Editorial Board

Pomona prides itself on being a college that listens to its students. Pomona students are involved in college governance to a degree unheard of at other schools. There is an atmosphere of mutual respect between administration, faculty, and students; it is understood that each group brings something unique and important

At last week’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC) meeting, administrators brought up the idea of installing video cameras in the residence halls. According to SAC members, if the plans are approved, video cameras could be installed in the dorms as early as next semester. While we acknowledge the need for a

As detailed on the front page of this week’s issue, dining service worker Emilio Flores was recently fired by Pomona College. According to the administration, allegations were brought against him, a full investigation was conducted, and the administration subsequently had no choice but to fire Flores. Workers for Justice (WFJ),

Consider today’s Editorial Board a belated welcome from TSL’s new senior staff. We felt it best to use this space in the last two issues to comment on two of the major issues that have been discussed on Pomona’s campus so far this semester: the Office of Campus Life’s “Gotcha”

Tomorrow, Pomona College students and their visiting families will face a choice, and that choice will not be easy. Workers for Justice (WFJ), a pro-union coalition of Pomona’s food service workers, has chosen Saturday to orchestrate a boycott of Frank and Frary in order to show support for the group’s

The Bernard Field Station and its friends have a lot to be worried about now that it’s missing its manager. This recent development in the field station’s complex history marks a critical turning point in the decades-long battle between those who believe the BFS should be preserved for ecological and

It has recently come to TSL’s attention that a Campus Safety policy change is in the works at Pomona—a change that could gravely affect residential life on this campus. The details of the proposal are murky at best, but if our understanding of what one senior administrator told us is

Students are right to point out that the grade inflation problem is in no way limited to Pomona’s campus. It has been taking place across the country at a multitude of institutions for decades. Pomona, however, outdoes them all when it comes to boosting GPAs. The average GPA at the

Here are the crossword solutions, and here they will remain, until the end of TSL.

Year after year, the questionable status of the Lawry common rooms stirs up controversy among the dorm’s residents. The common rooms are technically “public space”—Resident Advisors can walk through the area, and any Pomona student can swipe in unless the residents request otherwise. However, students, who generally treat these areas