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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 October 23,2003 QUAKER CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc Students affected by grocery strike Patrick Holmes QC News Co-Editor Senior Harmony Valuet, a bagger at the La Mirada Albertsons, is among the 70,000 picketing grocery workers in Southern and Central California, and is concerned that not enough people on campus understand the situation. "Alotofpeoplearelike, 'tell me the whole story because I have no clue what is going on,'" Valuet said. "There is a lot of mixed media right now and Albertons, Ralphs and Vons are printing their message in the paper because they have the money to. and the unions don't have the money to be able to respond. I just don't think people know the whole story." According to Valuet, she and her fellow employees at Albertsons are picketing not because they are on strike, but because they are locked out from working. Valuet and other local Albertsons employees are a part of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union, Local 324. which is the same union for Ralphs and Vons employees. "When they were negotiating and it was looking like things weren't going to work out, the union decided that we would strike only Vons to not inconvenience customers. Vons employees voluntarily walked off their job, we did not," Valuet said. Instead, Albertsons Inc. and Kroger Co., which bargain jointly with Safeway (owner of Vons), locked out their workers after the Vons strike began. "They have said the strike might goon until December or maybe even longer," Valuet said. "I'm going to make $100 this week for picketing 20 hours, but that will go down next week because it will start to be taxed, and eventually, as the strike drags on, people will probably have to work less and less." Valuet pointed out that checkers that are used to making $350 a week for 24 hours of work will have to picket for 40 just to make $300. The pay that Valuet and other strikers receive while locked out of work comes from the union's strike fund, which has been amassing funds from union dues since the last strike in the 1970s. The main reason for the strike is a disagreement between the union and the corporations over employee health care benefits. "People are upset because they think we get too good of benefits for being part-time," Valuet said. 'The fact that [the corporations] have done it all these years shows they can take care of their employees, but are trying not to do so anymore." While picketing, Valuet has noticed that students from nearby Bio- la University have been "set in their PATRICK HOLMES / QC NEWS CO-EDITOR Senior Harmony Valuet pickets outside Albertsons in La Mirada. ways" and continue to shop at the La girl is out there picketing with me Mirada Albertsons. "We have a cou- and she will tell people 'hey, can you pie college students from Biola that work in our store and this one poor seeSnUKEfx&e6 Campus Safety tickets stop sign runners Genevieve Roman QC Assistant News Editor PATRICK HOLMES / QC NEWS CO-EDITOR Athletic Center (foreground) and Turner/Harris (background) stop signs, both of which were monitored by Campus Safety. Six students were issued tickets for running a stop sign on Harris hil on Monday, Oct. 13. A few days before the citations were issued at the two stop signs on the hill that leads up to Turner and Harris Residence Halls, Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex and another administrator were looking at the AC lot in preparation for the disaster drill and were almost hit by a car that didn't stop at the Hartley House stop sign. The tickets included a $50 fine. Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis said that Campus Safety has to crack down on stop sign violations every few months. "It's ongoing... we have to keep reminding people because that intersection's pretty busy. That stop sign is there for a reason. Come on, folks." First-year student Michelle Araw contested the ticket, "and they waived it. I live in Wanberg and I'd parked up there because there was no parking... I didn't actually see the stop sign because of a tree that was blocking it, but I did see the white line at the bottom of the hill so I knew to stop." Araw admitted that she was taken off guard by the Campus Safety officers. "They were like hiding behind the bushes and seeSPOPSIGNpc&5 Beer review "6 Days of Beer" kicks off with our review of Anchor Steam Beer. We do the beer tests so that you can drink the best. CampusLife,Page10 ISSUE 8 • VOLUME 90 Book review Alumnus "Tricky Dick" rises from the grave! Check out our review of the latest Nixon biography. A&E,Page12 Vehicle break-ins Tammy Marashlian QC Staff Writer Between the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 13 and the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 14, a Honda Civic and GMC Sierra truck were broken into in the parking lot of the Athletics Center. Although the attempts to steal the cars were unsuccessful, there was some damage damage to the vehicles. Upon returning to her Honda Civic that had been parked overnight, first-year student Cindy Morales "noticed that her car had been broken into and a student officer was flagged down," said Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis. After inspection of the car, it appeared that "the steering column of the student's Honda Civic showed signs of tampering and damage," said Lewis. Also "several parts from the steering column were removed. The glove box had been ransacked and papers were shuffled around the passenger's seat. The tools of the suspect were also found in the car." According to Lewis, "the Whittier Police Department took fingerprints of the car and also collected the tools." The report classified the break-in as "attempted grand theft auto." Lewis went on to explain that "while officers were investigating the previous incident, a second car was found to be damaged." The damaged car was in fact Junior Artie Straus' GMC Sierra."There was damage to the rubber seal in the upper window of,|he driver. The driver's side mirror was also broken," said Lewis. According to the report, "an unknown suspect attempted to enter the vehicle by prying the window." Although entry was not made, there was "damage to the driver's mirrorand weatherstrip- ping." The Whittier Police Department took fingerprints. The report showed the break-in as an "attempted burglary from mcrtnr vehicle." "I had nothing stolen, said seeACBREAK-INSpage7 Women's Soccer The women's soccer team- comes back with a win, putting them in first place in the SCIAC. Go Poets! Sports,Page16
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Title | The QC, Vol. 90, No. 08 • October 23, 2003 |
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 | October 23, 2003 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Title | 2003_10_23_001 |
OCR | The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914 October 23,2003 QUAKER CAMPUS http://web.whittier.edu/qc Students affected by grocery strike Patrick Holmes QC News Co-Editor Senior Harmony Valuet, a bagger at the La Mirada Albertsons, is among the 70,000 picketing grocery workers in Southern and Central California, and is concerned that not enough people on campus understand the situation. "Alotofpeoplearelike, 'tell me the whole story because I have no clue what is going on,'" Valuet said. "There is a lot of mixed media right now and Albertons, Ralphs and Vons are printing their message in the paper because they have the money to. and the unions don't have the money to be able to respond. I just don't think people know the whole story." According to Valuet, she and her fellow employees at Albertsons are picketing not because they are on strike, but because they are locked out from working. Valuet and other local Albertsons employees are a part of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union, Local 324. which is the same union for Ralphs and Vons employees. "When they were negotiating and it was looking like things weren't going to work out, the union decided that we would strike only Vons to not inconvenience customers. Vons employees voluntarily walked off their job, we did not," Valuet said. Instead, Albertsons Inc. and Kroger Co., which bargain jointly with Safeway (owner of Vons), locked out their workers after the Vons strike began. "They have said the strike might goon until December or maybe even longer," Valuet said. "I'm going to make $100 this week for picketing 20 hours, but that will go down next week because it will start to be taxed, and eventually, as the strike drags on, people will probably have to work less and less." Valuet pointed out that checkers that are used to making $350 a week for 24 hours of work will have to picket for 40 just to make $300. The pay that Valuet and other strikers receive while locked out of work comes from the union's strike fund, which has been amassing funds from union dues since the last strike in the 1970s. The main reason for the strike is a disagreement between the union and the corporations over employee health care benefits. "People are upset because they think we get too good of benefits for being part-time," Valuet said. 'The fact that [the corporations] have done it all these years shows they can take care of their employees, but are trying not to do so anymore." While picketing, Valuet has noticed that students from nearby Bio- la University have been "set in their PATRICK HOLMES / QC NEWS CO-EDITOR Senior Harmony Valuet pickets outside Albertsons in La Mirada. ways" and continue to shop at the La girl is out there picketing with me Mirada Albertsons. "We have a cou- and she will tell people 'hey, can you pie college students from Biola that work in our store and this one poor seeSnUKEfx&e6 Campus Safety tickets stop sign runners Genevieve Roman QC Assistant News Editor PATRICK HOLMES / QC NEWS CO-EDITOR Athletic Center (foreground) and Turner/Harris (background) stop signs, both of which were monitored by Campus Safety. Six students were issued tickets for running a stop sign on Harris hil on Monday, Oct. 13. A few days before the citations were issued at the two stop signs on the hill that leads up to Turner and Harris Residence Halls, Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex and another administrator were looking at the AC lot in preparation for the disaster drill and were almost hit by a car that didn't stop at the Hartley House stop sign. The tickets included a $50 fine. Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis said that Campus Safety has to crack down on stop sign violations every few months. "It's ongoing... we have to keep reminding people because that intersection's pretty busy. That stop sign is there for a reason. Come on, folks." First-year student Michelle Araw contested the ticket, "and they waived it. I live in Wanberg and I'd parked up there because there was no parking... I didn't actually see the stop sign because of a tree that was blocking it, but I did see the white line at the bottom of the hill so I knew to stop." Araw admitted that she was taken off guard by the Campus Safety officers. "They were like hiding behind the bushes and seeSPOPSIGNpc&5 Beer review "6 Days of Beer" kicks off with our review of Anchor Steam Beer. We do the beer tests so that you can drink the best. CampusLife,Page10 ISSUE 8 • VOLUME 90 Book review Alumnus "Tricky Dick" rises from the grave! Check out our review of the latest Nixon biography. A&E,Page12 Vehicle break-ins Tammy Marashlian QC Staff Writer Between the afternoon of Monday, Oct. 13 and the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 14, a Honda Civic and GMC Sierra truck were broken into in the parking lot of the Athletics Center. Although the attempts to steal the cars were unsuccessful, there was some damage damage to the vehicles. Upon returning to her Honda Civic that had been parked overnight, first-year student Cindy Morales "noticed that her car had been broken into and a student officer was flagged down," said Assistant Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis. After inspection of the car, it appeared that "the steering column of the student's Honda Civic showed signs of tampering and damage," said Lewis. Also "several parts from the steering column were removed. The glove box had been ransacked and papers were shuffled around the passenger's seat. The tools of the suspect were also found in the car." According to Lewis, "the Whittier Police Department took fingerprints of the car and also collected the tools." The report classified the break-in as "attempted grand theft auto." Lewis went on to explain that "while officers were investigating the previous incident, a second car was found to be damaged." The damaged car was in fact Junior Artie Straus' GMC Sierra."There was damage to the rubber seal in the upper window of,|he driver. The driver's side mirror was also broken," said Lewis. According to the report, "an unknown suspect attempted to enter the vehicle by prying the window." Although entry was not made, there was "damage to the driver's mirrorand weatherstrip- ping." The Whittier Police Department took fingerprints. The report showed the break-in as an "attempted burglary from mcrtnr vehicle." "I had nothing stolen, said seeACBREAK-INSpage7 Women's Soccer The women's soccer team- comes back with a win, putting them in first place in the SCIAC. Go Poets! Sports,Page16 |
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