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Thursday, May 1, 2008 Issue 25 - Volume 94 • WWW.QUAKERCAMPUS.ORG Justice Richard Goldstone receives honorary degree PHOTO BY THOMAS ELLIOTT/ QC CAMPUS LIFE ASST EDITOR Justice Richard J. Goldstone (left) was honored with a Degree in Humane Letters Thursday night, April 24. President Herzberger,several faculty members and students were in attendance. Andrew Royal QC News Asst. Editor and Josh Wood QC News Co-Editor This year's Feinberg Lecture featured the world renowned Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Richard J. Goldstone who was awarded with a Whittier College honorary degree: Doctor of Humane Letters. Goldstone spoke in the Shannon Center on Thursday, April 24, and discussed the United States' position in international affairs and his experience in the world political community. Having acted as a central figure in ending the South African apartheid, Goldstone is widely regarded as one of the leading advocates for justice and human rights in the world today. "It was one sort of happenstance after the other, it was certainly not planned," Goldstone said. "I was a commercial lawyer, then I became a judge at a young age and was able to use my judicial powers to alleviate aspects of the apartheid system. One thing led to another that led me to doing the transition to investigate violence. That, in turn, was the reason I was appointed to the first Chief Prosecutor of the War Crimes tribunal. I never thought I would have anything to do with the international community." Accordingly, his talk focused on issues faced in the realm of international criminal justice. Goldstone made clear that his intentions were to assess the "present position of international justice," in order to engage in the "tempting yet dangerous look in the future." A common theme throughout Goldstone's lecture was the importance of the United States' influence on the success or failure of international justice. Goldstone reached back into history to remind the audience of the key U.S. involvement in the Nuremberg trials following WWII. By doing so, he highlighted "the indebtedness of see GOLDSTONE, page 5 Orthogonians propose to move pledging to Fall Yasmin Khorram QC News Co-Editor The Orthogonian society has proposed to change their pledging from an intensive 17 day stint over JanTerm to six weeks in the fall and spring semesters. The InterSociety Council has formed a task force committee comprised of the co-chairs junior Steve Addezio, sophomore Magaly Perez and society representatives to explore the idea. "One of the main benefits for us changing to extended pledging is that it gives us more time to teach value and allow the young men to grow with us," President of the Orthogonians senior Ryan Combs said. In 1990 faculty expressing concerns over grades being jeopardized forced societies to hold pledging during JanTerm. "At the time, faculty members were upset and required that it be changed to JanTerm so it wouldn't affect a whole semester's worth of work," Professor of Psychology Chuck Hill said. This will be the second time the idea has been explored. In Spring 2007, faculty were concerned about students' performance in class during JanTerm after GPA's had fallen. "Ultimately ISC, as a collective body, decided to keep it the way it currently is, making the societies require their pledges to perform better academically," Associate Dean of Students Andre see PLEDGING, page 4 College plans to increase endowment by $80 million Jade Hernandez QC Campus Life Co-Editor Whittier College, with help from alumni volunteers and benefactors, will attempt to reach their goal of doubling the school's endowment of $80 million to $160 million over the next five to seven years. This year the Office of Advancement has worked at gaining $7 million dollars in private gifts and donations in addition to the $80 million endowment, a considerable increase from the previous fiscal year's goal. "This is significant," Vice President for the Office of Advancement Elizabeth Power Ro- bison, said. "Whittier was founded in 1887.Having been at$80 million previously, we've added 10 percent of the money in one year." Whittier College's endowment is a long-term investment of money that is used for various programs and groups on campus. Every year, about $20 million is earmarked for specific uses forthe school and students. Part of the endowment is used to increase the amount of scholarships that are given out each year to students in need of financial help. This year alone, seven new endowment scholarships were created, using a total of about $12 million of the endowment money. Five million dollars was set aside for paid internships for students, $2.5 million was set aside and used to fund student research and $1.5 million of the endowment helped global initiatives, also known as study abroad programs. The endowment also provides for professor salaries and occasionally for buildings and construction on campus. By increasing the endowment, more money can be set aside each year specifically for students. "This is a very ambitious goal," Robison admitted when asked if the goal was reasonable. "A lot of wealthier schools with higher endowments see ENDOWMENT, page 4 Attention! This is the final issue of the Quaker Campus for the 2007- 2008 school year. See you in the fall! MONA KAI The Lancers' big beach party! Campus Life, Page 10 THE UNDERPANTS Check out the new comedy. A&E, Page 11
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Title | The QC, Vol. 94, No. 25 • May 1, 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 | May 1, 2008 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Title | 2008_05_01_001 |
OCR | Thursday, May 1, 2008 Issue 25 - Volume 94 • WWW.QUAKERCAMPUS.ORG Justice Richard Goldstone receives honorary degree PHOTO BY THOMAS ELLIOTT/ QC CAMPUS LIFE ASST EDITOR Justice Richard J. Goldstone (left) was honored with a Degree in Humane Letters Thursday night, April 24. President Herzberger,several faculty members and students were in attendance. Andrew Royal QC News Asst. Editor and Josh Wood QC News Co-Editor This year's Feinberg Lecture featured the world renowned Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Richard J. Goldstone who was awarded with a Whittier College honorary degree: Doctor of Humane Letters. Goldstone spoke in the Shannon Center on Thursday, April 24, and discussed the United States' position in international affairs and his experience in the world political community. Having acted as a central figure in ending the South African apartheid, Goldstone is widely regarded as one of the leading advocates for justice and human rights in the world today. "It was one sort of happenstance after the other, it was certainly not planned," Goldstone said. "I was a commercial lawyer, then I became a judge at a young age and was able to use my judicial powers to alleviate aspects of the apartheid system. One thing led to another that led me to doing the transition to investigate violence. That, in turn, was the reason I was appointed to the first Chief Prosecutor of the War Crimes tribunal. I never thought I would have anything to do with the international community." Accordingly, his talk focused on issues faced in the realm of international criminal justice. Goldstone made clear that his intentions were to assess the "present position of international justice," in order to engage in the "tempting yet dangerous look in the future." A common theme throughout Goldstone's lecture was the importance of the United States' influence on the success or failure of international justice. Goldstone reached back into history to remind the audience of the key U.S. involvement in the Nuremberg trials following WWII. By doing so, he highlighted "the indebtedness of see GOLDSTONE, page 5 Orthogonians propose to move pledging to Fall Yasmin Khorram QC News Co-Editor The Orthogonian society has proposed to change their pledging from an intensive 17 day stint over JanTerm to six weeks in the fall and spring semesters. The InterSociety Council has formed a task force committee comprised of the co-chairs junior Steve Addezio, sophomore Magaly Perez and society representatives to explore the idea. "One of the main benefits for us changing to extended pledging is that it gives us more time to teach value and allow the young men to grow with us," President of the Orthogonians senior Ryan Combs said. In 1990 faculty expressing concerns over grades being jeopardized forced societies to hold pledging during JanTerm. "At the time, faculty members were upset and required that it be changed to JanTerm so it wouldn't affect a whole semester's worth of work," Professor of Psychology Chuck Hill said. This will be the second time the idea has been explored. In Spring 2007, faculty were concerned about students' performance in class during JanTerm after GPA's had fallen. "Ultimately ISC, as a collective body, decided to keep it the way it currently is, making the societies require their pledges to perform better academically," Associate Dean of Students Andre see PLEDGING, page 4 College plans to increase endowment by $80 million Jade Hernandez QC Campus Life Co-Editor Whittier College, with help from alumni volunteers and benefactors, will attempt to reach their goal of doubling the school's endowment of $80 million to $160 million over the next five to seven years. This year the Office of Advancement has worked at gaining $7 million dollars in private gifts and donations in addition to the $80 million endowment, a considerable increase from the previous fiscal year's goal. "This is significant," Vice President for the Office of Advancement Elizabeth Power Ro- bison, said. "Whittier was founded in 1887.Having been at$80 million previously, we've added 10 percent of the money in one year." Whittier College's endowment is a long-term investment of money that is used for various programs and groups on campus. Every year, about $20 million is earmarked for specific uses forthe school and students. Part of the endowment is used to increase the amount of scholarships that are given out each year to students in need of financial help. This year alone, seven new endowment scholarships were created, using a total of about $12 million of the endowment money. Five million dollars was set aside for paid internships for students, $2.5 million was set aside and used to fund student research and $1.5 million of the endowment helped global initiatives, also known as study abroad programs. The endowment also provides for professor salaries and occasionally for buildings and construction on campus. By increasing the endowment, more money can be set aside each year specifically for students. "This is a very ambitious goal," Robison admitted when asked if the goal was reasonable. "A lot of wealthier schools with higher endowments see ENDOWMENT, page 4 Attention! This is the final issue of the Quaker Campus for the 2007- 2008 school year. See you in the fall! MONA KAI The Lancers' big beach party! Campus Life, Page 10 THE UNDERPANTS Check out the new comedy. A&E, Page 11 |
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