The QC, Vol. 94, No. 25 • May 1, 2008

              Thursday, May 1, 2008
Issue 25 - Volume 94
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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