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QUAKER CAMPUS 'blume LXXV, Number 22 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ May 4, 1989 Volume LXXV, Number 22 Mills Decade Called The Most Fruitful" In College History SOLO GUITAR:Jen Foster performs her original song 'Benjamin's Balloon' at Spring Sing. She was judged 'Best Solo Performer/ Students Unhappy About Spring Sing Guidelines By Nathlie Given Whittier's 38th annual production of Spring Sing, All That Jazz,' was held April 29 in the Harris Amphitheater. While many students praised the show as a success, there was some controversy about the audition process, and one member of the Program Board, Camille Smith, ended up boycotting the whole event. Freshman Tammy Dietrich, who disagreed with the tryout policy, said of the show, "I thought it was good but it didn't go with the theme and there wasn't much contrast between the performances." Dietrich said some people had worked for months on their performance, yet because they didn't turn in their lyrics on time they weren't allowed to participate. She added that the only information she knew ofthe process was the sign up dates and the audition dates. "It seemed like only a chosen .few knew they had to turn in lyrics," said Dietrich. Sign Up Dates The organizers of this year's Spring Sing were co-chairs Linda Bone and Betty Hart, and tabulations coordinator Debbie Sullivan. March 15 and 16 were the two days advertised in fliers around campus or in the QC for audition sign ups. Anyone unable to sign up on these days were to call either Bone or Sullivan by March 14 to make arrangements. Sullivan said the contact person of each group put their name, box number and phone number on the sign up sheet and this infor mation was put in a computer. When each person signed up he or she was given a rule sheet which stated the date and time when lyrics and music was due, midnight of March 30, and that any special sound or lighting arrangements were to be made by March 31. Sullivan said the rules were the same as in the past, only more strict. She said the organizers were trying to avoid problems by not being lenient. "We ;were| trying to make Spring Sing the best it |could| be," said Sullivan. Missed Deadlines Sullivan said when only 19 people out of the 40 who signed up for auditions met the lyrics deadline the organizers called the missing applicants and told them their audition scores were being lowered because of the missed deadline, and if they didn't get lyrics in by the extended deadline of April 3 they wouldn't be allowed to audition. "Those who didn't meet the deadline we didn't know what to do aboul. We were willing to work with them," said Sullivan. Sullivan said the auditions forced people to plan ahead and be more prepared, and having lyrics and music decided on prior to audition was part of this preparation. Bone said, "If I didn't have the performer's music or lyrics in, I couldn't tell whether there were duplicates. As far as I'm concerned it was their negligence." By the April 3 deadline only two Please see SING page 3. By Chris Perkins "Looking at the history of Whittier College, I would say that the decade under Dr. Mills has been the most fruitful of any in the history of the college, by a long shot," said current Board of Trustees member and former chairman of the Board Chandler Meyers in assessing President Eugene Mills' term in office. Mills is resigning this year after serving as president since 1979. Mills is leaving his post in order to write a history and analysis of Elderhostel, Inc., a project he has been associated with since its inception in 1975. A Retrospective Mills' first action when he came to Whittier in 1979 from the University of New Hampshire, where he also served as president, was to write a 100-page inventory of the college, targeting specific areas of improvement. "That led [the new administration) to recognize a variety of things we had to do." The report showed that there were three main areas that most needed to be addressed: the need to gain the college national recognition, the need to develop financial support, and the need to improve the physical plant. In gaining natonal notoriety, Mills said he realized that a reputation as a college with a strong academic program was important. As a result, several innovations in the curriculum took place. Model Program The Liberal Education Program, unique to Whittier, has been lauded as "a plan that has become a model for other colleges" by 'US News and World Report.' The Whittier Scholars Program was initiated in 1979 to "offer individualization, self-direction, intellectual stimulation, examination of values, and close faculty assistance," as an introductory pamphlet distributed to students stated. Of Whittier's academic growth over the past 10 years, Mills said, "I think it's really fair to say we have moved the college forward to a new level of academic distinction." An indicator of the college's increased academic prominence was its ranking as one of the nation's five best smaller comprehensive colleges in both 1987 and 1988 by'US News and World Report; The magazine credited Whittier's faculty and Liberal Education Program as academic highlights. Though Mills stressed the fact that Whittier's improved academic reputation has been a result of the work of faculty, staff and students, Meyers commented, "[Mills] has to receive the primary credit for it. It was his style of leadership and initiatives which have most advanced the college." Meyers continued, "He's a national figure... he is prominent on the national educational scene, which has reflected in the college's developing national standing." Please see MILLS page 3. Administration Requests Farmer To Direct Intramural Sports Programs By Stephanie Wiggins The intramural sports program has been completely restructured and is scheduled to expand from four activities to 13 next year. Greg Farmer, assistant professor of physical education and recreation, will take over coordination of all intramural activities. In addition, the administration of the intramural program will come under the auspices of the physical education and recreation department instead of the student run Program Board which had previously managed it. Farmer has now been named head of intramurals and will no longer be coaching men's water polo. According to Farmer, vice president for Academic Affairs Robert Marks asked him to be in charge of intramurals. "Over the last three or four years, Bob Giomi has been kind of an adviser in making suggestions while the students did all the decisionmaking," said Farmer. Logical End "I think intramurals should logically be run...in close association with the RE. department," Farmer said. "The PE. department has better resources as far as providing field space and the use of available equipment;' he said. According to Farmer, P.E. majors will help in administration of the sports. He also plans to expand intramurals to 13 sports as a result of a survey from 300 students. The activities include—mixed double tennis tournament, pool tournament, men's football, co- recreational ping pong tournament, softball-co-recreational, wallyball (four person volleyball in a racquetball court), frisbee golf, miniature golf tournament, bowling, racquetball, men's basketball, volleyball and innertube waterpolo. Current Problems Students had complained this year about the lack of organization in the intramurals program. "I will not be involved in the slightest," said junior JT. Wheeler, this year's chairperson of intramurals, on his involvement with the intramural program next year. "Time is a major problem in organizing because as a student I work 50 to 60 hours a day, then I have to work on intramurals," said Wheeler. This year Wheeler organized four intramural sports, football, volleyball, water polo and basketball, the latter sport causing the most problems, according to Wheeler. Juniors Kevin Marshall and Marty Musker said that the intramural basketball scheduling and rescheduling was a bad problem. Marshall said, "You can't play a game once a week, intramurals should be done and over with in less than four to five weeks. This dragged on too long for seven weeks." Musker said Wheeler scheduled teams to play during spring break. "It was bad planning," he said. Senior Ishmael Cantu said," It was chaos, we never knew if we were gonna play a game." Wheeler said,' There was a first schedule but it had to be revised, and the second schedule people could not follow so we had a third schedule and some people understood it and half didn't so I stopped intramurals, had a meeting with the coaches and set up a tournament." Farmer will still coach swimming, but he said overlapping seasons of swimming and waterpolo made it difficult to coach both. Lawrence Redone See Page 4. Season's Recap See Page 7. Summer Jobs See Page 5. * - * ■* *.-i. , ,
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Title | The QC, Vol. 75, No. 22 • May 4, 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 | May 4, 1989 |
Language | eng |
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Title | 1989_05_04_p001 |
OCR | QUAKER CAMPUS 'blume LXXV, Number 22 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ May 4, 1989 Volume LXXV, Number 22 Mills Decade Called The Most Fruitful" In College History SOLO GUITAR:Jen Foster performs her original song 'Benjamin's Balloon' at Spring Sing. She was judged 'Best Solo Performer/ Students Unhappy About Spring Sing Guidelines By Nathlie Given Whittier's 38th annual production of Spring Sing, All That Jazz,' was held April 29 in the Harris Amphitheater. While many students praised the show as a success, there was some controversy about the audition process, and one member of the Program Board, Camille Smith, ended up boycotting the whole event. Freshman Tammy Dietrich, who disagreed with the tryout policy, said of the show, "I thought it was good but it didn't go with the theme and there wasn't much contrast between the performances." Dietrich said some people had worked for months on their performance, yet because they didn't turn in their lyrics on time they weren't allowed to participate. She added that the only information she knew ofthe process was the sign up dates and the audition dates. "It seemed like only a chosen .few knew they had to turn in lyrics," said Dietrich. Sign Up Dates The organizers of this year's Spring Sing were co-chairs Linda Bone and Betty Hart, and tabulations coordinator Debbie Sullivan. March 15 and 16 were the two days advertised in fliers around campus or in the QC for audition sign ups. Anyone unable to sign up on these days were to call either Bone or Sullivan by March 14 to make arrangements. Sullivan said the contact person of each group put their name, box number and phone number on the sign up sheet and this infor mation was put in a computer. When each person signed up he or she was given a rule sheet which stated the date and time when lyrics and music was due, midnight of March 30, and that any special sound or lighting arrangements were to be made by March 31. Sullivan said the rules were the same as in the past, only more strict. She said the organizers were trying to avoid problems by not being lenient. "We ;were| trying to make Spring Sing the best it |could| be," said Sullivan. Missed Deadlines Sullivan said when only 19 people out of the 40 who signed up for auditions met the lyrics deadline the organizers called the missing applicants and told them their audition scores were being lowered because of the missed deadline, and if they didn't get lyrics in by the extended deadline of April 3 they wouldn't be allowed to audition. "Those who didn't meet the deadline we didn't know what to do aboul. We were willing to work with them," said Sullivan. Sullivan said the auditions forced people to plan ahead and be more prepared, and having lyrics and music decided on prior to audition was part of this preparation. Bone said, "If I didn't have the performer's music or lyrics in, I couldn't tell whether there were duplicates. As far as I'm concerned it was their negligence." By the April 3 deadline only two Please see SING page 3. By Chris Perkins "Looking at the history of Whittier College, I would say that the decade under Dr. Mills has been the most fruitful of any in the history of the college, by a long shot," said current Board of Trustees member and former chairman of the Board Chandler Meyers in assessing President Eugene Mills' term in office. Mills is resigning this year after serving as president since 1979. Mills is leaving his post in order to write a history and analysis of Elderhostel, Inc., a project he has been associated with since its inception in 1975. A Retrospective Mills' first action when he came to Whittier in 1979 from the University of New Hampshire, where he also served as president, was to write a 100-page inventory of the college, targeting specific areas of improvement. "That led [the new administration) to recognize a variety of things we had to do." The report showed that there were three main areas that most needed to be addressed: the need to gain the college national recognition, the need to develop financial support, and the need to improve the physical plant. In gaining natonal notoriety, Mills said he realized that a reputation as a college with a strong academic program was important. As a result, several innovations in the curriculum took place. Model Program The Liberal Education Program, unique to Whittier, has been lauded as "a plan that has become a model for other colleges" by 'US News and World Report.' The Whittier Scholars Program was initiated in 1979 to "offer individualization, self-direction, intellectual stimulation, examination of values, and close faculty assistance," as an introductory pamphlet distributed to students stated. Of Whittier's academic growth over the past 10 years, Mills said, "I think it's really fair to say we have moved the college forward to a new level of academic distinction." An indicator of the college's increased academic prominence was its ranking as one of the nation's five best smaller comprehensive colleges in both 1987 and 1988 by'US News and World Report; The magazine credited Whittier's faculty and Liberal Education Program as academic highlights. Though Mills stressed the fact that Whittier's improved academic reputation has been a result of the work of faculty, staff and students, Meyers commented, "[Mills] has to receive the primary credit for it. It was his style of leadership and initiatives which have most advanced the college." Meyers continued, "He's a national figure... he is prominent on the national educational scene, which has reflected in the college's developing national standing." Please see MILLS page 3. Administration Requests Farmer To Direct Intramural Sports Programs By Stephanie Wiggins The intramural sports program has been completely restructured and is scheduled to expand from four activities to 13 next year. Greg Farmer, assistant professor of physical education and recreation, will take over coordination of all intramural activities. In addition, the administration of the intramural program will come under the auspices of the physical education and recreation department instead of the student run Program Board which had previously managed it. Farmer has now been named head of intramurals and will no longer be coaching men's water polo. According to Farmer, vice president for Academic Affairs Robert Marks asked him to be in charge of intramurals. "Over the last three or four years, Bob Giomi has been kind of an adviser in making suggestions while the students did all the decisionmaking," said Farmer. Logical End "I think intramurals should logically be run...in close association with the RE. department," Farmer said. "The PE. department has better resources as far as providing field space and the use of available equipment;' he said. According to Farmer, P.E. majors will help in administration of the sports. He also plans to expand intramurals to 13 sports as a result of a survey from 300 students. The activities include—mixed double tennis tournament, pool tournament, men's football, co- recreational ping pong tournament, softball-co-recreational, wallyball (four person volleyball in a racquetball court), frisbee golf, miniature golf tournament, bowling, racquetball, men's basketball, volleyball and innertube waterpolo. Current Problems Students had complained this year about the lack of organization in the intramurals program. "I will not be involved in the slightest," said junior JT. Wheeler, this year's chairperson of intramurals, on his involvement with the intramural program next year. "Time is a major problem in organizing because as a student I work 50 to 60 hours a day, then I have to work on intramurals," said Wheeler. This year Wheeler organized four intramural sports, football, volleyball, water polo and basketball, the latter sport causing the most problems, according to Wheeler. Juniors Kevin Marshall and Marty Musker said that the intramural basketball scheduling and rescheduling was a bad problem. Marshall said, "You can't play a game once a week, intramurals should be done and over with in less than four to five weeks. This dragged on too long for seven weeks." Musker said Wheeler scheduled teams to play during spring break. "It was bad planning," he said. Senior Ishmael Cantu said," It was chaos, we never knew if we were gonna play a game." Wheeler said,' There was a first schedule but it had to be revised, and the second schedule people could not follow so we had a third schedule and some people understood it and half didn't so I stopped intramurals, had a meeting with the coaches and set up a tournament." Farmer will still coach swimming, but he said overlapping seasons of swimming and waterpolo made it difficult to coach both. Lawrence Redone See Page 4. Season's Recap See Page 7. Summer Jobs See Page 5. * - * ■* *.-i. , , |
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