The QC, Vol. 78, No. 13 • December 5, 1991

              * Happy Holidays Whittier College   *
QUAKERCAMPUS
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
Volume LXXVIII, Number 13
December 5,1991
INSIDE THE
QUAKERCAMPUS
NEWS
JEHA REMOVED
SeniorTina Jeha was asked
to step down from the
ASWC Presidential
Election Committee for
allegedly soliciting votes at
the voting table. Page 3.
FEATURES
PEARL HARBOR
Fifty years ago Saturday,
Pearl Harbor was attacked
by Japanese bombers.
Whittier alumni, who were
attending the College when
the attack occurred, reflect
on that fateful December
day. Page 7.
ARTS & ENT.
VIDEO MANIA
Arts and entertainment
editor Jenny Colville
discusses the growing trend
of renting movies and the
stereotypes of the movie
renters. Page 9.
SPORTS
POETS WIN THREE
The Whittier College
women's basketball team
has won three out of its first
four games, one more win
than the Lady Poets had
over the last two seasons
combined, as they won only
two last year and were
winless the year before.
Page 12.
INDEX
News T, 3-4
Editorial 2
Comics/Crossword        5
Features 6-8
Classifieds 7
Arts & Ent. 9-10
Sports 11-12
FOR THE RECORD
This is the last Quaker
Campus of the semester.
The next QC will come out
on Jan. 16, 1992 and will
be followed by another
paper on Jan. 30.
Administration Addresses Student Concerns
By Josh du Lac
Editor-in-Chief
At a joint BOG-Adminis-
tration forum held Nov. 21,
ASWC President Alvin
Henderson explained why BOG
has been in conflict with the
Administration this semester.
According to Henderson,
student input was not solicited
until mid-September when BOG
sent a letter to the Administration demanding that changes be
made in the recently-created
Alcohol Policy.
'We were promised before
we left last semester... that we'd
have input," Henderson said.
'That's not what happened."
At the forum, held in an
effort to improve relations between the student body and the
Administration, President
James Ash stated: 'There was
no attempt to avoid consultation.
We've (now) had some consultation and well have more."
After Ash and Henderson
made opening statements, a
panel of five administrators and
four BOG members fielded
_ | Eric Berg/Assistant Photography Editor
President James Ash (center) speaks on issues of student concern at the Nov.
21 forum as ASWC President Alvin Henderson (left) and Dean of College Life
Steve Gothold look on. 	
questions from the over 100
students in attendance.
Issues raised included: the
possibility of building a student
center; the status of the honor
code; free speech on campus;
improving the library; the future
of societies; the direction in
which the College is proceeding;
and campus beautification.
One student, senior Perry
Bleeker, said: "Every time I
open the paper, it's somebody
criticizing the Administration.
This forum is a first step...but
there's got to be a lot more of this
before the community can get
back (to where it used to be.
President Ash is) trying to flip
the coin instead of slowly turn
ing it. We're upset about that-
we want a more gradual change."
According to Ash and
Henderson, similar forums will
probably occur in the future.
"I thought it was very
healthy communication and I
certainly learned something and
I think that everybody who attended did, (too)," Ash said.
McGlynn Elected ASWC President; Plans For Term
By Adam Webster
Copy Editor
Junior Kevin McGlynn was
elected as the 1992 ASWC
President after winning a runoff election against juniorTony
Strickland Tuesday, Nov. 26.
McGlynn, a business
management/government
policy major through the
Whittier Scholars program,
said he ran for President
because, "After being on (Board
of Governors) BOG for a year (as 5
treasurer) I felt I was qualified. •
I could see some problems that
the school was having and I felt
I could alleviate them."
Such problems include the
communication between the
Administration, faculty and
students as well as the morals
that the Administration is
imposingupon the student body,
McGlynn said.
McGlynn states four main
objectives he hopes will help
solve these problems.
The first of these goals is "to
continue the process BOG is in
now" such as the the revision of
some of the policies, according
to McGlynn. The alcohol policy,
free speech clause, the student
handbook and the vehicle
registration policy need to "be
organized in a reasonable
manner for students," McGlynn
said.
"Also (I want to) work on
educating people on the honor
code this Spring," McGlynn
added. "I am not going to let it
drop" but on the other hand,
"I'm not going to push it on the
students," McGlynn said. He
is going to open the already
approved draft to studentinput
and let it be subject to "public
referendum." If passed, the
honor code would take affect in
the fall of 1992.
Secondly, McGlynn hopes
to "get the Administration back
Please see ASWC on page 4.
Athenian Appeal Denied
By Julie Amiton
News Editor
A proposal asking for the
reinstatement ofthe Athenian
society and the possibility of
having a pledge class this year,
has been denied by Steve
Gothold, Dean of College Life.
"My decision was made in
consultation with the Society
Advisory Board and other
people on the campus and it
was decided that the sanctions
should be upheld," Gothold
said.
The Athenian society
refused to comment.
A letter was sent to the
Athenians from Gothold
outlining reasons for the
denial.
According to Gothold, it
was the preference of the
Athenian society that the
reasons for the denial not be
made public.
Franklin society President,
Chris Jacobs, said "We (the
Franklin society) support the
Athenians. We feel that
societies are stronger when
acting together."
Jen Dorrance, a sophomore
member of the Metaphonian
society, said "I am sympathetic
towards them (the Athenians),
but I agree with the decision."
Lancer member, Chris
Williams, junior, disagreed
with Gothold's decision. "I
think that they should have
been able to have a pledge class
because essentially it (the
original sanctions) was a
parole-type sentence with strict
limitations," he said. "(The
Athenians) are not asking for
these other limitations to be
revoked—at the very least they
should be able to have a pledge
class."
Discrepancies Result in
New BOG Election Rules
By Adam Webster
Copy Editor
Due to many complaints and
ambiguities surrounding the
recent ASWC Presidential
election, the rules for the
upcoming BOG elections have
been revised, according to Rose
Huang, BOG Student Services
representative.
"In a lot of instances, there
was nothing written down, so,
the rules were changed," Huang
said. Such instances that Huang
noted were painting the Rock,
other infractions of implied
rules, the use of the student
services stamp, physically
removing other people's
materials and being responsible
for one's own campaign
manager.
In response to these formal
complaints filed by various
students, Huang has revised
and clarified the rules. Now the
rules state that the student
services stamp will not be needed
on campaigning materials since
"theAdministrationcan'tcontrol
the election," Huang said.
Also, the Rock will be off
limits for campaigning and a
clause reading "including the
mailroom" has been added to
the rule stating "No physical
campaigning can occur within
100 feet of the ballot box."
Physical campaigning was
defined by Huang as "people
standing there trying to change
votes" or having other materials
present that may accomplish the
same thing.
Another new rule states, "No
campaign materials may be
hung from electrical wires" due
to the dangerous nature of that,
Please see BOG on page 3.