The QC, Vol. 75, No. 11 • January 12, 1989

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Volume LXXV, Number 11
January 12, 1989
KING KYLE: Kyle Davis was named to the 1989 Poet
Classic all-tournament team. See story, page 8.
Poet Professor Authors
Paper For Government
-.... -Sy Stephanie Wiggins, QC-Asst- News Editor
At the request of the U.S.
Department of Labor, assistant
professor of Sociology, Steven
Gold has written a report about
a California immigration act
which will be presented to
Congress this January.
Gold said the aim of the report,
'The Employment Potential of
Refugee Entrepreneurship Soviet
Jews and Vietnamese in
California,' is to analyze the
impact of the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986, which
mandates sanctions penalizing
employers who hire undocumented workers.
Study Commissioned
The Department of Labor
commissioned about 32 scholars
to study the role of immigrants as
a result of the act. They reported
on topics such as where immigrants settle and whether they
complement or displace native
workers, their mobility patterns
and extent of assimilation, the
labor market behaviors of the
refugees and asylum-seekers and
sectors of the economy in which
immigrant workers are heavily
concentrated, such as service,
food processing and light
manufacturing.
Gold said, "A major concern
regarding the law—one which
may surprise scholars
accustomed to the California
labor market—is that many parts
of the U.S. are now facing labor
shortages. In these areas, the
limited availability of immigrant
workers  threatens  economic
growth."
Different Characteristics
Gold's report cites evidence
that recent refugees are marked
by different social and demographic characteristics than are
new immigrants. Refugees come
to the U.S. for different reasons,
have fewer resources and
develop less-integrated
communities.
"Some refugees such as
Koreans seem successful, however not all do well in small
businesses," Gold said .
Gold said recent research
concerning immigrant business
has focused almost exclusively
upon the enterprises of economically-motivated immigrant
groups and long-established
refugee groups.
Others Ignored
"Ignored have been the small
businesses opened by refugees
who account for 20 percent of
legal entrants to the U.S. since
1975," Gold said.
Since 1982, Gold has been
doing research work on Soviet
Jewish activities and was
commissioned to the recent
study after he had written a
proposal to the Department of
Labor. He presented the report
at a conference held in
September.
Gold said he had little trouble
gathering data for his report
because California is the number
one destination of both refugees
and immigrants in the United
Please see NEW page 3.
Interim Pickings
See Page 6.
Thirteen Non-Faculty Positions
Cut Due To Big Budget Deficit
By Chris Perkins, QC News Editor
A projected operating budget
deficit of $262,000 by the end of
June 1989 has necessitated the
immediate elimination of 13 non-
faculty and academic positions
and an anticipated elimination of
faculty posts at the college
administration officials have
confirmed.
Seven of the non-faculty
positions were vacant, and six
college employees are being laid
off. The departments affected
include student loan administration, admissions, college
advancement, groundskeeping
and cafeteria workers.
Administrators declined to name
the employees who have been
laid off.
Joseph Cardoza, vice president
for Finance and Administration,
said of the college's cost-cutting
action, "I think we tried to be
equitable as we looked across all
areas of the college in laying off
members."
Faculty Cuts
The exact number of faculty
cuts and the departments to be
cut has not yet been decided.
Robert Marks, vice president for
Academic Affairs, estimated that
8 to 12 positions would be
eliminated.
Marks and the Faculty
Educational Council, comprised
of seven elected faculty
members, will present a list of
suggested cuts to President Mills
in February after deciding which
cuts would best preserve the
college's curriculum.
"Poet Perestroika"
Cardoza and Marks said they
consider the actions a necessary restructuring which will
strengthen the college over the
long term.
Marks described the actions as
a "Perestroika for Whittier
College'' in a discussion with the
Associated Students of Whittier
College Board of Governors last
Monday.
Five reasons have been cited
for the $262,000 projected
shortfall.
Freshman enrollment this year
was substantially lower than
expected. Marks blames an
annual decline in college
applicants (which he expects to
continue through 1992) for this
year's smaller freshman enrollment, as well as the Oct. 1, 1987
earthquake.
A Bumpy Road
"We hit a bump along the
road—or, more accurately, a
bump hit us," he said in reference
to a decision by some potential
applicants not to consider
Whittier because of the temblor.
Cardoza also said the elimination of positions was in part a
decision by college management,
"...to recognize that the size of
the institution [in the future] will
be about what it is now."
A low endowment has also
been blamed for the deficit, most
prominently in an article by the
'Los Angeles Times' dated Dec.
22. Interest from a college's
endowment is used to pay
operation costs.
Comparable Endowments
Marks and Cardoza refuted the
'Times' analysis, saying that
Whittier's $16 million endowment
is comparable to other institutions of its type, and the college
endowments Whittier's was compared to, Pomona's $250 million
and Caltech's $430 million, are
exceptionally high.
However, according to Susan
Pearce, vice president for College
Advancement, the college's
present e id ?wmj nt' is not iargg
enough to do what we need to
do." She added that an
endowment of $50 million would
be desirable for an institution
such as Whittier.
Pearce stated that the endowment is currently one of the
college's highest fundraising
priorities. The $50 million goal,
achievable mainly through the
contributions of private
individuals, is described by
Pearce as a "long term" ideal,
potentially reachable in three to
five years at the earliest.
Excellence Costs
Another cause of the debt,
Marks said, was the college's
decision in 1981 to obtain
"excellence at all costs."
This decision entailed a four-
point plan to attract a
distinguished faculty and
outstanding high school students,
revamp and improve the existing
curriculum and improve the
physical plant, Marks said.
Bringing top professors and
students incurred extra expenses,
Marks said, as higher salaries
were paid and financial aid to
needy students was awarded
liberally.
Last year, Whittier spent about
20 percent of its operating
:uncial aid, as mudi-
as nine percentage points more
than colleges of comparable size
in the Southlands, according to
a 'Los Angeles Times' report.
Additional improvements to
Please see CUTS page 3.
Two New Trustees Bring
Distinction, Says Mills
By Stephanie Wiggins, QC Asst. News Editor
Two new trustees, Wesley R.
Kewish and Theodore F.
Marshburn, have been elected to
the Whittier College Board of
Trustees for a three-year term.
Kewish and alumnus
Marshburn have both served on
various committees in the community. Marshburn is currently
serving on the First Friends
Church Board of Business and
Finance, and Kewish is active in
the Chairman's Roundtable of the
Whittier YMCA, Whittier Elks
Club, and ■ Whittier Masonic
Lodge.
Kewish said, regarding his
election to the board, "The
repositioning of some buildings
on campus, the Performing Arts
Center and other construction
projects are upbeat and part of
Whittier College's rising
reputation. Great strides in the
school's advancement are
occurring now, and I trust I can
assist."
Susan Pearce, vice president of
Development, said of the new
members.'They are committed,
concerned people who have a
strong interest in the college."
Whittier Grads
Kewish, a retired business
development representative,
spent much of his life in the oil
industry. His son, Dan, is an
alumnus of 1966.
A 1951 Whittier graduate,
Marshburn is an ophthalmologist
in private practice in Whittier and
is also a member of the American
Medical Association. His wife.
Mary Louise, is an alumna of 1953
and his parents. Oscar and Olive
Marshburn, are alumni of 1917.
Rayburn S. Dezember,
chairman ofthe board, said that
Marshburn brings further
distinction to an already
dedicated board.
Presiden Eugene Mills and
Dezember praised Kewish, citing
his strong belief in the importance of a liberal education, and
his enthusiastic support of
Whittier College's Performing
Arts Center project.
Anorexia Common
See Page 6.
Basketball Tourney
See Page 8.