Author: Natalie Orenstein

During his 18 years working at Pomona College, Neil Gerard has been celebrated for spearheading the creation and renovation of the Smith Campus Center (SCC), and for his participation in numerous campus clubs and events. Early this month, Gerard, Associate Dean of Students, Director of the SCC, and Director of

Roommates Ariel Gandolfo PO ’11 and Danny Low PO ’11 have been good friends since they met in middle school, and even their impending graduation will not separate them—at least not for a few more months. Gandolfo and Low are recipients of a $10,000 grant from philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis’s

In an effort to clarify definitions of “public” and “private” space in the Pomona Student Handbook, the Student Delegation to the Student Affairs Committee (SDSAC) drafted a proposal last week that would define “private space” as single and double residential rooms on campus and common spaces assigned and made accessible

Frary brunch just got a little more humane, as earlier this month Pomona College Dining Services (PCDS) made the shift to serving exclusively cage-free eggs. The school’s effort to reduce animal cruelty was praised by the Humane Society in a March 8 press release. “The process of going completely cage-free

Access to Pomona’s new north campus residence halls, which will begin housing students in the fall, may be limited to residents of the residence halls under new access restrictions proposed by the Dean of Students office in response to concerns about theft and trespassing. If the access restrictions go through,

Jean Adam PO ’67 was one of four American sailors killed by Somali pirates on Feb. 22 while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Adam and her husband Scott were enjoying the seventh year of a tour around the world on their yacht “Quest,” which they had custom-built after they

A trespasser gained access to Pomona’s Wig and Harwood residence halls on Thursday, Feb. 17, and Saturday, Feb. 19 and was eventually arrested by Claremont police, according to e-mails sent to the student body over the weekend. On Thursday around midnight, Harwood RA Bianca Garcia PO ‘11 saw the trespasser

This semester began just days after Tunisian President Ben Ali’s exile and shortly before Cairo erupted in protests calling for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. Students across the Claremont Colleges have engaged in conversation about the political implications of the revolutions and the new face of social change, in both

Claremont police arrested an intoxicated man after he entered Pomona’s Mudd residence hall on Jan. 27, inquiring about an ex-girlfriend. Two students initially denied him access to the building and immediately contacted Campus Safety, who arrived on the scene shortly thereafter. “I would guess that some other students carelessly let

Pomona College Anthropology Professor Ralph Bolton PO ’61 recently received the annual Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology, the most prestigious honor in the field. Bolton has taught at the college since 1971 and studies Andean anthropology, human sexuality, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In 2005, he created The