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GOOD GRIEF: Charles Van Steenburgh
and Judith Ann Shelton rehearse for the up
prepares to swing as he, Mark Haugh,
coming Supper Club production 'You're
Allyson Towersey, Michael MacCormick
a Good Man Charlie Brown!'
Faculty Executive Council Preparing
To Name Faculty Layoffs by February
By Chris Perkins, QC News Editor
The Faculty Executive Council
is presently gathering information and will be ready to suggest
faculty personnel layoffs to
President Eugene Mills by the
end of February, committee chairman Fritz Smith said last Friday.
The layoffs are the second
phase of a restructuring process
which began late last year with
the elimination of seven non-
faculty positions. The layoffs are
a reaction to a projected operating budget deficit of $262,000
by the end of lune 1989.
The FEC will be "meeting fairly
intensely in the next few weeks,"
according to Smith. "We'll be
meeting nearly every day."
The FEC-an elected faculty
committee comprised of seven
members - was chosen by a vote
of the entire faculty to decide the
cuts. The college faculty has
Crosstown Project And
HSA Promote Education
By Stephanie Wiggins
Two Whittier college minority
associations, the Whittier College
Crosstown Project and the
Hispanic Students Association,
are making efforts to inform black
and Hispanic high school students about college life and
career opportunities through
one-day conferences designed to
encourage the pursuit higher
education.
Seventy-five junior high and
high school students involved
with the Crosstown Project
arrived on campus Jan. 16, Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, for a full day
of activities honoring King.
The Whittier College Crosstown
Project is an educational and
social enrichment program
designed to encourage minority
students to  attain  a  college
education, and to share with
parents and school administrators the full range of opportunities available to the students
in higher education.
The six inner-city Los Angeles
schools targeted by the
Crosstown Project are Crenshaw,
Jordan and Washington high
schools and Audobon, Bret Harte
and Markham junior high
schools.
Talk of the Future
The students' visit this January
included a college admissions
discussion by Richard Scaffidi,
associate director of Admissions:
a panel made up of Whittier
college students and professors
primary responsibility for all
matters concerning the
curriculum.
Determining Factors
"|At this point] we're throwing
around ideas, but at the moment
wed like to keep them confidential," said Smith.
However, he did reveal that the
main factor in the layoff decisions
would be which departments
could best absorb the loss of
instructors.
"How can we do the cuts to
least affect the students? That's
the key," Smith said.
The decision will be made after
the effect of cuts on majors, the
liberal education program,
freshman seminar and other
aspects of the curriculum are
examined.
The departments of Philosophy/Religion, Psychology, and
Music will not lose faculty
because all of the professors in
those areas are tenured. Smith
stated.
Smith noted that some layoffs
may be avoided if vacant positions or positions recently left
vacant due to retirements can be
cut instead.
However. "(Although] those
would be positions that would be
nice to cut, program demands
prevail," Smith said. "Wewantto
avoid making the expedient, easy
cut that might not have a good
Please see EVENT page 3.        Please see ISSUE page 3.
Senate of Students To
Advise BOG Proposed
By Chris Perkins
At the Ian. 16 Board of
Governors meeting, ASWC
President Mark Taylor presented
a major plan to institute a Student
Senate advisory committee of
approximately 50 students to
address campus-related issues.
The stated purpose of the
proposal is to "allow a greater
number of students from a more
diverse background to take
part in student government at
Whittier and to therefore have
greater student input in the
comunications."
If the motion passes, Taylor said
he would like to get the new
organization started before the
end of the school year.
Elected Reps
The envisioned committee
would be made up of elected
representatives from existing
groups on campus, such as the
Hispanic Students Association,
academic honor societies and
social societies. In addition,
Taylor said, applications would be
considered from any interested
students.
The responsibilities of the
Student Senate would be to
review Board of Governors proposals which BOG would like
more student input on, and to
discuss and bring before the
Board issues of interest that BOG
has not dealt with.
Vanessa Mills, BOG communications chair, said if the Student
Senate were approved "it |would|
give people a place to go to
complain."
Included in Bylaws
The group would be included
in the existing Associated
Students  of Whittier College
bylaws, and would be led by the
president pro-tempore, currently
Gorden Gates. The president pro-
tempore would then relay results
of the Senate's monthly meetings
directly to the Board of
Governors.
Taylor said several details ofthe
Senate were still unresolved, and
that the plan still awaited further
input from the Board before the
proposal would be decided
upon.
' Although many of the specifics
still have to be worked out, I feel
that the possibility to increase
student involvement in, and
knowledge of, the workings ofthe
Board of Governors deserves
considerable atention." Taylor
said.
Taylor said that the Student
Senate he is proposing would be
a subcommittee of BOG, a forum
with no legislative power.
The idea of a Student Senate
originated with Taylor, Gates and
Mills during last year's BOG
elections, Taylor said.
Denmark Based
According to Mills, the present
proposal is based on a "class
representative system" she and
Gates encountered while
studying in Denmark. In that
system, meetings were attended
by a representative of the
school's administration, who
fielded questions, concerns and
suggestions.
Mills said she would like to see
an administration representative
at the Student Senate meetings
as well. A result of this procedure.
Mills said, would be that student
concerns such as parking, tuition
Please see SENATE page 3.
Tuition Costs Increased
Yet Again For 1989-90
By Chris Perkins
Tuition costs will be raised for
the 1989-90 school year, according to Joseph Cardoza, vice
president for Finance and
Administration.
"The question is really 'how
much?" Cardoza said, noting that
at almost all colleges tuition is
expected to rise annually.
Cardoza stated that the raise
will be the result of 'cost of living'
increases, such as utilities, insurance, and salaries, and does not
reflect any attempt to alleviate the
college's recent budget problems
through tuition increases.
"Tuition is not a means of
balancing the budget," stated
Robert Marks, vice president-for
Academic Affairs.
"It is not a'quick fix," Cardoza
added.
Cardoza also noted that the
amount of financial aid offered to
students will increase as well.
Cardoza declined to estimate
the amount the tuition will be
raised, but stated that it would
increase "at a normal rate." and
will most likely not be as large an
increase as last year's 10.8
percent raise.
Funny 'Fugitive'
^ee Page 6.
Double Bloom'
See Pages 4 & 5.
Swimming Records
See Page 7.