The QC, Vol. 77, No. 26 • May 2, 1991

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Volume LXXVII, Number 26 May 2,1991
Volume LXXVII, Number 26
BOG Approves Funding for Chavez
After Rejecting SAVE's initial Request
By Anthony M. Navarrete
QC Staff Writer
Amidst much controversy,
Cesar Chavez, a labor leader,
Chicano activist and President
and Founder of the United Farm
Workers Union (UFW), spoke
last night in the Ettinger
Faculty Center.
Chavez is a nationally
known political figure, who rose
in the farmworker labor
movement in the late 1950's.
Since then he has fought for the
rights of farm workers and the
Chicano community in general.
For many years Chavez
and the UFW have organized
boycotts against several grocery
store chains, and have also been
boycotting table grapes.
The controversy
surrounding Chavez' speech
arose after the Board of
Governors (BOG) turned down
an initial proposal from the
Student Action Voluteers for the
Environment(SAVE), for $3,000
to help fund the event.
Last Monday, BOG
approved a revised proposal for
funding, contingent upon SAVE
issuing an apology to BOG for
some of the negative publicity
they received during the
controversy.
Senior Joann Brookes,
SAVE President, said that BOG
turned down SAVE's proposal,
because they did not want to
directly fund a political action.
Brookes then asked, "if [BOG]
does not fund political actions,
why did they contribute money
to the Republican Club at the
same meeting, and why did they
also contribute money for
Lieutenant General Thomas
Kelly to speak?" Brookes said
that BOG was being "clearly
biased" in who they gave money
to.
She also said that BOG had
questioned whether there would
be any student support for
Controversy Arises at Spring Sing After
Incorrect Tabulations Were Discovered
By Shauna Stanley I QC Staff Writer and Caitlin
Duffy I QC News Editor
Although the Orthogonian Society received
four out of the five awards last Saturday night at
Spring Sing, it was discovered that the tabulation
committee had miscalculated the votes.
Originally the Orthogonians were awarded
Best Vocal Performance, Best Choreography,
Most Original Act and Sweepstakes (best overall
performance).
Upon recounting the votes, the award for
Best Vocals was given to the "Three Girls," Best
Choreography to the Thalian Society, and Best
Representation of Theme to the Audrey IV. The
award for Sweepstakes is being shared by the
Thalians and Orthogonians.
According to Wendy Guthrie, senior, and
Chairperson of the Spring Sing Committee, the
miscalculations occurred due to time constraints
that the judges were working under.
"Each group is only allowed to win a
maximum of two awards," Guthrie stated.
"(On Saturday evening) I spoke with the
Thalians and told them that there had been a
miscalculation and also tried to contact the
Orthogonians," Guthrie said. In addition, the
Spring Sing Committee held a meeting last
Monday with the two societies, to "let them know
what had happened," she said.
Junior Tammy Dietrich, Thalian, stated
that the meeting turned into a "verbal argument."
Sophomore Kevin McGlynn, Orthogonian,
said, "We (the Orthogonians) felt that we were
considerate with the distribution of the awards
during the meeting."
'The thing that upset us was the procedure.
The Thalians were told Saturday night and we
didn't know what had happened until Monday
afternoon," McGlynn stated.
Dietrich said that the Thalians are "glad
that we won, but the moment is over."
One judge, Jack Millis (a Financial Aid
Counselor), said: "We're sorry for what happened.
I feel sorry for the groups that actually did win;
their moment was taken away from them."
When the Thalians realized that they hadn't
won any of the awards, Deitrich said they were
"quite surprised, but we weren't going to question
the decision."
Sophomore Adam Rapp, Orthogonian, said,
'The situation has been blown out of proportion.
We had a great time at Spring Sing and we want
to congratulate the Thalians."
Other judges of the competition were: Karen
Magner, Administrative Assistant to the Office
of Residential Life; Glenn Whipp, entertainment
writer forthe Whittier Daily News; and Wes Reed,
choral director at La Serna High School.
The show was emceed by seniors Mercer
Borden and Heather Johnston and alumni
Anthony Alameda.
Chavez to speak on campus, so
Brookes, and other members of
SAVE as well as members from
the Hispanic Students
Association collected over 250
signatures in one day, of people
who supported Chavez's speaking
at Whittier.
In a letter she sent to BOG on
April 24, Brookes reiterated her
feeling that Chavez would be a
valuable speaker for the College.
She said it would "add to the
diversity of speakers, cultures,
and ideas represented on this
campus...raise awareness about
the national problem of our
contaminated food supply...[and
serve as a] practical connection
between academic concepts and
their practical applications in the
public interest."
Brookes also drew a
connection between Chavez's
activism and "the Quaker
traditions and values of this
campus,"
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The Whittier men's lacrosse team celebrates after
winning WCLL title game. For complete story,
please see page 16.
Honor Code Committee to
Propose Two Honor Codes
By Anthony M. Navarrete
QC Staff Writer
The Honor Code Committee
has decided to draft two
separate honor codes because
they can not reach a consensus
as to what the scope of an honor
code should be, if implemented
at Whittier College.
The decision to draft and
examine a second honor code
occurred attheApril 24 meeting
of the committee after it was
revealed that the entire
committee had not been present
at the previous meeting where
a supposed "consensus" decision
for a strictly academic honor
code had been reached.
Alvin Henderson, ASWC
President, introduced the idea
of drawing up a second, more far
reaching honor code.
He suggested that the two
proposals be marketed to the
college population by the Board
of Governors (BOG), eventually
leading to a referendum where
the students would decide
whether they prefer a strictly
academic or more pervasive
honor code, or no honor code at
all.
Henderson hopes to have the
referendum presented to the
students by next December, and
to start enacting the result of
the referendum by January.
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