P-P sport expenses: How rosters and post season travel affect the budget

Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) athletics experienced significant fluctuations in expenses from the 2022-23 to the 2023-24 season. With a 364 percent increase in expenses for baseball between seasons and a $241,340 decrease for football, patterns emerge for athletes and students alike.

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Vincent Valdez discusses how art can counter apathy

Vincent Valdez’s large-scale portraits confront an apathy and amnesia that pervades the American psyche. At this year’s Pitzer College Art Galleries Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture, the artist discussed the myths we tell ourselves and how art can work against them.

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Scene it: ‘X’ (2022): A modern slasher that provides classic chills

What’s scarier than a swamp in Texas? Probably the murderous making of an adult film on a swamp in Texas. That is exactly the plot of “X,” which TV & film columnist Rory Jones PO ’22 argues is a fresh take on the classic slasher format.

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Pomona students abuzz as show starring Rob Lowe is filmed on campus

Pomona College’s Marston Quadrangle briefly filled in for Austin, Texas this week as filming commenced for season 3 episode 11 of Fox Network’s television series “9-1-1: Lone Star.” On Feb. 1, Pomona students were notified of the upcoming production in an email from Pomona’s Director of Public Programming KJ Fagan. Although few details were disclosed within the email, students were told to expect emergency equipment including police cars, fire trucks and ambulances with flashing lights.

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