The "in small elections, every vote counts" encouragement for college student participation in Claremont’s City Council elections sounds somewhat redundant after the "in presidential elections, every vote counts" lesson we’ve all just been taught. That does not make the council elections any less important, or less pertinent to our lives. More

With Bush’s inauguration, a new spirit of activism emerged in America. When people talk about "new spirits" they often mean "old spirits" at new heights. Like when my grandpa got a megaphone. Or the way lechery got a shot in the arm with the invention of the Internet, which, as everyone knows, tends towards interactive nudity without the risk of physical contact. Like one big "body condom." More

In your February 2nd Letter from the Editor, you made a good point about Pomona’s inferiority complex and the fact that we should embrace our own uniqueness. Ironically, however, your assertion that we should change the name of Indian Hill Blvd. plays into the same denial of our uniqueness by suggesting we erase the only official trace of one of the most unique aspects of Claremont’s history. More

Editor,

Thank you for publishing Brian J. Andrews’s State of the College Address. I haven’t been drinking much recently, and had almost forgotten what the inside of my toilet looked like.

Sincerely,

Michael A. Dickerson ‘01

The beauty of Pomona College is unsurpassed by most colleges I have visited in the US. There are only a handful of educational institutions that can claim the majesty of a Mount Baldy in their backyards as a backdrop for fine architecture and beautiful landscapes. Pomona and its students are lucky to have such aesthetically pleasing surroundings, and it takes but a simple e-mail from friends at school in Philadelphia, Boston and the winter misery that is the Midwest to remind us of the luxury we often take for granted. More

In a letter to the editor last week ASPC President Brian Andrews addressed happenings at Pomona College last semester and looked forward to the remainder of this semester. But instead of a candid reflection on the good and bad things about Pomona, Andrews offers an airbrushed portrait of the college that reads like a cross between a Shakesperean Sonnet and a Stalininst propaganda poster. More