Author: Jeff Levere

A Review of the Reviews President David Oxtoby visited Senate this week to discuss the employment authorization document reviews currently taking place on campus. According to Oxtoby, the Board of Trustees received an allegation from an employee of Pomona College (but not a member of the administration), that Oxtoby and

We’re Not Idiots, Cosi Up first this week, Vice President for Finance Cosimo Thawley ’11 presented the budget for ASPC next year. After the best weekend of their lives, in which members of this year’s and next year’s Budget Committees worked 25 hours to set the budget, the group decided

We were unable to put the Senate Briefs in the last week's printed version. Please visit our website if you would like to read them: tsl.pomona.edu. Same Ol’ Story Continuing the tradition of his predecessor, next year’s ASPC President Nate Brown ‘12 showed up late to his first Senate meeting

Night Owls First up this week, the Senate heard updates from various media organizations on campus. KSPC, on air 24/7 and live on air consistently from 8 am – 2 am, has tried to do a lot of campus outreach as of late, including giveaways to dining halls and students,

What Recession? _x000D_ _x000D_ After introducing themselves for the 342nd consecutive week, the Senate heard from Duncan Meaney, Founder and President of the Social Equity Group (SEG), which oversees ASPC’s financial reserves. Meaney became ASPC’s portfolio manager in 2008, soon after which “we had a thing called the crash,” he

We Are Well Endowed Vice President and Treasurer Karen Sisson was the first guest of the day. According to Sisson, as a result of the financial crisis, Pomona’s endowment fell $600 million to $1.3 billion between June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Over the past year, though, the endowment

We Didn’t Even Print It Out! For the fourth straight week, ASPC President Stephanie Almeida ‘11 had the Senators introduce themselves—hopefully she has everyone’s name down now. Afterwards, Chuck Taylor, chemistry professor and chair of The President’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability, presented the Sustainability Action Plan. The plan will be

Timeliness Is Not Her Thing For the third straight week, President Stephanie Almeida PO ’11 started the meeting late, this time without Senate Advisors Neil Gerard and Ellie Ash. As Ash walked in, Almeida proposed that the Senate approve the minutes at the beginning of the meeting this week, trying

Not Again… This week’s meeting started off with a visit from a special guest, Dean of Campus Life Ric Townes, equipped with his fancy iPad. ASPC President Stephanie Almeida ’11 suggested that the group go around and introduce themselves again. Junior Class President Carrie Henderson ’12 went against the idea—the

Nice To Meet You Since it was the first meeting for new North Campus Representative Caroline Rubin PO ’12 and Commissioner of Academic Affairs Derek Schiable PO ’11, Stephanie Almeida PO ’11 ordered that everyone go around the room and introduce themselves. Commissioner for Community Relations Drew DiPalma PO ’13,