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The Voice of Whittier College Since 1 91 4 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 7, 2006 Issue 1 - Volume 93 QC@WH1TTIER.EDU Stauffer and Ball Hall renovated Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor After being flooded, set on fire and defecated on, Stauffer has been renovated and modernized. In addition, Ball Hall has also been renovated and modernized over the summer According to Dean of Students Jeannie Ortiz; the school wanted to create a more appealing, modern and updated atmosphere for students in terms of common areas, bathrooms and bedrooms. According to Ortiz, some of the new changes in Stauffer consist of bathrooms with new tiles and fixtures, rewired rooms, to be technology advanced, and have wireless Internet access, heating and building updates. The buildings have also more handicap accessible with handicap restrooms and wheelchair ramps. Sophomore Calli Welsch currently lives in Harris, but spent her first year living in Stauffer. After seeing the renovations, she wishes she could go back. "It definitely needed to be redone," she said. "It looks really nice now. I hope the freshmen appreciate it." Ortiz said the goal for renovating Stauffer was to the address the infrastructure issues relating to heating, plumbing, electrical wiring and fire coding safety. First-year student Jasmine Knowles said that everyone who used to live in Stauffer says it was a wreck. "I think it looks fine, except for the air conditioner," she said. Ball has finished being been renovated to include flexible high tech classroom space and a computer lab. According to Ortiz, Ball was completed as a result of a Title ■ee DORMS, page 5 Two faculty members resign Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor David Sarabia resigned his position as the Interim Director of the Cultural Center and as the Title V Coordinator to pursue his PhD in Compartive Literature at UCLA. His last day wasAugust31.EricSundberg resigned his position as Assistant Professor Math after being offered a open position at Occidental College to go back to his alma mater. Durring his 3 years at Whittier, Sarabia worked on three projects, all part of the Title V Grant. Title V is a program that helps to support Hispanic-serving institutions. According to Ortiz, Assistant Director of the Cultural Center Luz Maria Galbreath will be taking some of the responsibilities of the Director of the Cultural Center until the position is filled. Sarabia was unavailable for comment. Sunburg left after two years and was offered a tenure track at Whittier. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Miller is sad to see Sundberg leave. "We got along really well except that he tried to drag me to the CI too often to eat lunch," said Miller. "But I'm happy for him because Occidental was the place that he wanted to be beacuse it was where he felt the most at home." Miller said, "He did his ungrade there and he's really excited about it." Senior Tyler Kloefkorn said, "I will miss Sundburg as a professor and a friend." According to Dean of Students Jeanne Ortiz, some of Sarabia's accomplishments including organizing in service training for faculty on academic advising, working with Registrar Bill Gartrell to get my.whittier. see FACULTY, page 6 REBECCA DEITCH / QC PHOTO EDITOR Whittier College President Sharon Herzberger welcomes new first-year student Teresa Baranowski at the North Lawn during orientation. Check out Campus Life, page 7 for more photos and the review of orientation. Living Learning Communities branch out Justin Velasco QC News Editor After being hired as the Assistant Dean for First-Year Programs at Whittier College, Lisa Bortman plans to help increase first-year retention by implementing Living and Learning Communities to all first-year student. Bortman feels that the first six weeks have a big impact on the new students, and that establishing a student connection with the college and its community is essential to a successful college student. Bortman believes that the Living Learning Communities will help build that connection. "We also want to find ways students can get involved with each other socially and academically," Bortman said. "We want to establish a commitment to the college itself. We also want students to learn about Whittier and what a wonderful place it is really early on, and to realize how Whittier is committed to them." Each Learning Community has 15 students with one to two Owls, orientation week leaders. The 24 communities will live close together in either Stauffer or Johnson, and will also take two classes together, a Freshmen Writing Seminar and a linked course. Bortman says that the purpose is for the students to support each other inside and outside of the classroom. Approximately half of the 34 Owls are planning to become Peer Mentors to the communities they have been assigned to. The Peer Mentors make a one-year commitment with their community to help the students with their studies as well as with integrating into the community. Each community is also required to do four to five activities together, such as going to a club or sporting event, and one of the activities must take place in a Faculty Master House. The Living Learning Communities test piloted two years ago with the creation of Community W. Approximately 30 students were enrolled in each class of the past two years. Though an Assistant Dean of First-Year Programs position has never existed at Whittier, Bortman says it's a pretty typical college position created to help first-year students transition. Bortman will be in charge of overseeing the first-year students, helping them to transition well and integrate into the community. While finishing her doctorate see DEAN, page 6 FOOTBALL LOSES Whittier College loses season opener to Puget Sound 26-19. Sports, Page 16 HEALTH TIPS Afraid of the Freshmen 15? Check out this column. Campus Life, Page 8
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Title | The QC, Vol. 93, No. 01 • September 9, 2006 |
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 | September 9, 2006 |
Language | eng |
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Title | 2006_09_07_001 |
OCR | The Voice of Whittier College Since 1 91 4 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 7, 2006 Issue 1 - Volume 93 QC@WH1TTIER.EDU Stauffer and Ball Hall renovated Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor After being flooded, set on fire and defecated on, Stauffer has been renovated and modernized. In addition, Ball Hall has also been renovated and modernized over the summer According to Dean of Students Jeannie Ortiz; the school wanted to create a more appealing, modern and updated atmosphere for students in terms of common areas, bathrooms and bedrooms. According to Ortiz, some of the new changes in Stauffer consist of bathrooms with new tiles and fixtures, rewired rooms, to be technology advanced, and have wireless Internet access, heating and building updates. The buildings have also more handicap accessible with handicap restrooms and wheelchair ramps. Sophomore Calli Welsch currently lives in Harris, but spent her first year living in Stauffer. After seeing the renovations, she wishes she could go back. "It definitely needed to be redone," she said. "It looks really nice now. I hope the freshmen appreciate it." Ortiz said the goal for renovating Stauffer was to the address the infrastructure issues relating to heating, plumbing, electrical wiring and fire coding safety. First-year student Jasmine Knowles said that everyone who used to live in Stauffer says it was a wreck. "I think it looks fine, except for the air conditioner," she said. Ball has finished being been renovated to include flexible high tech classroom space and a computer lab. According to Ortiz, Ball was completed as a result of a Title ■ee DORMS, page 5 Two faculty members resign Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor David Sarabia resigned his position as the Interim Director of the Cultural Center and as the Title V Coordinator to pursue his PhD in Compartive Literature at UCLA. His last day wasAugust31.EricSundberg resigned his position as Assistant Professor Math after being offered a open position at Occidental College to go back to his alma mater. Durring his 3 years at Whittier, Sarabia worked on three projects, all part of the Title V Grant. Title V is a program that helps to support Hispanic-serving institutions. According to Ortiz, Assistant Director of the Cultural Center Luz Maria Galbreath will be taking some of the responsibilities of the Director of the Cultural Center until the position is filled. Sarabia was unavailable for comment. Sunburg left after two years and was offered a tenure track at Whittier. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Miller is sad to see Sundberg leave. "We got along really well except that he tried to drag me to the CI too often to eat lunch," said Miller. "But I'm happy for him because Occidental was the place that he wanted to be beacuse it was where he felt the most at home." Miller said, "He did his ungrade there and he's really excited about it." Senior Tyler Kloefkorn said, "I will miss Sundburg as a professor and a friend." According to Dean of Students Jeanne Ortiz, some of Sarabia's accomplishments including organizing in service training for faculty on academic advising, working with Registrar Bill Gartrell to get my.whittier. see FACULTY, page 6 REBECCA DEITCH / QC PHOTO EDITOR Whittier College President Sharon Herzberger welcomes new first-year student Teresa Baranowski at the North Lawn during orientation. Check out Campus Life, page 7 for more photos and the review of orientation. Living Learning Communities branch out Justin Velasco QC News Editor After being hired as the Assistant Dean for First-Year Programs at Whittier College, Lisa Bortman plans to help increase first-year retention by implementing Living and Learning Communities to all first-year student. Bortman feels that the first six weeks have a big impact on the new students, and that establishing a student connection with the college and its community is essential to a successful college student. Bortman believes that the Living Learning Communities will help build that connection. "We also want to find ways students can get involved with each other socially and academically," Bortman said. "We want to establish a commitment to the college itself. We also want students to learn about Whittier and what a wonderful place it is really early on, and to realize how Whittier is committed to them." Each Learning Community has 15 students with one to two Owls, orientation week leaders. The 24 communities will live close together in either Stauffer or Johnson, and will also take two classes together, a Freshmen Writing Seminar and a linked course. Bortman says that the purpose is for the students to support each other inside and outside of the classroom. Approximately half of the 34 Owls are planning to become Peer Mentors to the communities they have been assigned to. The Peer Mentors make a one-year commitment with their community to help the students with their studies as well as with integrating into the community. Each community is also required to do four to five activities together, such as going to a club or sporting event, and one of the activities must take place in a Faculty Master House. The Living Learning Communities test piloted two years ago with the creation of Community W. Approximately 30 students were enrolled in each class of the past two years. Though an Assistant Dean of First-Year Programs position has never existed at Whittier, Bortman says it's a pretty typical college position created to help first-year students transition. Bortman will be in charge of overseeing the first-year students, helping them to transition well and integrate into the community. While finishing her doctorate see DEAN, page 6 FOOTBALL LOSES Whittier College loses season opener to Puget Sound 26-19. Sports, Page 16 HEALTH TIPS Afraid of the Freshmen 15? Check out this column. Campus Life, Page 8 |
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