The QC, Vol. 83, No. 23 • April 17, 1997

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Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Pholo Edilor
> Poets Sweep
The baseball team took
the Pomona series April
11-12; 10-3, 14-9, 8-5.
Now 8-7 in SCIAC, the
Poets are tied for fourth
place. pg 16
C   A   M.P   U/IS
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► Teacher's Pets
Many of us know too
well the heart-rending pain
of leaving our canine companions at home.
A visit to see on-cam-
pus dogs owned by many
of the College's faculty
might cure your doggie depression, pg 7
► Act Now!
Whittier College senior
Peter Kellogg has snapped, crackled and popped
his way from a New York
acting career to attending
a small, liberal arts college closer to Hollywood's
television and film industry, pg 10
news
you can use
Paperwork Due
Any outstanding 1996-
7 fin, rwork
must be submitted to the
Office of Student Financing no later than Friday,
April 15. 1997.
Fo -nap-
plications for the 1996-7
Nchool year will not be accepted after this date.
Tuition Raised by Three Percent for 1997-98
FINANCES
► With an increase of $534, next year's
tuition is the smallest percentage increase
since 1973. The rise is due to the elevated
cost of living.
byLORNABELL
QC Editor-in-Chief
Continuing the tradition of an annual increase in both tuition and room and board, the
undergraduate tuition for the 1997-98 academic year has been set by the Board of
Trustees at $18,334. This is a three percent
increase over this year's current tuition of
$17,800.
Room and board, which Currently stands
at $3,212 will also increase by three percent,
to $3,308.
The three percent rise in tuition is the
smallest percentage increase in 25 years, and
is one of the lowest tuition increases when
compared to other west coast small colleges.
Harvey Mudd College, Occidental College
and Pomona College have each increased
their tuition by 4.5 percent, 4.7 percent and 4.9
percent respectively.
Next year's small tuition rise amounts to a
mere increase of $534, nearly $400 less than
this year's rise, and is minuscule compared to'
the $ 1,550 rise from 1989 to 1990. (Please see
chart for tuition increases over the past 12
years.)
Although the percentage increase is the
smallest in years, the three percent increase in
tuition and three percent increase in room and
board will add "about $1 million" to the College' s budget, according to Vice President for
Whittier College Tuition
Inc   to-     , -ice 19&3
Yea. Tuilion increase
1985 $8.000 $65!.
■986 $8,650 $700
1987 $9.350 :....$!, 150
1988 $!0.500 $850
1989 $ 11,350 $i .;
1990 ;v SI.270
199! S     $710
1992 S 744
1993 $15.624 $624
1994 $16,248  $650
1995 $16,898 $902
1996 i :H
1997 $
Finance & Administration Jo Ann Hankin.
"The increase is primarily going toward
cost of living increases, both in salaries and
ongoing costs of utilities and services," Hankin
said. "Then some of the increase can be reallocated."
The exact numbers and whereabouts of
the leftover money is currently unavailable,
according to Hankin, because the budget has
not yet been submitted to the Finance Committee.
Provost and Dean of Faculty Richard Mill-
man stressed that the College was able to
implement such a small increase because of
the recognition that tuition has been going up
Penns May Be Held Accountable
for Future Spring Sing Streakers
Tuition increases of Peer
Institutions for 19S7-1998
Bowdoin College  4.540%
•.      •;. * •■   ' • AoAto -•-..         -   -  '■ ■■
Linlield College 6.00%
TOto, • ..    ■       -:  '     -.
Occidental College... 4.760%
Pepperdine I ity... 4.750%
Pitzer College 3.000%
Pomona College 4.975%
University of Puget Sound 4.2009!
University of Portland 7.8009!
Wh 5.00%
Whit worth College 5.009!
Williametle College 10.300%
Whittier College -3.00%
consistently over the years. "So this year we
worked hard to make do with just an increase
in the cost of living."
He explained that the decision came after
much discussion among the president's staff.
Before a recommendation is made to the Board
of Trustees, they "considerthe effect of raising
tuition on students versus the need for increased revenue," according to Millman.
Although the tuition increase "does not
address in a substantive manner items above
inflation," according to Millman, the increase enables the administration to focus on a "[funding]
Please see TUITION, pg. 6
CRIME
Turner Computer Lounge Burgled
SOCIETIES
► After a three-year stretch of
exhibitionists at Spring Sing,
with Penn Society ties, Dean
Allen plans to warn the Society.
by MYLES COPELAND
QC Managing Editor
The William Penn Society is
likely to be warned after a member
of their society was one of two
people to appear unclad on the
amphitheater stage during Whittier College's annual Spring Sing
on Saturday, April 12.    .
The nude activity began when
sophomore John Givler, a member of the Penn Society, sprinted
naked across the stage during the
second half of the presentation.
"I have observed that the person [who has streaked the event]
for the past three years has been a
member of the same society," Dean
of Students Susan Allen said, "and
I plan to let the .society know I have
noticed and that if it happens again
there are going to be consequences."
* "The people who streaked three
years ago were Penns, but they
were also members of [the Sachs-
ens]," Penn president Kevin Ru-
minson said in response to the possible warning. "It's [streaking at
Spring Sing] not a society activity.
It's not something we condone in
any way. I don't think the society
should be punished for the actions
of a single member. It's not up to a
society to control its members."
Allen said that the Student
Handbook left such disciplinary
measures against a society to her
discretion. "Normally one member doesn't represent a group. . .
but when I start to see a pattern,
and in thisxase I'm starting to, it
makes me think that there's a connection."
Allen said that the streakers
who have become a tradition at the
festivities are "a problem because
we have families there."
In order to dissuade would-be
streakers, Campus Safety maintained high visibility at this year's
event. These officers were set in
motion when the nude Givler
Please see NAKED, pg. 4
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re stolen from the six computer
mouses in Turner Hall's computer lounge over the April
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mouses, and > the lounge's computers
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balh- red.
Though a security camera is positioned to monitor the
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ig a recorder. "
'lie said
r security cameras do feed
into V.C.R.s.
There are presently no suspects it; this incident.
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