New Marijuana Policy Goes Into Effect

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

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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

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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

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