The QC, Vol. 87, No. 22 • March 29, 2001

              ■ How Diverse Is It,
Really?
Students speak out about Diverse
Identities week. Do we need such
a campus-wide event to remind
us how diverse we are?
■ Diverse Identities
Week
Students put Christianity on trial,
watched grown women squeal over
Barbie dolls and contemplated Snow
White's gender role.
■ Whittier Embraces the
Poetry of Affirmation
I'm good enough, I'm smart
enough, and doggone it, people like
me.
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■ Oh, Canada, our
Home and Native Land
There seems to be an abundance of
Canadian pride on the men's
lacrosse team, and the 12 north-of-
the-border members explain why.
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Students Support
Diploma Change
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by Eric Dzinski
QC Opinions Editor
Ninety-six percent of students
responding to a Council of Representatives (COR) survey favorthe
addition of major and minor titles
to Whittier's diplomas, junior
Council of Representatives (COR)
President Jeff Cleveland said.
COR polled students outside of
the Campus Inn (C.I.) Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, March
26 through 28. "This isn't the very
last count," said Cleveland. According to Cleveland, some of the
survey forms were still out. Cleveland said that the results from the
surveys collected came out "overwhelmingly in favor" of adding
majors to diplomas.
According to Cleveland, the
next step is to take the proposal to
various faculty committees. He
said that COR would present the
results to the Faculty Executive
Committee in hopes of obtaining
their support on the matter.
Ultimately, COR plans to take
the matter to the President's Office. According to College President Katherine Haley Will, changing the look of the diplomas will
take an act of the President's Of-
■ CLARIFICATION
fice. "There are no other processes; the College issues diplomas
and is the arbiter of how they will
be issued," said Will. Will said
that it is not customary for colleges to list majors or minors on
diplomas; rather it is more common to list the degree confirmed,
such as "Bachelor of the Arts."
"Whittier would be very unusual in issuing diplomas which
listed majors and minors," Will
said.
"The transcript is the accepted mode, in the world of education and the world of work, for
communicating the kind of course-
work completed," Will said. One
of the complaints listed on the
COR-sponsored flyers that students received in their mailboxes
last week was that college graduates should not have to show potential employers-their transcripts.
Will said that the current diploma is issued "thoughtfully, and
with the most careful concern for
the best practice in higher education and for our students' best
interests."
Cleveland said that a COR
resolution is a possible outcome,
but that it would be little more
See DIPLOMA page 5
D.I. Week Raises Awareness
Senior Davin Weinzimmer displays a "shirt" exhibited on the Lower Quad on Wednesday, March 28. As part of Diverse Identities (D.I.) Week, the Cultural Center sponsored
its own version of "The Clothesline Project" and allowed students to write messages
about assault on paper cut-outs of shirts. For complete coverage of the week's events,
see the Campus Life and A&E sections.
Due to a printing error, several of the quotes in last week's front-page story, "Woman Accuses
Franklins of Voyeurism, Society Denies," /Issue 21, Volume 877 were not complete. What follows is
a reprinting of each of the quotes lliat were unclear, along with contextual information.
Weapon Confiscated
From Harris A Room
The woman, who asked to remain anonym< ms. told the Quaker Campus (QC) that she was
alone with a Franklin in a locked
room and that her shirt was off
when another Franklin Society
member kicked in the door and
started taking pictures of her.
She said that the other men
present stood behind him and
laughed. "None of ihcrrs did any-
thin . s me or to stop him,"
the >aid.
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On the morning of Sunday,
March 18, however, the victim's
roommate says that she went to
the house where the alleged photography took place, knocked and
entered before the door was answered.
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The victim says she does not feel
the society is remorseful enough.
"If they were sorry about it, why
didn't they just give me the film?"
She asked.
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Voyeurism, or the act of covertly
instrumentally viewing anyone
who has reason to believe that
they are in a private space, is illegal according to the California
Penal Code (647k) and is consid
ered a sexual offense at Whittier
College.
***
"I don't want this to turn into a
'he said, she said' battle played
out through the media," [Senior
Franklin Society President
MikejMuller said. 'This is being
handled through the school. Everyone involved has been interviewed by Campus Safety and is
cooperating with them. I've apologized to the girl involved and
I'm confident that any problems
will be addressed and resolved."
■ CRIME
by Raluca Zelinschi
QC Asst. News Editor
A Resident Advisor and an
Area Coordinator found what they
believed to be a handgun during a
routine health and safety check in
Harris A on Thursday, March 22*
according to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis. At
approximately 4:30 p.m., the two
found the semi-automatic-looking weapon lying in plain sight on
the floor between the bed and the
desk. The student was not present
at the time. Campus Safety was
called and the gun was confiscated. The gun was identified as a
b.b. gun, according to the Campus
Safety report. Concerned that there
may be other things in the room
that would pose a problem, such
as ammunition, a search warrant
was obtained from Dean of Students Dave Leonard. Nothing else
was found during the search, according to Lewis.
Whittier College policy, as
well as State of California law,
forbids the possession of weapons on campus.
According to Lewis, the application of sanctions in such cases are up to Residential Life.
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