When a heatwave swept across southern California at the start of this school year, Pomona’s plan didn’t prioritize students, argues Zeean Firmeza PO ’26.
Opinions
EDITORIAL BOARD: The 5Cs need to find a COVID policy that is here for all of us
The significant reduction of the 5Cs’ COVID-19 dashboards is an unnecessary cut to make, writes the Editorial Board, and denies community members vital information.
OPINION: Pomona, don’t downsize Orientation Adventure
Pomona’s OA trips are an integral part of orientation, but the changes made to them in the past few years limit their full potential, argues guest columnist Samuel Breslow PO ’18.
OPINION: The 5Cs must take a proactive approach to monkeypox — and we’re already behind
The U.S. currently accounts for 25 percent of the world’s monkeypox cases, and last week, the Biden administration finally declared another public health emergency surrounding the outbreak — nearly three months after the country’s first reported case. Despite these developments, none of the 5Cs have announced precautionary measures or made any acknowledgement that monkeypox poses a threat to life on campus.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Does the Roberts Campus really exemplify ‘responsible leadership’?
CMC must acknowledge that alum and major donor George Roberts, co-founder of private equity firm KKR, is far from the example of “responsible leadership” that the college claims to promote.
OPINION: Georg Kolbe’s ‘Young Woman’ has revolutionary potential apart from its problematic past
The Scripps community should find a way to reimagine Georg Kolbe’s statue “Young Woman” in a way that disarms the dangerous Aryan supremacist ideology it represents and truly empowers all women, writes guest columnist Arianne Ohara PZ ’25.
OPINION: Walker Wall is right. Pomona protects assaulters
Pomona College continues to fail survivors of sexual assault by upholding the outdated belief that perpetrators’ punishment should be proportional to victims’ visible suffering, argues guest columnist Nanea Haynes PO ‘22.
OPINION: Why we need to repair the 5C whisper network
The pandemic has damaged the ‘whisper network’ across classes that warns incoming underclassmen about potential assaulters on campus, and it’s up to upperclassmen to repair it, writes guest columnist Cassidy Bensko SC ’25.
OPINION: After Ukraine, is Taiwan really next?
Discourse comparing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the situation between Taiwan and China are too simplistic, but they do challenge us to acknowledge the threats facing the entire free world, argues guest columnist Claire Tiunn PO ‘24.
OPINION: Academia needs to better accommodate writer’s block
We need to rethink writer’s block, and acknowledge that it’s not inherently a bad thing, writes Yifei Cheng PO ’24.