Larry David emerged from a black SUV. He walked towards Pomona College’s Carnegie Hall. A cheering crowd of nearly a hundred extras awaited him. They held signs with messages like “Justice for Larry!” and “I would sell my family for you.” From March 12-14, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” cast and crew
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Mindful Mondays are over, Pomona announces
After testing out the initiative this past fall semester, Pomona College Dining Services has ended Mindful Mondays. The initiative, which has recently been a large topic of debate among students at the 5Cs, aimed to serve less meat on Mondays in Frank Dining Hall and Frary Dining Hall. General Manager
Bridges auditorium ticketing service security breach leads to data leak
Last Wednesday, March 15, AudienceView, a third party ticketing vendor used by colleges nationwide, was overwhelmed by excessive student traffic and completely crashed, marking its second technological collapse in just 30 days. On March 4, Pomona College in conjunction with Information Technology Services (ITS) released a statement on their website
SHS updates isolation restrictions and close contact policy, Pomona and Scripps follow suit
As of Thursday, March 23, Pomona College and Scripps College students are no longer required to test negative on a COVID-19 antigen test in order to exit isolation, reflecting a shift in Los Angeles County protocol. On March 20, Student Health Services (SHS) announced that students with COVID-19 can end
Live-in sponsors to return to Pomona next fall
On Sunday, March. 12 before spring break, Pomona College’s sponsor applications for the fall 2023 semester closed. For the first time in two years, sponsors will live in the same dorm as their first-year “sponsees” under the newly reinstated live-in sponsor policy. Pomona’s Sponsor Program matches a student sponsor, usually
Pomona College to increase wages for visiting professors
Pomona College has announced its plans to increase the base salaries of visiting professors in the upcoming 2023-2024 fiscal year. The decision comes after new research findings from Pomona’s Vice President for Academic Affairs, Yuqing Melanie Wu and Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer Jeff Roth, that indicate a disparity in
Oldenborg launches Haitian-Creole Language Table
Pomona College’s Oldenborg Center has added Haitian-Creole to the list of language table offerings. The table started on March 3 and now takes place every Friday. Oldenborg offers language tables to provide 5C students a chance to communicate in the available languages with other students, student mentors, language partners and
Snow-mont? With Southern California blizzard, 5Cs get first snowfall in decades
For the first time in over 50 years, the Claremont Colleges witnessed weather phenomena highly unusual in the city of trees and PhDs: snow falling on campus. On Wednesday, March 1, around 1 p.m., a cold afternoon drew congregations of eager students when large flakes of snow started falling on
Housing concerns resurface amidst annual flood of Oldenborg applications
On Feb. 13, applications for housing at Pomona College’s Oldenborg Language Halls opened for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. However, many students report applying to Oldenborg out of necessity rather than for its language offerings because it is one of the few residence halls at Pomona that offers single rooms
Pomona gifted historical collection from Civil Rights legend Myrlie Evers-Williams PO ’68
On Feb. 9, Pomona College announced that prominent civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams PO ’68 donated an archival collection of her life and work during the civil rights era to the school. The collection, which will eventually be housed in Honnold Mudd Library, includes thousands of artifacts that “offer tangible