The QC, Vol. 80, No. 01 • September 9, 1993

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Volume LXXX, Number 1
September 9,1993
Turner Hall Opens
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Turner Hall cost approximately $5.2 million. The estate of Wally
Turner donated $1 million. A dedication ceremony will be held
on October 1 at 4:30 before members of the Board of Trustees.
Franklins Evicted from House
by Brian Brown
QC News Editor
After approximately five
years in the Franklin House,
Franklin society members are
facing an eviction date of Sept.
18.
The eviction is mainly due
to the efforts of the Whittier
Police Department's "Crime
Impact Team". According to
Sergeant Barry Chartier, the
team "solves problems that
traditional peace officers
can't...we try to get the
community involved in solving
the problem."
Sgt. Chartier stated that
"excessive noise and other
disturbances" were the primary
problems causing
neighborhood unrest.
The Whittier Police
Department received
neigborhood complaints
resulting in 22 "visits" to the
Franklin House between last
September and July. Sgt.
Chartier also noted that "...a
few arrests had occurred at
some of these visits."
The Crime Impact Team sent
a letter to the landowner at
the end of July "describing the
noise problem and
neighborhood complaints" the
letter also mentioned the 22
visits the Whittier Police
Department had made to the
house.
According to Barry Chartier
this "was one ofthe last contacts
the Whittier P.D. had with the
landowner."
The Franklin's received
their eviction notice from the
landlord early in August with
the date set at Sept. 18. The
landlord was unavailable for
comment.
Franklin Society members
say the eviction notice came "as
a total surprise."
According to junior Drew
Snyder, "There were no
warnings; nothing. I came back
and found out that we were
out...this is the most
outrageously bunk situation
I've ever been involved in."
Some Franklin members
suspect the College
Administration had some part
to play in the eviction.
According to Snyder, "I
definitely suspect some foul
play on the administrations
part."
The administration denies
any dealings with the Whittier
Police Department or the
landlord. "The charge (that the
involved in the eviction) is
totally untrue...we don't have
time for this," said Harold
Hewitt, Vice President of
Business and Finance.
The Whittier Police
Department also denies
administrative involvment.
Sgt. Chartier stated, "The
Crime Impact Team attempted
to contact the administration of
the college... the administration
stated that they had no
jurisdiction over what was going
on at the house because the
house is not owned by the
College."
The police department also
denies forcing the landlords
decision. "We are not in the
business of kicking people out of
their homes... we merely give the
landlord a summary of the
going's on at the house and they
make their own decisions...in
fact this is the first I have heard
about the Franklin's eviction",
said Sgt. Chartier
With the Franklin's Sept. 18
departure only two societies will
have actual homes: the
Orthogonians and the Ionians.
$100,000 to be Spent
on Small Houses
by Adam Webster and
Marce Scarbrough
QC Senior Staff Writers
At a combined cost of
$100,000, four of the five on-
campus small houses have been
renovated for a variety of administrative and residential
uses.
The Hastings House, formerly known as the Penn House,
has been designated as a student meetingplace. Susan Allen,
the new Dean of Students, said
there will be five or six meeting
rooms with what was once the
living room as a larger more
informal meeting place. The
kitchen will remain operational.
Allen said she would get
COR to ask students to set the
specifications for usage as far as
who gets to use the facility or if
alcohol will be allowed, although
she hadn't envisioned the facility as a place for social gatherings.
"I thought of it as for meeting meetings," she said. "Also,
maybe as a study room, as an
alternative to the library." She
also suggested societies could
use it for a work meeting.
The meetingplace will open
in four to six weeks depending
on when the furniture is chosen
and arrives. It can be booked
through the Administrative
Assistant to the Dean of Students, Chris Nelson.
The Olive House, formerly
the Lancer House, is now home
to new PER professor and
women's basketball coach,
Patricia Van Oosbree. Van
Oosbree is paying rent to the
Collegetoliveinthehouse. This
useisconsideredtemporary; the
college plans to use the house
for academic purposes after this
year.
Allen is living in the
Hamilton House, once known
Please see HOUSING pg. 4
Susan Allen
Becomes New Dean
of Students
by Betsy Briggs
QC News Editor
Susan Allen, the Dean of
Students replacing Steve
Gothold, has a rather tough
philosophy of discipline, but
she likes to lay out the rules
in the beginning so that the
students know where they
stand. She comments, "It is
important to be clear up-front
what the expectations are
and the consequences if the
terms are violated and why
those consequences need to
be enforced."
But when a violation occurs, she does not hesitate to
follow-through with the predetermined punishment.
She describes herself as a
tough cop who will not let a
speeder talk her out of giving him a ticket. She repeats, "You can't work me."
Jenny ColviU«/QC Photo Editor
Susan Allen
Allen realizes that this
does not make her popular
with the students, but she
would, "...rather be fair than
popular." Her students at
Rollins College, where she
was the Associate Dean be-
Please see ALLEN pg. 5
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What's Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus
News
Transfers Up
Whittier experiences
a 34 percent increase in the
Transfer student body.
Pg. 6
Viewpoint
Getting the Best?
Students and faculty
discuss how to get the best
education at Whittier.
Pg.3
Features
Food for Thought?
QC Asst. Features
Editor Angel Felix reviews the
various restaraunts in Uptown
Whittier. Pg.3
A&E
Entertainment
Guide
A directory to what's
happeningin Whittier and the
L.A. area. Pg. 11
Sports
Football Ready
Poet football team looks
to rebound from
consecutive
disappointing seasons.
Pg.16