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QUAKER CAMPUS The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 ^ 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 .ndoii£ uazint ik forfeitur of al! state scholarship funds. 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.
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Title | The QC, Vol. 77, No. 18 • February 21, 1991 |
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 | February 21, 1991 |
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 | 1991_02_21_p001 |
OCR | QUAKER CAMPUS The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 ^ 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 .ndoii£ uazint ik forfeitur of al! state scholarship funds. 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. |
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