The QC, Vol. 87, No. 09 • November 2, 2000

              ■ Collardgate?
Two students respond to the
question of whether COR President Jonathan Collard should be
impeached.
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■ Your Last QC
Portrayal of Campus Life
Even though life will certainly go
on, we won't write about it, and you
won't read about it. Go read the
LA. Times.
■ Getty-up Partner!
We review the new exhibits at the
Getty Museum and check in with
advice columnist charles-victor
fr0mme. Our last issue: grab the
culture while you can.
■ Football is
undefeated in SCIAC
Poets go 3-0 in conference with a
52-24 Homecoming win over
California Lutheran University.
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QC To Shut Down Battle, Price-Mitchell Crowned
Effective Immediately
'Voice of the Campus" to Fall Silent
After 86 Years Due to Funding Cut
MQC
by Erin Clark and Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief and News Editor
The Quaker Campus (QC) student newspaper will shut down
following this issue due to a loss
of funding. The paper has run consistently for 86 years. Barring an
unforeseen monetary windfall to
<he (><-. the next issue will not
appear until March 2001.
"If this cut holds, it is a kick in
the teeth to 15 years of a positive
building tradition on the Quaker
Campus, and it is very disappoint
ing," QC Advisor and Adjunct
Assistant Professor of lournalism
Gary Libman said.
The loss of funding came following a Publications Board vote
on Friday, Oct. 27 to tentatively
allocate $8,253 out of a requested
$19,268.75 to the QC. Due to an
overall decrease in the funds available through Publications Board
this semester, the Board funded
only what it deemed absolutely
necessary to the production of the
newspaper and other on-campus
publications, including the Acropolis and Whittier College Radio.
See QC MELTDOWN, page 4
Seniors Jaison Battle and Jaime Price-Mitchell were crowned Homecoming King and
Queen at halftime of the football game on Saturday, Oct. 28. See story, page 4.
Students Divided Over View of COR at Forum
■ FORUM
by Amy Stice
QC News Editor
Approximately 40 students
gathered in the chilly air outside
the Campus Inn (C.I.) on Thursday, Oct. 26 to discuss the current
Council of Representatives (COR)
administration and possible actions to remove senior COR President Jonathan Collard from of
fice. Although he had previously
declared that he would not attend
a forum ai med at impeaching him,
Collard made a late entrance into
the shivering circle, as did numerous current and formerCOR members. However, forum organizers
felt that Collard failed to answer
questions addressed by the students present.
At one point, the forum erupted into a shouting match when
COR At-Large member junior
Morgan Galli asked Collard why
he felt it necessary to add a second
vice president to the Executive
Council, as he proposes to do at
the COR meeting on Monday,
Nov. 7. Stating that he was at the
forum only "to listen," Collard
replied that he would be willing to
discuss the potential change in
constitutional bylaws at the next
open COR meeting held Monday,
Oct. 30. After the audience argued that his constituents were
Forum organizers sophomore Clancy Neilsen, junior Travis Nass and junior diana guy
listen as students discuss concerns regarding the Council of Representatives (COR).
present and he should give them
answers, Collard replied that he
believed the separation of the duties of vice president will be more
effective and that he modeled the
change after the student government constitutions of U.C.L.A. and
U.S.C.
Galli protested that Whittier is
a small liberal arts college and
therefore should not adopt methods of larger institutions' student
government; junior and former
COR At-Large member Erik Quin-
tanacriticized Collard for "amending the wrong parts of the Constitution" by focusing on changes
other than what the students at the
forum were immediately demanding.
Senior Brian Barbercomment-
ed to Collard, "You're here to
promote our agenda, not yours."
Student body members present
also raised concerns regarding the
recently approved COR Code of
Conduct, which dictates that if
members of COR wish to negatively comment about the organization to any on-campus publication, they must first discuss their
planned statement to COR in a
closed meeting [See QC Issue 5,
Vol. 87]. Junior COR Secretary
Vincent Vigil described the document as aimed at "respecting oth
ers' ideas."
Barber disagreed. "Why are
you creating a sheltered community where people aren't responsible for their own actions?" he
asked. "People on COR are threatened by their own organization."
Senior Vince Nguyen, who
resigned as COR Vice President
last semester [see QC Issue 26,
Vol. 86], responded that "[Members of COR] can say whatever
they want to say. Everyone's just
trying to make it a gag order.
They really just haven't read their
shit. [The Code of Conduct] is
talking about respect."
Sophomore Clancy Neilsen,
who was one of the organizers of
the forum, considers the Code of
Conduct to be censorship.
"When they become members
of COR, are they still members of
the A.S.W.C?" he asked the audience. "Members of the A.S.W.C.
should be allowed to say whatever they want about the college."
Galli acknowledged that she
had not considered many of the
audience members' arguments
when she agreed to the Code of
Conduct. Stating that she "doesn't
agree, now that [she] look[s]
back," Galli said that her motiva-
See FORUM, page 6
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