Dear Pomona College, You’re failing. You’ve been criticized so much recently for unionization politics, investment in fossil fuels, and laid-back attitudes on campus that no one has noticed how inadequately you’re supporting your varsity athletics. In 2011, Pomona College and Pitzer College spent a total of $2,177,673 on athletics. This
Author: Ryan Miller
Millertime: Men’s Basketball Heads to Playoffs-Oscar Predictions
On this day last year, the Pomona-Pitzer men’s basketball team was coming off a big senior night win against Whittier College and preparing for the first round of the SCIAC tournament. Holding the second seed, the Sagehens went on to beat the third-seeded Poets before falling to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in a
Millertime: Don’t Like the Gender Gap? Play Through It
On Tuesday, Claremont McKenna College’s Forum posted a story entitled “Don’t Like the Gender Gap? Don’t Encourage It.” Responding to a guest column in The Huffington Post, the article challenged the notion that women’s colleges foster development for women better than traditional colleges do. As the article exploded on Facebook
Millertime: Football Shuts Out CMS; UCLA First-Year Caught in NCAA Red Tape
Football Puts it all Together Against CMS It was a somewhat depressing scene Saturday as the 0-8 Stags backpacked down across Sixth Street to take on our very own 0-8 Sagehens in the fall sun. The two teams’ winless streaks were on display from the scorecard, but you would not
Millertime: Bridge to Somewhere
There is a rift on campus. Not between Workers for Justice and the administration, not between sub-free and sub-optional and not between sponsors and RAs. The rift, often ignored but always present, is between athletes and non-athletes. There is no one directly to blame for this; we have grown up
Millertime: Crowding Out the Opponent
It was a big weekend for Pomona-Pitzer sports, but it was an even bigger weekend for P-P spectators. Friday night’s men’s water polo game against Harvard University and Saturday’s soccer games against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps proved how important a big crowd can be in helping a team get a big win. Playing
Pro Athletes’ Embrace of Gay Rights Could Change Youth Culture
Football: America’s love child of violence and athletics, representing Sundays, beer, tailgates, twins and now … gay rights? Even while it’s the home of rampant nudity and butt-tapping, the locker room has long been the icon of masculinity in our culture, with men in pads calling each other “gay” for
Millertime: For the Love of the Game
No six-year-old plays tee ball for a contract. No eight-year-old joins a recreational soccer team for fame. No ten-year-old swims for a gold medal. They do it for fun—well, sometimes they do it because their parents make them, but mostly they do it for fun. As we grow older we
Millertime: Seven Sagehen SCIAC Successes
It has been an up-and-down year for Pomona-Pitzer athletics. Teams have gone on incredible runs, defied odds and had unbelievable wins. In spite of that, no team has had a run comparable to the 2009 baseball team, and very few teams have even won SCIAC. But consistently, all year long,
Millertime: Opening Day Predictions
Wednesday marked the first day of 2012 for me. It marked the return of America’s greatest pastime and tradition, the Major League Baseball season. There is no greater way to spend an afternoon than relaxing in a ballpark, watching the world’s best duel on the diamond. While I will spend