The QC, Vol. 87, No. 08 • October 26, 2000

              ■ Wait...What Are
Those Blue Bins For?
Students debate the merits of recycling
and wonder where our environment is
headed.
■ New Courses foi
January and Spring
Interested in wilderness, sculptures, U.F.O.s, medicine or
bookmaking?
■ Radiohead Rules!
We couldn't get tickets, but we
went to the concert anyway.
■ Football Ties for
First Place in SCIAC
Poets go 2-0 in the Conference
with a win over Occidental.
WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE
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October 26,2000
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914
http://www.whittier.edu/qc
Students Hold Forum to
Discuss Alleged Discrepancies
■ FORUM
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
Fliers calling for the impeachment of senior COR President
Jonathan Collard were distributed to campus mailboxes on Monday, Oct. 23 by an anonymous
group of students, protesting that
the Council of Representatives
(COR) is not adequately representing the student body. The fliers outlined the duties of COR as
detailed in the COR Constitution
and extensively quoted Collard
and the Quaker Campus to illustrate alleged discrepancies in Collard's campaign promises and his
administration. The students have
organized an informal forum to
take place on Thursday, Oct. 26 at
6 p.m. in the Lower Quad.
Junior Clancy Neilsen is one
of the forum's organizers. He
claims that the overlying goal of
the forum is not necessarily to
impeach Collard, but to inspire
activism on campus.
"Apathy makes me sick," he
said.
"I'd be happy if we had this
forum and at the end everyone
hated us, but at least they'd have
an opinion," junior forum organizer Travis Nass said. "[Proceeding with impeachment] depends
on the forum turnout. If we're
convinced at the forum that COR
is doing what they're supposed to
and that Collard's actions are appropriate, we wouldn't [sic]. But
if we walk away feeling the same
way we do now..."
Nass was present at the COR
meeting on Monday, Oct. 23 and
invited COR members to the forum during the Public Voice section of the meeting. Collard replied that he would not attend a
forum directed at his impeachment, but that senior COR Treasurer Jaison Battle would represent COR. Nass expressed confusion about this decision.
"I don't really understand it.
Maybe the people [Collard] has
appointed, including the majority
of the Executive Council, have
that much of a similar opinion that
it won't make a difference."
Another anonymous group
posted responsive fliers in the
mailroom on Wednesday, Oct. 25
criticizing the forum's organizers. These fliers directly attack
the organizers—calling them "The
Anti-Social Club for Non-Conforming Conformists of the Conservative Liberal Movement"—
and "invite you to stand up against
these people at the open forum."
Referring directly to quotations taken from the responsive
fliers, Neilsen dismissed its arguments. "I wasn't aware that we
were against the A.S.W.C. [Associated Students of Whittier College]," he said. "I wasn't aware
that we claimed to be 'The Voice
of the Campus.'"
"I wasn't aware of resenting
any and all campus activities,"
Nass added.
However, both Nass and
See FORUM, page 6
Students March in L.A. Rally
■ RALLY
by Ted Leslie
QC Assoc. News Editor
A number of Whittier College
students were in attendance at a
police brutality rally last Sunday,
Oct. 22. Included in the number
present were 15 affiliated with
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano
de Atzlan (MEChA) and one with
the International Socialist Organization. After a two-hour march
to the Los Angeles Parker Center,
protestors and riot police clashed,
and police began firing rubber
bullets in to the mass of over one
thousand people.
The
march ^^^^^^^^^^^^
was "The
perfect
opportunity to
voice our
opinions
on the in-
justices
we see every day,"
"There were a lot of
people that fell; a lot of
people got shot at"
Christine Sisoev
Whittier Resident
MEChA
news
you can use
■ CI.
Saturday brunch on Oct.
28 will be served in The
Spot from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
said senior
Chair Luis Hernandez.
The police who fired into the
crowd were set off by portion of
protestors who veered from the
main body of the protest and
marched around the side of the
Parker Center.
"We got to the back of the
building and there were riot cops
on horses that told us to turn around
and go back," said Whittier resident Christine Sisoev. "There were
a lot of people that fell, a lot of
people got shot at," she continued. "They were just shooting into
the crowd, not at anyone in partic
ular."
First-year student Erik Stegman marched this week-
_^^ end with the International Socialist Organization. "I was right up
against where they were
actually beating on people," he said. "The worst
was when they charged
everyone up the street."
According to Stegman,
the most violence took
place when the small crowd of
protestors who attempted to encircle the building were chased
and cornered up against the main
crowd. A policeman knocked a
protestor behind the knees with a
billy club, bringing him to the
pavement. One kneeled on his
neck and others surrounded him
while the crowd chanted, "Let him
go." When police began firing
non-lethal crowd control bullets,
one member of his organization
was hit in the chest, and his girlfriend was hit in the stomach. "He
was just holding up a peace sign,"
Stegman said.
Field oxidated.
Renovated Track,
End Zone Vandalized
m CRIME
by Rebecca Wolf
QC Managing Editor
Approximately $2,400
worth of damage was done to
the track and field when "Oxy"
was spelled out with diesel fuel
in the end zone of the football
field, according to Assistant
Chief of Campus Safety John
Lewis. A three-foot by two-foot
pool of diesel fuel was also
spilled on the newly renovated
track surface about ten feet away
from the field, along with eight
speckles of fuel trailing from the
field.
"This is just very frustrating
for all the people involved in
working to make [the stadium] a
state-of-the-art facility," Director
of Athletic Dave Jacobs said.
Jacobs added that the track has
not been used since it was completed in September.
The incident is believed to
have occurred after Whittier defeated Occidental in the prized
"Battle for the Shoes" Saturday,
Oct. 21 and was discovered by
Facilities Grounds Supervisor
John Gonzalez the morning of-
Tuesday, Oct. 24. The bronze
shoes become the possesion of
the winner of the Whittier-Occi-
dental games—a tradition dating back to 1938 when Whittier
player Myron Claxton forgot
them after a game at Occidental.
"Rivalries are not about destruction," football Head Coach
Bob Owens said. "Great rivalries are about respect."
Occidental College in Los
Angeles has been notified of the
vandalism. Their Campus Safety has been faxed a copy of the
crime report, but it is not known
if any Occidental students, faculty, or staff were involved,
Lewis said. Occidental is reportedly pursuing the incident on
their end.
"We've communicated with
Occidental; we want to take the
high road," Lewis said. "If any
[Whittier] student feels compelled to delve into payback, it
would not be a good idea. [Occidental] is on alert."
"We've talked to Occidental
and assured them there would
not be any retaliation," Jacobs
said. "We beat them in the football game and volleyball game
(held Tuesday, Oct. 24), and
that's the best payback."
Owens said, "Retaliation on
our part would not speak very
highly of our institution We
won the game and we have the
shoes, that should be enough."
According to Lewis, petroleum products will eat through
the synthetic track surface and
"will weaken the integrity of the
track."
The damage to the track is
estimated to be $2,200 while the
cost to replace the grass is estimated at $200. The grass will not
be replaced during the season,
See VANDALISM page 6
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