Members chartered another new club and heard more about the schedule changes taking place next semester at the meeting on April 9.
Members voted by a 12-7 hand vote to charter the Aikido Kokikai Spokane club. According to the club charter, the purpose of the club is “to provide a place and way to safely practice Kokikai Aikido.”
Junior Kevin Sonnanburg said Kokikai Aikido is a form of martial arts that involves mainly throwing the opponent, instead of punching or kicking at them.
Kokikai Aikido is used mainly in self-defense, Sonnanburg said. He also said there are currently no other places to practice Kokikai Aikido in Spokane.
Sonnanburg said he plans to instruct club members in some of the basic moves of Kokikai Aikido.
Members also heard from Gary Whisenand, director of Institutional Research, about the recent schedule changes.
According to a Feb. 26 article in The Whitworthian, the change in scheduling will provide better use of classroom space as well as allow for staggered lunch breaks.
Staggering the lunch breaks will alleviate some of the congestion in Sodexho at lunch time, Whisenand said.
Whisenand said the main conflict with the schedule is Whitworth’s current policy of providing both three- and four-credit classes.
The schedule change is mainly a result of putting three-credit classes in the 8:00 a.m. time slot instead of the four-credit classes, Whisenand said.
Whisenand said the change will also provide for set chapel times, as well as a set faculty governance time.
This means the faculty will be able to meet on a regular basis to carry out their responsibilities, Whisenand said.
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