The QC, Vol. 88, No. 17 • February 21, 2002

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February 21,2002
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V-Day raises $4,500
for various charities
FUNDRAISING
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
Whittier College's V-Day campaign, coordinated by Assistant Professor of Education and Child Development Anne Sebanc and junior
Katie Taheny, raised $4,500 dollars
for three local and one national charity through a slew of fundraising
efforts, including participation by
local businesses, merchandise sales
and two sellout productions of student-staged The Vagina Monologues.
This is the first time Whittier
College participated in the V-Day—
Until the Violence Stops campaign,
which is a global movement. Each
year around Valentine's Day, theatrical and artistic events are produced
around the world to raise money and
awareness regarding violence against
women and children.
The performance of Eve Ensler' s
Vagina Monologues, which took
place on Thursday, Feb. 15 and Friday, Feb. 16 at The Club, sold out
both nights. [For a related story, see
Arts and Entertainment page 11].
A big chunk of the total sum,
over $ 1,100, came from a fund-raising activity on Saturday, Feb. 9 at
Samantha's Courtyard and Cafe,
which featured a performance by
sophomores Lauren Sassano and
Laura Nestler. According to event
organizers, at least 100 people paid
to come through the door, and Samantha's donated one dollar for each
beer sold to the campaign. Donations were also accepted at the door
and various V-Day merchandise (e.g.
buttons, T-shirts, mugs and g-strings)
was sold.
According to Sebanc, every college involved in the campaign has a
goal of $6,000. "Weprobably won't
get to that amount, but I am surprised
that we got as close we are."
"Being a part of this campaign
was an amazing experience," junior
Cori Bright said. "Not only was it a
great show but it was empowering
and informative. It raised awareness
on self-respect of women and offered this experience to men and
women alike. The fact that it was
well-received was very encourag-
ing."
"I hope women on campus particularly walked out [of the show]
with kind of a feeling of more pride
to be a woman and a little bit more
empowered," Taheny, who co-directed the Monologues with senior
Jenny Godehn, said. "For men, I
hope they walked out feeling like,
'Wow, this is not what I expected.'"
The production costs for the
Whittier College V-Day Campaign
were covered by $500 from the
Women and Gender Studies Coun-
See CAMPAIGN, page 6
New copyright policy
implemented on campus
In accordance with the
national law, course
readers distributed by
instructors are no longer
allowed. Other options to
substitute texts are met
with concerns.
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
Changes in planned class readings, frustrated students who now
need to photocopy dozens of pages
per class session, and jam-packed
reserve cabinets in the Library are
the results accompanying the newly implemented policy regarding
copyrights on campus.
While in the past many courses
relied heavily on what were commonly called "course readers,"
which contained reading material
relevant to the class, these packets,
created and sold to students by professors directly in class, are no longer an option.
Black History
The Campus reflects on
diversity through the
celebration of.the advances
of African-Americans.
Opinions, Page 3
Continuing the practice of this
kind of course readers is in direct
violation of copyrights as granted
by the U.S. Copyright Act, because
no formal copyright permission was
requested from the publishers of the
material. "Please understand that
penalties imposed for copyright infringement may be both civil and
criminal," Dean of Faculty David
Muller said in a memo issued to
faculty last December.
As a result of repeated concerns
raised by the College Bookstore,
the College developed a new policy
and a set of guidelines designed to
help faculty decide which sort of
photocopying is permissible and
which is not, according to Muller.
The creation of "course readers" must be done with approval of
the publishers regardless of whether or not they are sold to students,
Muller said. "The easiest way to do
this is to work with our College
Bookstore."
This may, however, considerably raise the cost of the readers. In
addition to paying for the costs of
Xeroxing, money must be paid to
the publishers who may or may not
grant permissions to reprint individual articles.
Currently, the bookstore is selling six course readers with prices
ranging from $9.95 for an art class
to $64.95 for an interdisciplinary
course. They are all non-refundable. The cost of the readers does
not go only to cover the cost of
copying, but to the publishers who
charge specific rates per page.
For example, Princeton University Press charges 15 cents per page
and John Hopkins Medical University 20 cents per page. With several
articles of 15 to 20 pages each, the
cost can be considerable, Bookstore
Copyright Service Manager Linda
Dundas said.
"Very few readers are actually
expensive," Bookstore Manager
Sue Sweeton said. "Some are still
cheaper than the cost of Xeroxing
these articles in the Library."
In the memo to faculty, Muller
included guides on Xeroxing practices to prevent a possible violation
See COPYRIGHTS, page 6
PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.HERITAGE.ORG
William Bennett will address the John Greenleaf Whittier
Society gala dinner today, Thursday, Feb. 21 in Costa Mesa.
Bennett to
address donors
A last minute cancellation
by Andrew Cuomo will
bring William Bennett to the
John Greenleaf Whittier
Society Gala Dinner.
by Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief
Republican politician William
Bennett, who served as the Secretary of Education in the Ronald
Reagan administration and as the
"drug czar" in George Bush's, will
be the guest speaker at the John
Greenleaf Whittier Society Gala
Dinner tonight, Thursday, Feb. 21.
Known for his conservative
agenda, Bennett was also chairman
of the National Endowment for the
Humanities and now serves on the
board of directors of numerous right-
wing groups. He has worked to create two conservative organizations—the Heritage Foundation, a
conservative think tank that formulates public policy, and Empower
America, which touts itself as a
non-profit organization dedicated
to "advancing ... political and social debate."
Bennett replaces formerly-
booked speaker Andrew Cuomo,
who cancelled his appearance to
work on his New York gubernatorial campaign, Whittier College Public Relations reported.
Bennett, who was named by
Time magazine as "one of the 25
most influential men in America"
in April 2000 and "the most influential man in America today" by
Modern Maturity magazine, receives considerable media attention
for his outspoken viewpoints. He
has been criticized for using Empower America to give media time
to his co-directors.
In 1997, Bennett responded to
former PresidentBill Clinton's first
speech to a gay-rights group by
telling ABC's This Week that homosexual men have significantly
shorter lifespans than the average
See BENNETT, page 5
ISSUE 17 • VOLUME 88
Advice Column
Do you have questions you need
answered? Ask our experts.
Campus Life, Page 10
Coochie Snorcher
A&E ponders the meaning of
the Vagina Monologues at
Whittier, praises well put
together production.
A&E, Page 11
LAX is back
A team that wins. We like that.
Sports, Page 16