News Bites — Weeks of March 11 and March 18

Frary Provides Free Meals To Students On Financial Aid During Spring Break Pomona College kept Frary Dining Hall open for the first time over spring break to provide an on-campus dining option for students remaining on campus. Pomona students on financial aid were provided a subsidized two-swipe-per-day plan that allowed

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Pitzer Student Senate’s Executive Board Has Already Spent 42 Percent of Its Annual Budget

Pitzer College Student Senate’s executive board has already spent $2,075.72 of its $5,000 annual budget, or 41.5 percent, a financial status report revealed earlier this month. The board's budget is an allocation of the Senate's annual budget, which is comprised of Student Activities Fees, semesterly fees that the college collects from each student. The report, presented

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‘A Slap in the Face’: Pitzer Trustees Toss Out Senate BDS Amendment

Pitzer College’s Board of Trustees struck language from a Student Senate bill Friday that barred the use of student activities funds to buy products from certain organizations associated with Israel, including Sabra, Caterpillar, and Hewlett-Packard. An amendment to the Senate’s Budget Committee Bylaws, the bill passed 22-0 with two abstentions on April 16 and prohibited “payment[s]

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Pitzer Senate Passes Amendment Boycotting Select Israeli Products

Any Pitzer College clubs who were planning on buying Sabra hummus for their next event will have to rethink their plans. That’s because the Pitzer Student Senate passed an amendment to their Budget Committee Bylaws April 16 requiring clubs to boycott Sabra, along with a number of other companies targeted

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Pitzer Senate Discusses Bills to Revise Sexual Assault Policies

The Pitzer Student Senate began discussing two bills that could significantly change Pitzer College’s policies for punishments for students found responsible for “non-consensual sexual intercourse” on Sunday, March 5. Pitzer’s Student Handbook defines “non-consensual sexual intercourse” as any non-consensual sexual act involving penetration of any sort. Any non-consensual sexual act that does not involve penetration

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