The QC, Vol. 77, No. 18 • February 21, 1991

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Volume LXXVII, Number 18
February 21,1991
Persian Gulf War
Update; Peace
Proposal Offered
By Rob Cioe
QC Managing Editor
As the War in the Persian
Gulf continues, many experts
agree that an all out ground
confrontation to expel Iraq from
Kuwait is inevitable. Despite
a peace proposal from the Soviet
Union, U.S. Military sources say
that there will not be a pause in
the War while possible peace
proposals are studied.
SOVIET PROPOSAL
Soviet President Mikhail
Gorbachev earlier in the week
submitted a secret peace
proposal to Iraq and the Allied
forces. U.S. President George
Bush brushed aside the proposal
saying that it "falls well short
of what would be required" to
end the War.
Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein,has met with Iraq's
Revolutionary Council and sent
his Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz,
to Moscow where his
announcement will be made.
GROUND WAR
Regardless of the peace
proposal, U.S. and Allied forces
in the Gulf say that they are
prepared to engage Iraq in a
massive ground confrontation.
Repeated Allied air attacks
continue against military
targets in both Iraq and Kuwait.
ALLD3D ATTACKS
U.S. Apache helicopters, A-
10 jets, B-52's and other aircraft
continue to strike Iraqi troops,
tanks, bunkers and armored
personnel carriers. The U.S.
Military reported that over 12
Iraqi bunkers were destroyed
in attacks yesterday and over
300 Iraqi prisoners were
captured by the Allies.
OTHER WAR NOTES
Iraq fired another scud
missile into Israel on Tuesday,
no injuries or major damage was
reported.
The U.S. S. Princeton and the
U.S.S. Tripoli struck Iraqi
mines in the Persian Gulf, on
Monday. Both ships received
some damage but no deaths
were reported from the
incidents.
(ed. note. - Information compiled in this story was taken
from various media sources)
Athenians Found Responsible for Hazing
By Julie Amiton
QC Assistant News Editor
The Athenian Society
appealed sanctions to President
Ash after being found responsible
for hazing before Hearing Board.
Ash upheld the Hearing Board
decision.
Sanctions were issued and
include: suspending recognition
as a campus organization for one
year and prohibiting the society
from inducting a pledge class for
the next academic year. (Please
see chart for additional
sanctions.)
Steve Tredennick filed the
incident report to Stephen
Gothold, Dean of Student Life,
who brought charges to Hearing
Board.
According to the Whittier
College handbook, "any member
of the campus community or
person from outside the College
may make such a report."
The hazing activities
presented to Hearing Board
include: sleep deprivation,
servant type activities,
degradation, mind games,
psychological intimidation and
humiliatier;.
• The three Athenian de-
pledges, that testified at Hearing
Board, did not deny that the
following events did occur.
The pledges were told by the
actives and alumni, "it's only a
game-it's just a mind game."
To promote unity, the pledges
were forced to stand in line, while
the actives and alumni would
yell at them.
Separation was made between
the pledges and actives. Pledges
were only allowed to address the
actives as "ladies."
Activities were assigned to the
pledges; because there were so
many activities, it was impossible
to go to bed before 12:00 p.m..
January 11, "Coke acceptance
night," was the first meeting the
pledges had with the Pledge
Mistress. The meeting lasted
past 1:00 a.m.; the pledges were
then assigned to complete their
"eggs" by 6:55 a.m.
"We didn't ask them (the de-
pledges) to do anything that
wasn't humanly possible, Vickie
Lovato, Athenian Pledge
Mistress said.
"Under the guidelines
established by Dr. Gothold, we
didn't realize we were hazing,"
Lovato    said.
An open letter was sent to
all pledges, actives and alumni
in December that defined hazing
and established possible
consequences.
"Every person who received
the things that appeared in that
letter," Gothold said. "This
college has as it's ideal the rights
of an individual. Pledging
activities stand in opposition to
hazing. Anything    that
Please see HAZING page 4.
Sarah Gammill/QC Photography Editor
Dr. Mark Stevens
Expert Discusses Date Rape
By Trade Bostic and
Jenn Embery
QC Staff Writers
"Date rape is the act of
penetration with any object when
consent is not given by both
people involved," Dr. Mark
Stevens, a nationally recognized
authority on rape prevention,
said at an informative program
last Tuesday evening in the
Ettinger Faculty Center.
The program, entitled "I
Know She Said No But I Thought
She Meant Maybe," dealt with
causes and preventions of date
rape.
Stevens spoke to two groups,
an all female and an all male, at
the Johnson Faculty Masters
House. A third group, both male
and female followed, at the
Please see RAPE page 4.
Letter Issued by Dean Gothold
February 15, 1991
FROM: Whittier College
Office of the Dean of College Life
TO: Interested Parties
ABOUT RECENT HAZING VIOLATIONS
The issue of hazing policy violations at Whittier was brought
before the college community two weeks ago when several
students complained to the Dean of College Life. The college
Hearing Board has considered the complaints and ruled that
hazing did occur. The society subsequently appealed sanction s
imposed by the Hearing Board, and the appeal was denied.
Sanctionsinclude:
—suspending recognition as a campus organization
for one year.
—prohibiting the society from induction a pledge
class for next academic year.
—allowing the society to accept this year's pledge
class only under the condition that no pledge
paraphernalia is worn or displayed and that pledging
ends by February 16 at midnight.
—requiring the society to restructure its pledge
program by the end of the 1992 pledge period under
the auspices of the Dean of College Life and/or any
individual he designates.
These actions were taken in the context of California state law
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While the college values the longstanding and important role
societies play in the life of the campus, it does not tolerate
hazing. The college, in accordance with state law, strictly
forbids any student activity which threatens the dignity,
safety, or health of another human being.
Security Consultant Makes
Several Recommendations
By Caitlin Duffy
QC News Editor
The Security Task Force,
following an evaluation and
recommendation made by a
professional college security
consultant, is in the process of
interviewing potential
candidates to fill the position of
Director of Security.
The position was vacated
when Jim Williamson, former
Director for eight years, retired
on Jan. 31.
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President of Business and
Finance and member of the Task
Force, said, "Williamson has
agreed to stay on (in the Security
Department) until we can hire a
new Director."
A consultant was hired to
evaluate the Security
Department in order to "focus on
priorities inimproving Security,"
Hewitt said. 'The report was
helpful because it confirmed our
(theTaskForce's)thoughts about
what needs to be improved; from
an outside expert's point of view,"
Hewitt stated.
The consultant drafted an
18-page recommendation after
spending three days inspecting
the campus.
The recommendation cited
the first priority of the Task Force
as "appointing a new director
with specific relevant experience
in the field of college and
university security," Hewitt said.
Other suggestions in the
report were: to significantly raise
salaries of the Director of
Security and the staff, to
implement major organizational
change in the department, to
establish programs in safety,
security and crime prevention,
and to provide a sufficient budget
for the program and the materials
necessary to fulfill these goals.
The report also suggested
that a specialist be hired solely
for security investigations.
According to Hewitt, "this would
not be necessary at Whittier and
also not financially feasible.
"Whittier is not a high risk
environment, but security is an
extremely important issue on any
college campus so we need to
make sure that ours is improved
upon," Hewitt said.
Please see SECURITY page 4.