Pomona College has suspended the controversial ‘Gotcha’ program for at least one academic year, acknowledging that a procedure meant to promote safety awareness last semester had come to be widely associated with invasions of student privacy. Under the Gotcha program, a campaign to encourage the locking of residence hall doors,
Author: Jeff Zalesin
“Snapping” Causes Controversy at RA-Sponsor Training
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ In past years, Residence Hall Staff (RHS) trainees at Pomona College_x000D_ used finger-snapping to express their thoughts about group discussions. This year, it was the finger-snapping that Resident Advisors (RAs) and sponsors
Two Lawry Floors Reserved for Female Residents
Some Pomona students at Room Draw last week were surprised to learn that two floors of Lawry Hall were reserved exclusely for female students next year. However, according to administrators in the Office of Campus Life (OCL), the floors were set aside for only female students after the Resident Advisors
Pomona Professor Part of Fossil Discovery
A Pomona College professor is making headlines for his role in uncovering a new fossil deposit from the early days of animal life. Robert Gaines, Associate Professor of Geology, has co-authored a newly-published article on the findings he and several other scientists made in the Canadian Rockies in August 2008.