2006_09_14_001 |
Previous | 1 of 16 | Next |
|
Loading content ...
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 14, 2006 Issue 2-Volume 93 QC@WHITTIER.EDU Whittier welcomes thirteen new faculty and staff Erica Lindquist QC Staff Writer As the school year begins, "more than a dozen new faculty and staff in new positions" have been hired at Whittier College, according to Dean of Faculty Susan Gotsch. [Seepage 4 for information on the new hires.] Although it may have appeared that Whittier lost a number of professors last year, with visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Eric Sundberg and Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman leaving for Occidental College, Gotsch said it was a fairly typical year. Visiting Professors Jeremy Busacca and Sam Nelson, will be replacing Heldman and Sundberg for this year. Busacca, who has taught at Whittier before, is teaching political science. Nelson is returning to Whittier to teach mathematics after spending the last three years as a visiting assistant professor at UC Riverside. Along with the returning Irvine Fellows, who "are faculty completing their doctorates, working to publish their research, or creating _. ... . . _ LAURA JONES/FOR THE QC The things he carried: a Fear the Poet cap, a Diet Coke and a whole lot of stories. Tim O' Brien, author of The Things They Carried gave a lecture in the Shannon Center Sept. 14. For the full story see A&E page 10. Students take Wabash survey Priya Punatar QC Staff Writer Whittier College has been chosen to be part of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. Initiated by Wabash College in Indiana and funded by the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company's Foundation, this study is the most comprehensive and extensive national study examining the effects of a liberal arts education on student learning and development ever conducted, according to Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs Ralph Komai. Choosing a liberal arts education over a professional program at a large university is a choice that most students have to make before choosing a college. Many studies have been done focusing on educational programs, however, none have examined the characteristics of those institutions most effective at promoting a liberal arts education, nor have any tracked the progress of students while they are part of a liberal education program, said Komai. Komai said, "we are very privileged to have been chosen to be a part of this survey." He has been in charge of administering this survey, and has acted as a liaison between this school and the research team at Wabash College. The study explores "not only whether and how much students develop, but why and how this development takes place because of their college experience," Komai said and is administered both in the fall and spring of the freshman year and in the spring of the senior year, according to Komai. It is designed to track student development throughout a liberal arts education and to ultimately help colleges and see WABASH, page 6 art/performance," Gotsch said, there are two new professors at Whittier. One of these new Irvine Fellows is Sylvia Lopez, ('99), who is finishing her Ph.D. at UCLA in the Molecular and Cellular Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program. Another Irvine Fellow is Professor Roberto De Souza, whose fellowship is in art history. He is originally from Brazil and earned his B.A. from Universidad Federal Fluminense and his M.S. in photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography. De Souza is currently working on his Ph.D. in art history from UC Santa Barbara and his thesis is about the photo novella. De Souza described a photo novella as "a comic book that uses photographs with the same conven- see HIKES, page 4 Occidental and Whittier students help Katrina victims Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor While some Whittier students were enjoying life at the beach, sleeping in and partying, a group ofWhittier and Occidental College students volunteer in the Common Grounds Relief Organization, led by former Whittier Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman. More than ten Whittier and Occidental students worked together to restore New Orleans which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Despite leaving Whittier to take a position at Occidental College, Heldman has continued to lead groups of Whittier and Occidental students back to New Orleans. Many of the students who worked with Common Ground gutted houses in crews, took care of toxic floodwater and removed furniture from houses. The students helped empty the homes of people who could not afford to have their houses gutted, so that the government would not repossess their houses. Other students worked with children in schools through the program called Kids and Community. The crew was known as "Big Kitty" and according to senior Megan Ruebsamen, many incredible myths were created about their gutting crew. "I heard the leader of Big Kitty is a Tae-Kwon-Do Master," Ruebsamen said, which is a myth Heldman said is true. At the end of their eight hours shifts. NEW COACH Max Gebhardt joins the Whittier soccer team. Sports, Page 15 SEX TALK ■ First-year students get the 411 on the birds and the bees. Campus Life, Page 9 sudents would compare myths and stories with other crews. Common Ground was filled with many young activists who felt a calling to help out in New Orleans. According to Heldman, Common Ground Relief Organization is the only organization started by local residents where volunteers work with local residents in rebuilding the city. Heldman said she wanted students to be able to make a difference in New Orleans by working with local residents. "I will remember the tears pouring from the eyes of a local resident, Ella Brown, when she inspected the inside of her flooded home in the Lower Ninth Ward," Heldman said. "She was heartbroken that her home was the only one left standing on her block after the levee broke and swept away her neighbors and best friend of 50 years." Junior Shaina Gu said her experience in New Orleans was the best experience of her life. "My experiences at Common Ground allowed me to experience life in such a different way than I was used to," Gu saod. "It really just allowed me to experience life from such a different perspective, one that I felt changed me completely." Gu said, "The experience in itself will stay with me for the rest of my life. It has definitely pushed me towards wanting to work in non-profit, or an area of work that focuses not on what I'm gaining from the situation, but more on how see KATRINA, page 4
Object Description
Title | The QC, Vol. 93, No. 02 • September 14, 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 14, 2006 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
Type | image |
Format of digital version | jpeg |
Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-11-18 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
Description
Title | 2006_09_14_001 |
OCR | The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 14, 2006 Issue 2-Volume 93 QC@WHITTIER.EDU Whittier welcomes thirteen new faculty and staff Erica Lindquist QC Staff Writer As the school year begins, "more than a dozen new faculty and staff in new positions" have been hired at Whittier College, according to Dean of Faculty Susan Gotsch. [Seepage 4 for information on the new hires.] Although it may have appeared that Whittier lost a number of professors last year, with visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Eric Sundberg and Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman leaving for Occidental College, Gotsch said it was a fairly typical year. Visiting Professors Jeremy Busacca and Sam Nelson, will be replacing Heldman and Sundberg for this year. Busacca, who has taught at Whittier before, is teaching political science. Nelson is returning to Whittier to teach mathematics after spending the last three years as a visiting assistant professor at UC Riverside. Along with the returning Irvine Fellows, who "are faculty completing their doctorates, working to publish their research, or creating _. ... . . _ LAURA JONES/FOR THE QC The things he carried: a Fear the Poet cap, a Diet Coke and a whole lot of stories. Tim O' Brien, author of The Things They Carried gave a lecture in the Shannon Center Sept. 14. For the full story see A&E page 10. Students take Wabash survey Priya Punatar QC Staff Writer Whittier College has been chosen to be part of the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. Initiated by Wabash College in Indiana and funded by the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company's Foundation, this study is the most comprehensive and extensive national study examining the effects of a liberal arts education on student learning and development ever conducted, according to Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs Ralph Komai. Choosing a liberal arts education over a professional program at a large university is a choice that most students have to make before choosing a college. Many studies have been done focusing on educational programs, however, none have examined the characteristics of those institutions most effective at promoting a liberal arts education, nor have any tracked the progress of students while they are part of a liberal education program, said Komai. Komai said, "we are very privileged to have been chosen to be a part of this survey." He has been in charge of administering this survey, and has acted as a liaison between this school and the research team at Wabash College. The study explores "not only whether and how much students develop, but why and how this development takes place because of their college experience," Komai said and is administered both in the fall and spring of the freshman year and in the spring of the senior year, according to Komai. It is designed to track student development throughout a liberal arts education and to ultimately help colleges and see WABASH, page 6 art/performance," Gotsch said, there are two new professors at Whittier. One of these new Irvine Fellows is Sylvia Lopez, ('99), who is finishing her Ph.D. at UCLA in the Molecular and Cellular Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program. Another Irvine Fellow is Professor Roberto De Souza, whose fellowship is in art history. He is originally from Brazil and earned his B.A. from Universidad Federal Fluminense and his M.S. in photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography. De Souza is currently working on his Ph.D. in art history from UC Santa Barbara and his thesis is about the photo novella. De Souza described a photo novella as "a comic book that uses photographs with the same conven- see HIKES, page 4 Occidental and Whittier students help Katrina victims Esther Chan QC News Asst. Editor While some Whittier students were enjoying life at the beach, sleeping in and partying, a group ofWhittier and Occidental College students volunteer in the Common Grounds Relief Organization, led by former Whittier Assistant Professor of Political Science Caroline Heldman. More than ten Whittier and Occidental students worked together to restore New Orleans which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Despite leaving Whittier to take a position at Occidental College, Heldman has continued to lead groups of Whittier and Occidental students back to New Orleans. Many of the students who worked with Common Ground gutted houses in crews, took care of toxic floodwater and removed furniture from houses. The students helped empty the homes of people who could not afford to have their houses gutted, so that the government would not repossess their houses. Other students worked with children in schools through the program called Kids and Community. The crew was known as "Big Kitty" and according to senior Megan Ruebsamen, many incredible myths were created about their gutting crew. "I heard the leader of Big Kitty is a Tae-Kwon-Do Master," Ruebsamen said, which is a myth Heldman said is true. At the end of their eight hours shifts. NEW COACH Max Gebhardt joins the Whittier soccer team. Sports, Page 15 SEX TALK ■ First-year students get the 411 on the birds and the bees. Campus Life, Page 9 sudents would compare myths and stories with other crews. Common Ground was filled with many young activists who felt a calling to help out in New Orleans. According to Heldman, Common Ground Relief Organization is the only organization started by local residents where volunteers work with local residents in rebuilding the city. Heldman said she wanted students to be able to make a difference in New Orleans by working with local residents. "I will remember the tears pouring from the eyes of a local resident, Ella Brown, when she inspected the inside of her flooded home in the Lower Ninth Ward," Heldman said. "She was heartbroken that her home was the only one left standing on her block after the levee broke and swept away her neighbors and best friend of 50 years." Junior Shaina Gu said her experience in New Orleans was the best experience of her life. "My experiences at Common Ground allowed me to experience life in such a different way than I was used to," Gu saod. "It really just allowed me to experience life from such a different perspective, one that I felt changed me completely." Gu said, "The experience in itself will stay with me for the rest of my life. It has definitely pushed me towards wanting to work in non-profit, or an area of work that focuses not on what I'm gaining from the situation, but more on how see KATRINA, page 4 |
Comments
Post a Comment for 2006_09_14_001