The QC, Vol. 83, No. 25 • May 1, 1997

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Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor
► CHAMPS!
Men's lacrosse conquered University of Arizona for a second straight
WCLL championship.
pg 16
C   A   M.P   U/IS
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► O give me a
home. • ■
Learn the ropes of living off campus and renting apartments from those
who know.
pg7
C  O  L L E  G
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At
> A Plutonic
Relationship
Six strangers are thrust
into close quarters when a
nuclear accident blocks off
any means for escape. No,
it's not a new sitcom on
Fox, it's Angels Fall, the
theater department's final
production of the year.
pg 10
► Seniors!
Political Science professor Richard Harvey will
be calling out the names
of seniors at Commence-
ment, and needs help with
prom?
He would appreciate
sc.tot. p ...m pho
netic spellings of names
though campus mail, by
stopping by his Hoover
007 office, or by calling
his office at Ext. 4313 or
home at (562) 697-0675.
Students Mistaken For Armed Robbers
COMMUNITY NEWS
► Three African-American
students were detained at Ross
Dress for Less after an assistant
manager called the police.
by CHRIS ZEEGLER
QC Asst. A&E Editor
Sophomores Karl Robinson,
Tino Rimando and Derek Grant
walked into the Ross Dress For
Less store at the Whittier Quad on
Thursday night, April 24 as college students. They walked out as
armed robbery suspects.
While Rimando purchased a
shirt, Robinson and Grant returned
to their car, noting that the parking
lot had been blocked off by police.
"Right when I got ready to get
in my car, three cop cars drove up
behind me," Robinson, who is also
Vice President of the Council of
Representatives, said. "[They] got
out of their cars, drew pistols on
me, and told me to back away from
my car."
Inside the store, Rimando
glimpsed the police surrounding
his friends and hurried outside to
Chad Nicholson/QC Asst. Pholo Edilor
Karl Robinson
investigate.
"I see Derek with his hands
up, I see policemen—they got their
pistols," he said.
Robinson waited in the back
of a police car, cuffed, confused
and frightened, with no idea why
he had been detained. "I heard on
the [police] radio that the third
armed robbery suspect was exiting
the building," Robinson said.
The acting store manager had
mistaken Robinson, Rimando and
Grant for the armed robbers who
have hit six Ross stores since February. Reacting to information in a
company flyer, shecalled the Whit-
Student Fee Increase In Works
FINANCES
► COR proposes an increase
of student fees by 14 percent
due to growth in student group
funding needs.
by RENE ISLAS
QC Asst, News Editor
The Council of Representatives (COR) drafted a letter directed to Vice President of Business and Finance JoAnn Hankin
proposing a raise in student fees
from $88 to $100 per semester
beginning next year. This is an
increase of 14 percent, and has not
yet been approved.
The proposal will have to go
through a number of steps before
being approved. First it will go
under the review of Hankin. She
will then present it to the Budget
and Finance Committee at a meeting on May 1, who will, if they
approve the proposal, forward it
to the Whittier College Board of
Trustees. The trustees will vote
on the increase during a meeting
in May. If passed, the raise in
student fees will increase for the
1997-1998 school year.
The decision to draft a letter,
which was sent on Friday, April
25, came from a student forum in
The Spot last Wednesday, April
23, where the forum addressed
the student fees increase.
Participants at the forum were
"somewhat resistant at first," COR
at-large representative Vicky
Yang said. Students proposed alternatives to the raise, but after all
ideas were exhausted, the students
came close to consensus allowing
COR to authorize the raise in student fees.
"[In the end], I think people
were in favor of it," Yang said.
"This increase is viewed favorably by most students since it
is apparent that COR is in dire
need for more monetary resources," the letter to Hankin stated.
The money will go toward
organizations currently funded by
COR. "Raising these fees will help
[COR] allocate more money and
close the gap between how much
money clubs are asking for and
how much we are able to give
them," Yang said.
In addition, the Publications
Board—which funds the Quaker
Campus, Acropolis, KWTR and
theLiterary Review—will be augmented with a raise.
In the letter to Hankin, COR
presented a detailed rationale for
raising the fees to students and
administration. It notes that both
COR—which funds societies,
clubs and events—and Publications Board need more money to
compensate for a ri se in the cost of
living. At the same time, each
year shows a rise in the amount of
proposed activities.
"[The raise] will help us keep
up with inflation," COR Treasurer Lisa Rollins said.
Chad Nicholson/QC AssL Photo Edilor
Derek Grant
tier Police Department (W.P.D.),
who responded to what they
thought was a possible armed robbery. After a half hour or so, the
police released the trio with an
explanation and an apology.
"[They were] just in the wrong
place at the wrong time," W.P.D.
Community Relations Officer
Chuck Drylie said.
The next day, Robinson approached Chief of Campus Safety
Ed Malone and Dean of Students
Susan AMen, unsure if he and his
friends had been mistreated—and
if so, if it was because of their race.
"There's nothing suspicious
Chad Nicholson/QC
Tino Rimando
about me," he said. "I've never
been pulled over by a cop, I've
never been arrested, F ve never had
a speeding ticket. It's not like I'm
walking around with guns and dynamite strapped to my chest. The
only suspicious thing I can think of
is my skin color."
"I am very concerned that our
students are treated properly in our
community," Whittier College
President James Ash said. "I and
several other [college] officials are
following up with law and city
officials."
Please see ROSS, pg. 6
FACULTY
Molecular Biology Professor Hired
► David  Bo to .. to, who
currently teaches at Colby
out the Biology Department
with his expertise in molecular
and genetic biology.
by LINDSAY ROODMAN
: QC Staff Writer. '
Professor David Bourgaize
and genetics specialist for the
Biology department on April 16.
His position will begin in the
1997-98 academic year, and was
created by the Fletcher Jones endowed chair, ihe seventh and
newest endowed chair of the
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background in molecular biology, receiving his Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of
Massachusetts. He currently
teaches such courses as Biochemistry. Cellular and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Colby College in Maine.
He decided to apply for the
position at Whittier for a change
of pace. "I have lived on the East
said. "It's time to try something
new/' Bourgaize was also attracted to Whittier for the challenge of permanently tilling the
role as molecular biology spe-
David Bourgaize
ciaiist that has typically been
taught by temporary instructors.
pro-
rtfic-
ing," Bourgaize said.
I ^hit-
tier • .<in-
erary included lecturing a Biol-
rous
engagements with students and
fatuity on campus.
Head of the Biology Department CI iff Morris attended Bour-
gaizes' lecture and was very
pleased. 'The students seemed to
have thoroughly enjoyed ihe lecture. He had an effective style of
asking and answering questions
ig."
The selection committee for
Please see BIOLOGY, pg. 6
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