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QU^campus 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," Please see CHAVEZ page 4. 9H mm jggHflBHHBs WmmmM ^ / - ;. By Sarah Gammill/ QC Photography Editor 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. Please see CODE page 4. rr NEWS -Student response to alcohol survey -Alumni phonathon sees donation increases -Faculty Masters recap v^year IT FEATURES -Reiff explores politics -Is the C J. food healthy? -Forte remembers her college days V \ f SPORTS -Lacrosse comes back with fifth WCLL title -Baseball drops out of SCIAC pennant race -Sports Shorts
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Title | The QC, Vol. 77, No. 26 • May 2, 1991 |
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 | May 2, 1991 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Date-Created | 2013-10-03 |
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Title | 1991_05_02_p001 |
OCR | QU^campus 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," Please see CHAVEZ page 4. 9H mm jggHflBHHBs WmmmM ^ / - ;. By Sarah Gammill/ QC Photography Editor 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. Please see CODE page 4. rr NEWS -Student response to alcohol survey -Alumni phonathon sees donation increases -Faculty Masters recap v^year IT FEATURES -Reiff explores politics -Is the C J. food healthy? -Forte remembers her college days V \ f SPORTS -Lacrosse comes back with fifth WCLL title -Baseball drops out of SCIAC pennant race -Sports Shorts |
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