The QC, Vol. 83, No. 21 • March 20, 1997

              WHITTIER
COLLEGE
^^^W March 20, 1997
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor
► Making a Splash
Women's Waterpolo
began SCIAC play on
Wednesday, March 19
with a 12-3 loss to Red-
lands. This season's roster of six returners and nine
rookies looks to be a competitive squad.
pg 16
C   A   M .P   U/l S
»
r Asian Night
Last Saturday, March
14, students, faculty and
staff got a taste of Asian
culture as the Asian Student Association put on its
annual Asian Night dinner and performance.
pg 7
► Southern
Comfort
Cult fiction writer and
midget aficionado Harry
Crews impressed listeners
in the Faculty Center on
Sunday, March 15 with a
reading from his latest
book, Celebration.
pg 10
news
you can use
► The Joy Luck
Speaker
Amy Tan, famous author of The Joy Luck Club
and The Hundred Secret
Senses, will speak in the
Shannon Centeron Thursday, April 10.
Tickets are available in
the Shannon Center box
office.
Vaughn Steps Down as COR Secretary
STUDENT GOV'T
► COR Secretary Amanda
Vaughn is the second COR
officer to resign this year,
followingformer Vice President
Billy Pierro.
by LORNA BELL
QC Editor-in-Chief
Massive frustration with the
bureaucracy of COR has led sophomore Amanda Vaughn to resign
from her current position as secretary of the organization.
"COR is a waste of my time,"
Vaughn said. "We aren't out there
making changes. I'm very frustrated."
Vaughn, who said she has not
been happy since her position with
COR began, cited the leadership
as amain source of her frustration.
"I don't like the way [COR
President] Kris [Saryani] runs the
council," she said. "He doesn't try
to change things."
This is the second resignation
which Saryani has had to deal with
since his position as president of
the council began in January. A
month ago, former vice-president
Billy Pierro stepped down to "focus on academics." [See Feb. 13
issue of the QC.J
"I can't force people to make
COR a priority," Saryani said. "I
don't want people to do things they
don't want to be doing."
Vaughn said that she has always been interested in politics and
was very interested in getting involved with student government,
but her experience this term has not
met her expectations and has left
her "angry after every meeting."
"It seems like everyone is really anxious to get the meetings done
in half an hour rather than focusing
on issues," Vaughn said.
Specifically, Vaughn mentioned the restructuring of the curriculum, KWTR and reaching out
to students as issues which are not
being addressed by the council.
She stressed that COR is a body
with the potential to make changes, but claimed that under the current administration, that potential
is not being used effectively.
"Nothing happens in COR, and
perhaps it even goes beyond COR,"
Vaughn said. "We don't talk about
or even ask each other what it is
that we need to work on."
In response to Vaughn's resignation, Saryani acknowledged the
importance of her position on COR,
but added that "every COR member
is responsible for bringing their own
ideas to COR. Ifpeople aren't happy,
Amanda
they need to come talk to me."
Saryani was adamant that the
executive board will be able to
fulfill Vaughn's responsibilities
until a replacement is found. Just
as in Pierro's case, the council will
decide whether they want to hold
another election to replace Vaughn,
or allow the position to be chosen
by appointment. COR treasurer,
Lisa Rollins agreed that the board
will be able to compensate for the
loss, but said she was surprised to
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor
Vaughn
hear about the resignation.
"It's hard because it puts a lot
of stress on the others," Rollins
said. "Herpresencewillbemissed,
but if she's not happy, it would
most likely be reflected in her responsibilities, so we are probably
better off without her."
Rollins raised another concern
due to the relatively large number
of COR members resigning and/or
Please see VAUGHN, pg. 5
WORK STUDY
$ 1; 153 of Merchandise
Stolen From Turner Hall pw Work Study Policy
to Benefit Upperclassmen
CRIME
► Electronic equipment was
found missing during the early
morning on Saturday, March
15 from a room that showed no
signs of forced entry.
Bv MYLES COPELAND
QC Managing Editor
A second floor Turner Hall
room was burglarized to the tune
of $ 1,15 3 sometime between 9:00
p.m. on Friday, March 14 and
2:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 15.
One of the room's two residents telephoned Campus Safety
at 2:00 a.m. on March 15 after
returning to her room and noticing
the absence of several possesions.
Among the stolen items were a
Kawai stereo system, a 35 mm
camera, a cellular phone, 16 compact disks, a Texas Instruments
calculator and a wallet organizer.
The first victim reported that
she had locked the room when
leaving at 7 p.m. on March 14.
The second victim, who arrived at
the residence at 2:30 a.m., told
Campus Saftey that she was not
sure whether she had locked her
door when departing at 9:00 p.m.
on March 15.
The second victim said that all
of the items had been situated in
their normal fashion at the time
she left.
The room showed no signs of
forced entry.
"It was probably a crime of
opportunity," Chief of Campus
Safety Ed Malone said. "I can't
tell you how many crimes happen
on this campus where the students
either are not sure they locked the
door or left them unlocked. In
order for a crime to occur... there
must be opportunity."
The Whittier Police Department was notified and arrived on
the scene at 2:20 a.m. A police
report was filed.
A third student reported seeing five males in the vicinity of the
burgled room during the time
frame in which the crime is believed to have occured, but Malone stressed that there were presently no suspects in the case.
Assistant Chief of Campus
Safety Malinda Hall will conduct
a program on theft prevention tips
in Wandberg Hall on Thursday,
March 20, at 7:00 p.m.
► Students will be allowed to
keep their work-study awards
despite an increase in loans
during theirjuniorand senior
years.
by CATHERINE PAYNE
QC Staff Writer
Starting this fall, the College will implement a new work-
study policy, designed to allow
juniors and seniors to retain their
work-study awards at the same
level of their freshman and sophomore years rather than losing
the awards to loans.
. The change in policy is in
answer to faculty and studentcon-
cerns that upperclassmen were
losing their work-study. The current policy requires students to
take out their maximum loan
award before being considered
for work-study. Because students1
eligibility for loans increase their
junior and senior year, the eligibility for work-study awards are
diminished. As a result, juniors
and seniors could lose their work
study award all together while
their debt increases.
The new policy lets those
juniors and seniors who work
off their awards continue receiving work-study regardless of
loan eligibility. "People who arc
actually using their work-study
and wish to keep indebtedness
as low as possible will be allowed to retain the same level of
work-study [as freshman an?*
sophomore year]," Vice President of Academic Affairs Rich
Millman said.
According to Millman, the
policy has two benefits. First, the
student benefits because he or she
is able to keep as much work-
study as possible and keep loans
to a iranimurn. Secondly, since
will be able to retain experienced
students rather than losing them
after their sophomore year and
Please see WORK, pg. 4
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