In a show of opposition to Pomona College’s decision to terminate 17 employees who could not verify their employment documentation before yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline, 15 supporters of the terminated employees were arrested for refusing to move from the middle of an intersection this morning. The arrests were part of
Author: Jeff Zalesin
17 Employees Terminated Over Documents; Boycott, Vigil Extended
Pomona College fired 17 staff members yesterday, after those employees were unable to meet the college’s deadline for submitting updated work authorization documents. The terminations, which most directly affected dining services employees, marked the end of a three-week verification process that has provoked outrage from many organizations and individuals, both
Harvey Mudd May Review Honor Code
Student leaders at Harvey Mudd College (HMC) are planning to re-examine the school’s Honor Code and discuss possible changes at an event they hope to hold next semester. The idea for a campus-wide forum on the state of the Honor Code was proposed earlier this semester, after a spate of
Pomona Reviews Employee Documents; WFJ Protests
Pomona College began checking the work authorization documents of 84 of its employees, provoking widespread outrage from many students, professors, and staff members. Supporters of Workers for Justice (WFJ), the pro-union group of Pomona dining hall staff, began demonstrating before dawn on Tuesday in opposition to what they saw as
SAC Bike Policy Comes Under Attack
A proposed policy change to the Pomona College Student Handbook that would tighten the enforcement of rules governing where bicycles can be parked on campus provoked strong negative responses from some students this week, prompting the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) to send a follow-up e-mail to all Pomona students yesterday
After Success of Alcohol Sales, Pomona May Pursue Liquor License
For some Pomona College students, the days of arriving at PUB or the Boot only to find that the kegs have already been tapped may be ending. Following a proposal from Pomona’s new Associate Dean Chris Waugh, beer and food will now be available for purchase through the Sagehen Café
5C Drug Use Reports Paint Distorted Picture
The Claremont Colleges reported widely varying rates of illegal drug and alcohol use in their 2010 campus crime reports, raising questions about how reliably the published statistics reflect the substance culture of each campus. Administrators across the 5Cs said that the Jeanne Clery Reports, which American colleges publish annually to
OBSA Leadership Change Raises Questions
The Office of Black Student Affairs (OBSA) is transitioning this week to a new set of leaders, after a sudden and unexplained end to Hughes Suffren’s 11-year tenure as Dean of OBSA raised questions from some students as to the direction of the 7C resource center. Suffren was placed on
Unpaid Intern Suit Strikes a Chord at Pomona
The interns say they were used. They say that working in the movie business without pay turned out to be an exercise in making coffee and taking out trash, a far cry from the educational experience they expected. They say that their employer acted illegally, a claim they hope to
Pomona Changes Evidentiary Standards for Sexual Misconduct
Pomona College has officially lowered the standard of evidence required to find a student guilty of sexual misconduct in campus judicial proceedings, in response to a federal regulation that would make Pomona’s old practice a violation of civil rights law. As of Monday, any student judged more likely than not