The QC, Vol. 84, No. 11 • November 13, 1997

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■ Beetlemania
Professor Steven
Goldberg reviews
the insects of
Starship Troopers.
■ Rough Toreros
The Poets fall to
the USD Toreros,
but look ahead to
this weekend's
Homecoming
game against Oxy.
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
"Whittier
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Feminism.
Students and faculty discuss
the other F-word.
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■ Toni Time
Meet senior Toni
Panetta, Palmer
and co-editor
of the Acropolis.
Student Sanctioned for Harassment, Abuse
■ CRIME
by Chris Ziegler
QCA&-E Editor
After a five hour meeting the
night of Tuesday, Nov. 11, a three-
member College Hearing Board
issued sanctions against a student
found responsible for multiple
violations ofthe College's abuse
and harassment, alcohol and compliance with proper authorities
policies.
Assistant Chief of Campus
Safety Melinda Hall mentioned
subsequent post-hearing harassment of the victims at a meeting
of a student and faculty committee on harassment Wednesday.
Further information on the
parties involved, the nature and
frequency ofthe offenses and the
nature of the sanctions was un-
■ Hearing Board
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available at press time. Chief of
Campus Safety Ed Malone reported that reports related to the incident have been sealed indefinitely.
Sanctions are selected through
Hearing Board consensus and
range from warnings and probations to suspension and expulsion.
The sanctions assigned in this particular case will not be listed on
the student's transcript but will be
revealed to other colleges upon
request.
"It doesn't matter whether or
not it's an individual or a group
within this community," Director
of Residential Life Dave Leonard
said. "The college will not tolerate any forms of harassment and
we take these matters very seriously."
"I don't know if [the decision]
is too severe or not severe enough,"
said one victim. "I've never been
in this situation before."
The abuse and harassment
policy covers physical or verbal
abuse, intimidation, and "any conduct which threatens or endangers
the health or safety of any person," according to the Code of
Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Alcohol violations ofthe Code
include underage drinking and
disorderly conduct.
Failure to Comply includes re
fusal to identify one's self to and
refusal to cooperate with Campus
Safety officers or college officials,
according to the Student Code.
The sanctions were effective
immediately after the hearing ended at approximately 10:30 p.m.
"We expect a student assigned
sanctions to honor them," Dean of
Students Susan Allen said. "We
typically don't have any trouble."
The defendant has the right to
appeal in writing within three
school days ofthe Hearing Board
decision, according to the Code of
Student Rights and Responsibilities, if new evidence or errors in
the Board procedure are discovered or if he or she believes the
sanctions assigned were unwarranted or extreme.
Administrative sources believe an appeal is unlikely.
"I think it's been resolved,"
Allen said.
Still, administrators discouraged the involved parties from
discussing the hearing or hearing
related events. Such confidentiality is intended to protect the privacy of the parties involved, Leonard said.
"It's not trying to sweep issues under the rug," he said.
"Our request to students not to
See ABUSE, page 6
Concerned Students Rally
to Address Safety Issues
by Carlos Estrada
QCAsst. News Eli tor
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rent safety measures on campus.
See STUDENTS, page 6
College to Receive $5 Million for Library Addition
9 LIBRARY
by Dennis Soto
QC Assoc. News Editor
A $5 million grant was granted to Whittier College by a Los
Angeles Foundation that has chosen anonymity for the time being,
according to the Fall 1997 issue of
The Rock. This grant, the largest
ever received by Whittier, will go
toward the remodeling and expansion ofthe Bonnie Bell Ward-
man Library. The estimated $12
million revision will be under the
supervision ofthe Library Expansion Committee.
The money will be used to allow for the expansion as well as the
updating of the 35-year-old facility. According to The Rock , new
electronic information resources
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The Bonnie Bell Wardman Library will be expanded to be
able to accommodate more books.
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will be installed, more study space will be a retrofitting and reconfig-
will be built more special collec- uring ofthe library's outdated floor
tions will be implemented and there    plans. This remodeling is also made
possible by the gifts from Caroline
P. and Charles W. Ireland Foundation the Weingart Foundation, and
Robert J ('40) and Olive (Chandler) Clift ('41).
A date of completion has not
been set for the library as funds
are still being accumulated. According to The Rock, "other foundations and potential supporters"
are being appealed to for monetary support.
"The main reason that we need
the expansions is for space," Associate Librarian and Head of
Technical Services Mary Ellen
Vick said. "The shelves are 95%
stacked."
According to Vick, the library
is also in need of space not only
to hold more collection, but also
to hold additional electronic resources.
The committee advising the
remodeling process, which is still
in its infancy, is composed of administrators, faculty and Council
of Representatives (COR) Secretary senior Kim Bartl. The chair
ofthe committee is Associate Dean
See LIBRARY, page 5
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■ Balance Due
Pre-registration for Spring
begins Monday, Nov. 17. If
your unpaid tuition account
is more than $500, you will
not be permitted to pre-reg-
ister. A list of outstanding
balances i s posted at the Business Office.
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