The QC, Vol. 77, No. 27 • May 9, 1991

              QUAKER CAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
Volume LXXVII, Number 27
May 9,1991
Sarah Gammill/ QC Photography Editor
Maintenance worker Fred Herrera cleaned the rock
yesterday, four days after the Sachsens "decorated"
it with hair and honev for their hell night.
Student's Room Burglarized!;
Investigation in Progress
By Julie Amiton
QC Assistant News Editor
An estimated $6,000 worth of
music equipment was stolen
from sophomore, Jason Bates'
room, in Stauffer Hall, on
Monday night sometime
between midnight and 8:00 a.m.
Bates had been out that night
and had returned to his room
around 7:45 a.m.
"The case is currently under
investigation," Campus Safety
Chief Ed Malone said. "We
(Campus Safety) and the
Whittier Police Department are
following up on leads, attained
late Tuesday afternoon, to
possible suspects."
The stolen items include: a
black Marantz amplifier; ablack
JVC 5 disc carousel changer; a
black audio source surround
sound processor; a silver Sony
amplifier/tuner; a charcoal 30
band equalizer, a black Akai
preamplifier and remote control;
two black DBX speakers; two
wood colored BOSE bookshelf
speakers; a Yamaha QX1
sequencer; a Yamaha 4 track
recorder; a Yamaha DX7 drum
machine; a black Panasonic-
portable compact disc player; a
black Sony portable compact
disc player; and over 200
compact discs.
According to Malone, there
were no signs of a forced entry.
However Bates found direct
scratch marks on the inside of
the door, which he believes
indicates that someone had
pried into the door, however,
Malone disagrees.
"If someone had pried in, there
would have been marks around
the lock, not in a vertical
pattern," Malone said.
"This (the burglary) was
planned and well thought out,"
he added.
Because of the weight of the
stolen equipment, Malone
believes that there was more
than one person involved. 'In
Please See BURGLARY Page 4.
Ad Hoc Committee On Pledging
Makes Recommendations To Ash
By Michael Swords
QC Staff Writer
The Ad-Hoc Committee on
Society Practices and Governance
gave President James L. Ash a
series of proposals on the
restructuring of the current
societal pledging activities
yesterday.
The proposals included
dissolving the current Intersociety
Council, changing the pledging
process, and making all society
functions open to the faculty
advisor.
The Committee
recommended replacing the
Intersociety Council with a
Society Advisory Board comprised
of a year-long representative from
each society, the faculty advisor
from each society, the Director of
Alumni, and the Dean of College
Life.
With the new
recommendations, January
pledging would be replaced by
"New Member Education" from
February5-21,1992. Duringthis
time, new member education
would be limited to three hours
per day during the week and four
hours on Saturdays with Sundays
reserved for study hours.
The      committee       also
recommended strengthening
the role of the faculty advisor,
making them "privy to all
society practices, meetings,
secrets, etc," according to the
Committee's proposal.
The Ad-Hoc Committee,
which was made up of students,
faculty, administrators and
alumni, and chaired by
Stephen Gothold, Dean of
College Life, was formed at the'
request of the Faculty to
examine the current pledging
process and the implementation
of a new, "brief and legal
initiation process."
According to a letter
addressed to the Whittier
College community from Ash,
the goal of the committee was
to create, "a set of general
recommendations which will
guide the Administration of the
College in implementing the
faculty's mandate of substantial
reform."
This set of
recommendations has been
given to Ash for final approval.
Most of the new policies
reflected the committee's desire
to address three broad areas of
concern, according to Gothold.
'The first concern is the
role of societies on campus and
whether they are living up to
their constitutions; the second
involves how the societies are
governed and supervised; and
the third area is the pledging
process itself and the need for a
safer, more legal rite of passage."
Gothold cited a growing
trend on many college campuses
of ending hazing and creating
more constructive and less
abusive rituals in both Greek
and non-Greek fraternities.
According to Gothold, many
schools are trying to do away
with the traditional methods of
pledging which can create an
antagonistic relationship
between the pledge and the
active that requires the pledges
to bond together to overcome
obstacles erected by the actives.
According to Mike Beasley,
senior, committee member, this
change can "reduce the amount
of excessive pledging activities
that often wear down the
students and is often
unnecessary."
Instead, it is hoped that
encouraging societies to promote
bonding between the pledge and
the active will reduce anxiety
and stress encountered by many
who are sensitive to the mental
Please See PLEDGING Page 4.
National   Fraternity   Expert   Discusses
Hazing Problems With Societies Members
By Adam Webster
QC Staff Writer
Many facets of Whittier
College's society system were
discussed by Chuck Loring, a
society specialist who talks to
colleges nationwide about de-
hazing their programs.
The discussion, held
yesterday in Hoover Lautrop,
focused on the differences between
independent and nationally
chartered societies and current
problems with Whittier College's
societies' pledging policies.
At the time of the meeting,
Loring had met with some of the
societies and the Ad Hoc
Committee. After learning of
some society practices, Loring
stated that they were the worst
that he had heard.
Due to this and the facts that
most schools'reaction to hazing is
to shut the sororities and
fraternities down, Loring said
that the recently revised Ad
Hoc proposal is a "fairly light
recommendation—it could have
been a lot worse."
Another favorable thing
about the process of revising
the system that Loring
commented on was the fact
that students were on the
committee. "It is a compliment
to your faculty that you
structured it that way," he
stated.
Loring focused on change,
about which he cited a proverb:
'If we don't change directions
we may end up where we are
headed." Then he posed the
question, "Where are the
societies headed?"
Loring defined hazing as
activities that are "inconsistent
with the behavior of the
initiated members." If the
activity is only done during
educating, if it is questionable
in its admissibility, or is an
activity that would not be
performed openly, then, Loring
stated, it is probably hazing.
The important thing for any
type of defense against hazing
accusations is to consult the
society's constitution and bylaws to see if the questionable
activities are supported by their
original purpose, Loring said.
The three main goals in any
constitution, Loring said, is
service, academics and personal
growth. However, with the
activities that Loring claimed
he had heard about, "ifyou try to
justify them back to the reasons
you exist, there is a
contradiction."
In response to this, a society
Please See HAZING Page 4
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NEWS
-Cesar Chavez and the
"Wrath of Grapes"
-Student  commencement speaker named
-Late night breakfast on
its way
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FEATURES
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-Getting ready to go
home
-Gothold remembers
Whittier College, '60s
style
-Summer plans
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SPORTS
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-QC spring sports
awards recipients
named
-Jenner wins two
events at SCIAC finals
-Lacrosse ranked 17th
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