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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 October 10,2002 CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc Voicemail gets mixed messages ■ TECHNOLOGY by Christina Gutierrez QC News Editor Fulfilling a request that the Whittier faculty and staff have had since 1998, the Office of Telecommunications created a campus-wide Voicemail system that should make it easier for students to leave "I'm not living as simply as receive, and forward any message to another professor's mailbox. According to Lane, this system will also allow professors to record a message that all of their students will be able to listen to. Faculty members who already have personal answering machines in their offices may choose to continue using them, but according to Lane, "Nearly all messages for professors and for professors to retrieve and process these messages. One of the major advantages of the system is that it features a battery backup system that will not be affected in a blackout, so there will be no danger of faculty or staff losing messages. Although many professors already have personal answering machines in their offices, according to Director of Telecommunications Michelle Lane, the new system "is more intelligent than an answering machine." Professors will have the ability to increase or decrease volume and speed of any message they Thoreau would have wanted me to. * Susanne Weil Associate Professor of English Language and Literature [ofthe faculty and staff] will use voicemail." One of the major differences between the two systems is that, while answering machines generally use a flashing light to indicate that there is a new message recorded, the new system does not have this feature. Instead, when a professor lifts the receiver, a distinct beeping noise will indicate that there is a new message waiting unless the particular department chooses to purchase a special phone that comes equipped with a blinking light. According to Lane, however, these machines will See VOICEMAIL, page 6 Whittier ranks high ■ PRINCETON REVIEW by Patrick Holmes QC Assistant News Editor In a recent report by U.S. News and World Report Whittier College was ranked the second most diverse liberal arts school in the nation for 2003, second only to Mary mount Manhattan College. Overall Whittier placed in the third of four tiers that classify liberal arts schools nationally. The report, released annually, ranks Amherst College as the top liberal arts college in the nation, with schools such as Pomona College ranking sixth, Harvey Mudd College 15, and Occidental College 47. "* The report ranks the diversity of a campus according to a diversity index, which is based on the proportion of minorities attending the school. With 1.0 being the highest, Whittier ranks .59, with Hispanic Letters We get angry letters. Yeah, we get them every week, but one of these is about Macs, we love Macs. Not. Opinions, Page 3 students making up 27 percent ofthe school's population. "I am proud of this recognition of our long tradition of serving an extraordinarily diverse student body," President Katherine Haley Will said. As the most diverse college, Mary mount Manhattan College has a diversity index of .61; the third most diverse is Occidental College with a diversity index of .57. Despite the positive diversity rankings, Whittier College students graduate with the third highest debt load in the nation, according to this report. The debt load index classifies the schools with the heaviest and lightest debt loads falling on graduates. This year's result calculates the loans taken out by students in the Class of 2001, but does not take into effect parent loans. The average student from Whittier College graduates with a debt load of $23,247. "While I'm sure we would See RANKING, page 6 Woodies PATRICK HOLMES / QC ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Mayor of Whittier Dave Butler spoke about his platform at the COR meeting on Monday, Oct. 7 outlining his policies concerning higher education and the importance of voting. Mayor speaks to COR, stresses good relations SPEAKER by Patrick Holmes QC Assistant News Editor Whittier Mayor Dave Butler stressed the importance of good communication and relations between the city and Whittier College when he spoke at the COR meeting on Monday, Oct. 7. The mayor's visit was the first of a series of speakers from the community and from the college that senior COR President Jess Craven hopes to bring to the weekly COR meetings. "The mayor has done a lot to improve communication between the school and the city," Craven said in an interview. "I hope his visit will continue to open up that line of communication." Butler echoed the same sentiment when he talked about both past and present relations the city has had with the school. "We have in the past not enjoyed the closest relationship with Whittier College," Butler said. "That has been changing over the years, and that is a wonderful thing to see." Butler served as an officer for the Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.) for nearly 20 years. He explained that in 1976 an officer of the W.P.D. was allegedly killed in a confrontation with a Whittier College Campus Security officer. "Relations have dramatically improved since then," AssistantChief of Campus Safety John Lewis said. Butler agreed that "we can set up a-line of communication? [that] will establish a healthy environment between the city and the college." COR has been working towards the same goal. "COR is currently working with the mayor and the Uptown Whittier Association to establish a discount program for college students with uptown businesses," Craven said. "While the program is still in the very initial stages of planning, Butler has already been very helpful in coordinating this project." The plan ofthe project is to have most Uptown businesses participate in the program, in which restaurants, stores, and bars will offer an undecided percent off their purchases. "We hope that this will allow students to see what Uptown has to offer, while giving them a discount on their purchases," Craven said. The mayor and COR have already started working on further plans to involve the college in the greater Whittier community. "We will be a part ofthe Uptown Christmas Parade this year, hopefully having three floats and several school organizations involved," Craven said. Craven hopes to continue to improve relations with the city. As the mayor continues to work on relations within the city, he is also staging a campaign for the state assembly. "I never planned on going into politics, but when you see things being done that aren't right, you are a part of the problem unless you actively try to change it," Butler said. The Mayor is not favored in the race, going against a largely democratic district as a conservative candidate. "If I win in November, I will go to Sacramento, and if I don't, I will go fishing. I won't lose either way," Butler said. Butler has served on the city council for the City of Whittier since 1996, and has been mayor since 2002. Before serving on city council and in the police department, Butler served in the National Guard for six years. He currently works as an arbitrator and advocate for California lemon laws. Craven has invited Ronald Calderon, the democratic candidate running against Butler, to speak at the next COR meeting. ISSUE 6 • VOLUME 89 One's a folk singer, one's a reproductive organ. We've managed to logically fit both on one page. Campus Life, Page 7 Jesus Bytes Unholy Web sites, raw fish, a neat local art gallery and more abound in this week's issue. A&E, Page 10 Huzzah Patty Senior midfielder (and Brit with a sexy accent) Mark Paterson is doing great things on and off the field. Read his senior profile. Sports, Page 13
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Title | The QC, Vol. 89, No. 06 • October 10, 2002 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | October 10, 2002 |
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OCR | The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 October 10,2002 CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc Voicemail gets mixed messages ■ TECHNOLOGY by Christina Gutierrez QC News Editor Fulfilling a request that the Whittier faculty and staff have had since 1998, the Office of Telecommunications created a campus-wide Voicemail system that should make it easier for students to leave "I'm not living as simply as receive, and forward any message to another professor's mailbox. According to Lane, this system will also allow professors to record a message that all of their students will be able to listen to. Faculty members who already have personal answering machines in their offices may choose to continue using them, but according to Lane, "Nearly all messages for professors and for professors to retrieve and process these messages. One of the major advantages of the system is that it features a battery backup system that will not be affected in a blackout, so there will be no danger of faculty or staff losing messages. Although many professors already have personal answering machines in their offices, according to Director of Telecommunications Michelle Lane, the new system "is more intelligent than an answering machine." Professors will have the ability to increase or decrease volume and speed of any message they Thoreau would have wanted me to. * Susanne Weil Associate Professor of English Language and Literature [ofthe faculty and staff] will use voicemail." One of the major differences between the two systems is that, while answering machines generally use a flashing light to indicate that there is a new message recorded, the new system does not have this feature. Instead, when a professor lifts the receiver, a distinct beeping noise will indicate that there is a new message waiting unless the particular department chooses to purchase a special phone that comes equipped with a blinking light. According to Lane, however, these machines will See VOICEMAIL, page 6 Whittier ranks high ■ PRINCETON REVIEW by Patrick Holmes QC Assistant News Editor In a recent report by U.S. News and World Report Whittier College was ranked the second most diverse liberal arts school in the nation for 2003, second only to Mary mount Manhattan College. Overall Whittier placed in the third of four tiers that classify liberal arts schools nationally. The report, released annually, ranks Amherst College as the top liberal arts college in the nation, with schools such as Pomona College ranking sixth, Harvey Mudd College 15, and Occidental College 47. "* The report ranks the diversity of a campus according to a diversity index, which is based on the proportion of minorities attending the school. With 1.0 being the highest, Whittier ranks .59, with Hispanic Letters We get angry letters. Yeah, we get them every week, but one of these is about Macs, we love Macs. Not. Opinions, Page 3 students making up 27 percent ofthe school's population. "I am proud of this recognition of our long tradition of serving an extraordinarily diverse student body," President Katherine Haley Will said. As the most diverse college, Mary mount Manhattan College has a diversity index of .61; the third most diverse is Occidental College with a diversity index of .57. Despite the positive diversity rankings, Whittier College students graduate with the third highest debt load in the nation, according to this report. The debt load index classifies the schools with the heaviest and lightest debt loads falling on graduates. This year's result calculates the loans taken out by students in the Class of 2001, but does not take into effect parent loans. The average student from Whittier College graduates with a debt load of $23,247. "While I'm sure we would See RANKING, page 6 Woodies PATRICK HOLMES / QC ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Mayor of Whittier Dave Butler spoke about his platform at the COR meeting on Monday, Oct. 7 outlining his policies concerning higher education and the importance of voting. Mayor speaks to COR, stresses good relations SPEAKER by Patrick Holmes QC Assistant News Editor Whittier Mayor Dave Butler stressed the importance of good communication and relations between the city and Whittier College when he spoke at the COR meeting on Monday, Oct. 7. The mayor's visit was the first of a series of speakers from the community and from the college that senior COR President Jess Craven hopes to bring to the weekly COR meetings. "The mayor has done a lot to improve communication between the school and the city," Craven said in an interview. "I hope his visit will continue to open up that line of communication." Butler echoed the same sentiment when he talked about both past and present relations the city has had with the school. "We have in the past not enjoyed the closest relationship with Whittier College," Butler said. "That has been changing over the years, and that is a wonderful thing to see." Butler served as an officer for the Whittier Police Department (W.P.D.) for nearly 20 years. He explained that in 1976 an officer of the W.P.D. was allegedly killed in a confrontation with a Whittier College Campus Security officer. "Relations have dramatically improved since then," AssistantChief of Campus Safety John Lewis said. Butler agreed that "we can set up a-line of communication? [that] will establish a healthy environment between the city and the college." COR has been working towards the same goal. "COR is currently working with the mayor and the Uptown Whittier Association to establish a discount program for college students with uptown businesses," Craven said. "While the program is still in the very initial stages of planning, Butler has already been very helpful in coordinating this project." The plan ofthe project is to have most Uptown businesses participate in the program, in which restaurants, stores, and bars will offer an undecided percent off their purchases. "We hope that this will allow students to see what Uptown has to offer, while giving them a discount on their purchases," Craven said. The mayor and COR have already started working on further plans to involve the college in the greater Whittier community. "We will be a part ofthe Uptown Christmas Parade this year, hopefully having three floats and several school organizations involved," Craven said. Craven hopes to continue to improve relations with the city. As the mayor continues to work on relations within the city, he is also staging a campaign for the state assembly. "I never planned on going into politics, but when you see things being done that aren't right, you are a part of the problem unless you actively try to change it," Butler said. The Mayor is not favored in the race, going against a largely democratic district as a conservative candidate. "If I win in November, I will go to Sacramento, and if I don't, I will go fishing. I won't lose either way," Butler said. Butler has served on the city council for the City of Whittier since 1996, and has been mayor since 2002. Before serving on city council and in the police department, Butler served in the National Guard for six years. He currently works as an arbitrator and advocate for California lemon laws. Craven has invited Ronald Calderon, the democratic candidate running against Butler, to speak at the next COR meeting. ISSUE 6 • VOLUME 89 One's a folk singer, one's a reproductive organ. We've managed to logically fit both on one page. Campus Life, Page 7 Jesus Bytes Unholy Web sites, raw fish, a neat local art gallery and more abound in this week's issue. A&E, Page 10 Huzzah Patty Senior midfielder (and Brit with a sexy accent) Mark Paterson is doing great things on and off the field. Read his senior profile. Sports, Page 13 |
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