The QC, Vol. 89, No. 09 • October 31, 2002

              The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
October 31,2002
QUAKER CAMPUS
Students doubt quality
of Health Center service
In the face of student complaints, the Center
stresses its credibility and desire to help
M HEALTH
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
With the change of weather,
and the onset of cold and flu season
rapidly approaching, many Whittier students may find it necessary to
trek up to the Student Health Services building for much needed relief. However, according to a number of Whittier students, the services provided by the Center may not
solve students' health problems.
Sophomore Kristin Oase tells
of her experience with the Health
Center regarding antibiotics. She
visited the Center last week, worried about the appearance of blood
in her urine. "I'm not sexually active, so I knew that it was unlikely
that I had a urinary tract infection
(U.T.I.)," she said. "When [Health
Center physician Dr. William Stim-
ler] took a urine sample to test for
blood, he did something wrong, and
nothing showed up at first. He accused me of making the whole thing
up, telling me that it was probably a
U.T.I."
"When [A Health Center
physician ] took a urine
sample to test for blood, he
did something wrong, and
nothing showed up at first.
He accused me of making
the whole thing up."
.. ~      Kristin Oase
*   Sophomore
Allegedly, when Stimler happened to glance back at the sample
cup minutes later, he noticed that it
had changed color. "He said to me,
'I guess you're not making it up,'"
Oase said. She was given an antibiotic and told that the problem would
clear up within seven days. "When
I got home, I noticed that he had
given my roommate the exact same
antibiotic for her sore throat," she
said. When her symptoms did not
disappear after seven days, Oase
went back to the Health Center,
only to be told that she could not be
tested for kidney or bladder problems for two weeks—the amount of
time it would take the medication
Stimler had given her to leave her
system. Attempts to contact Stimler for comment were unsuccessful.
According to Director of Health
Services Colleen Leidy, the Center
prescribes low doses of common
antibiotic like amoxacillian, tetracycline, urithremician, and certain
sulfur-based medications because,
See HEALTH CENTER, page 7
DUSTIN RAY / QC SPORTS CO-EDITOR
A lightweight football helmet touted by its manufacturer as revolutionary in its design is scrutinized by others for allegedly failing to adequately
protect players from head injury. The standards for
helmet design are at fault, say professional equipment managers. Forfull story, see Sports page 16.
Security cameras see all
The security cam
parking lot keeps
ALLISON CORONA / QC ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR
era positioned above the Campus Inn
a vigilant watch over students' cars.
■ SAFETY
by Patrick Holmes
QC Assistant News Editor
Contrary to popular belief, the
security camera located in the Campus Inn (C.I.) parking lot is working, and while not completely effective, Campus Safety is working
to improve the system and increase
security on campus.
Original problems with the camera have been fixed "but the picture
quality is still not as good as we
would like," Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex said. "We are currently working to get that fixed."
According to Alex, the camera has
been working since August, after a
faulty fiber optic line was repaired.
Networking Manager Jim Bogdan
is currently working on improving
the picture quality of the feed from
the camera to Campus Safety but
declined to comment on the current
status of that project.
A recent occurrence of car vandalism, as reported in the QC [Issue
8, Volume 89], has sparked stu
dents' interest as to what is being
done to protect their property. "If
we cannot feel our cars are safe in a
parking lot with a surveillance camera, then it is hard to be confident
that they won't get vandalized in
other parking lots on campus," First-
year student Brycie Jones said.
Some have also questioned the effectiveness of the camera located
on the C.I. balcony overlooking the
parking lot, pointing out that the
feed to Campus Safety has not been
recorded in the recent past. "Until
we were able to determine what was
wrong with the cameras, we could
not fix the problem with the recorder," Alex said. "We determined we
needed to purchase a new tape recorder and that is what we have
done." Alex announced during an
unrelated talk with COR at their
regular meeting on Monday, Oct.
28 that the new equipment had arrived and was currently being installed.
While Campus Safety hopes the
camera and new equipment will
deter crime in the parking lots, Alex
admits there is more to be done than
monitor the camera. According to
Alex, there is no set schedule for
officers to patrol the parking lots,
Assistant Chief of Campus Safety
John Lewis said: "Every time we go
out on a call, we are in and around
the parking lots. We establish a
presence and are there to assist the
students if there is an incident that
needs our attention." Alex added,
"Statistically our numbers are good,
officers have a large presence in the
parking lots while attending to other duties."
Still some students question the
ability of Campus Safety to protect
students' property. "I don't think
their presence is intimidating to
anyone. They don't have any authority over people in the community," senior Nicole Davison said.
"The people doing the vandaliz-
See CAMERAS, page 7
News You Can Use
For an update on the curriculum restructuring, visit the Curriculum Committee Web site at:
http://web.whittier.edu/academic/
curriculumcommittee/
curriculumcommittee.htm.
ISSUE 9 • VOLUME 89
Fees' Knees
Three seperate letters to the
editor speak in favor of
paying higher student body
fees.
Opinions, Page 3
Politics and Pants
What's the correlation between
the two you ask? Turn to our
page to find out the answer that's
been plaguing scientists for years!
Campus Life, Page 8
Ring the Belle, Sir!
From knighted Beatle's music
to the sweet sounds of Susan
'Belle' Egan, we got, we got,
we got what you need.
A&E, Page 11
One Hot Minute
A blocked field goal denies football their first win of the season,
and women's soccer beats U.C.
Santa Cruz. Huzzah!
Sports, Page 14