The QC, Vol. 94, No. 17 • Febuary 28, 2008

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Congresswoman Linda
Sanchez visits Whittier
Justin Velasco
QC Editor in Chief
and Josh Wood
QC News Co-Editor
As a teenager, Linda Sanchez's
high school guidance counselor
told her that she shouldn't apply
to college because there was no
point: "He said I would just get
pregnant and drop out," Sanchez
said. After hearing this, Sanchez
vowed to go onto college and
achieve more. Almost 20 years
later, Sanchez is serving her sixth
year as a Democratic Congress-
woman for the 39"1 Congressional
District of California.
This was a part of Sanchez's
rise to success story she told at the
Hartley House on Friday, Feb. 15
for the 20 students in attendance.
Her parents, who were born in
Mexico, came to the US to start their
family of seven in a crowed household in Orange County. Her father
was an industrial mechanic and the
main breadwinner of the household
while her mother worked various
extra jobs for little pay.
Though Sanchez would admit
she was only decent in high school,
she went to college at Berkeley. "I
procrastinated a lot, but I did well
enough to get into grad school," she
said. After graduation she entered
Law School at UCLA. "After I took
my first midterm, I thought I was
going to puke," Sanchez said. "It
took me a while to get adjusted to
the workload and become a disciplined student."
Sanchez said she had an early
interest in politics. She recalled
sitting around her dinner table
talking about current events every
night with her traditional Latino
family. After working at a law
firm, her next step was to run for
Congress. Sanchez said
that she has to do a lot of persuasion in her job. She said the "art
of persuasion" is using the facts
and building trust. "Basically, be
persistent," Sanchez said. "Don't
take no for an answer but not in an
obnoxious way."
In regard to the current political
situation and upcoming election,
Sanchez strongly supports Presidential hopeful Illinois Senator
Barack Obama. "I just see in him
all of the leadership qualities that
I want to see in a President," she
said. "His unique ability to inspire
people to participate and to act
has been missing for a long, long
see sanchez;page 5
PHOTO BY THOMAS ELLIOTT / QC CAMPUS LIFE ASST. EDITOR
Olive, left, and Chet McCloskey, right, meet in President Herzberger's office to discuss the $1.5 million Spanish Language Chair and the synthetic football field they will donate to Whittier College.
McCloskeys donate $2 million
Neal Behrendt
QC News Asst. Editor
Chet and Olive McCloskey,
who donated $3 million to the college last semester gave another
endowment of $2 million. The
money will be split with $1.5
going toward a chair in the Arts
and Humanities with a focus on
modern language and $500,000
will go toward synthetic turf for
the football field.
The new chair, donated in
honor of Mrs. McCloskey's
mother, is to be called the Hazel
Cooper Jordan Chair in Arts and
Humanities. Jordan was also a
Whittier alumna, graduating in
1912, and a strong proponent
of languages and theater. Last
semester the couple donated a $3
million endowment to the school
including a new chair created in
the chemistry department.
Professor of Modern Languages and Literature Gustavo
Geirola is currently the inaugural
chair of the Hazel Cooper Jordan
Chair in Arts and Humanities.
The endowment is permanent
with new professors being chosen
intermittently.
Jordan was in attendance
when the rock arrived to the lower
quad. The rock was carried from
the foothills of Whittier drawn
by horse-cart. Students that carried the rock were greeted by a
picnic upon their return.
"There were not more than
15 people in the graduating
class," Mrs. McCloskey said of
her mother's time at Whittier.
"She wanted to go to Stanford,
but couldn't afford it. Then she
said, T want to go to the smallest
school I can find' so she came
to Whittier."
Jordan was born in Iowa
then moved to Fresno County.
While at Whittier she majored
see CHAIR, page 5
PHOTO BY THOMAS ELLIOTT / QC CAMPUS LIFE ASST EDITOR
Sanchez meets with students in Hartley House to discuss her life in
Congress and her experience as a young female representative.
Transferred
reserve funds
sparks controversy
Josh Wood
QC News Co-Editor
At the weekly COR meeting on
Monday, Feb. 11, the Associated Students of Whittier College (ASWC)
noticed a total of $15,000 missing
from their reserve accounts.
According to ASWC President
junior Dan Strauss, Director of
Student Activities Barny Peake approved the removal of $ 15,000 from
ASWC and Media Council funds on
Nov. 30,2007. The money was then
transferred to the Campus Center
Reserve Account, the main account
for the renovation project, on Jan.
18,2008.
See Opinions, page 2, for an
editorial piece on the controversy.
According to a document entitled "ASWC Account Protocol,"
received from Member at Large
senior Adam Steinbaugh, the AS WC
Reserve Account was established
to accumulate money for larger
projects. The document, which
was written in March 2005, states:
"Sample projects or purchases include: Campus Center renovation,
computer system upgrades, campus
improvement projects (benches,
trash cans, furniture for patios, etc.)
and game room equipment."
"At the end of each semester,
whatever funds were left in the
account would be set aside for the
Campus Center project," Peake said.
"Usually those funds are reallocated
the next semester, but COR and
Media Council made the decision
to give the remaining funds to the
Campus Center project."
In ASWC meeting minutes
from November 29, 2004, submitted by ASWC Vice President Jacob
Genzuk, Article IX Miscellaneous
Business, section A Reserve Funds
states: "Robledo [Jessica Robledo,
the ASWC President at the time]
explained that with the construction
of the new Campus Center the only
amenities that would be provided by
the school would be four walls. As a
result, COR needs to consider how
they are going to purchase not only
new furniture for two offices and
a common COR lounge, but new
computers, more filing cabinets, a
copier, etc."
see COR, page 5
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