Author: Julio Sharp-Wasserman

The ASPC Budget Committee will propose an amendment to its bylaws at next week’s ASPC Senate meeting that would permit and regulate ASPC funding for alcohol at events co-sponsored by Pomona fraternities. According to Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Smith Campus Center Neil Gerard, discussion regarding changes

At the same time that “real-world” positions are becoming harder and harder to find, constrained college budgets around the country have made it difficult to expand on-campus research opportunities, leaving some students with nowhere to turn to find coveted work experience. At Pomona, the waitlisting and rejection of a number

Longtime Pomona Professors Jerry Irish and Monique Saigal will be retiring at the end of this year. Saigal, who teaches in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, has taught at Pomona since 1965. The daughter of an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, she spent part of her childhood hiding from

The Pre-Professional and Career Development Trustee Task Force is in the process of devising reforms to Pomona’s career development program. The content of the reforms is not yet well-defined, but their basic purpose will be to mandate that students participate throughout their college career in structured planning for life after

A housing shortage at Pomona College that forced the college to lease College Park apartments this fall should not be a problem next year after the completion of the new dorm on North Campus. “Admissions and housing is not an exact science, so it’s impossible to be certain,” Housing Director

The Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) has updated its website to improve its performance and to simplify the task of managing the website. The updated site will run on the Content Mangament System WordPress. According to Alexander Rudy PO ‘11, a Content Management System “abstracts away the duty of

Pitzer College has once again been ranked by The Chronicle of Higher Education as the number one Fulbright-receiving undergraduate institution based on the number of Fulbright scholarships awarded to students last spring. Last year, Pitzer nominated 79 candidates for the Fulbright scholarship, 22 of whom were awarded the prize, placing

Gene Simmons, lead singer of the band Kiss, spoke at Pitzer’s new Benson auditorium last Saturday, discussing his journey from a poor immigrant’s childhood to rock n’ roll stardom. The talk was organized by Pitzer’s Associate Vice President for College Advancement, Joy Kliewer. Proceeds from the event went to support

The Claremont University Consortium (CUC) appointed Dean Manship to the newly created position of Emergency Preparedness Planning Manager of the Claremont Colleges on Oct. 2. The creation of this position is “a tremendous move toward creating a more integrated emergency response system,” said Director of Campus Security Shahram Ariane. Manship