First Years Demonstrate Ambivalent Attitudes About Talking SMAC
By Kristine Yen
Staff Writer
I’ll be honest: I had perfectly solid plans of leaving the Talking SMAC program right after signing in on Sunday morning. I had no doubt that the program was a completely valid and important program, just not for me. After all, I’m Chinese! How racist could I be?
Weekends Offer Few Options for Students
By Robin Starr
Opinions Associate
Friday nights this semester: doing stats homework until 10 pm, ordering cheeseless pizza, staying up until 3:30 trying to beat Super Mario 3, making vegan Sundaes and sitting at the RA desk, then blasting really bad music in my room until I get multiple noise complaints. These are actual nights, actual stories of nothing to do on campus.
Government Must Find Balance Between Pacifism and Militancy
By Justin duRivage
Opinions Associate
Peace is a great thing. After the pain and fear of September 11, I want nothing more than to stop worrying about sirens and loud noises, to no longer see daily scenes of carnage, and to return to regularly scheduled television. I sympathize with the slogans on Walker Wall that implore peace.
The Grass Grows Greener, But Really Shouldn’t
By Peter Douglas
Staff Writer
Every night at Pomona hundreds of students descend on Frary to get a pre-bed snack of milk and cookies or to fuel up for an all night battle with linear algebra. And every night as these students walk to Frary, the sprinklers turn on, spraying gallon after gallon of water on Pomona’s abundant and neatly arranged lawns.
Breaking Home Run Records Trivializes All-American Game
By David Dilworth
Staff Writer
In 1991, Cecil Fielder hit 51 home runs, and, at the time, it was an absolutely incredible accomplishment. No one had hit 50 in decades, and the baseball world fell in love with this pudgy designated hitter from Detroit.
