The QC, Vol. 90, No. 19 • March 4, 1994

              The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
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Recent storms cause damage
The storms from last week have
caused rain damage in buildings on
campus including the Music Building, Memorial Chapel, Platner Hall,
Harris D and various classroom's
and labs. Although the Maintenance
Department has been notified of the
damage, the most severe problems
are being handled first.
Junior Katie Johnson, a
Resident Advisor in Harris D,
said, "It was kinda bad, mostly the upstairs bathroom leaking through the roof and it
came down through the first
floor building," she said. "I
called Campus Safety and
housekeeping came to clean it
up. There have been problems
with the roof and I know the
building leaked last year. I
haven't heard anything from
Maintenance."
According to Secretary of Music Department Russ Litchfield,
"The Music Building has various
leaks—nothing has really been destroyed—but they are annoyances
and mostly cosmetic. Our experience has been that facilities will
deal with serious problems promptly, but minor problems sometimes
Tammy Marashlian
QC Assistant News Editor
take a while to accomplish. We also
understand that there are fiscal restraints and priorities must be made
sometimes," said Litchfield.
The Chapel's skylight is composed of glass panes. "A pane of
glass that's slipped out of its normal
place caused the rain to leak in,"
Litchfield said. "Its been this way
for a while. Its above the center of
"Now standing water in Platner is
just an expected, natural consequence of storms in the same
way a hangover is a natural
consequence of Mona Kai..."
Rich Cheatham
Director of Media Center
the stage, but there's been no damage because we keep the piano from
under it and keep it covered when
we don't use it. There have been
instances with the rain and you can
hear a plop, plop coming down from
the skylight."
Litchfield continued, "There is
also one leak in the roof above the
stairway in the main Music Build
ing." However, "Nothing has been
repaired yet and maintenance was
here and are looking at the roof
issue. There's been a response, but
no action," Litchfield said. "We
have had the problem in the past
and it required a rigorous crew to
fix it. It's a big deal to repair."
Director of the Media Center
Rich Cheatham said, "In Platner,
everything that can be ruined
already has been ruined long
ago by previous storms. So
now standing water in Platner
is just an expected, natural
consequence of storms in the
same way a hangover is a natural consequence of Mona Kai
or pimples after an evening of
pigging out on chocolate."
In addition, rooms in the
Science Building were damaged. Professorof Biology Stephen
Goldberg said, "The lab I teach in,
Science 406, suffered water damage. Overhead tiles soaked with
water and fell down. One microscope was damaged. I cleaned it up
best I could."
Director of Facilities Mark Ursic was unavailable for comment.
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HELENA NGO / QC PHOTO EDITOR
The first floor Harris D bathroom was damaged when a leak sprung
through the roof. Other locations on campus were affected.
nel, 2.63 inches of rain was record- somewhat greater than the average
ed during the week of February 23 " of 3.05 inches. During the week,
in Whittier. The total amount of there were reports of thunder and
rainfall was 3.57 inches, which is lightning and high winds.
Christenson and Fortner elected Members-at-Large
Brycie Jones
QC News Co-Editor
After a special election on Thursday, Feb. 26, and Friday
Feb. 27,-first-year students Alex Christenson and Ceceila
Former were elected COR Members-at-Large. The special
election was necessary due to the resignations of former
PAUL GALLAHER/QC ASST. PHOTO EDITOR
Member-at-Large Alex Christenson.
Members-at-Large sophomore Kristin Kershek and junior
Elsbeth Detwiler [see Quaker Campus, issue 16, volume 90]
Christenson said, "I'm going to do my best as Member-
at-Large to do improvements the students want, not necessarily what COR thinks is best."
Christenson and Fortner have already begun to work in
their new roles, according to Christenson: "The other [Members-at-Large] have talked about beginning a video rental
system in the library so that students can rent them. There is
also talk about having a video drive so that students can
donate their movies they no longer want."
Other plans of Christenson's include getting maraschino
cherries for the ice cream bar in the Campus Inn.
Fortner said, "I want to do more about safety on campus.
I know a lot of girls have been complaining about the lack of
lighting as they walk back from the [Athletic Center] or
somewhere to their rooms."
Both Christenson andFortneremphasized that they wished
to hear from students for other ideas the student body would
like to see implemented.
Junior COR secretary Kristin Oase said, "Cecelia and
Alex have demonstrated their capabilities extremely well as
of now, and I think they will accomplish a lot within the next
term."
The office of Member-at-Large is defined in the ASWC
constitution as "[being] a voting member of COR [and being]
a liaison between COR and the student body." According to
HELENA NGO/QC PHOTO EDITOR
Member-at-Large Cecelia Fortner.
the constitution, Members-at-Large are further required to
organize at least one forum open to students a semester, hold
monthly Member-at-Large meetings, and "try to increase the
line of communication between the student body and COR."
According to sophomore External Affairs Commisioner
Amethyst Polk, 199 votes were cast in the special election.
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