Pomona College Assistant Professor of art Lisa Anne Auerbach recently received a grant of $20,000 from the Comfort Tiffany Foundation.The award was given to 30 of more than 400 candidates in recognition of their talent, promise, and individual artistic strength. Auerbach said she had no specific plans in mind for
Author: Sean Laguna
MOCA’s First Thirty Years
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) is displaying “Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years” for its 30th birthday. According to the MOCA, the exhibit “contains more than 500 artworks by over 200 artists.” Armed with only moderate knowledge and interest, I attended the exhibit not expecting to fully
Music Review: Hot Chip, One Life Stand
If any band wants to become legitimately popular, they have to feed into that “I’m-cool-as-hell-for-listening-to-this” feeling that today’s music fans seem to gravitate toward. Rap does it great. Pop does a decent job, too. But anything innovative doesn’t work because it makes the listener feel stupid. And anything too personal
Harvey Mudd Professor Appears on “Colbert Report”
Arthur Benjamin, a mathematics professor at Harvey Mudd College and “mathemagician” by trade, appeared on The Colbert Report on Jan. 27. Benjamin was invited on the show to speak about his ability to perform incredible mental calculations. He is also able to explain the mathematical bases of these calculations in
Harvey Mudd Homework Hotline Begins Pilot Program
Approximately 40 Harvey Mudd College students have been employed as tutors in the HMC branch of the Homework Hotline program.The program began in 1991 at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana. Originally a small-scale operation, the program has grown and is now able to take more than 400 calls