Dr. David W. Oxtoby will become President of Pomona College in July.

David Oxtoby Named President
By Caleb Oken-Berg
Staff Writer

After a nine-month search, involving more than 200 applicants, countless interviews, and a series of campus visits by the finalists, Dr. David Oxtoby was named as the ninth president of Pomona College by the board of trustees Monday.

"From academic credentials to administrative experience to his outstanding credentials as a researcher and a teacher, [Oxtoby] had the complete package," said trustee Paul Eckstein '62, who chaired the Presidential Search Committee. "I think it's fair to call him a Renaissance person."

Pomona Student Dispatched to Gulf
By Jeff Horwitz
Staff Writer

Last Thursday at 10 am, while most other Claremont College Students were waking up for classes, Lance Corporal Nesvig boarded a military aircraft flying to an unknown destination in the Persian Gulf. Though only one of thousands of US Marine Reservists to be activated and sent overseas in the last month and a half, Lance Corporal Nesvig is the only one who is also a Pomona student.

Nesvig is better known at Pomona as Paul. Last semester, he was a Junior Philosophy major, as well as a tight end on the Pomona-Pitzer football squad and a member of Kappa Delta Fraternity. His student life was put on hold, however, when he was activated by the Marines on January 14. In the past few weeks he has completed his final training at Camp Pendleton in San Diego and is now among the estimated 135,000 American troops already present in the Persian Gulf.

Head Sponsors Announced
By Conor O'Rourke
News Associate

The Class of 2007 began to take shape this week as the three new head sponsors were announced after a rigorous selection process three weeks in the making. Christina Elmore '04, Tony Forte '04, and Andres Lopez '04 were chosen from a highly qualified applicant pool of three current sophomores and seven current juniors to succeed head sponsors Alex Minshew '03, Meredith Small '03, and Jason Torres-Rengel '03.

Alcohol Use Report Released
By Jenny Mertz-Shea
News Associate

Last week, the Committee for Investigating Alcohol Culture at Pomona College (CIACPC) released a report of its findings.

The report, which is available online at www. aspc.pomona.edu, is the end result of the CIACPC's month-long data collection efforts. Committee members conducted an anonymous online student survey, multiple focus groups, and four open forums; they also profiled many individual students and campus social events.

"Our response rate was phenomenal," said CIACPC Chair Phil Kopczynski '03. "The amount of comments we received from students was almost overwhelming." The online survey garnered a 57% response rate, and Kopczynski said the Committee sorted through over 100 pages of written comments.

Pomona Students Cook Against Time in First-Ever Cast-Iron Chef Competition
By Adam Myers
Staff Writer

On Tuesday, February 11 Frank Dining Hall was transformed into Kitchen Stadium. Four teams of students competed, attempting to cook the best possible meal within one hour in Pomona College's first Cast-Iron Chef competition. The event, modeled after the hit Japanese TV show Iron Chef, drew many students who cheered on their friends as they raced against time to prove their culinary skills.