The QC, Vol. 78, No. 16 • February 13, 1992

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Volume LXXVIII, Number 16                                                                                                                               February 13,1992
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NEWS
FACULTY MASTERS
President   James   Ash
announced this week that
he will stagger the Faculty
Masters' terms. Stauffer
House   Faculty   Master
Dallas Rhodes will end his
term this spring.
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EDITORIAL
ALUMNI ON SOCIETIES
Whittier alumni, who ar
members of various societie
express their opinions aboi
the New Member Educatio
Program.
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1         COMICS
HERE ON PLANET 10
Guido   Zolke   and   Dirk
Finger's new comic strip
Here on Planet 10, makes its
debut in the QC.
Page 7.
WHITTIER COUPLES
Whittier couples share
their thoughts    about
romance on the eve of
Valentine's Day.
Pages 8.
HORROR STORIES
Valentine's Day doesn't
bring back happy memories
for everyone.    Students
recall their worst Valentine
experiences.
Page 8.
SPORTS
RENEWED ATTITUDE
This may be a fun season
for head baseball coach Jim
Pigott as the team has
talent and chemistry.
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INDEX
News                         1,  4-
Editorial                       2-
Comics
Features                     8-1
Classifieds                     1
Arts & Ent.                11-1
Sports                        14-1
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Sarah Gammill/Photography Editor
Heavy rains throughout Southern California have contributed to flooding throughout the campus.
According to Jim Surwillo, Director of the Physical Plant, about three to four inches of water was
discovered in the basement of Hoover on Tuesday. The Maintenance Department has a standard sub-
pump to keep buildings from flooding, but because the rain was so heavy, it built up and the pump failed,
Surwillo said. Other buildings affected by the rain include the lobby and north side of Stauffer Residence
Hall, Mendenhall, the Campus Inn, Platner basement, Wardman Hall and the east end of the Science
Building.
New Member Education BOG Sets Agenda
Program Faces First Test
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
Eighty-seven students
have begun the new member
education program, 11 more
students than last year,
according to Steve Gothold,
Dean of College Life.
Female societies have 54
"pledges." These include:
Ionians (seven), Metaphonians
(12), Palmers (11) and Thalians
(22). Male societies have 33
"pledges." These include:
Lancers (eight), Penns (19) and
Franklins (six~orginally nine,
but three de-pledged).
Gothold attributes the
increase to the fact that a
number of people who were
moderately interested in
societies did not see the reasons
to go through the old pledging
process. These people were
greatly encouraged by the
changes, according to Gothold.
Penn President Jason Fish
agreed with Gothold. "We were
very organized this year as a
society and we tried to emit
that to others," he said.
Based on
recommendations from the Ad
Hoc Committee on Society
Governances, new member
education cannot exceed 15
hours per week, plus study
hours.
A three hour limit has been
imposed Monday-Thursday,
with Sundays completely free
of activities, unless prearranged
with Gothold.
Chris Jacobs, Franklin
President, said, "We use our
three hours a day as
constructively as possible."
According to new member
education guidelines, there are
three levels of supervision that
must be followed. The faculty
advisor of each society has
ultimate responsibility. A
second level includes other
members of the college
community, either professors
or other faculty members.
Finally, a third level of
supervision is alumni members
of societies who have been
authorized through the Office
of College Life.
"In the future, a little more
leeway towards the society is
needed. We had to cancel some
events because we coul d not get
an advisor," Dave Mashaal,
Lancer President, said.
Metaphonian President,
Kim Powell said: "We are
frustrated because the girls are
not getting what we wanted
them to out of this. We do not
know if the bonding is going to
occur."
By Michele Apostolos
Staff Writer
"One ofthe main things BOG
would really like to improve is
the communication between the
three sectors on campus:
students, faculty and
Administration," Jenny Kelly,
President Pro Tem. said,
concerning goals discussed at
the BOG retreat held Feb 2-4 at
the Circle Bar-B Ranch outside
of Santa Barbara.
ASWC President Kevin
McGlynn said, "We (BOG) want
to be open to students, but we
also want to be fair."
Other goals established,
according to Kelly and McGlynn,
include providing a consistency
in the funding of student
organizations and creating a
variety of programming and
activities for students.
McGlynn called this a
"working retreat" with BOG
members meeting to "talk a lot
about philosophy, student
concerns, and what we felt
student funds should be used
for."
"A large part of the retreat
was to educate new members on
how the Board works and what
it is about," McGlynn said.
"We went through the bylaws
Please see BOG on page6.
No Luminarias for
Men's Lacrosse Team
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
Assistant News Editor
Due to a mixup in scheduling
the master calendar, the men's
lacrosse team will be unable to
attend Luminarias this year
because they will be on a road
trip to Arizona.
Doug Locker, head coach,
said that when he scheduled the
games in August, Luminarias
was not on the master calendar.
'There was no way that I
could have known (Luminarias)
was that weekend. We have
always scheduled around it in
the past; if we had known, we
would have this year," he said.
He continued, "Every other
year we've been home for
Luminarias."
Mike Poutre II, BOG Student
Advocate, said, "Luminarias has
been set since last March 13—
the week after last year's
Luminarias— and was put on
Please see LAX on page 4.