Editorial Board

America’s leading environmental journalist, Bill McKibben, will visit the 5Cs next week. McKibben is the author of numerous books on environmentalism and the founder of 350.org, an international grassroots organization aimed at confronting climate change denial and cutting emissions of carbon dioxide. In his speech Thursday at Pomona’s Bridges Auditorium,

Before this year, there were two spaces on Pomona’s campus in which students above the age of 21 could consume alcohol: in the privacy of their own rooms, and at officially registered parties at which alcohol is served. This year, however, with the addition of the new North Campus dorms

Three weeks ago, an unregistered party on Pomona’s South Campus took a turn for the worse when a first-year at the event was transported to a hospital for treatment for alcohol intoxication. In accordance with Pomona’s Good Samaritan policy, the Office of Campus Life (OCL) didn’t sanction the student who

On Sept. 22, Pomona VP and Dean of Students Miriam Feldblum notified the student body of a federally-mandated policy change to the Student Handbook that will lower the standard of evidence required to find a student guilty of sexual misconduct. The standard has been changed from “clear and convincing” to

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, The Student Life would like to offer a response to those who were confused, upset, or frustrated by last week’s ‘snapping’ article. As this Editorial Board explained last week, we are trying to build a dialogue, and sometimes that means taking

The Student Life would like to welcome all our new and returning readers back to campus for another semester of quality 5C journalism. With each issue, we aim to deliver informative, interesting, challenging, and well-reported coverage of news, arts, sports, and opinions at the 5Cs. This semester, we are pursuing

The Student Life would like to take this opportunity to express our respect for the initiative shown by the 17 Pomona College students who recently petitioned President Oxtoby and Dean Conrad in order to create a tenure-track position for Andrew Lear, Visiting Professor of Classics. One of Pomona’s greatest strengths

As reported on the front page of this issue, ASPC recently formed a subcommittee to address the endorsement of ASPC candidates by ASPC-funded organizations. This came out of the discussion in response to an e-mail sent out to the mailing list of Empowered Latin@s in Action (ELA)—an ASPC-funded organization—which endorsed

A number of online commentators have taken TSL to task for a front-page story from last issue, “Date Rape Drug Stories Go Unnoticed on Claremont Campuses.” Though the authors of these comments were unrelenting in their attacks on the author and the article, their criticism was rigorous and thorough. For

As reported on the front page of this issue, next year some sponsor groups may find themselves with two female sponsors as opposed to the typical male-female pair. While OCL administrators and student-employees have attempted to glorify this as an effort to do away with the gender binaries and heternormativity