The QC, Vol. 90, No. 02 • September 11, 2003

              The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
September 11,2003
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First-year students Krista Key, Jenny Smith and Stephanie Collins in their triple room in Johnson.
The arrival of the largest class in ten
years forces some residents into triples
Genevieve Roman
QC Assistant News Editor
Three girls living in one room meant for two might seem
normal in Wanberg, but the female first-year students in the
Johnson triples don't have two roommates by choice. The
class of 2007 has 376 students, making it about 23 percent
larger than the class of 2006. The rise in enrollment means that
there are some first-year women living in Johnson Residence
Hall rooms that are meant for two residents but have been
converted to triples; tripling is the only recourse Whittier
College has in the event of overbooking. Associate Dean of
Academics, Director of the Liberal Education Program and
Professor of Mathematics Fritz Smith noted that "the goal for
this year's freshman class was three-hundred and forty, based
on expectations of kids who enroll but don't come."
Besides its growth in size, the new freshman class is also
"a bit stronger academically than last year's newcomers," said
Smith. Director of Admissions Kieron Miller explained that
"during the admissions process, students are divided into
academic quintiles, and in this year's class seventy-two
percent of the students were in the top three academic quintiles as opposed to sixty-eight percent of the 2002 freshman
class."
The 2003 class was so large that at the beginning of the
year there were thirteen rooms converted to triples in Johnson,
but this number has gotten smaller and still more of the girls
are expecting to de-triple in the next few weeks. First-year
student Megan Johnson said she and the rest of the girls in
triples don't have any guarantees as to when they will de-
triple, but that because of triple housing charges she is saving
"about nine-hundred dollars a year." Johnson added, "at this
point in time we all like each other and wouldn't even want to
de-triple." And first-year student Erin Raisner said: "We only
have two desks, but we just rotate using the internet, and if we
have to, we just go to the library. I was worried at first about
the space, but it's kind of fun... We all like each other and we
might end up staying together anyway."
Miller said that changes in the number of applications
from year to year is "the nature of the game and it's hard to tell
how many accepted students will enroll, but these fluctuations
are natural and cannot be attributed to any single factor." Miller
also pointed out that "admissions did stay open a little bit
longer and the College is still looking at the numbers to explain
the data; a lot of it has to do with the state school's tuition
increases and the passion that Whittier College admissions and
financial aid counselors have for their jobs. Otherwise," said
Miller, "I don't know that there were any drastic changes."
First-year student enrollment by year
ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 90
SEX!
Surely you want to know
what that is about. While
you're at it, enjoy twelve
things about Whittier
Opinions, Page 2
Hoovielicious
COR members
review progress
Brycie Jones
QC Assistant News Editor
The Council of Representatives met for the first time
this semester Monday, Sept. 9, marking the halfway point
of senior Zach Winters's term as COR president.
Winters, elected Nov. 22, 2002, won a runoff election
against senior Todd Spainer. Throughout his campaign,
Winters emphasized his lack of prior COR experience as
the quality COR needed most: "I'm going to get in, throw
everyone on their heads, and they're not even going to know
what happened," Winters said during a debate on Nov. 12,
2002. Specific issues Winters addressed in his candidate
statement [Quaker Campus, volume 89, issue 11] included
the need for more call boxes and better lighting across
campus, more attention to new initiatives versus old initiatives and creating a patio cafe to compete with Bon
Appetit.
"Unfortunately there has been no visible progress on
the patio cafe," Winters said, although he hopes to have it
running by December "in all possibility" with the help of
the Economics Club. "I envision it [as] a place to sit and
relax with coffee and bagels, etcetera, that on weekends and
nights will turn into a stage that will showcase local and
college bands, as well as a keg service." Winters also said
the cafe" would need to be run by Bon Appetit due to the
College's exclusive contract, unlike Winters's original
plan which called for a different catering company to
compete with Bon Appetit.
During the 2003 spring semester, sophomore COR
Member-at-Large Stephanie Del Razo took on the call
boxes and lighting issue on campus. However, "the administration somehow does not feel the same way we do about
their importance," Winters said. Del Razo did bring broken
lighting near the Wanberg stairs to the attention of Facilities; the lighting has since been repaired.
While Winters's administration did focus more on new
initiatives during the 2003 spring semester, Winters said:
"One past project we should have paid more attention to, I
admit, was the COR Car. That will be changing this year."
Winters feels his presidency has had an effect on COR:
"Without a doubt, COR is a different place now. Many of
the concerns lots of students had about COR have been
addressed."
Other COR members are less enthusiastic about their
accomplishments from last semester. Former Program Board
Chair sophomore Lauren Bourgoyne said, "I think that we
set out to do too many things without realizing there wasn't
enough time." Junior COR Secretary Lindsey Brengle
echoed Bourgoyne's statement, saying, "we accomplished
some of our goals, especially the Uptown Discount program, but there is still a lot left to do. And I emphasize 'a
lot.'"
COR now looks forward to the beginning of the fall
semester as a time to put more plans into action. "The setup
is complete, now comes time for the follow-through,"
Winters said. During Monday' s meeting, the eleven present
COR members discussed plans for a $5,000 renovation of
the Student Union. The renovation will mostly consist of
See COR, page 7
There's this story. It's about the
Hoovies. Is your interest peaked?
I thought so. So, do you come
here often?
Campus Life, Page 8
UFO! interview
Yeah, that's right. UFO! Uh-
huh. There's also a story abour
Kevin Smith of "Mallrats"
fame. Yee-haw!
A&E, Page 10
Stuff with balls
A lot of the things in this section
deal with handling balls. You are
so sick, you totally misinterpreted
that.
Sports, Page 16