The QC, Vol. 89, No. 11 • November 14, 2002

              The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
November 14,2002
QUAKER CAMPUS
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"Women of Whittier"
calender sparks debate
■ PUBLICATION
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
The Photography Club is currently accepting e-mails from female students interested in being
featured in their new publication,
the "Women of Whittier" calendar.
However, the calendar has sparked
some debate on campus as to whether it, and the fliers that advertised it,
are degrading to Whittier's female
population.
According to senior Photography Club president Andy Wilcox,
the most difficult and controversial
phase of putting together the calendar has been deciding which 12
interested women it will feature.
"Obviously we don't want the criteria to be based on 'just beauty' or
'just brains,'" he said.
To make the selection process
as impartial as possible, Wilcox
decided tc let members ofthe Whittier ,-,.^ unity decide. Once the
Club has enough women interested,
members will take headshots and
post them on the photography club's
Web sue. Students and faculty will
then be able to vote on their twelve
favorite candidates.
There are still those with concerns about the message that the
calendar will send. Assistant Professor of Philosophy Michelle S wit-
zer said, "[The calendar] is a piggish adolescent objectification of
women. Even though people have
the right to be sexist pigs doesn't
mean they have to be."
"[The calendar] is a piggish
adolescent objectification
of women."
Michelle Switzer
Assistant Professor of
Philosophy
Many„of the oWginal fliers for
the calendar, which featured a scantily clad woman soliciting submissions, were torn down. Wilcox responded to this saying, "To my dismay, several students have taken
matters into their own hands. It is
disappointing to me that there are
students at this college who believe
they have the right to censor other
people's endeavors."
However, sophomore Emily
Moorehead feels that there are better ways for the Photography Club
to advertise. "The approach they
are taking is very derogatory," she
said. "It' s not right for them to show
a 'socially beautiful' woman on the
flier and call it 'Women of Whittier.' It makes me question what they
are defining as beautiful, especially
using that name, which is also the
name of a campus women's empowerment club."
According to Director of Student Activities Barney Peake, the
Office of Student Activities has re-
cieved complaints from both faculty and students about the content of
the fliers. Peake had concerns as to
whether these fliers violated Student Handbook policies. "Page 103
of the Handbook outlines the policies for visual conduct. That includes fliers and posters," he said.
"If people take offense [to the fliers] it can be deemed harassment."
The calendar debate comes at
the same time Assistant Professor
of Education and Child Development Anne Sebanc and the Vagina
Monolougues group are beginning
to advertise auditions for their February performance, thus bringing
on-campus gender relations to the
spotlight. "Men do not object to the
Vagina Monologues group and their
CUNT sign [which stands for C U
See CALENDER, page 7.
HELENA NGO / QC PHOTO EDITOR
Presidential candidates juniors Todd Spanier and Zach Winters and sophomore Sunny Hira answered
questions about their diverse platforms and campaign promises at the debates on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
HELENA NGO / QC PHOTO EDITOR
Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu spoke about the
effects of globalization on indigenous populations at a presentation at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts on
Wednesday, Nov. 13. For full story, see Campus Life, page 8.
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■ ELECTIONS
by Patrick Holmes
QC Assistant News Editor
Four presidential candidates
addressed their views on communication, experience, goals, and
strategies for the future of COR in
a debate held on Tuesday, Nov. 12
in Hoover Hall, to an audience of
only 40 Whittier students.
Sophomor e student Sunny
HiraandjuniorsZack Winters and
Todd Spanier were present at the
debate, and junior Nick Levine
joined the debate via phone from
Italy, where he is currently studying abroad. The candidates agreed
on issues ranging from the need
for more call boxes on campus,
better lighting, and a greater representation of women on COR.
They also noted the need for improvements in retention and the
importance of supporting societies as a way of building more
relationships for students. They
differed with their views on candidate experience and goals for
the new term of office. One ofthe
more pressing issues addressed at
the debate was the diversity in
political experience from the can
didates. Winters, the only candidate who has not previously served
on COR said, "We need someone
in office that is not politically obligated to anyone, I'm going to get
in, throw everyone on their heads,
and they're not even going to know
what happened." Hira, who questioned Winter's experience, contended saying, "Barriers of entry
are high, in order to attack a system
you need to understand it."
An audience member asked the
candidates how they would deal
with what they called "the administrative roadblock" in trying to
enact initiatives. Spanier pointed
to relationships he established as
COR vice-president and said,
"Changing policy requires some-
See DEBATES, page 7
CORRECTION
The Quaker Campus apologizes to the Health Center, and
particularly to Dr. William Stimmler, for incomplete reporting in
the Oct. 31 story "Students doubt
quality of Health Center service."
The story should have included a
response from Dr. Stimmler.
For a response from Dr. Stimmler, please see page 2.
ISSUE 11 • VOLUME 89
We got dates!
Candidates, that is. Read
the COR presidential
campaign statements before
it's too late.
Opinions, Page 2
A HI'bit of everything
From the new Cribs, to our first
senior profile in weeks. Nothing
beats momma's home cooking
like Campus Life. Mmm!
Campus Life, Page 8
MARVEL-ous
It's a bird! It's a plane!
It's...it's...it's hundreds of free
comic books. We found the
source of it all just for you.
A&E, Page 10
Wet and Wild
Men and women's Swimming
and diving teams dive into the
season, both with a completely
new coaching staff.
Sports, Page 16