The QC, Vol. 77, No. 04 • September 27, 1990

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Volume LXXVII, Number 4
September 27,1990
Mets Put on Full  Probation
By Amy Szczukowski
QC Editor-in-Chief
Following two keg parties
in the past two weeks that
violated the recently activated
alcohol policy, the
Metaphonian Society has been
put on full probation.
The Met House on
Earlham has been declared a
"dry house." No alcoholic
beverages are allowed in the
house by anyone, including
non-society members,
regardless     of    age. No
member of the Mets may have
more than four or five people
in the house at once, each
member must do five hours of
community service, and the
society as a whole must
sponsor one quality alcohol
awareness program for the
entire campus.
"They're trying to make
an example out of us for the
rest of the campus," Paula
Monaco, President of the Mets
said. "But I understand why
they did it.."
ASWC President, Desma
Murphy said, "I agree to a
small extent, but I don't think
it should have been taken to
that extreme."
The Met's violation began
on Saturday, September 15,
when the society hosted a
party. The following Monday
Monaco noticed       the
housekeepers taking Polaroid
pictures of the kegs. On
Wednesday, the Friday
Afternoon Club Unlimited
(FACU) asked the society to
host Friday's party. The Mets
hadn't heard anything
regarding the past weekend's
incident and thus voted "yes,
knowing full well what the
consequences could be,"
Monaco said.
At about 1:30 on Friday,
Monaco checked her mail and
received a letter from Area
Coordinator Kim Campbell
requesting a mandatory
meeting regarding the kegs
from the weekend before.
By this time, FACU was
already setting up, so the Mets
voted and decided to go ahead
with the party.
"The party was small,
quiet, and mellow," Monaco
said, but around 7 p.m.
security arrived and told
FACU to leave.
Members of the club
proceeded to carry the keg out
of the front door where
Campbell, two Resident
Advisors, and security were
standing outside.
A meeting was held on
Monday night between
Campbell and the entire
Metaphonian Society, in
which the group was given the
option of either full probation
or moving out of their house.
"We know we were wrong
and we shouldn't have done
it," Monaco said, "but we did,
and now we're paying the
consequences."
The one thing Monaco
doesn't agree with is that their
punishment is "undisputable.
I think we had some good
points."
She continued "They
(Residential Life) have told
us every year that we couldn't
have kegs, but they never did
anything. We assumed this
year would be the same as
every other year."
Campbell said that she is
"not in a position that I can
comment."
Whittier College
President, Dr. James Ash
said "What we're trying to do
is encourage the responsible
use of alcohol by students who
choose to drink legally. Our
policies are not extreme
compared to every other
college I know.
"We're stuck with the law,"
he continued, "We can't
change it."
Ash explained that the
legal liabilities could be
"staggering." If a tragedy
occurred that involved
minors who were drinking, a
lawsuit could be filed and
"could wipe this college out."
"We really don't have any
choice," he said.
ALL DRIED UP: Members of the Metaphonian Society
gather on the steps of their Earlham house.
Freshman Enrollment Down Across
Country; Whittier   Retention   Is Up
By Caitlin Duffy
QC News Editor
Although this years
freshman class enrollment is
down 11% from last year, total
student body enrollment is up
by ten students, due to an
increased retention rate.
"This is our (Whittier
College's) second best year for
retention in the past decade,"
President James Ash said. The
retention rate has increased
due to the decrease in students
transferring or leaving
Whittier before graduation.
Whittier's total
undergraduate enrollment for
1990 is 1,022, up from 1,012 in
1989. Actual retention rate
statistics were not available.
According to the Assistant
Director of Public Affairs for
Pomona College, Nina
Ellerman, "there is a national
decline in the number of high
school graduates." Ellerman
stated that although Pomona
was able to meet their goal of
370 students for the freshman
class, they too received a fewer
number of applicants last year.
Ash said that "due to the
national drop in applicants, we
(Whittier College) were lucky
to only be down in enrollment
by 11%, some institutions were
hit much harder."
According to a September 7
article in the Los Angeles
Times, "the University of
Southern California (U.S.C.) is
beginning their fall semester
with 18% fewer freshmen than
last year." They also cited "the
national dip in the number of
high school graduates," as one
cause of lowered freshmen
enrollment.
Over the next four to five
years,  Ash   plans   to  boost
Please see ADMIT page 5.
BOG Gets Slow Start
Due to Lost By-Laws
By Julie Amiton
QC News Staff
Due to lost by-laws and a
lack of records from last year's
Board of Governors (BOG),
This year's BOG has had
trouble getting off the ground.
According to Desma
Murphy, ASWC President,
"We're off to a slow start
because the by-laws did not
arrive; they're lost somewhere
in the postal service."
Murphy attributes the lack
of direction, initially taken by
board members, to the
restructuring of the the bylaws. "No on had any idea of
what they were responsible
for," she said. "There was no
black or white, but gray."
She continued explaining
that "last year, positions were
both eliminated and added to
create a stronger board."
Cat Cantor, Student
Organizations Chair said that
"Not having the by-laws has
definitely slowed me down."
She continued that "I feel like
I'm trying to guide myself but I
don't know where to go. I
don't know what my
boundaries are."
Heather Johnston, Special
Committees  Chair,   is   also
having trouble getting started.
Last week she asked former!
two-year     BOG     memb .,,
Kandis West to serve on  a|
committee. According to West,
"She (Johnston) didn't have
any idea what the committees
were, and that's a problem!:!
But," she continued, "it's not
her fault - no records were
kept.     This  year's  BOG is
having  a  really  hard  time
because nothing was recorded
last year."
In   the   past,   quarterly
reports   were  submitted  by
each Board  member  to  the
president.    "Paul [McManus,
former ASWC President] didn't
have any reports submitted,"
West said.1 He didn't have us
record anything; the only thing
on record are the minutes, but
each member had separate
involvement in other areas of
the school."
According to West, another
problem has been that of a
BOG   advisor. "It    was
intended that the Dean of
College Life and the Vice
President of Enrollment and
Please see BOG page  5.