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Happy Holidays Whittier College QUAKER CAMPUS The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Volume LXXVII, Number 13 W/ December 6,1990 "5ti»h G«mniillA3CTW>isri.lJiy IkJiIot President James L. Ash and his wife joined the Whittier Uptown Association in welcoming the holiday season to Whittier in the annual Christmas parade last Saturday. CI to Reopen in January The Campus Inn will reopen on Jan. 7 offering regular food sen/ice. The tent will be taken down December 17-19. There will be an open house in the Campus Inn today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for anyone interested in touring the kitchen and having questions answered about the new facilities. Archer and Wadsworth Move into Masters Homes BOG Holds Election Forum By Marce Scarbrough QC Staff Writer "If the Board of Governors hopes to be an effective link to the administration, it needs to improve its connections with the students," junior Mike Shore, a newly elected BOG member and participant in last week's BOG open forum, said. Shore was one of five prospective candidates sharing thoughts on BOG and Whittier College at an open forum held last Thursday night in the Stauffer Lounge. The format gave way to a round-table discussion of the issues facing BOG and what the candidates would do about them if elected the following day. The central theme of the discussion centered around the topic of communications at Whittier. Each candidate seemed to have a different idea on what the problem is and a different set of solutions for dealing with it. Freshman Michelle Memmel, said that there is a gap between what BOG is doing and what the students are feeling, "We have an administration that seems willing to co-operate with the students,"she said. "WhatBOG needs to do is set itself up as a forum for students to share their thoughts and ideas." Darrin Blyden, a junior, said that communication problems Please see BOG page 5. By Julie Amiton QC Assistant News Editor Within the last two weeks, Dr. Dick Archer, Director of Whittier Scholars Program, and Dr. Bill Wadsworth, Professor of Geology, and their families, moved into their new residences on campus. Archer and Wadsworth are two of three faculty members who will be living in school-financed Faculty Masters houses. Archer will reside over Wanberg and Harris; and Wadsworth over Johnson, Ball and small housing. Archer moved in to his new residence on Nov. 21 and Wadsworth on Nov. 30. "Students need something to counterbalance the prevailing tendency to party to excess and this program will provide alternative activities," Wadsworth said. "The Masters program will enrich student's lives to what it means to be educational. Thisis not just what they are graded on, but what enriches their lives. Bringing people together is part of being educated," Archer said. Faculty Masters will house speakers, host dinners and be available to students for consultation. "I am trying to generate student interest for future events," Wadsworth said. "I hope to have a wide range of visitors." "I intend to appeal to a broader audience and plan events that will enrich the interests of all students, "Archer said. A piano recital, featuring Francis Nobert, associate professor of music at Whittier, and David Karol, professor of music at Los Angeles Valley College was the first event in the Johnson house. "They played music from the 170CCS to the 1900's including Bach and Brahms," Wadsworth said. "About 27 people attended, with eight being students." Barry Lopez, best-selling author, visited Whittier this week, where he was a guest of the Wanberg House. Dinners and a reception were held at the house. "The student's have been great, friendly, nice and interesting," Dr. Archer's wife, Ginny, said. Please see MASTER page 4. Admissions Flooded With Freshman Applications By Marc Hansen QC Staff Writer Despite a national decline in the number of high school graduates, freshmen applications to Whittier College have increased by over 800% from last year's. Since the end of September, the Office of Admissions has been receiving an average of 35 to 40 applications per week, for a total of 586 applications as of Nov. 30, Tom Enders, Assistant Vice President for Student Financing and Enrollment said. This contrasts with only 70 applications by mid- November of 1989. The unusual degree of success that Admissions has had in recruiting recently prompted an article in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 19, entitled, "Small Wonder: Whittier College Recruitment Push Results in Flood of Applicants." This article praised not only the great influx of applications, but the quality of students being recruited. The opening of the article describes a recent scholarship recipient who chose Whittier after beingrecruited by Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. Furthermore, the article claimed that the "aggressive marketing campaign" of President James Ash has "set out to win the minds of some of the nation's brightest students." Regardless of the academic credentials of the incoming freshmen class next fall, "admissions standards won't be raised this year," Kathryn Forte, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life said. "We will instead have a bigger class," she added. The projected freshmen enrollment next fall is 350 students, 80 more than this year. While Forte conceded that elevated admissions standards are a possibility in the future, she said that such a decision "is not arbitrary," and wouldinvolve the entire faculty. Although the Admissions staffis ecstatic about the flood of applications, they are somewhat cautious in assessing all the implicationsoftheincrease. "Ifs still too early to know," Enders said. "We have to view the numbers cautiously, it blows us away. This could just be an early cycle, but we don't think so." Please see ADMIT page 3.
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Title | The QC, Vol. 77, No. 13 • December 6, 1990 |
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 | December 6, 1990 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 12 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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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 | 2013-10-02 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 1990_12_06_p001 |
OCR | Happy Holidays Whittier College QUAKER CAMPUS The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Volume LXXVII, Number 13 W/ December 6,1990 "5ti»h G«mniillA3CTW>isri.lJiy IkJiIot President James L. Ash and his wife joined the Whittier Uptown Association in welcoming the holiday season to Whittier in the annual Christmas parade last Saturday. CI to Reopen in January The Campus Inn will reopen on Jan. 7 offering regular food sen/ice. The tent will be taken down December 17-19. There will be an open house in the Campus Inn today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. for anyone interested in touring the kitchen and having questions answered about the new facilities. Archer and Wadsworth Move into Masters Homes BOG Holds Election Forum By Marce Scarbrough QC Staff Writer "If the Board of Governors hopes to be an effective link to the administration, it needs to improve its connections with the students," junior Mike Shore, a newly elected BOG member and participant in last week's BOG open forum, said. Shore was one of five prospective candidates sharing thoughts on BOG and Whittier College at an open forum held last Thursday night in the Stauffer Lounge. The format gave way to a round-table discussion of the issues facing BOG and what the candidates would do about them if elected the following day. The central theme of the discussion centered around the topic of communications at Whittier. Each candidate seemed to have a different idea on what the problem is and a different set of solutions for dealing with it. Freshman Michelle Memmel, said that there is a gap between what BOG is doing and what the students are feeling, "We have an administration that seems willing to co-operate with the students,"she said. "WhatBOG needs to do is set itself up as a forum for students to share their thoughts and ideas." Darrin Blyden, a junior, said that communication problems Please see BOG page 5. By Julie Amiton QC Assistant News Editor Within the last two weeks, Dr. Dick Archer, Director of Whittier Scholars Program, and Dr. Bill Wadsworth, Professor of Geology, and their families, moved into their new residences on campus. Archer and Wadsworth are two of three faculty members who will be living in school-financed Faculty Masters houses. Archer will reside over Wanberg and Harris; and Wadsworth over Johnson, Ball and small housing. Archer moved in to his new residence on Nov. 21 and Wadsworth on Nov. 30. "Students need something to counterbalance the prevailing tendency to party to excess and this program will provide alternative activities," Wadsworth said. "The Masters program will enrich student's lives to what it means to be educational. Thisis not just what they are graded on, but what enriches their lives. Bringing people together is part of being educated," Archer said. Faculty Masters will house speakers, host dinners and be available to students for consultation. "I am trying to generate student interest for future events," Wadsworth said. "I hope to have a wide range of visitors." "I intend to appeal to a broader audience and plan events that will enrich the interests of all students, "Archer said. A piano recital, featuring Francis Nobert, associate professor of music at Whittier, and David Karol, professor of music at Los Angeles Valley College was the first event in the Johnson house. "They played music from the 170CCS to the 1900's including Bach and Brahms," Wadsworth said. "About 27 people attended, with eight being students." Barry Lopez, best-selling author, visited Whittier this week, where he was a guest of the Wanberg House. Dinners and a reception were held at the house. "The student's have been great, friendly, nice and interesting," Dr. Archer's wife, Ginny, said. Please see MASTER page 4. Admissions Flooded With Freshman Applications By Marc Hansen QC Staff Writer Despite a national decline in the number of high school graduates, freshmen applications to Whittier College have increased by over 800% from last year's. Since the end of September, the Office of Admissions has been receiving an average of 35 to 40 applications per week, for a total of 586 applications as of Nov. 30, Tom Enders, Assistant Vice President for Student Financing and Enrollment said. This contrasts with only 70 applications by mid- November of 1989. The unusual degree of success that Admissions has had in recruiting recently prompted an article in the Los Angeles Times on Nov. 19, entitled, "Small Wonder: Whittier College Recruitment Push Results in Flood of Applicants." This article praised not only the great influx of applications, but the quality of students being recruited. The opening of the article describes a recent scholarship recipient who chose Whittier after beingrecruited by Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. Furthermore, the article claimed that the "aggressive marketing campaign" of President James Ash has "set out to win the minds of some of the nation's brightest students." Regardless of the academic credentials of the incoming freshmen class next fall, "admissions standards won't be raised this year," Kathryn Forte, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life said. "We will instead have a bigger class," she added. The projected freshmen enrollment next fall is 350 students, 80 more than this year. While Forte conceded that elevated admissions standards are a possibility in the future, she said that such a decision "is not arbitrary," and wouldinvolve the entire faculty. Although the Admissions staffis ecstatic about the flood of applications, they are somewhat cautious in assessing all the implicationsoftheincrease. "Ifs still too early to know," Enders said. "We have to view the numbers cautiously, it blows us away. This could just be an early cycle, but we don't think so." Please see ADMIT page 3. |
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