOVIE, pg. 5 need a lot more contemporary stuff. He is also in position to offer a course in Modern British Drama," Kiley said. Paddy is currently receiving his doctorate at the University of Maryland. He received his bachelors degree at Miami University in Ohio, where he was under a program similar to Whit- tier's. "It was interdisciplinary. It was sort of a combination of the Liberal Education and Whittier Scholars. We took core classes and we designed our own major," Paddy said. Paddy was born in Belgium to a British family and spent his life living in Belgium, England and the eastern United States — never traveling farther west than Wisconsin until his connection with Whittier. "I liked the size and the close interaction of faculty and students. That's really was what appealed to me. . . the sense of community," Paddy said. Along with his fields of concentration, Paddy will also bring the possibility of a change to the English major. "We like our department program, but we designed it 15 years ago," Kiley said. "We need to sit down and look at all the courses and decide if we need to make some changes. . . For one thing, there has been 15 years of literature written since then." Fitting into the English department — literally — may be the one obstacle facing Paddy. Hoover's lack of office space problem will not be alleviated until the reopening of Naylor. According to Kiley, Paddy may have to be placed in a phone booth. ". . .1 mean, we remodeled one of the bathrooms for the new history professor, and we need at least one bathroom up here," Kiley said. ADMISSION Whittier's Percentage of Latino Students Second in California ► Thanks in part to success of the Center for Mexican American Affairs, Whittier's Latino student percentages continue to rise. by LETICIA GARCIA aino NADIA GARCIA QC Staff Writers Whittier College has the second highest Latino population by percentage among institutes of higher education in California, and twelfth largest in the country, according to the Center for Mexican American Affairs. At 36 percent, Whittier is second only to California State University of Los Angeles, which has 41 percent. In 1990, only 270 Latino students attended Whittier, while today 464 out of the 1,3 00 undergraduate students are Latino. One of the primary reasons for this increase is the Center for Mexican American Affairs, a department which works closely with a number of the organizations, including Alianza De Los Amigos (the Hispanic Alumni Association of Whittier College, which helps to recruit Latinos and provide scholarships) and the Hispanic Student Association (HSA). Martin Ortiz, Directorof the Center for Mexican American Affairs, was the only Latino student to graduate from Whittier in 1948. At the time, he was the only Latino student on campus. After completing his graduate work in Chicago, he returned to Whittier ten years after graduation to teach sociology and summerworkshops. Since the Center's commencement in 1971, Ortiz has helped thousands of students graduate from college. Thatyear, the College's enrollment was 5.5 percent Latino. Five years later, it was 16 percent. "We open doors," Ortiz said. Through financial and moral support, the Center of Mexican American Affairs is able to help Latino students make college a reality. "90 percent of the Latinos we work with are the First in their family to'go to college," Ortiz said. Aside from helping students to find scholarships, the Center helps to arrange tutoring and secure jobs. , Senior Juan Carlos Ledez- ma said, "upon coming here I felt that the Center for Mexican American Affairs was supportive of the Latino population, acknowledging the fact that the area is primarily Latino. I was brought to Mr. Ortiz's office after the campus tour, because the Center is not part of the official Please see LATINO, pg. 6 ISSUE 18 |
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