Someone’s got to say it: Sontag and Pomona Hall, which will always and forever be B-Hall (B for beta), have killed Pomona’s campus culture. Or its North Campus culture, at least. In the interest of full disclosure I’ll admit that I was not fortunate enough to snag a room in
Author: John Thomason
Whats a Daring Mind, Anyway?
I’ve learned a lot at Pomona, but it hasn’t been the “Tell me what you learned at school today” kind of learning. It hasn’t been the kind of learning that would impress someone like my dad, a man who’s interested in How Stuff Works. And although after four years of
Sustainable Food Increases Workload, Workers Say
An event held in honor of the nationally-recognized Food Day on Pomona’s Walker Beach on Monday, Oct. 24, provided a forum for some of Pomona’s dining service employees to express their frustration with staffing issues related to the college’s sustainable food efforts, and to reiterate their support for a “fair
A Response to Still Rooting for Obama
Two weeks ago, I wrote an op-ed challenging liberals at the Claremont Colleges to justify another vote for Obama in 2012, given that his administration has retained and expanded many of the controversial Bush-era policies that he was elected to dismantle. I didn’t receive many responses, aside from some partisan
Struggling to Justify Another Obama Vote
It is, of course, only a coincidence that the formative years of my political consciousness coincided with the eight years of the George W. Bush presidency. But for me and, I’m guessing, my peers at the Claremont Colleges, the consequences of this coincidence have been tremendous. As we tried to
A Killing in America
Troy Davis died at 11:08 p.m. EST Wednesday night. Ten minutes earlier, he entered a room built for him to die in. He was on death row for 22 years. He was convicted of murdering a police officer. There was no material evidence, only eyewitness testimony. The testimony that convicted
Bill Gates Visits Pomona
American philanthropist and Microsoft CEO Bill Gates balanced optimism and urgency in his talk at Brides Auditorium on Thursday. He spoke primarily to the importance of making the benefits of innovation available to the world’s poorest people, addressing his foundation’s work in AIDS prevention, polio eradication, and agriculture. When asked
Pomona Students Safe After NZ Earthquake
All six Pomona students studying at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand are unharmed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit near there Tuesday morning, killing at least 75 in the city. The university suffered relatively little damage compared to the devastated city center. As of Thursday, all American students
Pomona Students Safe After NZ Earthquake
All six Pomona students studying at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand are unharmed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit near there Tuesday morning, killing at least 75 in the city. The university suffered relatively little damage compared to the devastated city center. As of Thursday, all American students
Pomona Astronomers Contribute to Groundbreaking Study of Near-Earth Asteroids
Bryan Penprase, Pomona College’s Frank P. Brackett Professor of Astronomy and Department Chair, along with Catherine Wilka PO ’12 and Alex Hagen HM ’10, are contributing to the largest-ever study of near-earth objects (NEOs). They are part of an international group called the ExploreNEOs team. “It is the first systematic