Author: Lisa Dusenbery

The recent termination of dining hall worker and former Workers for Justice (WFJ) leader Maria Garcia on Jan. 20 has put further strains on the relationship between administration and pro-union workers. According to Francisco Garcia, Garcia’s brother and a Pomona dining employee, Maria was informed Jan. 14 that her employment

Pomona College students are participating in launching events for the new “Daring Minds” campaign, taking place this fall on the East and West Coasts. Approximately eight to 10 Pomona sophomores, juniors, and seniors attend each event. “Campaign Pomona: Daring Minds,” Pomona’s ambitious five-year campaign to raise a minimum of $250

An e-mail sent out to a large number of alumni the week of Oct. 11 called for a pledge campaign to withhold donations to Pomona College in response to the college’s dispute with Workers for Justice, drawing a rebuke from the college administration. Pomona sent out an e-mail addressed to

Many Pomona College alumni are pledging to withhold donations to the college until the dining hall workers and the administration have signed a labor peace agreement. At press time, more than 150 alumni pledges had been made public. According to Peter Kunhs PO ’98, who has helped raise awareness of

The Pomona Student Union (PSU) hosted a panel called “To Have & To Hold: Marriage in Contemporary America” on Sept. 30. The debate, held in Edmunds Ballroom and co-sponsored by the Public Events Committee, featured W. Bradford Wilcox, Director of the National MarriageProject and Associate Professor of Sociology at the

Pomona College is participating in a new program to cut down on food waste in its dining halls. The Stop Wasting Food campaign is a pilot program that Sodexo—Pomona’s food service provider—instituted this fall at eight college campuses across the country. In addition to encouraging students to reduce their individual

Pomona College’s construction projects on North and South Campus are both currently on schedule after a three-month delay to the South Campus plan. The two projects are on track to be completed by March 2011. The delay to the South Campus project was a result of difficulties in obtaining approvals

A group of Pomona College dining hall workers, accompanied by several students, gathered outside of Frary Dining Hall in a Workers for Justice demonstration last Friday. After the participants gathered around the Frary fountain, workers and students alike took up signs and loudspeakers, heading toward the Frary stairs. Using both

Vandalism has recently appeared on various buildings across the 5Cs. The graffiti in question depicts a man holding a gun to another man’s head, beneath which reads the word “capitalism. The image appears to have been created using red spray paint and a stencil, and has been spotted on all

Several security breaches occurred on Pomona’s campus during the past two weeks. Burglaries occurred in Millikan Laboratory and Andrew Science Building as well as the On The Loose gear room, located in Walker Hall. It is unclear whether the incidents were related, but Campus Security and the Claremont Police Department