Dear Editor, There seems to have been a little uproar over my piece on the WFJ protest last week. I say “seems” because no one voiced their concerns directly to me. Instead, I had to hear about how I am ignorant, made people want to vomit, and value my sleep
Author: Jack Knauer
Workers for Justice Disrupting the Peace
Clank! Clank! Clank! That is what I and many others in Clark V and III were rudely awoken by at six in the morning on Tuesday. It was not the harshest way I’ve ever been yanked from slumber, but boy, was it annoying. Luckily, it only lasted a few minutes
Rejected SURP Applicants Need Feedback
The final decisions for Pomona's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) were e-mailed to students on Friday, April 1. I would first like to congratulate those who were selected for SURPs and wish those who weren’t the best of luck during next year's application process. While I believe that SURPs provide
Boycott Disrupts Family Weekend
According to the flyers that appeared around campus last weekend, Workers for Justice (WFJ) and their supporters are sponsoring a boycott of the Pomona dining halls this Saturday. Coincidentally, this weekend is also Family Weekend. The coincidence begs the question: was this boycott planned in order to bring our parents
You’ve Got (Bias-Related) Mail
Dear Claremont Consortium Community, Last week an anonymous individual carried out a very trivial act that some may deem bias-related but that a large portion of the student body may find innocuous or even comical. This action may or may not be: (i) an offensive joke expressed verbally, written on
Just How Much Freedom of Speech Do We Have?
Many of the students here know about those pesky bias-related incident reports. They cluttered my inbox last year and became a joke for the most part. Luckily, this year they are less frequent and actually cover serious incidents, for the most part. Even so, the Foundation for Individual Rights in