The QC, Vol. 77, No. 15 • January 18, 1991

              QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
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Jenny Colville/QC Photographer
Senior Robert Yowell loads his plate with vegetables from the new salad bar,
just one of the new set-ups in the remodeled Campus Inn.
The Campus Inn Is Open!
Other Construction Projects Continue
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
QC News Staff
With the start of a new
calendar year, several of the
construction projects across the
campus are near completion,
but the Administration has rung
in the new year with some new
projects as well.
Out With The Old
The Campus Inn.
The completion of the
Campus Inn (CI) was quietly
celebrated on Monday, Jan. 7, by
students who rose for breakfast
before the January Interim
classes began.
The opening took place as
scheduled before the holidays
despite minor setbacks according
to the Administration.
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President for Business and
Finance, said, "Construction was
not completed until January 5,"
two days before classes resumed.
The food service staff had
planned to move into to the new
CI shortly after students left for
the holidays, not two days before
they returned.
Hewitt said that "minor
difficulties with the main
drainage system that surfaced
at the last minute" were the
principle cause of the moving
delay.
Despite last minute setbacks,
Nel son Park, Director of Projects,
said of the new CI, "Remarkably,
it's all run pretty well."
Jim Surwillo, Director of
Maintenance, added, 'There are
still little bugs in the CI, but
those are to be expected."
Hewitt noted that the food
service staff had adjusted quickly
to the new kitchen equipment
and said, "Anytime you have new
equipment, it is a challenge to
leam to use it— not^eea»»ey©tt-
are unskilled or unprofessional,
but simply because if s different."
"There will be a grand
opening of the new CI after the
beginning of the second
semester," Hewitt said. Tt will
be held then to allow everyone
wanting to take part in the
celebration to return to school
and also allow the staff to adjust
to the new equipment."
Though a final cost of
renovating the CI will not be
available for about two months,
Hewitt estimated the amount to.
be about "$2.3 million-plus: $1.75
million for the renovation and
about $640,000 for the renting
and operating of the Campus
Tent."
Hewitt continued that the
College's insurance covered $1.1
million of the CI renovation costs
and, for the most part, the cost of
the Tent. The balance of costs
was paid for with money from
the College's $18 million federal
bond.
Faculty Masters Houses.
Though both Bill
Wadsworth, Geology Professor,
and Dick Archer, History
Professor, have already moved
into their Faculty Masters
Houses at Johnson and Wanberg,
respectively, Dallas Rhodes,
Geology Professor, still awaits
the completion of his new home
near Stauffer Hall.
"We had hoped he'd be in by
mid-January, but the rains came,
stopping the hardscaping of the
grounds," Hewitt said.
Hardscaping entails pouring
cement   walkways   to   the
entrances of the house, enabling
furnituretobeinstalled. Cement
-cannot be poured onmuddy, wet
Yakubik Replaced as RA
earth.
Hewitt said, 'The rain set
back work at least a full seven
days."
"Basically the interior is
finished, and the decorator is
expected to begin bringing
furniture and hanging drapes on
January 17," Rhodes said.
Rhodes stated that he and
his wife, Lisa Rossbacher, plan
to move into the house on Jan.
25.
"At this point we just want
to get through the sheer drudgery
of moving!"Rhodes said, though
he added that both he and his
wife are excited about the move.
Rhodes had no set student
activities, but said, "As soon as
we can, Lisa and I will have an
open house; then we'll see from
there."
Harris-Wardman Path.
The path between Harris and
Wardman Hall was finished with
the exception of painting,
lighting, and landscaping, Park
said.
"We want to select a standard
that we can use throughout the
campus," Park said. He
continued, Tt would be good if
we used the same ones as those
at the Shannon Center, but we're
not sure yet."
In terms of landscaping,
Park said that nothing will
happen until price quotes return
from landscaping firms and "it's
decided what can and can't be
done."
Please see page 3.
By Julie Amiton
Assistant News Editor
Stacy Yakubik, senior,
former Residential Advisor (RA)
in Stauffer Hall, was asked to
resign from her position one week
before the holiday break.
According to Yakubik,
numerous reasons were given to
her, by Area Coordinator, Lesley
Knappen, as to the termination
of her position.
"I am not at liberty to speak
about this issue. This is a
personnel issue and we have
strict rules regarding personnel,"
Ken Kelly, Assistant Vice
President of Student Life, said.
An RA evaluation was filled
out by Yakubik's residents, about
a week and a half before the
break. A few of the residents
indicated that Yakubik wasn't
visible enough.
" I expected her (Yakubik) to
be around more; most of the time
she wasn't there," freshman
resident, Kara Wald said.
Following her evaluation,
Knappen indicated to Yakubik
that she felt the job was too
stressful for her: she stated that
it was very aifficuttibr Yakubik
to be a Met (Metaphonian society)
and an RA.
"Mets have had a lot of
problems with the
Administration this year and
they are not looked upon too
favorably. I guess they (the
Administration) figured that
because I am a Met, I wouldn't
be able to enforce the school
policies," Yakubik said.
Knappen indicated that
Yakubik should think about
taking a semester off. When
Yakubik told her that she did not
want to leave, Knappen informed
her that Ken Kelly was asking
for her resignation.
Yakubik was told by
Knappen that if she was going to
follow the Administration's
wishes and leave, she must
submit a letter of resignation.
Over a four day period, Yakubik
took time to evaluate her
priorities, and taking Knappen's
advice into consideration, she
quitherbabysittingjobandmade
plans to be more involved with
her residents beginning in
January.
However, when Yakubik
went to Knappen with her
decision, she was informed that
a Yakubik's position had been
terminated and a replacement
had been found.
According to Yakubik, RA's
must keep order in their hall,
program events for their
residents, and enforce school
policies. Residential Life had no
comment on the responsibilities
of an RA.
Yakubik was written up in
two incident reports involving
alcohol. "I was notj^ersonally
drinking at either incident7but
alcohol was around," Yakubik
said.
Yakubik is the Treasurer,
Historian and Social Chairman
for the Met society. She is also on
the Spring Sing Committee, and
is a member of Alpha Phi Delta,
the Business Fraternity and Cap
and Gown, an honorary woman's
society.
Karyl Radford, sophomore
Athenian, is the RA that replaced
Yakubik.
Administration Warns
Societies About Hazing
By Caitlin Duffy
QC News Editor
In preparation for society
pledging during January,
Stephen Gothold, Dean of College
Life, urged society members in
an open letter, to "eliminate
hazing from all pledging
activities."
The letter, distributed on Dec.
12, defined hazing as "any
activity which threatens the
dignity, safety or health of
another human being."
This letter was prompted by
"rumors thathazinghas occurred
in past years during pledging,"
Angel Isaguirre, Intersociety
Advisor and Admissions
Counselor.
Possible sanctions, should a
society be found guilty of hazing,
include: loss of social privileges,
legal prosecution, loss of housing
privileges, immediate
termination     of    pledging
activities, loss of the entire pledge
class, and loss of recognition as a
campus organization.
A day long retreat at Arrow
Bear Music Camp was held on
Dec. 1 for Intersociety
representatives to address the
issue of hazing. Gothold, Ken
Kelly Assistant Vice President
of Student Life; Ysaguirre, and
Kim Campbell, Staff Advisor and
Area Coordinator also attended.
Two weeks after the retreat,
society presidents, and pledge
masters and mistresses met with
Gothold to discuss pledging
activities. Pledges were also
informed about hazing.
Gothold said that a meeting is
being put together for alumni
society advisors. "From what I
understand, alumni do the worst
hazing of all because they won't
suffer any consequences."
Junior Mike Shore,
Intersociety President, said that,
Tm glad that the Administration
Please see HAZING page 4.