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The Voice of Whittier College since 1914 DINOSAURS ARE BACK Four QC editors go back in time and review the Natural History Museum • A&E, Page 11 Thursday, November 2o, 2003 Issue 12 - Volume 90 CANDIDATES SHOW THEIR FACES Candidates state their reasons for running in this week's COR election • News, Page 6 Web.Whit tier.Edo/QC Questions surround COR run-off election Brycie Jones QC News Co-Editor After junior presidential candidate Robert Ortega submitted his withdrawal from the 2004 A.S.W.C. presidential election to the QC, conflicting accounts arose as to why a run-off election was declared from members of the Elections Committee. According to sophomore I.R.H.A. Representative Amethyst Polk. "The only thing with the ballots... there were some periods where votes for one candidate would come in one chunk right after another. The people seemed to be voting in herds... but that is not unlike any other election." Senior Secretary Lindsey Brengle said. "Anything about the ballots. 1 don't know why that is being said, because 1 know it isn't true. We had the run-off election because Robert did not have a majority, I can say that with certainty. He did have more ballots, but he did not have 50 percent." Junior Elections Committee member Terry Lin said that an allegation about interference with ballots and whether Ortega actually had a majority "is true and isn't true." While he initially said he didn't know "if [he] is supposed to leak any information about that," he later said, "[The Elections Committee] did run into constitutional problems with the new amendment, and so we were partly justified in [declaring] the run-off election. I can't comment on if Robert had more that 50 percent of votes. I don't want to get personally in volved." When asked if he felt anything was being covered up by the Elections Committee, Lin said, "I don't want to comment on that... I mean, I have my thoughts, but I am a Penn and don't want to get involved." Senior A.S.W.C. President Zach Winters said he had no comment on allegations regarding interference with the ballots during the first presidential election. "I can tell you that this matter has been handled 100 percent accurately according to the constitution, there were plenty of people, four people including [Dean of Students] Tracy [Poon Tambas- cia] counting the votes." Brengle, Winters, Lin, senior I.C.C. Representative Hovig Artin-* ian, Tambascia, and her husband Tony Tambascia were present during the tally of the votes according to Lin. Tambascia and Artinian were unavailable for comment. "This whole thing is so ridiculous, people are retarded, I have the numbers to prove that neither Robert [Ortega] nor [junior presidential candidate] Jessica [Robledo] had a majority, they were just very close. Saying Robert had a majority is completely incorrect. This is all bullshit. I am over it and done with this election business," said Brengle. Winters said he doesn't "know why not releasing the actual figures of the votes was put in the constitution." Brengle said, "Because of the nature of an election, when you release numbers and facts, it can get embarrassing for the people running." After the initial election last week between junior candidates Robledo, Ortega and Sunil Hira, COR announced that a run-off election was necessary between Robledo and Ortega, despite the fact that COR announced on Monday, Oct. 27, it had passed an amendment which would limit run-off elections to races in which candidates came within four percent of each other [see volume 90, issue 9]. According to Winters, "theelec- tion was close enough that we needed to check on the specifics of the amendment, to see what needed to be done. In the process, we discov- See ELECTION, page 5 Forums held to promote safety and awareness Campus Safety held a Safety Forum in the Stauffer Main Lounge on Monday, Nov. 17 at 7:00 p.m. and in the Wanberg Lounge on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m. in order to make the students aware of the recent sexual assaults that have occurred on campus and to give tips about what they can do to stay safe. "Our goal was to get the facts and to get questions answered since it is a sensitive issue." said Area Coordinator for Stauffer and Johnson Anne Ehiiich.Ehiiich, along with Chief Bernard Alex, Assistant Chief John Lewis and Officer Audrey Martinez of Campus Safety who answered questions about the recent assaults during the Safety Forum in Stauffer. During the talk on Tuesday, Area Coordinator for Hairis, Turner, Wanberg and Campbell Laura Shrader and Director of Housing Delaphine Hudson discussed the topic of safety. "We are trying to educate more people about safety," said Hudson. "It'saneyeopener, that's the way 1 look at it," when referring to the recent events. "There have been three incidents on campus. The first was a student who was chased by an individual assumed to have bad intentions, but there was no contact made," said Alex. The reported incident occurred on Thursday. Nov. 6. around 10:30 p.m. around Johnson Hall and the exterior of Plainer Hall. Tammy Marashlian QC Assistant News Editor During the second incident, "a female was accosted by an individual with a knife," said Alex. The sexual battery reportedly occurred on Thurs- day,Nov.6,at 11:00p.m. attheStauffer Hall south exterior [See "Woman Assaulted" Volume 90, Issue 11}. 'The descriptions of the individuals were similar but had different appearances." continued Alex. The third incident, reported the Wednesday afteritoccurred, happened on Monday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the second floor women's restroom of Stauffer Hall. Reportedly, "a visiting female high school student was accosted in the bathroom, but she was able to tight him off," said Alex. However, there is still some question about the actual event. Since no one was in the restroom when the incident took place, "all the people in the lobby were interviewed and there is somewhat of discrepancies between the stories. But we do need to be sensitive to not victimize the victim," said Alex. The first two incidents have been reported to the Whittier Police Department and are being "investigated by Whittier Police Department and Campus Safety," said Alex. According to the Crime Alert Update distributed in all of the student mailboxes, there are three separate suspect descriptions.The first is a white male ranging in age from 40-50 years with a height of 5' 1 fwearingawhite sweatshirt, shorts and glasses with a full gray beard. The second suspect is a white maleaged 18 to 25 between 5'10" and 6'0" in height and was wearing a dark sweatshirt with long pants and a thin build. The last suspect is possibly an Indian male aged 18 to 22 years between 5'9 and 5'10" in height. He is described as being slim and possibly weighing 150 to 160 lbs. with dark skin, wearing a light-colored sweatshirt. 'Two people have been arrested so far. The first was a former student and the second was a local who had been arrested before. They were both charged with trespassing and have been asked not to return to the campus," said Alex. He added, "One did fit the description of the suspect because of his beard and sweatshirt, but the results were negative when a picture of him was presented in a line-up." In order to make it safer "there are increased patrols at night. We ran an undercover detail over the weekend, but I don't know how effective that was. We will run that again this weekend," said Alex. "Since all three incidents were in one area, we held a survey of this [the Staufferand Johnson] area and we found out that the lighting can be i mproved. Lighting is the cheapest form of security and it is effective," said Alex. He added, "With better PAUL GALLAHER / QC STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Director of Housing Delaphine Hudson speaks at a safety forum held in Wanberg Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. lighting, there are better chances of the current lights. "We have stepped fighting incidents." Alex also said, 'There are plans toimprovelightingin the other areas." During the talk on Tuesday, Hudson said, "We are looking for more lighting. We are looking at the staircase by Campbell because there are bushes that could be tended and more lights could be placed." On Wednesday, new lights around the Stauffer, Johnson and Platnerareas were installed along with the fixing of up on the lighting project," said Alex. Lights on other parts of the campus are being installed as well. "The amount of amps of each I ight is being increased by the amphitheatre," said Alex. During the Safety Forum in Stauffer, a question was asked about the safety of the bathrooms at night since one of the incidents reportedly See SAFETY, page 7
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Title | The QC, Vol. 90, No. 12 • November 20, 2003 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
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Date | November 20, 2003 |
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OCR | The Voice of Whittier College since 1914 DINOSAURS ARE BACK Four QC editors go back in time and review the Natural History Museum • A&E, Page 11 Thursday, November 2o, 2003 Issue 12 - Volume 90 CANDIDATES SHOW THEIR FACES Candidates state their reasons for running in this week's COR election • News, Page 6 Web.Whit tier.Edo/QC Questions surround COR run-off election Brycie Jones QC News Co-Editor After junior presidential candidate Robert Ortega submitted his withdrawal from the 2004 A.S.W.C. presidential election to the QC, conflicting accounts arose as to why a run-off election was declared from members of the Elections Committee. According to sophomore I.R.H.A. Representative Amethyst Polk. "The only thing with the ballots... there were some periods where votes for one candidate would come in one chunk right after another. The people seemed to be voting in herds... but that is not unlike any other election." Senior Secretary Lindsey Brengle said. "Anything about the ballots. 1 don't know why that is being said, because 1 know it isn't true. We had the run-off election because Robert did not have a majority, I can say that with certainty. He did have more ballots, but he did not have 50 percent." Junior Elections Committee member Terry Lin said that an allegation about interference with ballots and whether Ortega actually had a majority "is true and isn't true." While he initially said he didn't know "if [he] is supposed to leak any information about that," he later said, "[The Elections Committee] did run into constitutional problems with the new amendment, and so we were partly justified in [declaring] the run-off election. I can't comment on if Robert had more that 50 percent of votes. I don't want to get personally in volved." When asked if he felt anything was being covered up by the Elections Committee, Lin said, "I don't want to comment on that... I mean, I have my thoughts, but I am a Penn and don't want to get involved." Senior A.S.W.C. President Zach Winters said he had no comment on allegations regarding interference with the ballots during the first presidential election. "I can tell you that this matter has been handled 100 percent accurately according to the constitution, there were plenty of people, four people including [Dean of Students] Tracy [Poon Tambas- cia] counting the votes." Brengle, Winters, Lin, senior I.C.C. Representative Hovig Artin-* ian, Tambascia, and her husband Tony Tambascia were present during the tally of the votes according to Lin. Tambascia and Artinian were unavailable for comment. "This whole thing is so ridiculous, people are retarded, I have the numbers to prove that neither Robert [Ortega] nor [junior presidential candidate] Jessica [Robledo] had a majority, they were just very close. Saying Robert had a majority is completely incorrect. This is all bullshit. I am over it and done with this election business," said Brengle. Winters said he doesn't "know why not releasing the actual figures of the votes was put in the constitution." Brengle said, "Because of the nature of an election, when you release numbers and facts, it can get embarrassing for the people running." After the initial election last week between junior candidates Robledo, Ortega and Sunil Hira, COR announced that a run-off election was necessary between Robledo and Ortega, despite the fact that COR announced on Monday, Oct. 27, it had passed an amendment which would limit run-off elections to races in which candidates came within four percent of each other [see volume 90, issue 9]. According to Winters, "theelec- tion was close enough that we needed to check on the specifics of the amendment, to see what needed to be done. In the process, we discov- See ELECTION, page 5 Forums held to promote safety and awareness Campus Safety held a Safety Forum in the Stauffer Main Lounge on Monday, Nov. 17 at 7:00 p.m. and in the Wanberg Lounge on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m. in order to make the students aware of the recent sexual assaults that have occurred on campus and to give tips about what they can do to stay safe. "Our goal was to get the facts and to get questions answered since it is a sensitive issue." said Area Coordinator for Stauffer and Johnson Anne Ehiiich.Ehiiich, along with Chief Bernard Alex, Assistant Chief John Lewis and Officer Audrey Martinez of Campus Safety who answered questions about the recent assaults during the Safety Forum in Stauffer. During the talk on Tuesday, Area Coordinator for Hairis, Turner, Wanberg and Campbell Laura Shrader and Director of Housing Delaphine Hudson discussed the topic of safety. "We are trying to educate more people about safety," said Hudson. "It'saneyeopener, that's the way 1 look at it," when referring to the recent events. "There have been three incidents on campus. The first was a student who was chased by an individual assumed to have bad intentions, but there was no contact made," said Alex. The reported incident occurred on Thursday. Nov. 6. around 10:30 p.m. around Johnson Hall and the exterior of Plainer Hall. Tammy Marashlian QC Assistant News Editor During the second incident, "a female was accosted by an individual with a knife," said Alex. The sexual battery reportedly occurred on Thurs- day,Nov.6,at 11:00p.m. attheStauffer Hall south exterior [See "Woman Assaulted" Volume 90, Issue 11}. 'The descriptions of the individuals were similar but had different appearances." continued Alex. The third incident, reported the Wednesday afteritoccurred, happened on Monday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the second floor women's restroom of Stauffer Hall. Reportedly, "a visiting female high school student was accosted in the bathroom, but she was able to tight him off," said Alex. However, there is still some question about the actual event. Since no one was in the restroom when the incident took place, "all the people in the lobby were interviewed and there is somewhat of discrepancies between the stories. But we do need to be sensitive to not victimize the victim," said Alex. The first two incidents have been reported to the Whittier Police Department and are being "investigated by Whittier Police Department and Campus Safety," said Alex. According to the Crime Alert Update distributed in all of the student mailboxes, there are three separate suspect descriptions.The first is a white male ranging in age from 40-50 years with a height of 5' 1 fwearingawhite sweatshirt, shorts and glasses with a full gray beard. The second suspect is a white maleaged 18 to 25 between 5'10" and 6'0" in height and was wearing a dark sweatshirt with long pants and a thin build. The last suspect is possibly an Indian male aged 18 to 22 years between 5'9 and 5'10" in height. He is described as being slim and possibly weighing 150 to 160 lbs. with dark skin, wearing a light-colored sweatshirt. 'Two people have been arrested so far. The first was a former student and the second was a local who had been arrested before. They were both charged with trespassing and have been asked not to return to the campus," said Alex. He added, "One did fit the description of the suspect because of his beard and sweatshirt, but the results were negative when a picture of him was presented in a line-up." In order to make it safer "there are increased patrols at night. We ran an undercover detail over the weekend, but I don't know how effective that was. We will run that again this weekend," said Alex. "Since all three incidents were in one area, we held a survey of this [the Staufferand Johnson] area and we found out that the lighting can be i mproved. Lighting is the cheapest form of security and it is effective," said Alex. He added, "With better PAUL GALLAHER / QC STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Director of Housing Delaphine Hudson speaks at a safety forum held in Wanberg Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. lighting, there are better chances of the current lights. "We have stepped fighting incidents." Alex also said, 'There are plans toimprovelightingin the other areas." During the talk on Tuesday, Hudson said, "We are looking for more lighting. We are looking at the staircase by Campbell because there are bushes that could be tended and more lights could be placed." On Wednesday, new lights around the Stauffer, Johnson and Platnerareas were installed along with the fixing of up on the lighting project," said Alex. Lights on other parts of the campus are being installed as well. "The amount of amps of each I ight is being increased by the amphitheatre," said Alex. During the Safety Forum in Stauffer, a question was asked about the safety of the bathrooms at night since one of the incidents reportedly See SAFETY, page 7 |
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