The QC, Vol. 93, No. 10 • November 9, 2006

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Thursday, November 9, 2006
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Schwarzenegger reelected, Strickland defeated
Julia Kitlinski-Hong
QC News Asst. Editor
Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was re-elected as
California's governor in the midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov.
7, against rival Democrat Phil An-
gelides. Although Schwarzenegger led the Republicans to victory
as governor, the Democrats were
not left out of the celebration,
because they now have majority
in the House. The hotly debated
Propositions 85 (abortion notification for minors' parents/guardians), 86 (tax on cigarettes) and
87 (alternative energy sources) all
received a No by the majority.
These last few weeks leading
up to the elections have been crucial in emphasizing how important
it is for the students of Whittier
to go out and vote. A non-partisan
voter registration booth was set up
in the C.I. hallway several times
to assist students through the
registration process. Sophomore
Martina Miles said, "A lot of
people think that one vote doesn't
matter, and that may be true logically if not mathematically, but
our combined votes as the youth
of this country can and do count."
PAUL GALLAHER / QC MANAGING EDITOR
Living it up at Erotic City 2007
Three first-year Johnson roomates (left to right) Francis Silva, Ryan Marks and Kami
Seminara were three of many who packed Memories during Erotic City held on Friday,
Nov. 3. For more in-depth coverage, see Campus Life page 8-9.
New voting bill approved
Erica Linquist
QC Staff Writer
COR approved a bill allowing students who are studying
abroad to participate in student
government elections via absentee
voting, during a COR meeting on
Nov. 6.
This new article, the first
proposed by the Poet Revolutionary Party, lets students take full
advantage of their ASWC fees,
membership and to have a voice
in their student government even if
they are'nt physically on campus.
The addition to the constitution
was proposed by COR Member
At Large Rev. Adam Steinbaugh,
who came up with the idea after
hearing from Whittier College
students who were abroad that
would have "loved" to participate
in the student elections.
The absentee balloting will
rely on an online system. According to the article, the Elections
Committee would "procure from
the Whittier College Director of
Study Abroad a list of all students
currently studying abroad," including the student's name, e-mail
address and class standing. A text
e-mail would be sent to the overseas students, asking thern for their
student ID number and providing
them with a list of candidates to
vote for. After selecting their
candidate of choice, the student
would send their online ballot
back. The ballots would be printed
see BIJ J, page 5
She then added, "It is pathetic that
in 2004 only 47 percent of eligible
voters aged 18-24 voted."
As Whittier students were
encouraged to vote, Republican
Tony Strickland ('83) took his
political participation further
and ran for State Controller of
California. The main duty of the
State Controller is to "audit public
spending," according to SFGate.
com. Strickland lost to Democrat
John Chiang.
Senior Vincent Mcleod IV,
President ofthe Whittier College
Richard Nixon Republican Club,
said it is important to pay attention
to politics now because currently,
they are very skewed, since what
politicians "only care about is the
promotion of' straight ticket-voting.'" A term used to describe
see ELECTIONS, page 5
Erotic City ends
early after fights
Justin Velasco
& Esther Chan
QC News Editor
& QC News Asst. Editor
Memories staff forced an
early end to Erotic City 2006,
held at Memories in Uptown
Whittier on Friday, Nov. 3, after
attendees engaged in fights and
property damage. According to
Lancer Society President Connor
Tryon, Erotic City will no longer
be held at Memories due to guests
being treated poorly by security
and staff.
A little after midnight, the sea of
dancing, half-naked, scantily clad
attendees came to a halt upstairs
in Memories as an amplifier blew
out, stopping the music. "The event
was ended prematurely, because of
how people reacted to the speakers
going out and the fights that had
occurred," Tryon said. "When the
music stopped, people resorted to
damaging the facility, which caused
the staff to end the party." The damages included a sink to the men's
rest room that was ripped out, and
the amplifier, all of which will come
out of the Lancer's pockets.
Problems began when first-year
student Philip Staback engaged in a
"dance off'-a dancing competition
shown in the movie Zoolander-
with another attendee that led to a
brawl. "We were in a dance off and
I took his hat and threw it as part
of my dance," Staback said. "He
got mad and he was trying to fight
people all night and so he hit me
and I hit him, and then he grabs my
shirt and hits me again, and then a
certain friend of mine comes and
hits him off of me."
Others jumped into the fight,
knocking over other dancers. With
a brawl growing and security nowhere in sight, attendees such as
sophomore Daniel Meza decided to
restore order. According to Meza,
he didn't know any ofthe brawlers,
but after spending over an hour in
line, he was willing to help stop
the fight before Memories staff
shut down the event. "All I did was
walk in and looked over and saw
two guys going at it, and I didn't
want that to ruin Erotic City," he
said.
Meza pulled the brawlers apart
and pulled one to the opposite side
ofthe dance floor by headlock, telling him, "Dude, it's not even worth
it." The alleged instigator then tried
to push past Meza, which made
Meza call out for security and put
the fighter into a headlock again. "I
had to be ruthless," Meza said.
Staback was removed from
Memories, while the other fighter,
who was bleeding profusely from
his nose, was forced to stay downstairs. He could not be located for
comment.
Tryon said, "As a whole we
were disappointed with how the
dance worked out. The problems
began with people fighting upstairs,
which led to the security guards not
letting people into the club until
everything was fully resolved. As
a result, the people outside became
frustrated. Overall, these types of
negative attitudes bring an event
such as this one down."
According to Assistant Chief
of Campus Safety John Lewis,
things were pretty quiet with people
returning to campus, beside two
incidents of noise complaints and
one escorting of an intoxicated
see LANCERS, page 6
CHRISTIAN BALE
The QC interviews yet another
celebrity, that one guy from
American Psycho.
A&E, Page 10
MVPS CHOSEN
First-year student Darlene
Partida is one of Whittier's
finest athletes.
Sports, Page 14-15