Protester Nancy Hanna '03

Preemptively Protesting for Peace
By Jeff Horwitz
News Editor

Dozens of five-college students chanting and waving homemade signs among the crowd in Los Angeles gave evidence of the growing strength of the on-campus anti-war movement in Claremont. The rally was organized by Not in Our Name (NION), a national coalition of celebrities and intellectuals united against war.

New Group Will Respond to Hate Crimes
By Nathan Fisher
Managing Editor

As a result of a collaborative effort between an anonymous group of students and Dean of Students Ann Quinley over the summer break, Pomona now has a hate crime protocol and a new joint student-administration task force to spearhead the college's future response to hate crimes and bias-related incidents on campus. A document titled "Guidelines for Reporting and for College Response to Hate Crimes and Bias-Related Incidents," which has been informally circulating among interested groups since the beginning of the academic year, is now officially in effect and will be added to the student handbook beginning next year.

2002 CCLA Budget Bursting at Seams
By Connor O'Rourke
News Writer

With an annual budget of $65,000, the Committee for Campus Life and Activities (CCLA) holds the largest piece of the student-body budget pie, weighing in this year at a total over $200,000. The CCLA budget is somewhat down from the $71,000 it was last year but in comparison to the $20,000 it was during the 1998-1999 school year, it represents a significant increase in programming funding.

Changes Instituted to Quiet North Campus and Students' Complaints
By Justin duRivage
News Writer

Numerous students from north campus have complained, both to The Student Life and to the Office of Student Affairs about the noise stemming from the Greenhouse facility. In addition to the early-morning noise caused by the Greenhouse's operation, the alarm used to guard the greenhouse has been tripped a half-dozen times this semester, disturbing north campus residents in the early hours of the morning.

Washington State U. Blood Centers Ban Gay Men from Donating
By Myiah Hutchens
Daily Evergreen (Washington State University)

Many Washington State University students donate blood every year, and every year some are turned away due to health factors and lifestyle choices. There is a long list of reasons why people can't donate blood; if they have gotten a tattoo or body piercing in the last year, if they ever have been paid for sex, if they are undergoing cancer treatment or if they are on antibiotics to name a few. A requirement that many are not aware of is the ban against the blood of any man that has had a sexual experience with another man.