The QC, Vol. 76, No. 04 • October 4, 1989

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October 4, 1989
Police Investigating another campus assault.
By Chris Perkins
QC Editor-in-Chief
According to Whittier Police
Department files, investigation is
underway of the second reported
attempted rape on the Whittier
College campus in the last two
weeks.
The report stated that the
victim, a female freshman at the
college whose identity was not
disclosed, was accosted on the
unlit dirt path leading from
Wardman Hall to the Harris
Residence Center last Sunday,
Oct. 1, between 12:30-1:00 a.m.
There are as of yet no suspects
in the case. The attacker was
described as a white male about
25 years old and approximately
5'10". A more complete description was unavailable at press time.
Officer Jeff Heintz of the
Whittier Police Department said
that the woman stated that she
had been returning to her dorm
from the Club when the incident
allegedly occurred. She stated
that she had been drinking, and
that as she walked back to her
dorm she was crying as the result
of an argument with a man she
had been dating.
She said she was grabbed by
the assailant and thrown to the
ground approximately six feet
from the path, according to
Heintz. She said the man then
straddled her and threatened her
with a small pocket knife. The
report states that the assailant
then began to unbutton the
victim's cut-off blue jean shorts,
but fled when he thought he
heard voices from people coming
up the path.
The alleged victim sustained
superficial injuries that did not
require medical attention,
according to Sandra Sarr, college
director of public relations. Sarr
stated that the woman did exhibit
small scratches which the victim
described as knife wounds.
Further information on the
reported crime was not available
at press time.
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CANNING THE ROCK: Members of the     part of pledging. Please see page three for
1986 Franklin Society "can the rock" as     more on the college's illustrious stone.
Moral Community Step Two? Archer
Puts Faculty In Students' Dorms
Dealing With Safety
On College Campuses
By Danielle Diego
QC News Editor
"None, that we know of," said
Captain Don Blackman, deputy
director of security, when asked
how many assaults have ever
occurred on the campus.
"Whittier is the third safest city
of the 25 or so in the state of
California with populations of
60,000-90,000," states figures
from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime
Report.
However, comforting as this
may be, a Reader's Digest news
release said that in 1988, college
campuses reported 1,990 violent
crimes: robbery, aggravated
assault, rape, and murder. This
statistic is only 10 percent of the
overall amount of crimes, "as
almost 90 percent of United
States colleges do not report
crime statistics."
According to the Center for the
Study and Prevention of Campus
Violence at Towson State
University in Maryland, 78
percent of violent crimes were
committed by students.
Advice from Blackman on what
a student can do for himself
includes, "To be alert as to who
and what is around you.
Depending on the hour of the
day, especially at night: travel in
pairs, avoid unlit areas, stick to
main thoroughfares and what
mothers tells you, Don't talk to
strangers.''
Please see ISSUE page 3.
Group To Give $180,000
In Unrestricted Money
By Suzanne Hoohuli
QC Staff Writer
The college will have received
up to $188,000 in unrestricted
monies this fiscal year from an
organization called Independent
Colleges of Southern California
(ICSC), said Susan Pearce, vice
president for development. ICSC
is a multi-million dollar
contribution program.
This money is considered
valuable   because   it   is
"unrestricted," which means
there is absolutely no restriction
on the usage of the money by the
college.' The money can be used
for any operating expense
including dorm maintenance,
electricity, salaries, and
scholarships," said Pearce.
Each year, the necessity for
Please see ICSC page 3.
By Anita Rafferty
QC Staff Writer
A plan called the Faculty
Resident Associate program, in
which selected professors are
assigned to residence halls as
advisers, has been instituted at
the college in an effort to "have
more intergenerational interaction," said Dick Archer, Dean of
College Life. "The idea is to place
faculty with students in the
residence halls for relations to
develop.''
The program has been underway since the beginning of the
current semester, but only
recently has every dorm been
assigned an adviser, according
to Archer.
Archer stated that this was
more of an expansion plan
because, "there have been faculty
advisors in Stauffer Hall from
eight to 10 years, and for eight
years in Wardman Hall."
In addition to the new
advisement program already
underway, the administration
plans to institute a Faculty Master
program, in which faculty
members and their families will
live in housing on campus, by
next year, Archer said.
Study Aid
The new program will be very
helpful to students because
"faculty members are models of
scholarship," said Archer. "They
have a belief in the life of the mind
and intellect."
Raphael Chabran, professor of
Spanish , said that many
universities already have faculty
resident associates living on
campus, following England's
example. Examples in the United
States are: University of California
atSan Diego, University of
California at Santa Cruz, and
Stanford University.
Chabran says the purpose of
the faculty adviser is not
disciplinary: that's what the
resident advisers are there for. He
also says that they are not there
to snoop or get involved in the
students' private lives. "The idea
is to get more contact with
students," said Chabran, "to meet
surroundings: and professors
have an opportunity to see how
students really live."
Sophomore Nicki Quesnel, on
the other hand, feels that
although the accessibility of the
teachers would be beneficial,
"this is supposed to be |the
students'| private life. I don't want
them lurking around the corner.
I don't think they should be
next door."
"The idea is to get more contact with
students. To meet with them in their own
space," Raphael Chabran.	
with them in their space."
Steve Overturf of the
economics department, also an
associate, said that he wants to
encourage students to consider
the finer things of life. He said that
he would like to include students
in activities that he and his wife
enjoy, such as eating a good meal,
listening to good music, or going
to a baseball game.
Archer says that each student
will be invited to dinner at the
President's Dining Room with
their faculty associate. He said
that while all students are invited,
the dinner is not obligatory.
Reactions
Darra London, a sophomore,
said that she thought the Faculty
Resident Associate program was
a good idea. She said she
especially liked the idea '-that
students have a chance to speak
jwith   professors]   in   their
The faculty involved in the
Faculty Resident Associate
program are Steve Overturf, of
the economics department,
assigned to lohnson Hall: Amy
Mass, of the social work
department, assigned to Ball Hall;
and Wendy Furman, of the
English department, also
assigned to Ball Hall. Stationed
in Wardman Hall are David Hunt,
of the philosophy department;
Michael Praetorius, also of the
philosophy department; Dr.
Archer, of the Whittier Scholars
Program; and Jon Moody, of the
Whittier Scholars department.
Chabran and Charles Adams, of
the English department, are the
resident advisers in Stauffer;
William Geiger of the English
department is in Wanberg; and
Les Howard of the sociology
department is in Harris.
Smog Part 2
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Football Comeback
See Page 8.
Rock Monster
See Page 4.