Editorial Board

As detailed in this week’s front-page article, Pomona President David Oxtoby has stated that the college is unlikely to allow its food-service workers the “card-check” vote to form a union that workers and student activists are advocating. This response follows a petition, personally delivered to the president on Monday by

This week, Ed Board is taking a little time to make a few small dining suggestions that would make life on campus that much more palatable. We should switch up the menu at Frary more often. We Eds like fried chicken and ribs as much as the next person, but

As featured on the front page of the Feb. 12 issue of TSL, Assistant Professor of English Meg Worley was recently denied tenure by the Pomona College Board of Trustees. Professor Worley was a beloved teacher and mentor to more than a few past and current TSL employees and a

A story on Nicholas George PO ‘10 on Page one wrongly described him as a double major in physics and Middle Eastern studies. George’s lawsuit states that the Pomona student is majoring in both academic areas when in fact he is only majoring in physics. Sports Staff Writer Sarah Tuggy’s

Welcome back to a new semester and a new TSL. We have again assembled a great staff and hope to continue to make improvements to The Student Life, bringing you quality coverage of campus events and discourse. We believe that the role of student media is not solely to stand

Pomona College is missing a notion of responsibility. Not academic responsibility—Pomona students arguably take their academics almost too seriously. Rather, Pomona College has become a community devoid of personal responsibility and accountability. This editorial board calls for a new culture of responsibility and community at Pomona College. We call for

Last issue’s article about the theatrical production “Keep it Cute” stated that Bottom Line Theater and Without a Box presented the performance. Without a Box sponsored and funded the performance, though they didn’t run the production and weren’t involved creatively.The Student Life regrets this error.

This year has marked increased attention to the college alcohol policy. We feel that the college’s alcohol policy deserves some serious discussion and consideration at this time. As it stands, the college’s policy remains vague, relatively inconsistent, and clearly ineffective. We argue that the policy as it stands now is

Last summer, Pomona College adjusted the work study program on campus in an effort to curb spending on work study jobs.The problem is not the recent changes. The current predicament, with all of the problems it is causing for on-campus employment, is simply exacerbating an existing problem on campus. The

The recent forum “Policies, Procedures and Pomona,” held in Rose Hills Theatre on Oct. 29, was designed to address student concerns over privacy and procedural matters in policy enforcement.Our problem with this forum is not the nature of what was discussed, or that the conversation occurred at all. It is