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QUAraRCAA/gUS r< » wii u i *i\ ^^5 ~'~~~^' ...■■-, ■ .■*(».. / •„_..__,, ru in on Volume LXXV, Number 12 January 26, 1989 ' p. |f> - .-:C. js-';;£ fflj m I ::.;.-.•/••■ 8|-;, §p K^l \^Ht Mr '"'■ j^H ■.%f^HHhiP^ ; f '-*■■ ^^^B1 "■■■ m x.-sspmSt?' 1 -11iP i^-SK*^ ** ■if"'" * i^t^^ - •cfjilfr' ijfc!ji I 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.
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Title | The QC, Vol. 75, No. 12 • January 26, 1989 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | January 26, 1989 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 8 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
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Date-Created | 2014-02-13 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2014. |
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Title | 1989_01_26_p001 |
OCR | QUAraRCAA/gUS r< » wii u i *i\ ^^5 ~'~~~^' ...■■-, ■ .■*(».. / •„_..__,, ru in on Volume LXXV, Number 12 January 26, 1989 ' p. |f> - .-:C. js-';;£ fflj m I ::.;.-.•/••■ 8|-;, §p K^l \^Ht Mr '"'■ j^H ■.%f^HHhiP^ ; f '-*■■ ^^^B1 "■■■ m x.-sspmSt?' 1 -11iP i^-SK*^ ** ■if"'" * i^t^^ - •cfjilfr' ijfc!ji I 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. |
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