New policy language regarding marijuana use on Pomona College’s campus went into effect April 8. The new wording explicitly states that any form of marijuana use is not allowed on Pomona’s campus, regardless of previous approval for medical marijuana usage, and it also clarifies that legally prescribed drugs are allowed
Author: Cecilia Hollenhorst
5Cs Meet with FBI to Discuss Safety Procedures
The 5Cs and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Los Angeles Field Office hosted a TARGET (Threat Assessment ReGional Evaluation Team) meeting April 16 on Pomona College’s campus to bring together local and national emergency response teams to promote collaboration and express their intentions to work together in their efforts toward
ASPC Senate Publishes Line-Item Budget
In an effort to increase Senate transparency, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) published the fund allocations for individual clubs and organizations in the 2012-2013 year, rather than a big-picture breakdown as in the recent past. Senate voted to publish the full line-item budget in early February, and it
Learning From Loss
Saratoga, California. “Isn’t that where that girl got raped?” “I think I saw that on CNN.” A few weeks ago, this place was just my safe and quiet hometown. Now, it’s the location of a nationally recognized tragedy. In September, 15-year-old Audrie Pott hanged herself, and although reasons for her
Pomona College Navigates Solar Energy Costs and Usage
Although the solar panels on Sontag Hall and Pomona Hall were not functional for over six months after the buildings’ grand opening in the summer of 2011, the panels now offset electricity use in the residence halls by 15.5 percent, and their solar thermal energy heats about 80 percent of
CMC Students Object to Social Scene Policies
The departing student body president at Claremont McKenna College has warned the college administration that social policy changes, such as less frequent parties and more security fencing at events, have actually made the campus less safe and have driven students away to private binge drinking. In an unusual open letter,
HMC and Pomona Receive New Electron Microscope
Pomona College’s Seaver South Laboratory now holds a new field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), funded by a $546,273 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to Harvey Mudd College and Pomona. Pomona physics professor David Tanenbaum led professors from HMC (Nancy Lape and Elizabeth Orwin of the engineering department and
5Cs Honor Jeffery Frum PZ ’12
Over seven months after Jeffery Frum PZ ’12 passed away, the 5C community continues to honor his memory in a variety of ways, including providing a scholarship in his name and the possibility of painting a mural on Pitzer College’s campus. On July 26, 2012, Frum died in a Kubota
Computer Science Departments Under Strain
One hundred and fourteen students may seem like an impossible number to enroll in one section of a class here at the 5Cs, but that many students are currently taking CSCI060: Principles of Computer Science, the second course in Harvey Mudd College’s computer science introductory sequence. The computer science departments
Rising Stimulant Abuse Raises Concerns on Campus
The Claremont Colleges may take new precautions to ward off abuse of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) stimulants in the wake of rising reports of abuse of commonly prescribed drugs like Adderall, Ritalin and similar pills. According to a January report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the