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W II I T T I E R COLLEGE uaker January 22,1998 ampus C O L L E G E^ m ■ Cast Out Whittier students mold their artistry by making full- body sized statues. s n^^sP ■ Oxy Wipes Poets The Poet Basket- ballball team lost to Oxy and Redlands in this week's SCIAC play. he Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 OPINION TOPIC a Good or Bad? CAMP Piping Hot Ufa. It's no Bros. Cullinary, but what do you want? They quit. We're doing the best we can. Here's a review of some pizza. Transition to New Maintenance Company Imminent ■ MAINTENANCE by Anna Neese QC Campus Life Editor Whittier College has exercised their 90-day option to terminate the Facilities Maintenance Contract with Johnson Controls, according to Vice Presidentfor Finance and Administration Jo Ann Hankin. The naming of a new company is projected for the end of January. "The full transition [will] be completed by the end of March," Hankin said in a public email. The reasons behind the transfer were not released. "[Johnson Controls Manager] Bill Worthy and others in the Johnson Controls management have committed to an amicable and professional transition," Hankin said in her email. Johnson Controls headquarters will soon be taken over by a new maintenance company, as of yet not chosen. Ua Gershman / OC Asst Pholo EdiBr Worthy declined to comment. "There are four or five companies that the College is looking at," Chief of Campus Safety Ed Malone said. Malone was asked by Hankin to take the prospective companies who came to Whittier on a campus tour. "My interaction with [the com panies] was to educate them to my department and our activities and concerns," Malone said. "Hankin felt it was necessary for [me] to be on those initial interviews to edu cate them on what our specific needs are." Hankin said in her email that she has met with the employees of Johnson Controls to "assure them that they will be able to transition to the new company." "The well being of the employees that work here on campus through Johnson Controls is obviously one of my top priorities," Hankin said. "I have asked any company that is bidding [to] offer the same employment opportunity to the Johnson Controls Staff that they have now." Hankin feels that it has been conveyed effectively, but knows that "this is a difficult time of uncertainty for them, not knowing which company will be hired," she said. Further information will be released to the public when the College has better investigated the companies competing for the maintenance contract. New Environmental Science Major to Commence in Fall ■ CURRICULUM by Yasmeen Shaw QC Graphics Editor A new Environmental Science major will be integrated into the Whittier curriculum next Fall if approved by faculty in early February. Associate Professor of Business Administration Mary Finan proposed the enlistment ofthe Environmental Science major before the Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, where the motion was introduced to the faculty for the news you can use ■ NEXT ISSUE The Quaker Campus will take two weeks off. There will be no issue for the last week of January interim and the week following. The QC will return for Spring Semester on Thursday, Feb. 12. first time. The major was designed to replace the existing Geology major that was closed to students in the beginning of the Fall semester. "It was a few weeks short of three years ago that [Provost and Dean of Faculty Richard] Mill- man announced to the Board of Trustees his intention to close down Geology and SPA [Speech Pathology and Audiology]," Professor of Geology Dallas Rhodes said. "There was considerable debate about the process and the Faculty Executive Committee (F.E.C.) made the decision in October 1996." "The faculty was concerned that the loss of the Geology department would compromise Whittier's science education," Assistant Professor of Biology Cheryl Swift said. In a last effort to save the Geology program, Rhodes made a plea before the F.E.C. to save it in October of 1997. The Geology major was dropped with intentions to replace it with the hopeful coming ofthe Environmental Sciences Program. According to Swift, "the kernel of change was already in [Rhodes'] mind." Ac- Mary Finan. Dallas Rhodes. Liza Gershman / QC Asst Pholo Edilor Cheryl Swift. cording to her, he wanted to focus on the geological aspects of environmental studies. "... The Environmental Science major will have a social context, but science will be the focus," Rhodes said. The new program will give students a wide range of educational tracks through which they can pursue an Environmental Science major. Students will have the freedom to choose a concentration in the biological sciences, chemistry, the earth sciences or physics. The Environmental Science program will enable students to design topical concentrations of personal interest such as water quality, according to the Faculty Meeting Minutes of the meeting held on Dec. 12,1997. Swift, who outlined the course work that dealt with a biological emphasis, pointed out that the program highlighted Whittier's concern with interdisciplinary study. The Environmental Science Course was designed by the com bined efforts of Professor of Religious Studies Glenn Yocum, Swift and other members of Whittier faculty, including Rhodes. The fundamental courses for the major will include Introduction to Environmental Science, a senior seminar and one year of either Introduction to Chemistry or General Chemistry. The introductory course and the senior seminar class will both- be one semester long and worth three credits, according to the Faculty Meeting minutes.
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Title | The QC, Vol. 84, No. 15 • January 22, 1998 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | January 22, 1998 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
Type | image |
Format of digital version | jpeg |
Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-10-17 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1998_01_22_p001 |
OCR | W II I T T I E R COLLEGE uaker January 22,1998 ampus C O L L E G E^ m ■ Cast Out Whittier students mold their artistry by making full- body sized statues. s n^^sP ■ Oxy Wipes Poets The Poet Basket- ballball team lost to Oxy and Redlands in this week's SCIAC play. he Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 OPINION TOPIC a Good or Bad? CAMP Piping Hot Ufa. It's no Bros. Cullinary, but what do you want? They quit. We're doing the best we can. Here's a review of some pizza. Transition to New Maintenance Company Imminent ■ MAINTENANCE by Anna Neese QC Campus Life Editor Whittier College has exercised their 90-day option to terminate the Facilities Maintenance Contract with Johnson Controls, according to Vice Presidentfor Finance and Administration Jo Ann Hankin. The naming of a new company is projected for the end of January. "The full transition [will] be completed by the end of March," Hankin said in a public email. The reasons behind the transfer were not released. "[Johnson Controls Manager] Bill Worthy and others in the Johnson Controls management have committed to an amicable and professional transition," Hankin said in her email. Johnson Controls headquarters will soon be taken over by a new maintenance company, as of yet not chosen. Ua Gershman / OC Asst Pholo EdiBr Worthy declined to comment. "There are four or five companies that the College is looking at," Chief of Campus Safety Ed Malone said. Malone was asked by Hankin to take the prospective companies who came to Whittier on a campus tour. "My interaction with [the com panies] was to educate them to my department and our activities and concerns," Malone said. "Hankin felt it was necessary for [me] to be on those initial interviews to edu cate them on what our specific needs are." Hankin said in her email that she has met with the employees of Johnson Controls to "assure them that they will be able to transition to the new company." "The well being of the employees that work here on campus through Johnson Controls is obviously one of my top priorities," Hankin said. "I have asked any company that is bidding [to] offer the same employment opportunity to the Johnson Controls Staff that they have now." Hankin feels that it has been conveyed effectively, but knows that "this is a difficult time of uncertainty for them, not knowing which company will be hired," she said. Further information will be released to the public when the College has better investigated the companies competing for the maintenance contract. New Environmental Science Major to Commence in Fall ■ CURRICULUM by Yasmeen Shaw QC Graphics Editor A new Environmental Science major will be integrated into the Whittier curriculum next Fall if approved by faculty in early February. Associate Professor of Business Administration Mary Finan proposed the enlistment ofthe Environmental Science major before the Faculty Meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 12, where the motion was introduced to the faculty for the news you can use ■ NEXT ISSUE The Quaker Campus will take two weeks off. There will be no issue for the last week of January interim and the week following. The QC will return for Spring Semester on Thursday, Feb. 12. first time. The major was designed to replace the existing Geology major that was closed to students in the beginning of the Fall semester. "It was a few weeks short of three years ago that [Provost and Dean of Faculty Richard] Mill- man announced to the Board of Trustees his intention to close down Geology and SPA [Speech Pathology and Audiology]," Professor of Geology Dallas Rhodes said. "There was considerable debate about the process and the Faculty Executive Committee (F.E.C.) made the decision in October 1996." "The faculty was concerned that the loss of the Geology department would compromise Whittier's science education," Assistant Professor of Biology Cheryl Swift said. In a last effort to save the Geology program, Rhodes made a plea before the F.E.C. to save it in October of 1997. The Geology major was dropped with intentions to replace it with the hopeful coming ofthe Environmental Sciences Program. According to Swift, "the kernel of change was already in [Rhodes'] mind." Ac- Mary Finan. Dallas Rhodes. Liza Gershman / QC Asst Pholo Edilor Cheryl Swift. cording to her, he wanted to focus on the geological aspects of environmental studies. "... The Environmental Science major will have a social context, but science will be the focus," Rhodes said. The new program will give students a wide range of educational tracks through which they can pursue an Environmental Science major. Students will have the freedom to choose a concentration in the biological sciences, chemistry, the earth sciences or physics. The Environmental Science program will enable students to design topical concentrations of personal interest such as water quality, according to the Faculty Meeting Minutes of the meeting held on Dec. 12,1997. Swift, who outlined the course work that dealt with a biological emphasis, pointed out that the program highlighted Whittier's concern with interdisciplinary study. The Environmental Science Course was designed by the com bined efforts of Professor of Religious Studies Glenn Yocum, Swift and other members of Whittier faculty, including Rhodes. The fundamental courses for the major will include Introduction to Environmental Science, a senior seminar and one year of either Introduction to Chemistry or General Chemistry. The introductory course and the senior seminar class will both- be one semester long and worth three credits, according to the Faculty Meeting minutes. |
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