The QC, Vol. 95, No. 02 • September 11, 2008

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SAFE TURF:
See how top-of-the-line the
new football turf is—16
AROUND THE WORLD :
David Christof circles the
world for 95 days —7
INTRAMURALS:
Program grows with new
director—16
Volume XCV - Issue 2
www.quakercampus.org
September 11,2008
Campus
offices
relocate
Neal Behrendt
NEWS EDITOR
With the opening of the new Campus Center, several offices have moved
into spacious new digs. Among these
are the student media outlets, student
activities offices, and a new bookstore
and revamped club space.
What was formerly known as the Office of Student Activities is now called
LEAP, or Leadership, Experience and
Programs Office. It is located on the
north side of the bottom floor of the
Campus Center next to the bookstore.
The new office has essentially the same
features as the old OSA, as well as hous-
ingthe Ahmanson CLi'tural Center. The
office moved over the summer from
their previous location in the Hastings
House opposite Stauffer Hall.
On the opposite side of the first
floor are the mailboxes; as well as Mail
and Copy Services. The box numbers
are the same for boxes that were previously numbered 8709 or below, but all
other boxes have a new number. All
of the boxes have new combinations
which can be obtained with a photo
ID from the mailroom window.
The Quaker Campus newspaper
and Acropolis yearbook offices have
been moved from the basement of
Hoover to just inside the first floor
of the Campus Center. Opposite
these offices, there is also a new video
production studio. KPOET also has a
new office,with the window of the new
radio studio facing the courtyard.
Alongside student publications, the
ASWC Senate has been moved from
the depths of Hoover to the first floor
of the Campus Center.
Perhaps one of the largest spaces
on the first floor is Bill and Harriet's
Club 88. Formerly known as The Club,
the new space is now equipped with a
better sound system and better looking interior. There is even a box office
adjacent to Club 88.
Career Planning has moved to the
second floor of the campus center
on the southwest end abutting the CI.
This space houses internship programs
as well as offices for off-campus programming.
Poets attend conventions
THOMAS ELLIOT/Quater Campus
PHOTO COURTESY DAN STRAUSS
Seniors Steve Addezio and Daniel Strauss. Addezio attended the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Strauss went to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Both received the Richard M. Nixon Fellowship.    See page 7 for more information.
New faces on campus
Andrew Leggett
COPY EDITOR
This fall, Whittier acquired new professors
across several departments. The recent additions
to the schools faculty come from all over the
country and bring new energy to the school's
classes. Here are some details on the new faculty
members:
Jeff Cain, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Art
Degrees: Whittier '99, B. A. Whittier Scholars
Program double major in Art and 20th Century
Cultural Studies; MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Integrated Media.
Experience: Adjunct and visiting artist
at California Institute of the Arts, Southern
California Institute of Architecture, and UCLA
extension.
Exhibited work most recently in the Busan
Biennale in South Korea and the California
Video exhibition at the Getty Center. His
artwork focuses on digital media as a multidis-
ciplinary research device to create installations
and community-based projects.
Why Whittier?: "I saw a real opportunity
to help develop an interdisciplinary digital arts
curriculum at a school and department for which
I have great respect."
Sylvia Lopez, Assistant Professor of Biology
Degrees: B.A. from Whittier College in Biology, minor in Chemistry; Ph.D. from UCLA
(degree completion Nov. 2008)
Experience: After graduation, worked in
public health, surveying and controlling vector
born diseases, such as malaria, encephalitis, and
west nile virus.
Why Whittier?: "I love this institution. I
believe in its educational philosophy and ap-
See NEW PROFESSORS, page 4
Correction
On Sept. 4, 2008, the Quaker
Campus published an article
headlined "Potentially dangerous?"
The article, written by Opinions
Editor Marissa Leonardi, made
inaccurate assumptions about the
reasons Whittier College installed
the Sprinturf Ultrablade DF synthetic turf.
The assumptions suggested that
Whittier College and Whittier College Athletics Department had deliberately ignored the wellbeing and
health of their student-athletes and
students. The article also wrongly
assumes that the installation of
the turf was a "strictly economic
decision."
In the article, assumptions were
stated incorrectly as fact. We retract
these statements.
The Quaker Campus apologizes
for printing the inaccurate and potentially harmful assumptions.
Events
9/12      Welcome Back Dance
9/13      Purple &Gold Tailgate
Football Reunion
9/15      Poster Sale
10-1 a.m.
5 p.m.
11:30-2 p.m.
Index
News —1,4-6
Opinions — 2-3
Campus Life —
A&E—11-13
7-10
Sports— 14-16
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