Tag: Senate Briefs

The Pitzer College Student Senate tackled the issue of Grove House funding during its Oct. 6 meeting, sparking an in-depth budget discussion. The Budgetary Committee wished to dip into reserve funds to allocate $5,000 to the Grove House for Wi-Fi. Since the Senate had discussed the allocation for several weeks, senators voted

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Based on minutes taken by Senate Secretary Rishi Sangani PO ’15. _x000D_ Budgets on Budgets _x000D_ During last week’s Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate Meeting, Vice President for Finance Faye Wang PO ’13 presented next year’s operating budget to Senate.

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ TAAP the Kegs: New Alcohol Policy Proposed _x000D_ In last week’s Senate meeting, South Campus Representative Alex Samuels PO ’15 and VP for A Lot of Things Joseph Reynolds PO ’15 updated Senate on their progress with proposing and implementing a new

Mug-Stealing Thugs = Hiding the Grub _x000D_ During last week’s Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate meeting, North Campus Representative and Food Committee Chair Tracy Zhao PO ’13 reminded Senate that the dining halls will soon be promoting their annual Amnesty Program, in which students can return roughly $900,0001

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Do-Be-Do Nothing _x000D_ For last week’s Senate meeting check-in question, Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) President Sarah Appelbaum PO ’13 posed the question: who would you “do-be-do?” For those of you who have never heard the phrase before, “do-be-do” refers to

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Free iPad if You Read This1 _x000D_ Recently, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate sent out a survey asking students about their preferred method of hearing about all news ASPC-related, the results of which were discussed during last week’s meeting.

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Planned Parenthood: Now Accepting Flex _x000D_ Right at the start of last week’s Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate meeting, ASPC President Sarah Appelbaum PO ’13

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ I Stream, You Stream, We All Stream for Transparency! _x000D_ Last Friday, the ASPC Senate launched a new program to broadcast their meetings online via UStream.com. Despite

New York Times: All the News that’s Fit/Cheap to Print This week the ASPC Senate debated changes to the current New York Times delivery service provided to all Pomona students/mooching tourists. According to new ASPC advisor Piya Bose, the ASPC budgets $10,000 for NYT services annually, broken down into 60

_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Doritos, Lays, Famous_x000D_ Amos, Contraceptives, hmm… _x000D_ _x000D_ This week, the ASPC Senate discussed the possibility of_x000D_ installing a Plan B vending machine on campus; an idea met with skepticism from_x000D_ some and a little