The QC, Vol. 89, No. 13 • December 5, 2002

              December 5,2002
QUAKER CAMPUS
Craven and Nobuth resign,
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COR
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
Senior COR President Jess Craven and senior COR Treasurer Prithvi Nobuth resigned from their positions on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The
two cited insurmountable problems
with Director of Student Activities
Barney Peake as the reason for their
resignation.
Craven and Nobuth's decision
comes at the end of their term, shortly before Craven will be replaced
by junior COR president-elect Zach
Winters, who will then appoint a
new treasurer. Until then, junior
COR Vice-President Todd Spanier
will take on the responsibilities of
both the president and treasurer.
In a statement submitted to the
Quaker Campus, Craven and
Nobuth said, "When in the course
of Whittier College events it becomes necessary for dedicated, hard
working members of the Student
Government to resign, it is an obvious indication of severe and unprecedented atrocities against the
goals and progress of the body."
"Our resignation is not
intended to be a message to students, it is a
message for students. It
is directed towards the
administration, and those
who genuinely care
about Whittier College."
Seniors Jess Craven
and Prithvi Nobuth
The statement then lists Peake's
alleged misdeeds against COR and
the A.S.W.C, which include accusations of his mishandling the
A.S.W.C. account and making inconsistent policy decisions.
ALLISON CORONA / QC STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Campus Safety officer SamtaviaSignor helps herfellowofficerinstall
new lock cores on a Stauffer door on Sunday, Dec. 1 as a result of
an R.A.'s set ofsubmaster keys being allegedly stolen from his room.
Peake said that the two executive council members' resignations
came as a surprise. "I have tried to
work with [COR] throughout the
year," he said. "Sure, there were
things that [Craven and Nobuth]
couldn't do, but there are specific
policies and procedures that have to
be followed, and, as the COR advisor, I had to draw the line somewhere."
Topping the list of complaints
against Peake was the allegation that
he "has shown a blatant disregard for
the A.S.W.C. constitution." In an interview, Peake expressed confusion.
"I've tried to work with COR [on this
issue], and I've brought up at COR
meetings some instances when COR
was going against the constitution.
There has been no 'disregard' as far as
I know, he said."
AccordingtoCravenandNobuth's
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ALLISON CORONA / QC STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A giant inflatable snowman greets students in the C.I. as
part of the COR and Students for Community Medicine's
effort to provide holiday toys for needy children through
student donations. See page 6 for full story
Stauffer and Tohnson
residence halls re-cored
■ KEYS
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
As a result of the theft of a set of
submaster keys that fit all the locks
in the Johnson and Stauffer Residence Halls on Friday, Nov. 15, the
two buildings were entirely fitted
with new lock cores on Sunday,
Dec. 1.
According to Stauffer and
Johnson Halls Area Coordinator
Anne Ehrlich, the estimated cost
for replacing the keys and the cores
was $3,900. She dispelled a common student worry, however, by
assuring that "the cost will be covered by the Office of Residential
Life, [and] no students will be
charged."
According to a Campus Safety
report, a Resident Advisor (R.A.)
from Stauffer Hall's second floor
left his room to visit a resident at
approximately 1 a.m. on Friday. He
reportedly left the room "unsecured
and unattended" for a forty-minute
period, leaving the keys on his desk.
When he returned, the set of keys
was missing. The R.A., however,
did not notice their absence until the
next morning, when he called the
Office of Residential Life and Campus Safety to report the alleged theft.
According to Assistant Chief of
Campus Safety John Lewis, there
"A lost or stolen submaster is an extremely rare
occurrence but, as with
any safety-related issue,
it is one that we take
extremely seriously."
Anne Ehriich
Stauffer and Johnson
Halts Area Coordinator
are currently no suspects in the case.
"Every effort was made to recover the stolen keys, but they never materialized," Ehrlich said. "Residential Life and Campus Safety
then collaborated to set the wheels
in motion to change all the locks in
both buildings." According to
Lewis, each submaster key on the
ring opened all of the doors in a
single floor of Stauffer or Johnson,
as well as all of the outside doors.
"We're talking about 180 doors
here," Lewis said. "Each door needs
three keys, one for each of the roommates and one for Residential Life.
That makes 540 keys. That's a lot of
keys."
Although Residential Life ordered the keys from an outside company, Campus Safety still had to
engrave the keys with their respective numbers and change all of the
lock cores in both residence halls, a
process which Lewis called "no
small task." R.A.s distributed the
new keys to residents on Sunday.
Since the keys allowed access
not only to the buildings themselves,
but also to all ofthe residents' rooms
within both Residence Halls, the
missing keys created a significant
safety risk, Ehrlich said. "A lost or
stolen submaster is an extremely
rare occurrence but, as with any
safety-related issue, it is one that we
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\News You Can Use
Due to finals, The Quaker
Campus will not publish next
week. The next publication date
will be Thursday, Jan. 16. Have a
pleasant holiday break.
ISSUE 13* VOLUME 89
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push people and anti-war
protestors. Oh, and "cunt"
isn't offensive, who knew?
Opinions, Page 2
Sportsfest Coverage!
Yeah, we know, Sportsfest was
sooo two weeks ago, but nonthe-
less we're providing you with lots
of coverage this week.
Campus Life, Page 8
Investment Options
Choose from bonds (James
Bond) or cold, hard Cash
(Johnny Cash). Or you can just
read the A&E section.
A&E, Page 10
MVPs Galore
We have our picks for MVPs,
MVP Runners Up, and Rookie of
the Year. It's a gas. Huzzah to
our picks.
Sports, Page 14