W H I T T I E R C O L L E G E f ^ ^ ^ ^ - ^ November 21,1996

QUAKER CAMPUS

• Making Waves Water polo went 3-2

in the SCIAC tournament last weekend, qualifying for the Western Water Polo Association cham­pionships in Colorado. They now stand second in league.

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C A M .P U/| S

» • Campus Safety Recycles

Campus Safety collect­ed funds in order to pro­vide uniforms and other items. Find out how in­side.

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C O L L E G L E G E

At • Poetry in Ac­tion

Adentro/Afuera, an in­teractive theatre perfor­mance written and direct­ed by Professor Gustavo Geirola, spooked audi­ence members in The Club Wednesday night. See why.

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news you can use

• Registration

has be . . . nail week, some readers may have slept through their alloted time or blanked on the oc­casion entirely. For those who did either, out-of se­quence registration is Tuesday, Nov. 26 from 8 a.m. t -4:30 p.m.

The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914

Chemistry, Psychology Receive Faculty Additions FACULTY

• Two departments were granted their request for additional faculty members by a committee this year for instruction in 1997-98. BY PARUL PATEL QC ASST. NEWS EDITOR

This week, the Educational Policies Committee (E.P.C.) rec­ommended that the departments of Chemistry and Psychology and a third department yet to be decid­ed between Studio Art, Modern Language and Anthropology, re­ceive additional staff positions, according to Chair of the E.P.C. and Professor of Physics Seamus Lagan.

Regarding the three available positions, Richard Millman, Pro­vost and Dean of Faculty, com­mented that one of the positions was made possible due to a reallo­cation from Geology. The second position was approved by Presi­dent James Ash after consultation with the Budget and Priorities Committee while the third was held over from E.P.C.'s budget last year.

"All these positions are for Assistant Professor spots," Mill-

man said. These offices will be filled by "people who have just finished their Ph.D. or their equiv­alent terminal degree."

The departmental role is cru­cial to the hiring process, accord­ing to Millman. Each department will construct a search committee in which members of the depart­ment, an outside faculty member, and student input will be used to review candidates.

Candidates will be asked to make a presentation which will be open to the whole campus com­munity. We "usually arrange a time for stadents to meet with the [applicant] without faculty present," Chair of the.Chemistry department, Robert Shambach, said.

The department and the Fac­ulty Personnel Committee will then make their final recommen­dations to the Dean of Faculty for his approval.

The Chemistry department will be hiring an analytical chem­ist "preferably with a subspecial­ty in Organic [Chemistry] or Bio­chemistry," Shambach said. The Psvcholoev deoartment did not specify a particular academic area with their initial request.

"We have one position left to give to a department," Lagan said.

New Pay Phone Placed in Front of Mailroom

CAMPUS

• The recent addition of a pay phone to the Guilford Hall parking lot makes a total of fifteen pay phones available on campus.

BY PARUL PATEL QC ASST. NEWS EDITOR

On Saturday, Nov. 16, a GTE payphone was installed at the en­trance to the Mailroom. This pay phone replaces one of the two payphones the campus lost during the construction of The Spot. In addition, patrons using the pay phone will have the added securi­ty of an overhead night light and camera surveillance by Campus Safety.

When The Spot was under construction this summer, the two payphones located in front ofthe CI were removed, Troy Greenup, Director of Computing and Tele­communications Services said. To replace those two payphones, "we put one under the library and we put the second one over in the mailroom," Greenup said. There are now two payphones under the

Wardman library, both of which have been upgraded.

Before the pay phone could be installed on campus, there were several matters of consideration according to Greenup. The first consideration was that its place­ment had to be "A.D.A. accessi­ble," Greenup said. According to the American Disabilities Act, the pay phone should be accessible to handicapped individuals.

To comply with the law, the curb was cut away, allowing eas­ier access for wheelchairs. Green­up said that they would have liked to install the pay phone on the porch, but a ramp would have had to be built. The ramp building regulations were more cumber­some than cutting part ofthe curb away, therefore the porch was not chosen as a location.

"We looked outside of Red­wood," said Greenup however, a pay phone ringing would be dis­tracting to faculty spaces and class­rooms located in the vicinity. The Faculty Center was the other loca-tion considered but decided against for similar reasons. The replacement pay phone in front of the Mailroom required more time

Please see PHONE, pg. 5

Departments Requesting New Postions for 1997-1998

Department

Studio Art

Chemistry

Child Development

Economics

Education

English

History

Modern Language

Psychology

SASW :•

Tending Decision

Specialty Authorized?

Video Art, Multimedia, Computer Programming

Anaytical Chemistry

Not Indicated

Urban, Development, International

Masters/Summer Program

19th or 20th British

Latin Am. or East Asian (Japan)

Chinese

Not Indicated

Anthropology (Biology & Sociolinguistic)

PD*

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

PD

Yes

PD

Studio Art, Anthropology and Modern Language each have "Strong cases for receiving the in­cremental position. E.P.C. hopes to make the decision between the remaining three departments by Dec. 3.

Tim Kazulcs/QC Production Editor

Studio Art currently has two tenure track faculty professors. "In the recent past, we have used three [professors] as a critical mass for a maior." Laean said. Thev have also argued that students require

Please see STAFF, pg. 6

Chad Nicholson/QC Asst. Photo Editor

Keristofer Saryani

Saryani Wins ASWC Presidency ELECTIONS

BY JEANNETTE PEREDA QC STAFF WRITER

Junior Keristofer Saryani, current A.S.W.C vice president was upgraded to president in the run-off election held on Nov. 14 and 15. Saryani ran against fellow junior Bryan Atwater.

"It was a very strenuous , three weeks, something I hope I rieYer have to go through again, but at the same time I got to meet a lot of people, talk to a' lot of people and gain a lot of insight on what changes stu­dents want implemented," Saryani said.

According to COR secre­tary Michael Garabedian, this

Please see SARYANI, pg. 6

ISSUE 12* VOLUME 83

EDITORIAL • LETTERS • COMMENTARY

Thanks But No Thanks

With the impending arrival of Thanksgiving break, we at the QC realize that sonic of you. freshmen especially, may not be prepared for the impending familial horrors awaiting you. In the spirit of seasonal

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Bring your walkman. Play the angriest music you have at the top decibel level. Nothing like a little obvious parental alienation to let them know that you are now a real independent grown-up. When you tire of ignoring your waving parents, scream, "What? I can't hear you," and then turn away. It's also good to sine the more offensive lvrics out loud in front of Grandma. When she asks you during dinner what "booty" is, grunt and tell her she wouldn't understand.

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QUAKER •CAMPUS Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor LORNA BELL ANNE DABNEY

NewsEditor/ExecutiveAdvisor JEDEDIAH GILCHRIST Production Editor TIMKAZULES Sports Co-Editors DOUG SUTHERLAND

LISA NUNN Campus Life Editor GREG STEELE College A&E Editor ADAM PAVA Opinions Editor ADRIENNE COSTELLO Copy Editors JESSIE HAWKINS

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© 1996 Quaker Campus, Whittier College.

"One would think that since we are representing the school in the athletic arena, that we would have their support in every way."

Steve Siegmund please see Viewpoint, pg. 3

LETTERS

Safe from Plutonium? Highly Dubious

Dear Editor,

Some late'breaking news that I feel needed to be broadcast. On Sunday, a Rus­sian Mars probe; EQUIPPED WITH PLUTONIUM BATTERIES CRASHED! The probe crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the Chilean coast.

The crashed probe is unrecoverable. Three plutonium batteries the size of

film canisters are expected to pollute up­wards of 90% of Chile's fishing waters. This is of course if the canisters even made it to the water. For all we know the plutoni­um was dispersed throughout the atmo­sphere. How many years ago was Cherno­byl? In any case, "All are punished!"

This is just the tip of the iceburg. Our government is planning to increase the use of nuclear powered space craft. The Euro­pean Space group has developed fully func­tional solar powered space craft— a highly viable alternative. On this fine day when the government is announcing a settlement

to victims of experimentation with plutoni­um, our government is also building nucle­ar generators for space stations—I thought we gave up on STAR WARS. Hey, I have an idea for a new game. Let's play STAR PEACE, or even EARTH PEACE.

The great plutonium genie once told me, "Don't play with me, cause you're playin' with fire."Nuclear expansion means death, either through bombs or pollution. There are always better alternatives.

Hey, and if you didn't see this on T.V., it might be because CBS and NBC are owned by General Electric "we bring good things to death" and Westinghouse re­spectively. They are two of the biggest proliferators of nuclear technology world­wide.

Be aware of what choices your elected officials are making for you and your chil­dren.

Alex Weber sophomore

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Chew on this: many freshmen have already decided they do not want to stay here at Whittier. Students and faculty are invited to submit their opinion on this topic. The QC Opinions Section is looking for columnists and cartoonists for next semster. If you're interested cali us at Ext. 4254 or drop by the QC office located in the Student Union by Wevi i. 27.

Have a great break and if anything exciting happens, you know where you can let peopk

November 21,1996

Whittier College • YOUR OPINIONS • Quaker Campus

BY TANIS LOGAN QC GUEST COLUMNIST

It is said that winning is conta­gious. Unfortunately, los ing is as well, and too many of

the Poet sports teams are afflicted with the disease. It is an extremely frustrating malady, and a very dif­ficult one to shake.

Losing game after game is hard on athletes who put in such long hours of work in practice, and it becomes easy to question the pro­gram they are working under, their coaches, their team, even their own abilities.

These doubts never fail to manifest themselves on the field or court, and emphasize to what extent mental process influence athletics.

This loss of faith, that can so easily poison an athlete's game, has unfortunately taken place in the way most ofthe student body regards Whittier athletics. This makes playing even more frus­trating for teams who, despite their doubts, know deep down that they have talent and can win, but just can't seem to prove it.

I don't know when or how the losing streak that characterizes most Whittier teams in recent years began. I'm not convinced it really is a valid question. Instead, I think we need to look towards the fu­ture, which really is full of possi­bilities.

If we must look back, know that some good things have been happening lately, no matter what the record says.

As to finding a cure for the illness we've been suffering, faith in our potential and ability may prove to be the most effective remedy. Change your attitude about our sports programs at Whit­tier, and the road to recovery will be a much smoother path.

Tanis Logan is a senior ma­joring in English.

BY STEVE SIEGMUND QC GUEST COLUMNIST

T he question has been posed as to why the Poet athletic teams are not champions.

The question has many possible answers, and some interesting points to look at.

In high school, I was part of a very successful sports program. I have often wondered what the key elements to that success were. One ofthe biggest reasons I have seen for the success of that program is tradition.

My high school was steeped in tradition, and that carried with it a winning tradition. Coming into this program, that tradition is what I felt it lacked.

Tradition allows one to see those who came before them with a sense of someone to look up to and someone to learn from.

In this program, everything is changing, and there seems to be no tradition. I firmly believe that change is good, but this institu­tion tends to make changes in a way which throws away all previ­ous progress.

Our program needs to leam from their mistakes as well as their successes. In this way, future Poets will have someone to look

Overall, this has not been a successful athletic season. Students and faculty reveal what they

believe to be causes and how they can be remedied. up to and, hopefully, be able to carry on a winning tradition.

In the hiring of coach Bob Owens and in my dealings with him, I feel a sense of impending tradition, and that is inspiring.

One would think that, since we are representing the school in the athletic arena, we would have the administration's support in ev­ery way possible. This is not the case. It is always easier to be a champion when you feel that you have as much support as possible, instead of an administration which seems to take their sports program as an unimportant part ofthe cur­riculum.

Lastly, I think that there are ways in which we at Whittier College are champions. A recent article in the QC referred to the lacrosse team which aided local churches in their attempts to help homeless people. What better way to be a champion than to help your community in their attempts to aid the needy.

Let us not forget that a cham­pion is a champion, not just so on the field, but in everything he or she does. From that perspective, I am proud to be a Poet. We are champions in the community, classroom and the world abroad.

Steve Siegmund is a junior majoring in Political Science.

BY DAVE JACOBS QC GUEST COLUMNIST

W hy aren't our athletic teams more success­ful? Why haven't any

of our teams won a SCIAC Cham­pionship in a number of years? Why do we seem to have slipped from the top half of the confer­ence in some sports in the last few years?

These are perplexing ques­tions which are taken very seri­ously in our department and across campus. These questions have no singular answers, but involve a host of variables which are being approached in a positive and con­structive way. Success in Divi­sion III and SCIAC athletics is cyclical in nature, with the for­tunes of teams and their ups and downs in the conference stand­ings influenced by a myriad of factors, not always controllable. Performance, recruiting, retention, coaching, facilities, support, etc. are important areas which play a huge role in determining the suc­cess of a small college athletic program.

We have had great success recently with men's lacrosse and their domination of the WCLL. We have had national qualifiers in men's and women's cross coun­try. We have had NCAA statisti­

cal champions and the SCIAC Player of the Year in women's basketball. The men's water polo team has been chosen to a post­season tournament berth, etc.

We have great young men and women working very hard in rep­resenting Whittier College in in­tercollegiate competition, sacri­ficing their valuable time in their commitment to making things better for their sport. Team suc­cess is important to them and we need to find ways to improve over­all fortunes for all of our 21 sports.

The "easy answer" is that we need to improve our athletic re­cruiting and the retention of our quality student-athletes!

As difficult as this is without athletic scholarships in Division III, we need to set our sights high­er in attracting more "All Confer­ence" caliber student-athletes to supplement the solid base of ded­icated team members whose own efforts would then be further en­hanced.

Just think of the possibilities of each Whittier team being rep­resented by two or three addition­al Andersens, Battleses, Cartys, Deckers, Downeys, Downses, Mansons, Murillos, Rodriguezs, Werners, Williamses, among oth­ers!

One ofthe most important fac­tors in improving and enhancing the athletic program is upgrading our facilities. We have fallen be­hind many of our SCIAC compet­itors in this area, which has affect­ed our recruiting efforts against them.

The recently announced Cap­ital Campaign will hopefully give us the resources to approach our needed priorities of refurbishing Worsham Canyon with class ath­letic facilities for our students.

Plans for tennis court resur­facing next month and the start of construction on the George Allen Fitness Center this spring will add to our quality facilities in the Ath­letics Center area this year.

These are exciting and ambi­tious projects which are sorely needed for the improvement of our programs.

There are a lot of hard work­ing student-athletes, coaches and administrators with good positive attitudes who are determined to tarn this cycle back on an upward course.

We hope the campus commu­

nity will participate in and be sup­portive of these efforts.

Dave Jacobs is the College's _ Director of A thletics.

BY KRISTA WHYTE QC GUEST COLUMNIST

W hy aren't we champi ons? The "we" in question here is, of

course, the Whittier athletic de­partment and, as an athlete, my answer could include any number of reasons: not enough money, not enough interest, not enough time, not enough anything. However all, of these pan out to be just other excuses. And if you know any­thing about sports you'll know that, for athletes, there are no ex­cuses. So, I have to refer back to the question and wonder, what does the QC regard as a champi­on? Because, in all honesty, I think the QC's notion of a champion is a farce.

Having been a QC Sports Ed­itor for a brief while last year, I know how frustrating it is to re­port loss after loss. It's easy to become critical, and even resent­ful, of the teams and athletes for not making better news. After all, there are only so many ways to say "Poets Lose Again." I think that it's out of this frustration that the question "Why Aren't We Cham­pions?" is posed.

What we forget, though, when droning through issue after issue ofthe QC, is that with every war (game) there are many battles (practices and other challenges) which each athlete will face. It was my own inability to recognize this as an editor that barred my path, just as your path is being obstructed by the same ignorance.

The fact of the matter is that there are no losers on any of our athletic teams. It is impossible for a non-champion to devote hours out of every week day and week­end, as well as endless time train­ing on their own, to do something that is not worthwhile.

For someone to put in the ef­fort to be an athlete here already makes him far better than any sta­tistic will ever be able to calculate. They have what we call heart and determination.

You ask why we aren't cham­pions, huh? Well, the answer is, we are. And it doesn't now, and never will, matter who believes this or what the record books show because each athlete here has pushed himself to the edge and back, and regardless of what you think, that's what makes a true champion.

Krista Whyte is a junior ma­joring in English.

BY DAVID STIMLER QC GUEST COLUMNIST

When asked how con. Whittier 's athlet; teams are not at the

caliber that they once were, th blame may be placed on a variet of things.

Some people say that Whittie: does not put enough resources ink our athletic programs. Others thin* that the policy of academics be fore athletics hurts our chance for success. In fact, both of thes, things do play a part, but they ar. not the only reasons and they ais. probably the two things that can not be easily changed.

Sure, more money would hek all our athletic programs succeed but money would also help ever5 department on campus. Wouk anyone like to see another depart ment closed down, just to increase are chances fora SCIAC crown? didn't think so.

Given the size of Whittier's endowment, we only have a limr ed amount a resources available, so our athletic programs will have to make do with what they have.

Whether you like it or not, the policy of academics before athlet ics is non-negotiable, in fact, I believe that all Division I schools should be held to the same stan­dard. I doubt this will happen any time soon, but it would be nice to know that all stadents that are going to college are going there to learn.

It is highly unlikely that any­one from Whittier is going to make their living playing sports, so we should all concentrate on what we are here for and get our degree.

I do believe that there art things that we can do to help Whittier's team succeed. First of all, it is up to the entire Whittier College community to support our athletic teams.

It is sad to say, but I have been to athletic events where the visit­ing team has a bigger crowd than us. Just having a loud and enthu-siatic crowd could give the team that little bit extra it needs for the victory.

Also, in my four years here, I have been suprised by the amount of coaching changes that have tak­en place; I can only think of five or so teams that have the same coach as my freshman year. It takes time for a coach to come in and imple­ment their system.

Take the football team for ex­ample. It is on its third coach in four years, but for anyone who went to a game this year, there were times when it looked terrific and other times when it looked like a first year team.

I have no doubt that once, Coach Owens has a couple years to develop his team, we will once again be in the hunt for the confer­ence championship.

, Whittier has been competitive before, ̂ nd I have no doubt that we will again field championship teams in the future. We only have' to look at our lacrosse and cross country teams to see that it is possible to succeed with Whitti­er's resources and academic de­mands.

David Stimler is a senior ma­joring in Chemistry.

November 21,1996 3

Whittier College • NEWS • Quaker Campus

WEEK A Weekly Look at Events Around the World

national news

Altered Viruses Considered for Medicinal Use

Research presented Tuesday in Washington, at a na­tional meeting ofthe Society for Neuroscience, discussed the use of altered viruses for HIV, the common cold and herpes in penetrating the brain's protective barriers.

It is hoped that these altered viruses could be used to combat brain neurological disorders including tumors, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

Proposition 209 Challenged

Pete Wilson, Governor of California, filed papers on Monday asking Chief U.S. District Judge Thelta Hender­son to delay a lawsuit filed by a civil right's group until Calif, courts can interpret Proposition 209's meaning and scope.

Prop. 209, passed Nov. 5, outlaws state affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment based on race or sex. Arguments are scheduled to be held Monday Nov. 25 by Henderson over whether to block enforcement of Prop. 209.

Stickin' it to the Man Lawsuits claiming prejudice in the workplace rise as

trials against two national corporations, Avis and Circuit City, begin.

Separate lawsuits, suing for racial discrimination against employees and clients were filed, following a trend started by Texaco's recent $176 million settlement for racial discrimination at the corporate level.

international news

U.S. Decreases Aid in Central Africa

The U.S. scaled back its aid to Central Africa on Tuesday, canceling the deployment of a battalion of paratroopers and over 3,000 back-up personnel, after seeing many Rwandan refugees return to their homes.

The U.S. will dispatch fewer than 1,000 pilots and support personnel in lieu ofthe planned 5,000 troops. Due to the rapidly changing situation, United Nation countries contributing troops to Central Africa will meet to review a course of action.

Bye Bye, Boutros

U.S. Ambassador Maddeleine Albright, member ofthe Clinton Administration, vetoed the re-election of United Nation Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Tues­day.

As one ofthe five permanent council members, along with Britain, China, France and Russia, the U.S. can single-handedly kill any action ofthe council.

Boutros has refused to withdraw, stating the 14-1 vote in his favor as his endorsement. However, his term officially expires Dec. 31.

Castro Invites Papal Visit

Pope John Paul II met with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Tuesday, and accepted Castro's offer to visit Cuba in 1997, along with the guarantee that he can travel freely and meet with anyone he chooses.

The Vatican hopes to revive the church of Cuba after almost four decades of Communist rule.

Information Compiled From the Los Angeles Times by Anne Dabney, QC Managing Editor

NofES Notes From Campus Meetings

Council of Representatives Meeting Monday, Nov. 18, 1996

I. Call to Order: 7:05 p.m.

II. Roll Call, Approval of Minutes:

All present except for Andy Murphy and Farrah Clemens and (excused) Jennifer Perkins.

Minutes from 11/12 ap­proved by consensus.

III. President's Message: Congratulations to those

who participated in the most re­cent election; we had a great turnout. After speaking with Joseph Zanetta, a possible alter­native to drastically raising the student fees (say, to $95 or $ 100 from the current $88) might be to incrementally raise fees over a period (e.g. to $90 for next year) and to place a 10 to 12 percent tax on student fees. The revenue from this tax could be placed in a separate fund—a stu­dent endowment. This raises other questions, though; specif­ically, if smdents approve such

a measure, should the money in the fund go toward a specific goal, or be set aside?

IV. First Reading'of Bills: 1. Jonathan Schwartz re­

quests $600 fora J.S.U/Iota Chi/ Chi Alpha Christmas/Hannakuh Rave. Referred to the Budget Committee.

V. New Business: 1. There will be an informa­

tional meeting for those inter­ested in nmning for the posi­tions (4) of COR members-at-large Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Hastings House. Additionally, an advertisement in this week's QC will advertise the distribu­tion of A.S.W.C. Constitutions with proposed changes for next Wednesday. Smdents will vote on these changes and the mem-bers-at-large in an election fol­lowing Thanksgiving break.

2. Billy Pierro voiced a con­cern about the election codes,

given the secretary's allowing presidential runoff candidates to violate one such code (mailbox insertions). The secretary ex­plained that he made the allow­ance because the situation that the code was instituted to pre­vent would not occur. He went on to explain that nuances of individual elections occasion­ally require that the secretary make exceptions and/or chang­es. He commended Pierro for bringing up a valid point.

VI. Announcements: Int,er-club meeting next

Tuesday at 12:30 in the P.D.R.

VII. Adjournment: Sheila Ali moved for ad­

journment, Liza Gershman sec­onded.

Adjourned: 7:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted, Michael Garabedian

COR Secretary

Open meetings take place Monday at 7 p.m. in Redwood Conference Room, unless

u otherwise indicated.

Students to Present at SCCUR STUDENT

^Forty-eight members ofthe Whittier College community will

join students and faculty from other Southern California * schools in presenting seminars on Nov. 23 at Occidental College.

BY LETICIA GARCIA QC STAFF WRITER

Forty-eight students and staff members from Whittier will at­tend the Southern California Con­ference for Undergraduate Re­search (SCCUR) on Saturday Nov. 23 at Occidental College. The con­ference will be attended by a con­sortium of schools for undergrad­uates and some high schools.

Whittier smdents, including those from the Scholars Program, interns forthe Environmental Jus­tice Project and those working on independent research projects, will either give 15 minute oral presen­tations or display a poster presen­tation of their research.

Smdents will present on such topics as rodents, photosynthesis, vegetation, migration, and health care, under such titles as "Influ­ence of Hydrology on Channel Bar Features and Plant Commu­nity Compositions," and "Ameri­can Nirvana."

The purpose ofthe conference is for students to receive feedback from other students and profes­sors on their presentations. "As a result of sharing and feedback,

"It makes the students feel good about who they are and where they are. Stu­dents can see that they are doing the same thing as Pomona or Occi­dental students."

—Cheryl Swift

students become enlightened," Assistant Professor of Biology, Cheryl Swift said. Swift requires the Environmental Justice smdents to present their proj ects at the con­ference. It is an "important step to take ownership of work, and to get their projects going," she said. "It's a good way to get their feet wet."

Victor Martin, a sophomore in the Environmental Justice Project, expressed excitement at seeing his project materialize. "This is the result of what I've actually proposed—something visible," he said.

"I'm both excited and nervous to show the stuff I'm interested in and get a head start on my senior project," William Ortiz, an intern for the Environmental Justice Project and member ofthe Schol­ars Program, said. Smdents who attend the conference hope to meet people who are doing similar re­search and people who they might

work with in the. future. Attending the conference will

also look good on a resume. "It makes the students feel good about who they are and where they are. Smdents can see that they are do­ing the same thing as Pomona or Occidental smdents," Swift said.

"It's a good experience to de­velop research and see what other people are doing," Andrew Trem-pe, a Whittier Scholars Program student who will be presenting the flooding effect of photosynthetic rates of varying species, said.

In the four years Swift has attended the conference, she has noticed an increase in participa­tion among Whittier students. According to Swift, Provost and Dean of Faculty, Richard Mill-man has offered terrific support of the group's participation in the conference. "He deserves a vote of thanks," she said.

According to Swift, the job of a teacher is to facilitate the transi­tion from student of biology to professional biologist. She wants her research work-study students to see themselves as colleagues in a friendly group.

*»Swift indicated that, in order to attend the conference next year, students need not be doing inde­pendent research. Instead, one could develop a previous assign­ment and make a presentation. To become involved, students must speak to their advisor in Septem­ber and write up their abstract by October. "I think everyone should > do it," Ortiz said.

November 21,1996

Whittier College • NEWS • Quaker Campus

A Weekly List of Upcoming On—Campus Events

Master of the Grotesque

Novelist Harry Crews, the author of more than a dozen novels often set in the rural regions of southern Georgia and northern Florida, will read from his work and discuss the craft of writing beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, at the Shannon Center. Crews' autobiography, A Childhood: A Biography of a Place, begins with a sharecropper in Bacon County, GA. Crews will also touch upon the comic aspects of writing. For information, call Garrett House at (310) 907-4281.

He Said, She Said "Oleanna," David Mamet's play examining sexual

harrassment, is being produced and directed by senior David Carnavale in the Studio Theatre of the Shannon Center from Dec. 5-7. Presented as part of Carnavale's senior project for the Whittier Scholar's Program, "Olean­na" is free and open to the public. Performances start at 8:15 p.m. and there will also be a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. Tickets are required because seating is limited. For information, call the Shannon Center Box Office at (310) 907-4203.

A Crystal Christmas

Musicians Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel will per­form two concerts of traditional holiday music with a new age twist at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Shannon Center. Blending jazz, ethnic folk, progressive rock and classical elements, Tingstad and Rumbel give a unique flavor to your holiday favorites. All proceeds from the 3 p.m. show will benefit the Interfaith Food Center of Whittier, to help those in need this holiday season. For information, call the Shannon Center Box Office at (310) 907-4203.

It's Beginning to Sound A Lot Like... te Whittier College Wind Ensemble will help you get

into the holiday spirit early with two concerts of Christmas music at 12:30 and 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Shannon Center. For information, call the Shannon Center Box Office at (310) 907-4203.

INROADs Internships

Looking for something productive to do next summer? The Career Office has applications for paid summer in­ternships with Fortune 500 Companies throughout the U.S. The internship is a great opportunity for African American, Latino and Native American students interest­ed in business, computer science and engineering. The internship is open only to freshmen and sophomores, and the deadline for application is Dec. 6.

Information Compiled From Campus Sources by Parul Patel, QC Asst. News Editor

Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor

A close-up view of the new addition to the mailroom's front parking lot. This is the fifteenth pay phone to be put on campus.

Students Submit Papers for Publication AWARDS/HONORS

BY ELIZABETH VALSAMJS QC STAFF WRITER

Seniors James Kreuger, Doug Sutherland, Kevin St. Jean and Edward Camacho were partici­pants this past year in the author­ship of papers which have been, or will be, submitted for publica­tion.

Two ofthe submissions were accepted for publication, while the other two are awaiting acceptance. In each case, however, the sub­mission has increased its author's chances of acceptance to graduate school.

The four stadents all worked on different projects, two of which were affiliated with Whittier Col­lege, and two of which were grant­ed by independent sources.

Pre-med chemistry major Sutherland's opportunity for a project came about as a result of tragic circumstances. "My sopho­more year during the January in­terim, my grandmother developed a tumor in her eye and so it was my job to drive her back and forth to USC for the treatments for about a week and a half.. .1 got to know the doctor, Howard A. Liebman, her oncologist, and I told him I was pre-med. He asked if I would like to come work for him that summer ('95). The only require­ment was to get an A in General Chemistry," Sutherland said.

Sutherland, whose grand­mother has fully recovered, began the job in May '95 and worked until September, six days a week

PHONE Cont. from page 1 to install than the second pay phone under the Wardman library. One ofthe reasons was that "we had to accommodate the manner in which the Xerox Center gets its paper," cited Greenup.

"We have lots of payphones on the campus, some of which GTE claims are not profitable for them," said Greenup. GTE has not officially connected the phone for use yet. Freshman Christine Castro approves ofthe pay phone. "It's great that students have yet anotherphoneconvenientlyplaced when they need it."

The installation of this newest pay phone makes it the fifteenth pay phone on campus. This latest pay phone will benefit many stu­dents on campus said Greenup, including the "Aspect Program which uses it a lot."

Photo courtesy of Howard Lukefahr

Contributors to the Physics department's research on "simple and inexpensive" superconductivity detection: (I-r) Professor Howard Lukefahr, Chris Yeager ('96), senior Josh Worley and senior Kevin St. Jean.

from seven in the morning until midnight. The work consisted of studying a population with throm­bosis, a disease characterized by an inability to stop clotting ofthe blood. The research that Suther­land contributed to will be pub­lished next month in The British Journal of Haematology, which has a world-wide circulation.

"Basically [Dr. Liebman] told me that he wanted to publish the work I was doing, and if I got it done by September I should have no problem getting it out," Suth-erland*said.

Sutherland went back this past summer and is doing a new study on a rare blood disease called ho-mocystenemia. The research fo­

cused On finding a new prognosis for stroke victims, and the results will be submitted in January to the New England Journal of Medi­cine, the most prestigious clinical journal in the world.

"It will be submitted, and most likely it will be printed, since it's a study that has never been done before and the results correct fun­damental theories previously known about the disease," Suth­erland sai.

Kreuger, a philosophy major, had similar success. The work which he authored was published in the Stanford journal, the Dual­ist. Kreuger was asked by Dr. David Hunt, head of the philoso-

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SARYANI Cont. from page 1 year's election was a tremendous success. Thirty seven percent of the student body participated which Is more than the previous year which only attained thirty six percent ofthe voter turn-out.

The run-off election was nec­essary due to neither of the two candidates receiving the majority ofthe votes in the previous weeks original election.

"I was real nervous through­out, especially at first because we pretty much knew that no one was going to get the majority," Sary­ani said. "I was both happy and sad at the same time. I was happy that I made it to the run-offs but I was sad that there was still anoth­er week of campaigning."

Preceeding the run-off, a de­bate between the two candidates was held in The Club. The student government was especially pleased with the attendance at the debate as a total of 80 people were present.

The candidates expressed their concerns with many different is­sues. Increasing the dialogue be­tween the administration and the smdents was one ofthe many is­sues discussed.

There was also great concern expressed regarding the January Interim and its importance to Whittier stadents. The two candi­dates equally listened to students and formed agenda's to accom­plish the propositions according-ly. ' -*

The new term for Saryani be­gins January first. The first thing on his agenda is the CORretreat.

"At the retreat, I hope to ac­complish two things. I want us all to get to know each other better, but I also want to come up with a specific agenda for the entire year," Saryani said. "We hope to come up with a priority list and accomplish as many of those as possible during the year."

Saryani is currently looking to appoint the COR treasurer po­sition. Elections for at-large mem­ber positions will be coming up the week after Thanksgiving break.

Saryani stressed that it is not just COR members who will be making changes. He wants to get the whole student body involved.

"I love the school," Atwater said. "I will remain involved, just in other ways."

Photo courtesy of Howard Lukefahr

One of the superconducting devices used in the Physics department's study of "simple and inexpensive" supercon­ductivity detection. This apparatus is now available on the commercial market for science educators to use as an instructional laboratory tool.

PAPERS Cont. from page 5

phy department, to submit a paper to the annual Santa Clara Univer­sity Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Only four papers were accepted. Kreuger's paper, which was on the interpretation of Plato, was one of these four, and he took second place in the con­ference.

"[Santa Clara University] told me about the Dualist. They had an extra spot, so Santa Clara Uni­versity submitted it for me," Kreuger said.

The paper was accepted and published by the Dualist. "It's re­ally exciting. It will be a big help for admission to graduate school," Kreuger said.

St. Jean, a physics and math major, worked with Whittier's physics department in a united effort. They put forth an article to be published in the American Jour­nal of Physics. The end result of the research, a scientifically edu­cational apparatus, will be avail­able- on the commercial market.

The article is entitled, "A very simple and inexpensive apparatus for detecting superconducting transitions via magnetic screen­ing," and explains the physics department's research on an ap­paratus which will be a cheaper alternative for an instructional science laboratory.

"It can be used for general labs. It is not useful for research and development, but it is useful for people to understand proper­ties of superconductors," St. Jean said.

St. Jean contributed his time to this process, along with senior Josh Worley and alumnus Chris

Yeager ('96). "I really like the physics de­

partment because of its size, and the size really helped because the professors wanted to get the sta­dents involved in research," St. Jean said.

According to Howard Luke­fahr, physics professor and mem­ber ofthe research team, the appa­ratus will sell for about $200, and the physics department will re­ceive some royalties. However, the amount of these royalties will be insignificant.

Physics major Camacho, physics major, spent his summer vacation days on campus working long hours in the physic lab doing research with Lukefahr, Yeager and alumnus James Collins. The work they did is currently being printed for the Review of Scien­tific Instruments. The title ofthe article is, "Pressure applied to epoxy potted samples by thermal contraction ofthe epoxy matrix."

"We wanted to know how pressure changed as temperature changed," Camacho said. "Our final result was that, for some metal samples, the pressure does change with temperature."

Camacho got caught up in this work while looking for intern­ships over the summer. Lukefahr approached him about research he was doing over the summer, and asked if Camacho wanted to work for him. Camacho took on the job, and worked five days a week with some shifts lasting 14 hours long. He was paid for his work with money from a research grant, but also with the reward of being published.

"It was exciting to see your name in print after all those gruel­ing hours," Camacho said.

STAFF Cont. from page 1 additional faculty to provide "dif­ferent perspectives on the maj or."

Modern language is request­ing faculty for enhancing the ex­isting Chinese program. They would like to "enhance our Pacif­ic Rim positions and possibly cre­ate an Asian Studies program in the future," Lagan said.

Anthropology asserts that the faculty hired last year in Reli­gious Studies and Sociology has connections with Anthropology. Another anthropologist on staff could advance the prospects of an Anthropology major offered in the future. Pair offerings, interdisci­plinary and geographical dimen-

"For all the posi­tions, we are looking for those who can contrib­ute in their own discipline and have the combi­nation of special­ization that we really need."

—Richard Millman

sions may be improved as a result of an addition in this department.

"For all the positions, we are looking for those who can con­tribute in their own discipline and

have the combination of special­ization that we really need," Mill-man said. New staff members should be willing to participate in the Pair-Taught Courses and Freshman Writing Seminars, Mill-man added.

Ten departments requested new positions for 1997-98. The departments that were not consid­ered this round included Child Development, Economics, and Education. The departments of Mathematics, Theatre and Physi­cal Education and Recreation will submit requests in the future.

One of these departments may receive a position as a result ofthe "phasing out of SPA [Speech Pa­thology and Audiology], accord­ing to Lagan.

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PEOPLE •STUDENT INTEREST • COMMUNITY

P R O F I L E

Olsabeck Monitors Campus Computer Crises BY SENG HUA QC STAFF WRITER

The student in the back cubicle has lost a ten-page paper that is due in 20 minutes. Two other students are having internet problems and the writing center is on the phone complaining that their printer still isn't working. It's a fairly average day in the computer center and Robert Olsabeck, Manager ofUser Support, is faced with the daunting task of righting the problems.

Fortius Whittier College alum­nus, a day without computer con­tact is a rare occasion. He responds to calls from all around campus helping faculty and students with computerproblems that range from simple software trouble to more difficult hardware problems. Ol­sabeck is usually the first person called upon to fix a computer-re­lated problem in an emergency, he said.

On Monday and Wednesday evenings, he teaches the experien­tial course Step Aerobics at the Graham Activities Center. Olsa­beck's interest in aerobics came

Jascha Kaykas-WolfF/QC Pholo Editor

Olsabeck enjoys a moment of relaxation.

from taking aerobics classes and working out. He has been working as an aerobics instructor since 1990 at the Family Fitness Center in the Whitwood Mall, and, at one time President Ash was among his sta­dents. Olsabeck said that he and Ash discussed the idea of Olsa­beck teaching an aerobics class at

Whittier College, but the idea nev­er materialized until this semester.

From his new office inside the computer center, one can't tell that he is an avid cook and has a pen­chant for preparing and enjoying Greek and Italian food.

He developed this interest while he traveled in Europe last

March, where he visited, among other countries, Italy and Greece. The food there was so enjoyable that after arriving home, he went to the Whittier Public Library to "looked into a bunch of books on Greek food." He said ifhe wins the lottery, he wants to open a restaar-ant.

Aside from his hectic off-cam­pus schedule, Olsabeck runs the computer center and Gift Lab. Re­cently, he received a request from President James Ash's office to help fix fax software that was causing Ash's Mac LC computer to mal­function. After arriving promptly, Olsabeck said, he fixed the problem in about an hour and a half.

The computer center has under­gone^ few changes since his col­lege days. During his first stint at Whittier there were terminals, rath­er than computers, for each cubicle station (a terminal doesn't have a central processing unit, whereas a computer does). These terminals were primarily used for word pro­cessing. Netscape, World Wide Web and collections of sounds and graphics were non-existent.

There were Apple He comput­ers (an earlier model put out by Apple Inc.) and the most powerful computer at the time was the Mac Plus. There were only two programs, the wordprocessing software, MacWrite, and the drawing soft­ware, MacPaint. "When all you had were terminals, things like MacWrite and MacPaint were a total[ly] newideaJtwasabigdeal," Olsabeck said.

He knows, because he was one ofthe stadents fascinated by those two programs. He would often ex­periment with those applications, he said. After graduating in 1988 with a degree in psychology, Olsa­beck wanted to do computer-relat­ed work, but never imagined hav­ing a chance to work full time in the Whittier College computer center.

A major in psychology has helped him relate with people, he said. In his sophomore year, he re­alized that he didn't like math enough to major in math/computer science.

He said that the counseling skills he learned "has helped [him] Please see OLSABECK, pg. 9

C A M P U S S A F E T Y

Discarded Cans Equal Extra Cash for Campus Safety BY KATHRYN ROBERTS QC STAFF WRITER

The Indian Chief Seattle once said, "What we do to mother earth, we do unto our­selves."

Chief Ed Mal­one and the cam­pus safety de­par tment have tak­en this motto to heart, insti­gating and operating a campus recy­cling program for the past six years.

The program, initiated by Malone in 1991, his first year at the college, recycles glass, plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Members of the Cam­pus Safety department collect

the cans and store them in bins near their office.

"When I was first visiting the school, I saw trash cans over­flowing with cans and plastic

water bottles just going to waste. After I

was hired, I found that there were things that

we could use. Instead of throwing those cans

and bottles away, we re­

cycle them and use the money,"

Malone said.

f The recyclables are gathered from other

offices on campus, residence halls which don't have an oper­ating recycling program, or from people in the campus safety de­partment. Many ofthe cans and bottles collected, however, are

found scattered throughout the campus.

In addition to the environ­mental benefits ofthe recycling program, the money helps the department purchase equipment and gear for which there are insufficient resourc­es.

Added to a petty cash fund, the money pro­vides things that are not critical to the operation of the department, but are useful. These "nice­ties," according to Ma­lone, are things that are somewhere between ne­cessities and luxuries, such as a paper shredder and the department' s an­nual Christmas tree.

A radio scanner, used to monitor the Whittier po­lice department for information, and a television and VCR, used for training purposes, are among

the larger purchases. The recy­cling money also helped to cov­er the cost ofthe officer's sum­mer uniforms.

During special events, the money goes toward pizza and

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Affinity for Mother Earth brings extra money to benefit Campus Safety.

soda for the officers. At the time of commencement, for example, they work long 12 or 14 hour shifts, and don't have enough

time for entire lunch breaks. "My department is the

only one that works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We could function without these things, but they help out and

make it nicer for the guys," Malone contin­ued. "The recycling program enables us to purchase these things."

Malone sees recy­cling as an uncompli­cated way of helping out the community and protecting our environ­ment. Instead of end­ing up in landfills and wasting space, alumi­num, glass and plastic can easily be reused.

"We're suffocating in our own refuse. I re­

ally wish there were more peo­ple on campus who would re­cycle. It's not time consum­ing at all," Malone offered.

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Whittier College • CAMPUS LIFE •> Quaker Campus

PROFILE

Nelson Maintains Family Ties What a Tangled Web.

BY DOMINIC FRIESEN QC STAFF WRITER

As the Director of Alumni delations, Chris Nelson has nu­merous responsibilities. Her of­fice organizes activities such as Dinner With a Few Friends and the Class Agent Program, pub­lishes the alumni/parent magazine, The Rock, assists with the Capital Campaign, and heads the Student Alumni Association. However, Nelson established her place in the Whittier community prior to entering her current position.

Nelson was born in Long Beach, and has lived in southern California her entire life. After graduating from Pomona High, she entered Whittier College as a music education major.

While at Whittier, Nelson was involved in various activities, in­cluding the Palmer Society, stu­dent teaching, and working for the Campus Inn and Dr. Hilmi Ibrahim.

Nelson graduated in 1972, pursuing a career in education. She then taught kindergarten for five years while her husband, also a '72 Whittier College graduate, began a teaching position at St. Paul High, where he remains to­day.

In 1983, Nelson returned to Whittier as the secretary for the

Department of Business and Eco­nomics. At that time the office was located where the Shannon Center currently stands.

Chad Nicholson/QC Asst. Photo Editor

Chris Nelson Over the years, Nelson has

held various positions in the Mu­sic Department, the Office of Col­lege Life, and the Alumni Rela­tions Office. She was then asked to become the Director of Alumni Relations.

The Alumni Relations Office "is here to keep the alumni in­formed and attached to the Col­lege," Nelson said. "We try to get alumni on-campus to visit and court them to become donors."

Nelson remains enthusiastic

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about her job because "there is always something new happen­ing." She maintains that "[my] job could never get boring...only I could get old."

Aside from her busy sched­ule, Nelson has kept ties with other areas ofthe College. Over the years, she has advised Cap and Gown and the Palmer Soci­ety. In order to spend more time with her husband and two sons, however, Nelson has tried to lim­it her extracurricular activities.

Even so, she still finds the time to accompany the Whittier College Choir and tour with them annually. "This is my only con­tact with students, beside those who work for me," she said re­gretfully.

For the future, Nelson has many goals for her Office. She hopes to move the Office of Alum­ni Relations on-campus, away from its current location on the corner of Penn and Washington.

In addition, she envisions more outreach to alumni, hosting alumni as on-campus speakers, and improving student recruit­ment and relations for various activities. "1 want to reach more people and let them know that they haven't been forgotten," Nelson said.

Nelson believes that it has been "the community ofthe col­lege" that has kept her here for so long. "It's like a family... the stadents, faculty and staff are all important... it's a warm place to work."

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1 Know G/ncrly How ro Fyc (J ouRLiFe Now we've arrived at that

time of year during which we need to procrastinate one paper by working on another.

We should not put off our economics paper by cutting off split ends with fingernafl scissors or scheming ways to reseed Whittier's lawns for free.

We should put off our eco­nomics paper by reading the US history chapters. We should put off reading the US history chapters by finishing our math homework. We should put off our math homework by devel­oping an outline for our eco­nomics paper.

This is the only way to get that pesky business done.

Of course, I never listen to such sound advice. In the past week of sandal-less weather, I've painted my toenails three different colors. I've memo­rized the etymology of every word I can think of to describe the color of the L.A. county sky. I've plucked little lint balls off all my sweaters.

So although I've spent my IQ in consecutive waking hours, efficiency has abandoned me. This has triggered some stress that's intensified by the mon­strous assignments looming in my immediate future, by my

feelings of impotence under such a shadow, and by my in­evitable lack of sleep.

My latest informal survey of Whittier College students has shown that pretty much every­one here, including teachers and administrators, feels the same kind of pressure.

Therefore, as a public ser­vice to my community, I hereby offer

** Tips for a Stress-Free You**

1) Let yourself enter­tain the wild­est possible vindictive fan­tasies about your profes­sors, bosses, or miscellaneous authority fig­ures.

You'll smile as you imagine delicate intricacies of pain for that jerk who expects a 25 page paper, a chemistry final, and a group project done on the same day. Perhaps some combina­tion of barbed wire, boiling tar, and battery acid.

Or, ooh, ooh — lots of paper cuts and a lemonade bath, topped by the hottest jalepenos,

Join Me, Won't You?

forced down with pliers, and nothing but salsa to drink.

Or screaming monkeys be­low their windows at night, or... WARNING: this method can get so distracting you might nev­er get your QC article done. Watch out!

2) Drink tea. It really will relax you, even if only by the power of my sugges­tion.

3) Write inflamatory letters to the Q.C. They'll love the mail, and you'll love being the source of school-wide controversy.

4) Never think that rejecting the concept of objective truth will release you from due dates and major requirements. It's so tempting to say, "What do grades really mean, anyway, and what do my academic struggles in a mean­ingless universe matter in the long run?

My final paper will not change the situations in Rwan­da, Cuba, or even down the street. I reject your truth, Pro­

fessor!" Once you say this, you can watch all the Talk Soup, X-Files and football games you want.

However, as seductive as subjective reality is, it doesn't change graduation require­ments.

Even if you're too post­modern to believe in the inher­ent value of a diploma, it will help you get a nice job. So study for your finals.

5) Do your grossest home­work with friends. A smile will be 92% more likely to show up.

6) Complain loudly about optimistic people who talk about the probability of smiles showing up.

7) Construct sculptures with your C.I. leftovers. Bring a camera to preserve your art­work.

Perhaps if enough people do this, the C.I. will sponsor a food-art contest; they'll award gift-certificate prizes and hire a live band to celebrate such free expression within Bon Ap­petite's leaden beaurocracy.

And, if none of the above suggestions eradicate stress from your hamster-spinning wheel of days and moments,

8) Get your homework done, then sleep.

OLSABECK Cont. from page 7 ,.

to ask the right questions. Some people call and they are very tense to a varying degree. Some people are' very upset if they spent hours on [a paper which was lost on a computer]," he said.

if he isn?t helping peo­ple to avoid the infamous Apple "bomb" that crashes the computer, he teaches Windows '95 and Microsoft Word and Excel to adults at the Sierra Education Center in Whittier on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. On campus, he holds tutoring sessions in Adobe Pagernak-er, Filemaker Pro and other computer software pro­grams.

Robert Olsabeck prefers to avoid his PowerMac when he arrives at his Whittier home in the evenings. It's not that his computer has been giving him problems lately. In fact, it couldn't work any better, compared to the myriad of computer crashes and freezes he en­countered earlier in the day. After hours of surrounding himself with those machines, however, there is an inclina­tion to avoid computers for a while. "I like to get away from it," he said.

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THE ARTS • ENTERTAINMENTS REVIEWS T H E A T E R

Adentro/Afuera Puts Poetry in Action in The Club BY CHRIS ZIEGLER QC ASST. A&E EDITOR

They rounded them up in the dark, photographed their every move, kept them in line with stern­ly barked warnings and saccharine persuasion, and after 40 minutes on their feet, sent them home stunned, bewildered, and unsure just what had happened to them. It may sound more like a raid by the secret police than performance art, but that's exactly the way Gustavo Geirola wanted it.

Adentro/Afuera, a "poem in action" written by Geirola, Assis­tant Professor of Modem Languag­es and Literatures, was performed by several stadents from Geirola's Spanish classes in The Club Wednesday night. The show was an Orwellian excursion into the surreal—confusing, humbling and pointedly oppressive.

Stadents weren't so much au­dience members as subjects, or even, as one smug voice insinuat­ed, "slaves." Inspired by the "hap­penings" of the 1960s, in which avant-garde theatre troupes put on

all sorts of bizarre performances in the name of zrt., Adentro/Afuera, or Out/In, blured the line between spectator and actor and drops the audience right into the thick ofthe performance.

"Here, you never know what is the limit of out or in," Geirola explained.

"You participate, you create the event," Geirola said. "Always there is something unexpected."

Adentro/Afuera coalesced over several informal meetings, includ­ing a dinner at Geirola's home, where nearly two dozen volunteers from Geirola's classes traded ideas. "[We discussed] little theories of his," senior Jose Burgos said.

Many cast members were de­liberately kept in the dark about the performance piece, to preserve the unpredictable energy ofthe event — to keep it, as Geirola said, as "spontaneous as possible."

"We know what we're doing but we don't know the whole point," senior Sandra Shpegel said, a student in Geirola's Hispanic Poetry class.

"The effect we're trying to

evoke is being in a very controlled environment," Burgos said, whose voice was one of the two that di­rected the event. "It's fascism on a controlled level. We are the voices that tell people what to do."

Burgos and fellow senior Lucy Lozano, whose measured tones could have oozed out of any tele­screen in Orwell's 1984, herded and cajoled the audience through the performance.

"I liked ordering people around," Lozano said, a music ma­jor concentrating on vocals. "It's the part of me that's a mistress."

"Your attention, please. Your attention please," she intoned as as the performance started. Burgos immediately followed her an­nouncement with a Spanish trans­lation — Adentro/Afuera strived for a bilingual performance when­ever possible. "You will not be allowed to leave until the ceremo­ny is over."

The doors swung shut and the lights went out. A cacophony of voices shouting a particularly per­tinent Walt Whitman quote—"Let meanings be freely criminal" —

crescendoed to a frighten-ingly loud level, then abruptly subsided. Trapped, the audience be­came part ofthe poem, no longer "out," but "in."

The crowd stood si­lently as recorded poems, quotes, and sound effects —a wailing baby—faded in and out. Geirola's stu­dents had recorded dramat­ic English and Spanish versions of verses dealing with death, by poets like Emily Dickinson, Jorge Luis Borges, and e.e cum­mings, which echoed across The Club. Then the voices interrupted, send­ing the the crowd shuffling toward the statue spotlight­ed in the center ofthe club.

A skeleton, borrowed from the Biology Department and bundled up in thick winter clothes, slumped sideways in a chair. Against its back was a rough plaster statue of a man slouched in a chair, molded on Gei­rola himself, surrounded by a ring of garbage — a desolate scene in-

Photo Courtesy of AdemroIAjuertx

A participant eyes a plaster statue at Wednesday's Adentro/Afuera.

tended by Geirola to symbolize "the end ofthe world."

Invited to "carefully" explore the area around the statue, the crowd remained in place. Nervous glanc­es rippled from face to face. No

Please see OUT/IN, pg. 11

C O N C E R T REVIEW

Talent Show Features Musical Acts, Poetry, Comedy BY STEVE DESMARETZ QC STAFF WRITER

Ska music, poetry, and wacky skits, combined with the charis­matic hosting charm of senior Jer­emy Curran, yielded Talent Night, a potpourri of scintillating skills budding from our very own Whit­tier College stadents. Sponsored and produced by The Club, this night brought out spectators who were eager to soak up what their peers had to offer.

First on the itinerary of fun was the Schematics, a band that incorporated stylings of reggae, ska, and jazz. Frontman Brad Jones is backed up by the kill­er horns of senior Jed G i l c h r i s t ( t rum­

pet), freshman Dave Staples (sax), and junior Ryan Colton (trom­bone). Sophomore Casey Durfee tickled the bass strings while fresh­man Emmanuel "E-Man" Brion played the six string. With fresh­man Chris Ziegler beating the skins, the band played a couple of songs, including a cover of the Police's "So Lonely." Overall, the Schematics had a good energy and was well accepted by the crowd.

Next on the non-stop talent train was junior Devlin Grunloh with a reading of his epitaph "The Raccoons Ran By." This poem was written with the inspiration of

his wife and infant child. A complicat­

ed and lengthy piece, Grunloh took the audi­ence on a soul

journey of a man bur­dened by the pain of love. The

audience seemed riveted by this piece, and left with a deeper un­derstanding ofthe poet.

Comedy troupe Burnt Toast

The Blue Goldfish's first song, "And We Said," made me want to sit on a shag carpet naked with a bottle of red wine, watch the rain fall, and cry until I passed out. Their second song, "#25," made me want to do the same thing fully clothed.

had a showing at this talent-o-rama with a funny number called Bulbous Bouffant. Originally writ­ten by Radio Free Vestibule, this skit was Howie Hamburger Man meets Beavis and Butthead meets Boyz II Men — the men being Gilchrist, sophomore Adam Pava, and sophomore Greg Steele. Dumb, goofy-sounding words such as blubber, galoshes, gaze­bo, and macadamia were impres­sively strung together into an a

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cappella ditty to make people laugh.

The talent truck also dumped four members of campus band The Blue Goldfish into The Club, performing a couple of their fa­vorite songs. The first song, "And We Said," made me want to sit on a shag carpet naked with a bottle of red wine, watch the rain fall, and cry until I passed out.

The second song, "#25," made me want to do the same thing fully clothed. Nudity aside, I particular­ly enjoyed the acoustic accoutre­ments of Gilchrist and senior Rog­er Hennessey, while junior Rich­ard Hellstern and alum Karen Ma­ness ('95) harmonized smoothly.

More poetry followed during this smorgasbord of talent. Junior Elizabeth Freudenthal whipped out a few quick ones, as did junior Kevin Larken. Larken's poems dealt with such issues as vomiting on a beach and going home to snow laden Montreal.

Overall, this night of talent was fun and successful. "I liked it.

T h e ska band

> was cool, the poetry was insightful, and we should do this more often," audience member Chivas Dabbs said.

This sentiment was felt by most attendees who will have a chance to voice this request soon with a questionnaire asking what type of activities The Club should sponsor in the future.

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20-24 Playboy ofthe Western World J.M. Synge's classic tale Playboy ofthe Western World is about a small Irish town infatuated with a strange man who said he killed his father. It will be playing in the Studio Theatre at the Shannon Center for the Performing Arts from Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m., and again on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Tickets run from $3 to $8 and are available at the Shannon Center box office.

21 Sportsfest Opening Ceremonies The Opening Ceremonies for Sportsfest will be held Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Amphitheater. Activities will include the run­ning of the torch and the banner competition. Each Sportsfest team with at least 50% of their players in attendance will receive 50 points.

22 Trainspotting Ewan McGreggor stars in Trainspotting, a hilarious and horrific story of Scottish drug abusers. Like always, the Friday Film Series movie starts at 7:00 p.m. in Hoover 100 and is free for all Whittier College stadents.

22 Club Overtime The Palmers, Council of Representatives, and John Greenleaf s will host "Club Overtime," their annual dance where stadents can boogie woogie their Sportsfest tension away. The fun starts at 9:00 p.m. in The Club this Friday. Students are reminded to bring Whittier College l.D. and a driver's license if they want to drink.

23 Political Poets Past and Present The Student Alumni Association will be hosting a brunch with some of the most prominent political science majors ever to graduate from Whittier. Engage in stimulating conversation with them on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in The Club.

25 Monday Night Football The Club will be showing this week's game, Pittsburg at Miami, on the big screen at 6:00 p.m. Snacks will be available.

26 Student Musicales Support your musically-inclined peers on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in the Whittier College Memorial Chapel. Student Musicales in­clude singers, pianists, and other musicians who take private lessons from the College's music professors.

28-1 Thanksgiving Break! Go home and eat turkey.

29 Big Trouble in Little China If you are here during Thanksgiving break, celebrate the holiday with a traditional Big Trouble in Little China viewing, which will be played in Hoover 100 at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29. Cranberry sauce and turkey will not be served.

Information compiled from various fliers and schedules. Calendar by Adam Pava.

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one wanted to go first "Explore!" bellowed the voic­

es. Hesitantly, by ones and twos, people broke formation and̂ start­ed a slow procession around the statue. Flashbulbs bloomed every few steps as photographers darted surreptitiously in and out, taking pictures at will — the crowd was under surveillance.

Suddenly, the photographers turned their cameras over to the stadents. After takingaphotograph forthemselves—which was quick­ly snatched from the camera and tossed into a pile on the stage — participants were allowed to sort through the collection of pictures which had been shot throughout the night, selecting one to send away to someone.

"Thank you for the wonderful present," a voice smirked as students slowly filed out in silence and the mailbox began to fill up. "Adios."

Adios only for now, however. Geirola has another poem in action performance planned for next se­mester, as part of his Latin Ameri­can Performance Workshop class, which will draw heavily on the ex­periences ofthe students themselves.

"It was avant garde, very un­usual," Admissions Counselor Es­sie Calderon said, searching for a picture to send away. "It was dark, [but] it was good."

Attracted by the promise of a challenge to "my mind and my experience," sophomore Seth Far­ley was similarly impressed.

"We need more things like this," he said. "It's reminiscent of earlier art movements when peo­ple weren't afraid to shock people into thinking."

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P R O F I L E

M I C H A E L • A R M A D O : following * his * heart > with • art

BY JEANNETTE PEREDA QC STAFF WRITER

Michael Armado has cher­ished the values that his family has instilled -in him. They've taught him to look for the goal that will keep him happy, not others, for the rest of his life, and art has always made Mike feel one with himself.

Armado is a senior majoring in art and minoring in chemistry.

Chemistry? This choice is as puzzling to

Armado as it seems to the rest of us. As a freshman, he was major­ing in Biology, planning on join­ing the Whittier Scholars Pro­gram as a premed student. But as he explored deeper into the field of medicine, he had second thoughts.

The Whittier Scholars Pro­gram jnade Armado realize that there was no point for him to study through research because it didn't fascinate him as much as it should. His educational design was quite difficult for him to com­plete, and as he began thinking about what really interested him, it just clicked — art. He had al­ways done well in art classes in high school, and continued to do

"Every individual must follow his dreams and be true to himself. You must follow your heart's instinct."

— Michael Armado

well here at Whittier. The transition from doctor

to artist was quite disappointing for his parents, but they've since realized that it is his life, not theirs.

While painting, Armado feels serene and relaxed, which is re­vealed in each of his works. He likes to put a lot of time into each painting, for that is what each one deserves.

"Each of my drawings has its own character and personality," he said.

As a Resident Advisor in Johnson Hall, Armado carries with him the responsibility of making a friendly community among his residents.

"Mike is always smiling, and never in a bad mood," said Area Coordinator John Paerels, Arma-

do's boss. "He always has time for you and puts his priorities first."

Armado views his R.A. posi­tion as a good experience and very rewarding. "But don't get me wrong — it's stressful, but really fun because I like working with people."

Aside from being stressful, the R.A. position is very time consuming, according to Arma­do. Each week, he has a one-to-two hour staff meeting, an indi­vidual meeting with Paerels, and one or two "duty nights." Along with this, he is responsible for completing any paperwork re­garding his residents, and meet­ing with his residents to resolve any disputes.

Being involved around cam­pus, Armado values his free time, which allows him to be alone with his art. "I am productive when I am alone with my art," he said. "I can express my mood in my paintings."

Some of his drawings are se­rene and heavenly, but others bear a great array of color, expressing the spice in Armado's life.

Armado sees himself as a protege of art Professor Kim Russo. She made him under-

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Along with dedicating much of his time to art, senior Michael Armado is a Resident Advisor in Johnson Hall. stand the negative and positive views of art, as well as giving him knowledge of "the real world."

While still struggling with the decision of how he should share his art, Armado has the prefer­ence of attending Parsons Art School in New York or Otis Par­sons in downtown Los Angeles. Right now, however, his atten­

tion is more focused on his senior art project, which he is anxious to reveal.

Armado's serene movement in his art is destined to be greatly admired someday.

"Every individual must fol­low his dreams and be true to himself," Armado declared. "You must follow your heart's instinct."

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took them to score off the first fumble.

As a result, the score stood 14-3 at the first quarter gun. Bumgar­ner, who did not complete one of his four attempts, was replaced by freshman Charles 'Blue' Stein-back.

"Two scores in three plays. ..we just cannot let that hap­pen," head coach Bob Owens said.

The Poets began the scoring with a 33 yard field goal by junior Steve Finely, still hampered by a sore leg. They also finished the scoring with a five yard touch­down pass from Steinback to fresh­man receiver Dan Young with 10:36 left in the first half.

"No individual or individual unit was responsible for this loss. It was a team effort, and therefore a team loss," Owens said. "We had open receivers that we did not get the ball to, audibles not recog­nized, and we were not as strong up front as we were last week [against Cal Lutheran]."

Though the Poets did not earn as many points as Oxy, they beat them in nearly every other statis­tic. The Poets out-gained Oxy in total yards (316 to 193) and rush­ing yards (257 to 130). The Poet yards-per-play average was two yards higher than Oxy's.

These differences are an obvi­ous result ofthe play of freshman running back Shaun Battles, who took 189 yards from the Tigers on 29 attempts, yielding a 6.52 yards-per-carry average.

Duncan and junior linebacker

Freshman quarterback Charles 'Blue' Steinback dropping back against Oxy State Los Angeles. This would not be significant since he fin­ished his NCAA eligibility ex­cept for the fact that he may be the first of several smdents withdraw­ing from the college.

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ing tackier on the team with 54 total (32 unassisted) and recorded one sack, regardless of missing one full game and parts of two others.

Both Johnson and Battles were

Marvin Johnson led the Poet de­fense in tackles with 11 each, while sophomore safety Marcos Ramirez followed with 9.

The loss to Oxy capped a 1-8 season for the Poets, matching their record for the past two years. They tied with Oxy for last place in SCIAC. However, though they lost all but one of their games, their biggest loss may yet await.

Senior linebacker Kalonji Watts will officially withdraw from the college immediately, and finish his scholastic career at Cal

It has been reported that both Johnson and Battles are also con­sidering withdrawing from the college.

"I am not sure whether or not Shaun or Marvin will withdraw from Whittier, but I have talked to both of them and neither are they," Owens reported on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

Battles led the team in total offense with 1,096 rushing yards, only 278 yards from the school record, 147 receiving yards and 10 scores.

Battles was also a SCIAC lead­er as a true freshman. He record­ed the largest yards-per-carry av­erage in SCIAC with 7.41, took second in rushing and in All-Pur­pose Running behind La Verne's Anthony Rice, and was third in scoring with 60 total points.

Johnson was the fourth lead-

unavailable for comment on the issue. This is not going to affect our team. I certainly hope to see [Battles and Johnson] back next season, but we are not going to let this bring us down," Owens said.

The 1996 season provided sev­eral strong individual performanc­es, beginning with sophomore quarterback Brian Perez. Perez, who missed three full games, com­pleted 50% of his passes for 468

yards, threw two touchdowns with only three interceptions. Perez was also the third leading rusher on the team with 175 yards.

Newcomer Chris Jones, a jun­ior transfer from Harbor Junior College, lead the relieving corps with 26 catches for 321 total yards. Sophomore transfer Leo Mireles III followed with 15 catches for 162 yards.

Ramirez lead the defense in ^tackles with 90 (57 unassisted) and earned one interception. Dun­can was the second leading tack­ier with 83 (53 unassisted) on the year. Sophomore defensive back Angel Rivas picked off two inter­

ceptions this season to comple­ment his 81 tackles (54 unassist­ed). |

The Poet defensive line an­chored the defensive unit, record­ing 15 ofthe 18 total sacks and 32 of the 58 total tackles fdr'loss. Sophomore Martin Darland sacked the opposing quarterback five time, lead the line in tackles along with sophomore Jeremiah Johnson with 43,11 of which were for loss.

Sophomore defensive lineman Alvin Thompson filled in for an injured Spencer Carter, impres­sively recording four sacks and three tackles for loss in only three games.

The Poets off-season focus will be to "recruit a quarterback and to start the '97 season at least two players deep at every posi­tion," Owens said. Mandatory study hall will not be implement­ed this off-season, as Owens indi­cated, "I feel a study hall would only be redundant to the extensive academic programs provided by the college and faculty already. I will intervene only on an individ­ual basis with the players if they need it."

With respect to the season, Owens felt it indicated exactly what is needed to start winning games, reaffirming an earlier promise to the Whittier College community of "winning a SCIAC championship within [his first] four years."

"What I am most proud of is that these players, especially the seniors, really competed this year; they made every game interesting and exciting. They never gave up on a game, and as result made several of them much closer than they could have been."

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Whittier College 4 SPORTS 4 Quaker Campus

Poets Prepare For First Meet in '96 Against Caltech SWIMMING

BY CHAD NICHOLSON QC ASST. PHOTO EDITOR

Thejnen's and women's swim teams kick off the new season with hopes of improving both team and personal records. This Satur­day, Nov. 23, marks the first competition ofthe new season as the team faces CalTech at home at 11 a.m. Last season's 1-4 record in conference was disappointing from the team's perspective, but it paved the way for many of this year's returners, many of whom performed well last year in their individual events.

Coach Dennis Cujak and as­sistant coaches Tara Barnhart and Scott Alvrez are not placing high expectations on this year's team performances, but have placed more emphasis on looking to in­dividual events as an area for suc­cess.

"We' 11 try to focus on individ­ual improvement," Barnhart said.

This year's men's team is ex­pected to perform well in sprint­ing events such as the 50 and 100 meter freestyle.

Brent Moore, a returner and the school record holder in the 50 meter freestyle, is expected to perform equally as well or better than last year's results. Accord­ing to Barnhart, Moore has the work ethic and ability to accom­plish his goals.

Other returner's from last year's squad are tentative, but

Barnhart hopes that Chris Schneider and Adam Bennett, among others, will to come back

to a team that is already lacking members. The addition of Ben­nett, who specializes in distance events, would add much needed strength where Barnhart feels the team is lacking.

Despite the graduation of two of lastyear's most consistent per­formers, the women's swimming squad is looking to build on a strong youth base consisting of nine freshmen. The loss of Tara O' Brien and Amy Birch who swam in the 50 meter freestyle and the 200 meter backstroke re­spectively, will definitely be felt as the team prepares.

The loss of Birch, who holds the school record in her event, puts the women at a loss for back-strokers. Junior Jamie Long re­mains the sole returning back-stroker on the team. Top return­ers to the team include Juniors Jessie Anderson, who swims dis­tance freestyle events, Jen Far­rell, and the afore mentioned Long.

The 200 meter butterfly swim­mer, junior Deana Hsieh, who holds the school record in that event, is currently studying abroad. Barnhart hopes she will choose to rejoin the team upon her return.

The group of freshmen who have joined the women's squad is very encouraging. "I think we have the heart," freshman Jamie Graetz said, "and we're all at prac­tice."

In general, Barnhart feels the biggest problem the team faces is the lack of swimmers; "we don't have the numbers to compete with other teams., .we realistically can-

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From left to right, Mette Erdman, Krista Bishop, Jamie Graetz and Kelly Lynch huddle to listen to what an assistant coach has to say. The women's swimming team needs to concentrate on a season without former standouts Tara O'Brian and Amy Birch ('96).

not compete with Claremont or Pomona," she said.

Pomona and CMS have rough­ly 20 more swimmers than Whit­tier does swimming on their teams. Barnhart, therefore, looks to oth­er teams such as Redlands which won a tightly contested meet from Whittier last season, as primary competition.

Other squads that Whittier's swim team is expected to contend with include Occidental and Caltech.

Although the team has yet to compete this season, it can be assumed that it is prepared to han­dle competition with Caltech this Saturday, Nov. 23 at home.

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•4 Men's and Wom­en's Swimming

The swimming team is quietly preparing for their

:. first meet orehe year to be held this Saturday, Nov. 23 against Caltech at home. For all of the latest details...

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Finishing .667 In SCIAC, Poets Head To Westerns WATERPOLO

BY MYLES COPELAND QC COPY EDITOR

The men's water polo team qualified for post-season play for the first time since 1994 and only the second time in the pro­gram's history, after posting a 3-2 record in the SCIAC tournament held at Redlands, Nov. 15-17.

Whittier was selected as one of eight teams which will compete in the Western Water Polo Association Championships be­ginning Friday, Nov. 22, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The winning team in this tournament gains an automatic berth in the national championship tournament, water polo's version ofthe Final Four.

The Poets compiled an 8-8 record dur­ing the season against fellow members of the 15 team Western Water Polo Associa­tion. This association is composed of all SCIAC schools, plus independent schools such as Air Force, Chaminade, Loyola and Chapman, and also University of Califor­nia schools, such as UC Davis and UC San Diego. As in the NCAA, selection for the tournament is not based soley upon record, but is decided by selection committee offi­cials.

Whittier opened SCIAC tournament play on Nov. 15 with a pulse-pounding vic­tory over Occidental, defeating the Tigers

OC File Photo

Senior Dave Brown (#5) attempting to block a pass to the inside.

11-10 in sudden-death overtime. The two clubs were dead-locked at the end of regu­lation, and remained so through the first two overtime periods, until senior captain Chris Schnieder ended the game a goal from two meters.

"They keptajlowing us to bring the ball into two meters," head coach Paul Gothold said, speaking of the keys to this victory. "Schnieder got the ball in two meters three times in sudden-death, and you better be­lieve he's gonna score."

Schnieder was selected as runner-up for the SCIAC Player ofthe Year Award and, along with freshman C.J. Carty, earned First Team All-Conference honors.

Following this victory, Whittier started fast against Pomona-Pitzer later in the same day, building a 4-1 lead early in the game, but suffered an 11-6 loss in what Gothold described as, "our worst preformance in the tournament."

The team rebounded the next day. Us­ing only their second string, they overpow­ered Caltech 10-6 in their early game. Their rested starters then snagged another nar­row win, beating Redlands 10-9, with Carty slamming home the winning goal with less than thirty seconds on the clock.

The Poets closed the tournament the following day with a 16-7 loss to a domi­nant Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team which went undefeated in SCIAC play and racked-up a record of 20-5 overall.

Gothold said this games one-sided score was deceiving. "Going into the third quar­ter, the score was 9-7... the CMS coach, Mike [Sutton], said this is the most talented [Whittier] teamhe'sseen." Gothold praised the Claremont team, saying, "they're in a class by themselves."

The loss brought Whittier's final regu­lar season record to 6-4 in conference an<T 11-12 overall.

The team entered the season ranked Please see POLO, pg. 13

XCOUNTRY

Rodriquez and Murillo Run In Div. LU Championships

BATTLE FOR THE SHOES

Poets End Season 1-8 BY PATRICIA JUAREZ QC STAFF WRITER

Juniors Claudia Murrillo and Juan Ro­driguez traveled east to Rock Island, Illi­nois this past weekend, where Augustana College hosted the 1996 NCAA Division III National Cross Country Championships.

On Saturday, Nov. 16. It took place on a cloudy, 60 degree afternoon ath Highland Springs Golf Course.

Murillo placed 125th out of 180 en­trants in the 5000 meter race, posting a time of 19 minutes and 33 seconds. Murillo finished one minute and fifty-three sec­onds behind the winner, senior Turena Johnson of Luther College.

Murillo was unavailabe for comment on her performace at press time.

Rodriguez ran the 8000 meter race rep­resenting the Poets. He finished 133rd out of 184 men posting a time of 26:32. Senior Matt Brill of North Central College won the race in 23:57, two minutes and thirty-five seconds ahead of Rodriguez.

"It was fun," Rodriguez said about the trip overall, "and a good experience. It was

"It was fun, and a good experience,..We worked hard to make it to Nation­als. I hope to make it next year."

-Juan Rodriguez

cold." Only three contestants from SCIAC

finshed ahead of Rodriguez in the 8000 meter race: Redlands' Barry Dabbaghian (52nd, 25:26) Caltech's Dan Kleiman (85th, 25:51) and Cal Lutheran's Jed Colvin.

As for SCIAC contestants in the 5000 meter race, Murillo finished above four Claremont-Mudd-JScripps competitors. She was behind three others from CMS: Louise Tench (11th, 18:14), Yarrow Moench (61 st, 18:57), and Jennifer Stuart (99th, 19:19),as well as one runner from Occidental, Talia Starkey (32nd, 18:35).

"We worked hard to make it to Nation­als," Rodriguez concluded. "I hope to make it next year."

BY DOUG SUTHERLAND QC CO-SPORTS EDITOR

One week after bringing home their first win of the sea­son against Cal Lutheran in Whittier' s Homecoming game, the Poets fell to Occidental Col­lege, 14-10. The loss came hard to the Poet players be­cause ofthe emotional victory earned last week and because it was the last game of the season.

" We j ust didn' t show up in full form," senior linebacker Jess Duncan said. "We made lots of stupid mistakes."

The smell of another loss was strongest at the end ofthe first quarter when stand-in sophomore quarterback Russ Bumgarner fumbled for the second time, just after his first fumble on the drive before. The Tigers then scored in two plays, one play more than it

Please see F-BALL, pg. 14

Jascha Kaykas-Wolff/QC Photo Editor

Freshman Shaun Battles picking up some of his 186 yards.

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