Molly Horgan PO ’14 won $4,000 by completing the inaugural 47 Challenge, a competition that rewards any Pomona or Pitzer College student able to do the most activities on the “47 Things Every Sagehen Should Do Before Graduating” list. Some participants questioned the accessibility of the challenge for all students.
Author: Ethan Grossman
ASPC Budget Hearings Result in More Funding for 5C Groups
Last weekend’s annual budget hearings ended with the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) increasing funding for 5C organizations, ASPC President Nate Brown PO ’12 said. During the three days of hearings, registered student clubs and organizations presented budget proposals to representatives from the budget committee for the upcoming
Improperly Parked Bikes To Be Impounded Under New Pomona Policy
Bicycles that are not parked on bike racks or in student rooms will be impounded under a new Pomona policy that goes into effect April 16. The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) proposed the policy last fall and voted to approve it March 26. The new policy states that if bicycles
Pomona Seniors Debate: To Give or Not To Give?
Due to their frustration with the controversial firing of 17 dining hall employees in December, some Pomona College seniors are choosing not to donate to the Senior Class Gift to the Annual Fund. Students have created a “Let’s Not Give to the Senior Gift!!” Facebook group, created an online petition
Zach Schudson, Queer Resource Center
After having been featured on Genderfork, a community blog supporting identities across the gender spectrum, and The Bilerico Project, a blog for LGBTQ topics, politics and pop culture, Zach Schudson PO ’13—username debaser9779—has over 65,000 views on YouTube for his acoustic covers of mainstream pop songs. Whether he’s critiquing heteronormativity
WFJ and UNITE HERE Rally Against Pomona Board of Trustees
Demonstrators gathered outside Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center Feb. 24 to show solidarity with the 17 Pomona employees fired in December when they could not produce immigration documents by the college’s deadline, and to support Workers for Justice, the pro-union group of Pomona dining hall workers. The event was scheduled
Pitzer May Add Environmental Studies Requirement
A proposal to add an Environmental Responsibility requirement to Pitzer College’s educational objectives will be presented to Pitzer’s Academic Planning Committee (APC) Tuesday, moving it one step closer toward faculty consideration and, ultimately, implementation. If put into effect, the Environmental Responsibility requirement would supplement Pitzer’s current six educational
Pomona Party Organizers Reconsider Beer and Food Sales
Student organizations that regularly host parties at Pomona College have begun deciding on a week-by-week basis whether the Sagehen Café will sell beer and food at their events, causing the amount of refreshments for sale at parties to decline this semester. Last semester, parties hosted by Pomona fraternities Sigma
Late Training for Sponsors
Long after the task of easing the transition from home to dorm life has ended, Pomona College sponsors are now required to attend spring-semester training sessions. Though training has historically been completed at the beginning of the year, the Office of Campus Life (OCL) is seeking to further develop the
Oxford University Cuts Pomona Study Abroad Program
Pomona students hoping to spend next fall in Oxford, England will need to rethink their plans. The Office of Study Abroad (OSA) announced in November that, effective fall 2012, the Oxford University study abroad program will be discontinued. Established in 1973, Pomona College’s Oxford Program allowed a few students each