The QC, Vol. 93, No. 06 • October 12, 2006

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Republican Club
back on campus
Esther Chan
QC News Asst. Editor
Students walking down Founder's Hill Thursday morning on
Oct. 5, could see the, "Thank
you Governor," spanning across
the Hoover patio with an Arnold
Schwarzenegger picture during
the Republican Club kickoff.
The day was the first Republican
meeting after being inactive for
five years.
The Richard Nixon Republ ican
Club is a pre-existed club that has
been restarted by senior Vince
McLeod, who serves as President.
He wanted to see Republican presence on campus again after seeing
how strong and involved they were
before. In recognition of Richard
Nixon ('34), they have renamed
the club after him.
According to the Vice President of the club senior Alex
Christenson, the goal of the club
is to promote conservative values
and modern republican values on
campus. "I think that there are a lot
of conservative people at Whittier
that may subscribe to a conservative agenda or the Republican Party
that feel a little intimidated to come
out and express that because you
see a lot of liberal philosophy in
academia on a lot of campuses in
general," Christenson said.
The Democratic Club on campus is currently inactive.
Sophomore Martina Miles
said, "It's a sign of the apocalypse.
I'm from Berkeley, and I've never
seen anything like this before in
my life. Oh, my poor Berkeley
eyes."
During the elections in November, the club plans to do a campaign
watch on Saturdays from 10 am-
1pm to make sure that people are
voting, supporting the Republican
Party with fundraising efforts and
helping local candidates.
see CLUB, page 5
JUSTIN VELASCO / QC NEWS EDITOR
Senior and Vice President of the Richard Nixon Republican Club Alex Christenson helped
set up the Hoover patio for the first Republican Club meeting in five years. The patio featured
cardboard cut-outs of Abraham Lincoln and The Statue of Liberty. A giant pro-Arnold Schwarzenegger poster that said "Taxpayers thank Arnold Schwarzenegger" hung across the back
of the patio. The club plans to help fundraise and support local Republican candidates.
Parking spaces low, parki
olations rise
JUSTIN VELASCO / QC NEWS EDITOR
Campus Safety Officer Mike Planty contemplates writing this
vehicle a ticket for illegal parking in a red zone in the Campus
Inn Parking Lot. Planty decided not to write the ticket. Campus Safety has been working on ways to make more parking
available to students while the renovation of the Campus
Center takes place. There are 107 parking spots taken up in
the Amphitheatre Parking Lot by the Sprung Structure.
Erica Lfndquist
QC Staff Writer
Construction for the new Campus
Center, which should be completed
in fall 2007, has led to the loss of 107
parking spots in the Amphitheatre
Lot, leading to an increase in parking
violations. Soon. when the renovation
starts, the CI Lot will also be gone. To
prepare for the parking deficit, Campus
Safety has formed a Parking Committee to discuss the problems and help
create solutions. Chief of Campus
Safety Bernard Alex and Director of
Student Activities Barney Peake will
start meeting next week, and they are
looking for student representatives to
serve on the committee.
One of the suggestions they are
mulling over is to have designated
parking for certain students. For example, Ball Hall students would have
stickers to park in the Ball Hall Lot.
Also, Campus Safety observed every
parking lot for the past two years to
determine which parking lots would
be full when, and then came up with
suggestions to aid students and staff.
Last year, the average number of
parking violationspermonth was 179.
Since the beginning of October, there
have been 144 parking violations, according to Assistant Chief of Campus
Safety John Lewis. He said that people
tend to push the limits at the beginning
of the school year to see what they can
get away with.
According to Campus Safety
Officer Mike Planty, Campus Safety
has been "cracking down" on parking enforcement. He said that a lot of
people have complained about parking not being available, "as a result a
lot of student are parking wherever
they can."
According to a parking bulletin,
commuter students should park in
the College Hall Lot across from
the Amphitheater Lot and adjacent
to the Office of Advancement. Staff
members and faculty should continue
to park in the assigned areas. Alex
recommended that residential students
should leave their vehicles parked near
their dormitories instead of driving to
class or the C.I. He said, "We have
enough parking for everybody to have
a space, you might just have to get out
and walk,."
Previous problems with parking
involve Whittier residents trying to
park on campus. According to Chief
Alex, that is under control now. He
suggested to the Whittier City Council
that there be city parking permits, so
residents would park solely on the
streets and not attempt to park on
campus, but the idea was denied.
Students have tried to not registertheir
cars, so they could park anywhere
they wanted, such as in staff or visitor
parking. However, if a car gets three
parking tickets for parking without
a permit. Campus Safety will put a
boot on it.
While students may argue that
they should be allowed to park in
visitor parking or near Mendhall, visitors to Whittier, such as prospective
employers during job fairs, have to
park somewhere, according to Alex.
Whittier also issues parking permits
for free as opposed to UCLA, which
charged $657 for on campus student
permits for this school year and $708
for commuters. Alex said, "The issue
is not that there is enough parking, it's
that the parking is not deemed convenient." However, sophomoreMallory
Lopez said that parking is intense and
believes, "Every time I park, I feel like
Russell Crowe in Gladiator."
ZION-1
Try to guess what music they play:
A) Country, B) Pop Rock or
C) Hip-Hop.
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