The QC, Vol. 85, No. 13 • January 21, 1999

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Ex-COR President Proposes Free
Room and Board for Officers
Robinson Hopes Stipend Will Increase Student Involvement
Students Escape Attempted
Robbery Near Uptown 7-11
■ COR
by Chris Ziegler
QC Editor-in-Chief
Former Council of Representatives President Karl Robinson
proposed a stipend program last
week that would grant the four
Council executive positions free
room and board during their terms
of service as part of an effort to
increase student interest in running for office.
The COR President, Vice-
President, Secretary and Treasurer would receive a room occupancy reimbursement of approximately $3,500 each, 10% of which
would be drawn from student body
fees allotted to COR and the remainder of which would be provided by the College.
Approximately $1,200 worth
of student fees a semester would,
if the proposal is approved, be
used to compensate COR officials.
"There will be a very minimal
effect as far as funding for other
organizations is concerned,"
former COR Treasurer Keith Fisher said. "But with this stipend, we
can draw more people to run for
positions on COR."
Karl Robinson.
Robinson said that he hoped
such a stipend would encourage
more students to consider involvement in COR, especially in light
of several candidates running unopposed in recent elections.
"It is so time consuming to be
an exec uti ve of fi cer and you sometimes have to give up a work-study
job," he said. "Money is a terrible
incentive to get anyone to do anything, but [this] is an offset of the
opportunity cost. I think it's long
overdue."
The stipend proposal is currently being considered by Vice
President of Finance Jo Ann Hen-
kin and Robinson said a decision
should be made by the end of the
spring semester. A student referendum on the proposal would be
unlikely, he said.
"In this day and age, when
people have fairly intense work
obligations, they expect to be paid,"
Director of Residential Life Dave
Leonard said. "[But] I'm a little
uncomfortable that we're creating
room space where no revenue is
coming back. We want to have a
little flexibility."
According to Robinson, many
of the other SCIAC schools have
had similar stipend programs for
years.
"Whittier is really behind the
pace of other schools," Fisher said.
"Here, [executive officers] are
making nothing."
Leonard said that until now,
no formal proposals have been
made at Whittier.
"Student government never
really broached the topic," Leonard said. "There were some conversations, but no one really came
forward."
Schools like Occidental and
Redlands offer compensations to
theirelected student officials, funded completely by student body fees.
See COR STIPEND, page 5
m CRIME
by Anna Neese
QC Managing Editor
Freshman Travis Nass was
held at gunpoint by two men on
the corner of Pickering and Philadelphia on Tuesday. January 12.
as two ot his friends ran to call
the police. None of the students
Nass was left alone with the
alleged robbers while the other
two students used a pay phone at
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the men realized they were on the
phone with the police, they fled
the scene.
The Whittier Police arrived
al the scene about 15 minutes
afterthey were called, the second
student said When they arrived.
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gan backing away from the men.
When one of them asked for
change, he told the others to run.
"One guy said, 'Don't even
try to run.' and we yelled that we
were calling the cops. By the
lime 1 got 911 on the line, they
had let Travis go." the second
student said, who also wishes to
remain anonymous.
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when the other students ran. said
that he didn't run because a gun
was held io his stomach.
had mental problems." The students believed this was due to the
odd manner in which Nass was
dressed, in a red cape, with his
hair dyed blue. The police were
unavailable for comment, as they
did not return phone calls.
One ol the alleged robbers
was described by the students as
Caucasian, in his thirties, with
red mustache and approximately
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College to Install ATM in CI Hallway This Week
■ CAMPUS
by Gloria Blair
QCAd Manager
Whittier College will have a free standing Automated Teller Machine (A.T.M.)
installed in the C.I. hallway on Friday, Jan
22. The machine will be operational and
available for student use on Wednesday,
Jan. 27.Cash withdrawals for credit union
clients will be free of charge, while non-
credit union clients will be subject to a fee
of one dollar.
Whittier Federal Credit Union won the
bid to have one of their A.T.M. machines
installed on the Whittier College campus
after having offered to provide the machine
free of charge. Whittier College's Cash and
Trust Accountant James A. Garbat stated
that other area banks wanted to charge the
College a monthly fee of $3,000 for use of
the machine. Whittier Federal Credit Union
will pay for all installation costs, electricity
and telephone line charges.
The cost to Whittier College will consist only of the fees necessary for the installation and maintenance of security cameras
in the C.I. hallway. The College decided
that this security feature was necessary in
order to protect not only the A.T.M. but
also the new Student Union furniture, located near by. The furniture was recently
purchased using student body funds though
security camera costs will be shared between the Council of Representatives
(COR) and the College.
Members ofthe Whittier College com
munity will no longer need to make the
sometimes unsafe trek to Uptown Whittier
to withdraw money from other A.T.M.s.
The idea of not needing to leave the safety
of Campus appeals to freshman Andrea
Wong. "I think it would be good because
it's a lot safer and provides easy access to
cash. Really helpful," Wong said.
Now that students do not have to walk
to local A.T.M.s to withdraw cash, thus
enticing them to perhaps stop at local eateries, Spot cook Luis Cosio looks forward to
the change. "Hopefully it will increase business at The Spot. I'll use it."
Dave Adkins, C.I. Director of Food
Service, stated that students who misplace,
forget or lose their meal cards will now be
able to easily withdraw money to cover the
$5 to eat without a meal card.
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