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The Voice of Whittier Coi 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, January 17, 2008 Issue 13-Volume 94 QC@WH1TTIER.EDU January 2008 a positive turnaround from previous years PHOTO BY Students pledging for Thalians (left) and the Metaphonians (right) participate in teambuilding activities in the lower quad nicating the good that we do and the value that we add to the community. We're getting back to the place where we are highly involved on campus." With regard to the Lancers and Orthogonians, who lost their pledge classes in January 2007, Coleman is confident that they will rebuild. "They have reworked their program," he said. "The male societies have struggled; this is the first year I think they' ve done some real soul searching to re-examine what they do. They've changed how they identify a young man they want to join, how they prepare their pledges and how they implement their Josh Wood QC News Co-Editor Associate Dean of Students Andre Coleman has deemed this year's society pledging to be overwhelmingly positive in light of losing two male society pledge classes last year. "Pledging is really aboutorienting these people into their organizations," Coleman said. "It's not about stupid, embarrassing, hazing types of things. The groups are doing better all the way around." Over the last few years, societies have been growing both in number and presence on campus. This January, there were 157 bid requests and 95 bid acceptances, the highest in five years. The society program has been slowly building momentum, which could be attributed to the college's continuing interactive efforts to help strengthen societies. "For so many years societies were left on their own, but forthe last couple of years we have really paid greater attention to the kind of products we offer to the students and community," Coleman said. This January also marks the third consecutive year that the ASWC President is a society member: Dan Strauss, a Lancer, follows Adam Steinbaugh, a Sachsen, and Bobbie Roy, a Palmer. This year is also the third year that the Freshman Class President has decided to pledge. "For so many years people saw only the negative parts of what societies were doing," Coleman said. "We've done a good job of commu- Website launched A new image for an old school Joey Weber QC News Asst. Editor This past holiday season, a gift was bestowed on the Whittier community in the form of a new and improved website that went live for the first time on Christmas day. The updated website is one portion of a series of changes the school is making as part of the Image and Identity Project, which began during the 2003-2004 school year. "The Board of Trustees did not feel that the school had done the best possible job in terms of marketing itself, and so they set aside some money to try and address this issue," Lisa Meyer, Vice President of Enrollment and Chair of the Image and Identity Committee said. One of the principal goals of the project is to better represent the school. That's where the committee came into play. Made up of current student representatives, alumni, faculty and staff, the committee met to discuss an underlying question: "Who do we think we are?" Magu- ire Associates, a higher education consulting company, was then hired to survey different members throughout the Whittier community to find out just what distinguishing factors set Whittier apart. Revamping the website was a large part of the Image and Identity Project. "The website is one of our primary tools, and we are hoping that it is going to be a helpful one, and also one that reflects who we are," Dana Rakoczy said, Director of Communications and Head of the website portion of the project. "We've made changes in the hopes that the site will convey that Whittier is a good four year liberal arts college in Southern California," Meyer said. Making the site more user friendly was a major concern forthe committee. "The largest and most important piece is the navigation of the site; it is similar to that of the blueprints of a building," Rakoczy said. The next Step was the visual appearance of the site. The new Whittier website features an updated logo which includes the founding date of the college, 1887, photographs from see WEBSITE, page 6 THOMAS ELLIOTT / QC PHOTOGRAPHER on Wednesday afternoon. program." InterSociety Council Co-President Mike Muse believes male societies have had increasing success for a number of reasons: "The majority of male societies are either coming back and need to have a strong rebirth on campus or are fighting off extinction. Those two underlining factors are driving restructuring of recruiting, pledging and the way things are done to make things stronger." The Franklins, who are returning this year, also have a reworked see PLEDGING, page 5 Strauss inaugurated as 2008 ASWC President Justin Velasco QC Editor in Chief With his left hand on a book of poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier and his right hand in the air, junior Daniel Strauss was sworn in as the next ASWC President after winning the fall 2007 Executive Cabinet election. Junior Jacob Genzuk was elected to Vice President and sophomore Caroline Cox was elected to Director of Campus Relations. On top of Strauss's agenda as the new ASWC President, he plans to see the Student Bill of Rights through and meet with Dean of Students Jeanne Ortiz on a regular basis to discuss the administration's adoption of it. In addition, COR is currently working on hosting live music every Sunday in the Upper Quad. The program is still in the organizational phase, Strauss said. Strauss also wants to increase athletic representation on COR to support student athletes, as well as to help build participation and attendance at games. In order to make Freshmen see STRAUSS, page 5 PHOTO BY JUSTIN VELASCO / EDITOR IN CHIEF President Herzberger (left) and Adam Steinbaugh (right) inaugurate Strauss (center). CIAO! FROM ITALY Students in the JanTerm class in Rome say hello. Campus Life, Page 8 RESTAURANT REVIEW Cafe Sevilla a treasure waiting to be discovered. A&E, Page 11 { ,tUHHiKIlpM'
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Title | The QC, Vol. 94, No. 13 • January 17, 2008 |
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 | January 17, 2008 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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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 | 2013-11-22 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2008_01_17_001 |
OCR | The Voice of Whittier Coi 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, January 17, 2008 Issue 13-Volume 94 QC@WH1TTIER.EDU January 2008 a positive turnaround from previous years PHOTO BY Students pledging for Thalians (left) and the Metaphonians (right) participate in teambuilding activities in the lower quad nicating the good that we do and the value that we add to the community. We're getting back to the place where we are highly involved on campus." With regard to the Lancers and Orthogonians, who lost their pledge classes in January 2007, Coleman is confident that they will rebuild. "They have reworked their program," he said. "The male societies have struggled; this is the first year I think they' ve done some real soul searching to re-examine what they do. They've changed how they identify a young man they want to join, how they prepare their pledges and how they implement their Josh Wood QC News Co-Editor Associate Dean of Students Andre Coleman has deemed this year's society pledging to be overwhelmingly positive in light of losing two male society pledge classes last year. "Pledging is really aboutorienting these people into their organizations," Coleman said. "It's not about stupid, embarrassing, hazing types of things. The groups are doing better all the way around." Over the last few years, societies have been growing both in number and presence on campus. This January, there were 157 bid requests and 95 bid acceptances, the highest in five years. The society program has been slowly building momentum, which could be attributed to the college's continuing interactive efforts to help strengthen societies. "For so many years societies were left on their own, but forthe last couple of years we have really paid greater attention to the kind of products we offer to the students and community," Coleman said. This January also marks the third consecutive year that the ASWC President is a society member: Dan Strauss, a Lancer, follows Adam Steinbaugh, a Sachsen, and Bobbie Roy, a Palmer. This year is also the third year that the Freshman Class President has decided to pledge. "For so many years people saw only the negative parts of what societies were doing," Coleman said. "We've done a good job of commu- Website launched A new image for an old school Joey Weber QC News Asst. Editor This past holiday season, a gift was bestowed on the Whittier community in the form of a new and improved website that went live for the first time on Christmas day. The updated website is one portion of a series of changes the school is making as part of the Image and Identity Project, which began during the 2003-2004 school year. "The Board of Trustees did not feel that the school had done the best possible job in terms of marketing itself, and so they set aside some money to try and address this issue," Lisa Meyer, Vice President of Enrollment and Chair of the Image and Identity Committee said. One of the principal goals of the project is to better represent the school. That's where the committee came into play. Made up of current student representatives, alumni, faculty and staff, the committee met to discuss an underlying question: "Who do we think we are?" Magu- ire Associates, a higher education consulting company, was then hired to survey different members throughout the Whittier community to find out just what distinguishing factors set Whittier apart. Revamping the website was a large part of the Image and Identity Project. "The website is one of our primary tools, and we are hoping that it is going to be a helpful one, and also one that reflects who we are," Dana Rakoczy said, Director of Communications and Head of the website portion of the project. "We've made changes in the hopes that the site will convey that Whittier is a good four year liberal arts college in Southern California," Meyer said. Making the site more user friendly was a major concern forthe committee. "The largest and most important piece is the navigation of the site; it is similar to that of the blueprints of a building," Rakoczy said. The next Step was the visual appearance of the site. The new Whittier website features an updated logo which includes the founding date of the college, 1887, photographs from see WEBSITE, page 6 THOMAS ELLIOTT / QC PHOTOGRAPHER on Wednesday afternoon. program." InterSociety Council Co-President Mike Muse believes male societies have had increasing success for a number of reasons: "The majority of male societies are either coming back and need to have a strong rebirth on campus or are fighting off extinction. Those two underlining factors are driving restructuring of recruiting, pledging and the way things are done to make things stronger." The Franklins, who are returning this year, also have a reworked see PLEDGING, page 5 Strauss inaugurated as 2008 ASWC President Justin Velasco QC Editor in Chief With his left hand on a book of poetry by John Greenleaf Whittier and his right hand in the air, junior Daniel Strauss was sworn in as the next ASWC President after winning the fall 2007 Executive Cabinet election. Junior Jacob Genzuk was elected to Vice President and sophomore Caroline Cox was elected to Director of Campus Relations. On top of Strauss's agenda as the new ASWC President, he plans to see the Student Bill of Rights through and meet with Dean of Students Jeanne Ortiz on a regular basis to discuss the administration's adoption of it. In addition, COR is currently working on hosting live music every Sunday in the Upper Quad. The program is still in the organizational phase, Strauss said. Strauss also wants to increase athletic representation on COR to support student athletes, as well as to help build participation and attendance at games. In order to make Freshmen see STRAUSS, page 5 PHOTO BY JUSTIN VELASCO / EDITOR IN CHIEF President Herzberger (left) and Adam Steinbaugh (right) inaugurate Strauss (center). CIAO! FROM ITALY Students in the JanTerm class in Rome say hello. Campus Life, Page 8 RESTAURANT REVIEW Cafe Sevilla a treasure waiting to be discovered. A&E, Page 11 { ,tUHHiKIlpM' |
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