The QC, Vol. 86, No. 04 • September 30, 1999

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September 30,1999
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The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
COLLEGE
■   Uptown
Artwalk
We cover the
annual showing
of local talent.
OPINION    TOPIC
How Prominent is Sexism
On Campus?
Students discuss whether there is a
problem at Whittier College with
sex discrimination.
SPORTS
■ Water Polo Sweep
Whittier defeats
Redlands and
Chapman at the
Cal Baptist
Invitational.
CAMP
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■ Back in the Day
With the year 2000 approaching, we
look at how campus life has
changed—from the first issue ofthe
QC to war protests and from the Day
of the Dead to Sportsfest.
Whittier Scholars Program Recieves $90,000 Grant
■ GRANTS
by Steve Alvarado
QCAsst. News Editor
The Whittier Scholars Program will re-
cei ve a $90,000 grant from the Hewlett Foundation over the course of two years.
The grant is set to evaluate and revise the
new interdisciplinary seminars, implement a
series of faculty workshops, broaden the off-
campus experience for students in the program to study aboard or obtain internships
and strength the Scholar's community through
yearly retreats, according to Director ofWhit-
tier Scholars Program Joyce Kaufman.
"[The] grant will allow the scholars Program to do things that could not be done
without the funding," Kaufman said.
Cunently, the Scholars Program holds
four interdisciplinary seminars, which were
adopted as part ofthe course in 1997, for
students enrolled. Part ofthe grant will assist
administrators for the Scholars program to
recognize whether these four seminars meet
the expectations ofthe program board.
The grant also includes funding for faculty workshops. Kaufman, in collaboration
with Head ofthe Faculty Teaching Committee Gregory Woirol, will begin a series of
Wardman Hall.
informal workshops meetings that will be
implemented in the spring semester. "The
purpose of this workshop is to get a better
sense of knowing the students," Kaufman
said.
As part of this workshop, Kaufman will
seek the aid of first year students in order to
get a better understanding concerning student
issues. However, a decision for this has not
been reached and will be discussed by the
Whittier Scholars Council on Thursday, Sept.
30. Kaufman hopes that by fitting feedback
from freshmen, the Scholars Program will be
able to comprehend students' needs.
With the new fiinding, Kaufman hopes to
begin foreign studies and internship programs
for students in the Scholars Program. A
campus coordinator will work with students
in the program and, through Career Services,
to find appropriate internships built into a
student's educational design.
"An important part ofthe Whittier Scholars seminars are to build students into their
educational design," Kaufman said. "By having a coordinator, students will be directed
onto off campus internships or study abroad
Dr. Joyce Kaufman.
programs that fit into their majors."
There is currently a search for the campus
being coordinator conducted by members of
the Whittier Scholars Council, and it has not
been determined when the position will be
filled.
Kaufman feels that the Hewlett Foundation grant will be advantageous to the Whittier Scholars Program.
"The benefit of the grant is greater, not
only for [the program], but for the whole
College through faculty workshops for teaching and pedagogy," Kaufman said.
Geirola Outlines Goals for Department   Non-Student Arrested in
■ FACULTY
by Carlos Estrada
QC News Editor
In an interview Wednesday,
Sept. 29, new Chair ofthe Department of Modern Languages, AsT
sistant Professor of Modern languages Guatavo Geirola outlined
the goals and challenges the Department of Modern Languages
faces going into this academic
year. Chief among his concerns
was his own acclimation to his
new position and the challenge of
maintaining the course ofthe campus' fastest growing department.
"The truth is this new position
frightens me a little bit," Geirola
said. "It is an enormous responsibility."
Every tenured member in the
department takes a turn at being
Chair in a cycle of approximately
three year intervals. After four
years at Whittier, Geirola was tenured and is now taking his turn in
the position Chair. He replaces
former chair and Professor of
Modern   Languages   Doreen
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In preparation for his new leadership role, Geirola attended a
special seminar over the summer
at Stanford University. The summer program at Stanford University was held by the Association
of Departments of Foreign Languages, a branch of the Modern
Language Association, and
brought together 40 newly appointed chairs and almost 200
current and former chairs.
The program was designed to
give new current department
chairs a forum to learn what duties
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their posts entail.
"At Stanford, I found that our
department as we have it now is
really an ideal department," Geirola said. "We had none of the
problems any ofthe other institutions had."
Geirola sees the department
as being on strong footing. He
feels his primary task is to increase the amount ot dialogue
between the department and the
scholarly community both at
Whittier and beyond. He also
See FACULTY, page6
A male suspect was at rested
and taken into custody as Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.)
for an alleged curlew violation
at Arnold Hall Music Building
on Sunday. Sept. 27 at3:24a.m..
according to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis
According to a W.P.D. police report, the male suspect was
with a female subject when they
were both detained by a Campus
Safety officer at 3:14 a.m. on the
south side of Arnold Hall for
failure to comply. Neither ofthe
two people involved was a WhittierCollege student.
the scene noticed that the fe-
exposed 6.5 inch knife in her
pocket. The weapon was con
fiscated from the
officer who notil
the situation.
"It was a good call on part of
the ofucei since the female suspect had a weapon," Lewis said,
W.P.D officers arrived at
the scene and spoke with the
suspects. The suspects said they
ad ..;.
College but were unable to
name the alleged friend. The
officers asked the suspects for
some form of id lion.
The female subject showed
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