The QC, Vol. 84, No. 07 • October 16, 1997

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COR Allocates Fall Budget, Many
Vague Funding Requests Denied
Fall Funding Requests
■ FINANCES
by Adam Pava
QC Editor-In-Cbief
Whittier's student Council of
Representatives (COR) Budget
Committee approved the allocation of funds for student organizations last week. The committee
allocated only 66.01 % of the total
amount requested, primarily because organizations were not specific enough in their funding submissions. [Please see table at
right.]
"The main criteria that we
looked at was whether or not the
clubs followed the specific guidelines that we outlined, such as
providing specific dates for their
events and giving breakdowns for
what the money will be used for,"
COR Treasurer Lisa Rollins said.
"Everything reasonable with dates
got funded."
"We took it on a case by case
basis," Budget Committee member Renae Waestman said.
According to Rollins, more
money was available this year because of the student fee increase
from $88 to $100 per student.
"The main criteria that we
looked at was whether or
not the clubs followed the
specific guidelines that we
outlined, such as providing
specific dates for their
events and giving breakdowns for what the money
will be used for."
— Lisa Rollins,
COR Treasurer
However, only 60% of this money is used for student organizations; the other 40% is designated
for Publications Board, which finances the Quaker Campus student newspaper, Acropolis yearbook, KWTR radio station, and
Literary Review.
The Budget Committee consists of junior Billy Pierro and
seniors Chris Mueller, Jaime
Wemett, Waestman and Rollins.
While 10 of the organizations
received 100% of the funding they
asked for, some clubs were given
a very low percentage, such as
Alpha Psi Omega (13.64%) and
the Black Student Union (BSU)
(4.17%).
"A lot of things that BSU
requested couldn't be funded because they didn't have specific
dates for their events—even
though they had some excellent
ideas," Wemett said.
"There was definitely a lot
more initiative [than in years past],
in creating ideas for club events,"
Rollins said. "Unfortunately, we
couldn't fund some of them at this
point. Of course, all clubs are entitled to an appeal if they want to
submit a bill."
Student organizations can
submit bills to COR any time
throughout the year for funding of
events that were not covered during this allotment. "However, we
tend to not fund things after the
event," Rollins said. "We want
clubs to plan ahead so they won't
be left in a bind if we don't fund
them."
Typically, if an organization
submits a bill to COR two weeks
prior to an event, it will be discussed at the following COR meeting and referred to the Budget
Committee for funding.
See BUDGET, page 6
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Organization
Request
Approved
Pwe.nt
Alpha Psi Omega
$2,200.00
$300.00
13.64%
Artorian Order of the Knights of Pendragon
$185.00
$185.00-
100%
Asian Students Association
$225.00
$225.00
100%
Black Student Union
$3,235.00
$135.00.
4.17%
Cap & Gown
$25.00
$25.00
100%
Club Chemistry
$390.00
$130;00
33.33%
Democratic Club
$39.00
$39 00
100%
Department of Modem Languages
$2,350.00
$1,250.00 •
53.19%
Eliminating Campus Homophobia
$2,953.00
68.34%
Franklin Society
$287.00
100%
Freshman Class Council
$1,200.00
$700.00
58.33%
Hawaiian Islanders Club
$1,200.00
$650.00
54.17%
Hispanic Students Association
$2,046.00
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24.44%
Honorary Art History Society
$54.00
$54.00
100%
Interclub Council
$4,550.00
$3,250.00
71.43%
International Club
$4,555.00
$1,210.00
47.36%
Intersociety Council
$800.00
$750.00  v
93.75%
Ionian Society
$25.00
$25.00
100%
Lancer Society
$845.32
$700.00
82.81%
Martial Arts Club
$1,450.00
$1,000.00
68.97%
Model United Nations
$11 *25 00
$9,750.00
87.64%
National Omicron Psi
$600.00
$307.00
51.17%
Office of Student Activities
$345.00
$345.00
100%
Orthogonian Society
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$700.00
32.94%
Palmer Society
$900.00
$600.00
66.67%
Photography Club
$1,022.00
TABLED
N/A
Pi Sigma Alpha
$475.00
$125.GD
26.32%
Program Board
$22,525.00
$21,400.00
95.01%
Psychology Club
$115.00
$115.00
100%
Richard M. Nixon Republican Club
$400.00
$300.00
75.00%
SOMA
$8,850.00
$2,150.00
24.29%
WC Cheer Squad
$655.00
$550.00
83.97%
WC Children's Theater Ensemble
$1,650.00
$1,100.00
66.67%
WC Christian Fellowship
$1,530.00
$970.00
63.40%
WC Club Sports Council
$350.00
$250.00
71.43%
William Penn Society
$700.00
$700.00
100%
AVERAGE
$2,221.70
$1,508.43
67.90%
TOTAL
$79,981.32
$52,795.00
66.01%
Momiafcon Courtesy ot Lisa Rollins
COR Treasurer
Revised Curriculum to Give Students More Flexibility
■ ACADEMICS
by Elizabeth Valsamis
QC News Editor
The Summer Curriculum
Committee recently completed
the proposal that will "introduce
more flexibility into the liberal
education system," Assistant Professor of Biology Cheryl Swift
said.
The proposal will be presented to College faculty at the faculty meeting later this month.
If accepted it will go to the
Transition/Implementation Committee, which will outline how
the changes will affect current
students. The new curriculum
could be in effect as early as next
year.
The committee has been
working on the revision process
for nearly three years.
The proposal includes the addition of another writing course,
a reduction in the number of required pairs, incorporating more
science classes,the introduction
of a creative and kinesthetic requirement, dropping the experiential requirement and including
an Individual in a Social Context
requirement.
The increase in the number of
writing units was agreed on by
faculty members as a good step,
according to Professor of Political Science Mike McBride.
The current science requirement, one year of a Laboratory
Science, may be changed, requiring students to take a semester in
Introductory Lab Science and the
semester-long course, Science
and Math in Context. This course
will involve analysis of current
issues, focusing on student interaction and the enhancment of
computer skills.
'As far as the sciences go,
one semester of lab science followed by science in context is a
big improvement," Swift said.
The introduction of a Creative Arts Requirement is structured so that students will not
study art to fulfill the requirement, but create it. This area can
be satisfied through visual art,
creative writing, music, theater,
and dance.
The Kinesthetic Performance
Requirement is grounded in exercises that will teach physical
fitness and wellness This section must be fulfilled with two
one-credit courses. The first
course will emphasize fitness and
wellness for life; the second
course will focus on student participation.
The committee has proposed
dropping the experiential requirement, which currently requires
students to take four units of experiential courses. The Individual in Social Context requirement
will replace the drop. This section can be satisfied by taking a
least two units from a list of specified courses.
"This curriculum is basically
in the same spirit as the old curriculum," Professor of History
Dick Archer said.
The committee's goal in revising the curriculum was "to
come up with guidelines that
would be inclusive of the college
community, that would preserve
the best elements of the current
curriculum, include technology
and bring creative arts and physical education into the mainstream," McBride said. "[This
curriculum will] give faculty a
more balanced teaching load and
should be more user friendly for
students."
The members of the Summer
Curriculum Committee included
McBride, Archer, Swift, Associate Professor of Business Administration Mary Finan, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Les Howard, Professor of
Mathematics Fritz Smith and
Geiger who headed the Committee fortwo years priorto McBride.
Additional reporting by Greg
Steele, QC Managing Editor.
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