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The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 28, 2006 Issue 4 - Volume 93 QC@WHITTIER.EDU MASON FELDMAN / QC PHOTOGRAPHER Candidates for freshman class president gave speeches in the Stauffer Lounge on Monday, Sept. 25. Clockwise from top right, first-year students Violet Ruiz, Dan Schniedwind, Alex Tallarida and Paul Swesey. Along with speeches, candidates were given the chance to ask their opponents questions. Amanda Hope receives Pickering Fellowship Priya Punatar QC Staff Writer Junior Amanda Hope, a political science major, has received the Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship, valued at about $200,000. She received this award because of her academic success, community involvement and interest in working in the foreign sector. Hope was one of 20 recipients from across the nation. The goal of the Pickering award, given by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and funded by the State Department, is to attract people from diverse ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who can represent the U.S. abroad and have an interest in pursuing a career with the U.S. Foreign Service. The Foreign Affairs Fellowship is an eight and a half year program. This award will cover all of Hope's tuition and room and board for her junior and senior years of college and the first year of her graduate study. Additionally, she will participate in two summer internships with the State Department: one in the United States and the other abroad. Hope must also commit to pursuing a master's degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools participating in the program. Following the completion of her graduate study program, Hope will commit four and a half years to working as a Foreign Service Officer. During this time she will work as a U.S. diplomat in foriegn embassy. Although she does not get to choose where she is placed, she said she would like to work in either South Africa or Latin America. When asked why she wants to work as a Foreign Service Officer, Hope said, "I do not want a boring job, and I know that I want to travel." She also said that while at a leadership conference, she met several Foreign Service officials who influenced her decision. She said, "I saw what kind of people they were, they really seemed to love their jobs." Since being chosen to be a Pickering Fellow, Hope has had to undergo several clearances in order to prove her capability of working for the Foreign Service. Not only has she had to endure medical tests, but investigators have come to Whittier to perform various security clearances. In- see PICKERING, page 5 Candidates for COR debate Justin Velasco QC News Editor Four candidates for freshman class president outlined their plans for an auidence in the Stuaffer Main Lounge on Monday Sept. 25. During the debate, they discussed fundrasing, events and increasing school spirit. Elections for freshman class council, Members at Large and Off- Campus Representatives positions will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 26 through Thursday, Sept. 28. Results will be available Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. Candidates suggested a number of ideas for the freshman class. First-year student Dan Schniedwind proposed having cable installed in the dorm rooms, and said that Whittier College students pay a lot for room and board; more than other colleges. Schniedwind's second plan is to reduce the drinking penalties, explaining that last year's policy was more severe. "I'm not saying drinking is okay," Schniedwind said. "I'm saying that if you mess up once your punishment shouldn 't be as harsh." First-year student Violet Ruiz pointed out her three main goals: to ignite class spirit, gather more resources for COR, and represent the freshmen student body. Her plan is to host more class activities that will bring students together and help fundraise. "My main mission is to truly represent your voice in COR not only to help our class have a greater voice in the functions that we have at Whittier College, but also for the college as a whole," Ruiz said. "I will be a voting member in COR and as a voting member I will help improve some of the activities." First-year student Alex Tallarida said he was unsure of what he plans to accomplish, but hopes to find out through ideas from the see ELECTIONS, page 4 Plagiarism policies altered for clarity Justin Velasco QC News Editor Students thinking about plagiarizing their first papers of the semester should take a look at the revised plagiarism policy, which includes alterations to the process and penalization of plagiarists, as well as the definitions of what plagiarism is. The Academic Standing Commitee made the alterations to provide a clearer understanding of the policy and its penalities. The policy can be found in student handbooks. One of the major changes to the policy included altering the wording of the "Process" section, which di- cusses whether faculty should report plagiarism to the Dean of Students. The new policy states that faculty members "must" report plagiarism, rather than before, when it said "should." The policy also contains a range of penalties faculty can administer, such as failing the student or just the paper. A new rule was also created that says that a student with a minimum of two flagrant violations, or three total violations, must go before the hearing board. Clarification was also added to the definitions of what plagiarism is. Associate Professor of Chemistry Devin Iimoto spear-headed the changes as Chair of the Academic Standing Committee. "The stimulation for the change in the policy mostly arose out of faculty discontent with how the previous policy was being applied," Iimoto said. "Some faculty felt that the penalties were being distributed see PLAGIARISM, page 5 CORRECTION Acaption in last week's issue gave Tony Strickland the wrong title. He is an Assemblyman, not a Congressman, and graduated in '93, not '83. MEET AND GREET Societies welcome prospective new members with fun and games. Campus Life, Page 7 CHINESE ACROBATS Miso flexible. Wait - that's a Japanese reference. Anyway, check out this performance. A&E, Page 11
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Title | The QC, Vol. 93, No. 04 • September 28, 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 28, 2006 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Date-Created | 2013-11-18 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2006_09_28_001 |
OCR | The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, September 28, 2006 Issue 4 - Volume 93 QC@WHITTIER.EDU MASON FELDMAN / QC PHOTOGRAPHER Candidates for freshman class president gave speeches in the Stauffer Lounge on Monday, Sept. 25. Clockwise from top right, first-year students Violet Ruiz, Dan Schniedwind, Alex Tallarida and Paul Swesey. Along with speeches, candidates were given the chance to ask their opponents questions. Amanda Hope receives Pickering Fellowship Priya Punatar QC Staff Writer Junior Amanda Hope, a political science major, has received the Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship, valued at about $200,000. She received this award because of her academic success, community involvement and interest in working in the foreign sector. Hope was one of 20 recipients from across the nation. The goal of the Pickering award, given by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and funded by the State Department, is to attract people from diverse ethnic, racial and social backgrounds, who can represent the U.S. abroad and have an interest in pursuing a career with the U.S. Foreign Service. The Foreign Affairs Fellowship is an eight and a half year program. This award will cover all of Hope's tuition and room and board for her junior and senior years of college and the first year of her graduate study. Additionally, she will participate in two summer internships with the State Department: one in the United States and the other abroad. Hope must also commit to pursuing a master's degree in international studies at one of the graduate schools participating in the program. Following the completion of her graduate study program, Hope will commit four and a half years to working as a Foreign Service Officer. During this time she will work as a U.S. diplomat in foriegn embassy. Although she does not get to choose where she is placed, she said she would like to work in either South Africa or Latin America. When asked why she wants to work as a Foreign Service Officer, Hope said, "I do not want a boring job, and I know that I want to travel." She also said that while at a leadership conference, she met several Foreign Service officials who influenced her decision. She said, "I saw what kind of people they were, they really seemed to love their jobs." Since being chosen to be a Pickering Fellow, Hope has had to undergo several clearances in order to prove her capability of working for the Foreign Service. Not only has she had to endure medical tests, but investigators have come to Whittier to perform various security clearances. In- see PICKERING, page 5 Candidates for COR debate Justin Velasco QC News Editor Four candidates for freshman class president outlined their plans for an auidence in the Stuaffer Main Lounge on Monday Sept. 25. During the debate, they discussed fundrasing, events and increasing school spirit. Elections for freshman class council, Members at Large and Off- Campus Representatives positions will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 26 through Thursday, Sept. 28. Results will be available Thursday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. Candidates suggested a number of ideas for the freshman class. First-year student Dan Schniedwind proposed having cable installed in the dorm rooms, and said that Whittier College students pay a lot for room and board; more than other colleges. Schniedwind's second plan is to reduce the drinking penalties, explaining that last year's policy was more severe. "I'm not saying drinking is okay," Schniedwind said. "I'm saying that if you mess up once your punishment shouldn 't be as harsh." First-year student Violet Ruiz pointed out her three main goals: to ignite class spirit, gather more resources for COR, and represent the freshmen student body. Her plan is to host more class activities that will bring students together and help fundraise. "My main mission is to truly represent your voice in COR not only to help our class have a greater voice in the functions that we have at Whittier College, but also for the college as a whole," Ruiz said. "I will be a voting member in COR and as a voting member I will help improve some of the activities." First-year student Alex Tallarida said he was unsure of what he plans to accomplish, but hopes to find out through ideas from the see ELECTIONS, page 4 Plagiarism policies altered for clarity Justin Velasco QC News Editor Students thinking about plagiarizing their first papers of the semester should take a look at the revised plagiarism policy, which includes alterations to the process and penalization of plagiarists, as well as the definitions of what plagiarism is. The Academic Standing Commitee made the alterations to provide a clearer understanding of the policy and its penalities. The policy can be found in student handbooks. One of the major changes to the policy included altering the wording of the "Process" section, which di- cusses whether faculty should report plagiarism to the Dean of Students. The new policy states that faculty members "must" report plagiarism, rather than before, when it said "should." The policy also contains a range of penalties faculty can administer, such as failing the student or just the paper. A new rule was also created that says that a student with a minimum of two flagrant violations, or three total violations, must go before the hearing board. Clarification was also added to the definitions of what plagiarism is. Associate Professor of Chemistry Devin Iimoto spear-headed the changes as Chair of the Academic Standing Committee. "The stimulation for the change in the policy mostly arose out of faculty discontent with how the previous policy was being applied," Iimoto said. "Some faculty felt that the penalties were being distributed see PLAGIARISM, page 5 CORRECTION Acaption in last week's issue gave Tony Strickland the wrong title. He is an Assemblyman, not a Congressman, and graduated in '93, not '83. MEET AND GREET Societies welcome prospective new members with fun and games. Campus Life, Page 7 CHINESE ACROBATS Miso flexible. Wait - that's a Japanese reference. Anyway, check out this performance. A&E, Page 11 |
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