The QC, Vol. 87, No. 15 • February 2, 2001

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■ Son of a Bush!
In just seven short days, the new
President has stirred up quite a bit
of controversy. Students analyze
his actions.
■ Can the QC Possibly
Get Any Better?
Perhaps with the help of incoming
L.A. Times Metro"guru" John
Mitchell, we can. Mitchell is
profiled on page 9.
■ You Could Be
Dancing in the Dark
What do you do when it's dark in
Turner? What do you do when
it's dark in Turner earl-eye in the
marnin'?
Men's Basketball
For an overall record of 10-8, Men's
Basketball ripped past Pomona-Pitzer
on Wednesday, Jan. 31.
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Cleveland Inaugurated in Chattering Campus Inn
Incoming Council of Representatives President Outlines Vision for 2001, Aims to Unburden Students
■ COR
INAUGURATION
by Eric Dzinski
QC Assoc. Opinions Editor
"Stop talking and listen,"
Dean of Students Dave Leonard
said while presiding over the inauguration of senior Associated
Students of Whittier College President Jeff Cleveland. While it
seems from Cleveland's speech
that the policy of the new Council
of Representatives (COR) will be
just that, the lunchtime crowd at
the Campus Inn (C.I.) continued
to converse during the half-hour
ceremony.
The ceremony began at 12:30
p.m. with a brief speech fromjun-
i or COR Vice President Jenna Desormier. Desormier said that the
inauguration ceremony was one
of many moves by COR to make
the student government more visible to the student body. The tradition of a COR President Inauguration was implemented last year.
After he was sworn in, Cleveland gave a speech outlining his
vision for the upcoming year in
COR. He began by saying that
most people don't usually consider COR in their daily lives, and
that was the way things should be.
He said that government is "really
more of a burden" than it should
be, and that his administration
would work on letting students
focus on their own concerns.
First-year student Andrea
Smith attended the inauguration
"I may not know much
about AO.K.P., the Photo
Club or what's going on in
Stauffer this week, but I do
know people, and I like you
people."
Jeff Cleveland
COR President
ceremony to support her teammate on the swim team. She is in
agreement with Cleveland's theory on the place of COR in a
student's life.
"As a first-year student, Idon't
know anything about COR, because I don't pay attention. I don't
care," she said. "It's not a huge
issue that's important to me.
That's why we vote—so that the
people I vote for can take charge,
and take care of stuff I don't want
to deal with."
Cleveland emphasized that "I
may not know much about
A.O.K.P., the Photo Club or
what's going on in Stauffer this
week, but I do know people, and I
like you people."
He said that the duties of COR
include the allotment of student
body fees and the opening of lines
of communication between students and organizations. He also
outlined the agenda of the new
COR body, which includes
launching an A.S.W.C. website,
establishing a COR Instant Messenger account (ASWC2K1) and
moving the Public Voice section
of the weekly COR meetings to
the start of the agenda. [For further detail of COR's 2001 goals,
see story, page 7]
Giving a brief word of advice
to the incoming COR administration, Leonard urged them to be
more responsive to the needs of
the students and to listen to their
concerns.
After his speech, Leonard in-
Nobuth Appointed COR Treasurer
funior Envisions Treasurer as Resource, Not Barrier
■ COR
by Erin Clark
QC Editor-in-Chief
Junior Prithvi Nobuth has been
appointed to the position of Treasurer of the Council of Representatives (COR), becoming the fifth
and final member of the new COR
Executive Council. Nobuth looks
forward to "do[ing] my fair part to
enhance the community of Whittier College" through his service
on COR.
According to Nobuth, his main
objective as Treasurer will be to
maximize the amount of money
given to clubs and organizations.
"I want to do what other people
weren't able to do," Nobuth said.
Junior newly inaugurated
COR President Jeff Cleveland
praised Nobuth's vision of transforming the office of Treasurer
from a barrier to a resource. Ac-
Prithvi Nobuth.
cording to Cleveland, Nobuth was
appointed due to his "service vision for what the job is." Cleveland feels that Nobuth will be able
to help students do things instead
of serving as a roadblock.
Nobuth feels that the new COR
Administration will enable him to
accomplish a great deal in increasing distribution of money to the
augurated Cleveland, asking him
to uphold the ideals of COR and to
serve the students of Whittier
College.
student body. "The new Executive Council is a bunch of very
effective people," Nobuth said.
"It's not just a one-man show.
There's a great deal of trust there.
I trust my Budget Committee. I
trust the Executive Council. I
know that when they' ve been given a job, they'll do it."
Nobuth's plans for renovating
the office of Treasurer include
holding four information meetings for club treasurers prior to
spring budgeting and increasing
communication so students better
understand the procedures involved with applying for funds.
Nobuth's previous experience
includes service as the Treasurer
of the Society of Physics Students
and Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics
Honors Society. He is also the
Vice President of Inter-Club and
an active member of the Economics Club. He has previously served
as the President of his high school
student body and Inter-Club.
J unior Jeff Cleveland was sworn into COR office on Wednesday, Jan. 31 by Dean of Students Dave Leonard.
College Limits
File-Sharine Access
■ ONLINE MUSIC
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
Contrary to the assumptions
of students who have not been
able to access Napster or other
online music services from on-
campus computers, Director of
Computing and Telecommunication Services Troy Greenup
claims that the College has not
banned such services. Rather,
he says, traffic incurred from
services like Napster is now
tightly managed so as not to
slow on-campus computers attempting to perform other online functions, such as websurfing.
While the Napster website
remains accessible on campus,
according to student reports, attempts to download files now
result in the site sticking in
"searching" mode rather than actually locating and downloading
a file. Other music file-sharing
sites, such as iMesh and Gnutella, produce similar results.
According to Greenup, "Applications like Napster are designed to use as much network
bandwidth as they can consume.
If left unchecked, Napster would
easily account for the majority
of our total bandwidth." He says
that some other colleges have
disallowed Napster for this reason.
Greenup says that some col-
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