A Bundle of Hope, A Bundle
of Dejection
By Peter Douglas
Staff Writer
Every day at noon the mail rush begins. Students on their
way to lunch from their last morning class congregate in one
small corner of the Smith Campus Center, eager to see if they
were accepted to their prestigious summer internship, or if
their mom sent them cookies for Valentine's Day. Within a
few minutes the tiny mailroom is so packed that you can barely
move, and still more people continue to stream in. The jostling
bodies, all driven towards their individual boxes by the burning
desire for mail, form a surging mass of college student energy.
And then, five minutes later, the mailroom is silent and empty,
and all that's left of this daily ritual is an enormous mass
of colored paper lying in the recycling bin.
Uncovered: What Scott
Ritter Didn't Tell You
By James Soloman
Staff Writer
"Iraq's efforts to conceal their (weapons production)
capabilities, I believe, have been to disassemble weapons
into various components and to hide these components throughout
Iraq. I think the danger right now is that without effective
inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very
short period of time, measure the months, reconstitute chemical
and biological weapons, long-range ballistic missiles to deliver
these weapons, and even certain aspects of their nuclear weaponization."
--Scott Ritter, April 4.
Graduation: Leave Your
Dignity Behind
By Nancy Hanna
Copy Editor
It's that time of year again. The weather is getting warmer;
birds are starting to sing, and it's time to get to the beach.
Among the familiar sites of spring there is one that is particular
to north campus; specifically Walker Beach. Occasionally ,
but with more frequency as the year draws to a close, you
will see your senior friends. And are they dressed in their
familiar and comforting jeans and flip-flops? Nope. They are
carefully walking across walker beach in business suites and
ties and high heels, taking their first wobbly steps towards
a bright new future as productive members of society. They
are going for interviews. Oh, sure, I knew as a junior that
it would happen to me and I felt an empathy underlined with
pity for those seniors. But now I am one of them and it doesn't
feel good. I had an interview last month, and it's worse than
you think. Okay, fine; I can wear a skirt. And sure, I've
worn button down shirts. And heels, even though I don't own
any, can be fun. But the other day my friend Elizabeth uttered
a very, very ugly word: pantyhose. I haven't worn pantyhose
since they had ruffles on the butt.
Employee Layoff Hurts
Volunteering Efforts
By Michael Gechter
Contributing Writer
I have worked with Rita Wodinsky in a number of different
positions in my two years at Pomona and was shocked to read
that she would soon be fired. The implications of this decision
by the Claremont University Consortium and the Office of Chaplains
are disturbing. As Kyle Warneck explained in his article in
last week's TSL, Wodinsky is one of two volunteer coordinators
working for the Office of Chaplains at the McAllister center.
She is responsible for the volunteer study breaks designed
to recruit volunteers for various community organizations
that take place each semester. The other volunteer coordinator's
main responsibility is to organize the one-time volunteer
opportunities that McAllister offers. These include beach
cleanups, trail maintenance, and the alternative spring break.
Attendance Overrated
By Liz Rodriguez
Managing Editor
Having strict class attendance policies is purely ridiculous.
In general, going to class is enriching, a learning experience,
and all that. My problem is with professors who have the attendance
policies that make your grades go down by a full letter grade
if you miss more than one or two classes, as if attendance
is the most important indicator of your learning. Realistically,
unless you are a super-genius, you'd probably be unable to
get a great grade in that class if you missed too many periods.
If you are a super-genius who can master the course content
without being there, then you deserve that great grade. "What
about the importance of discussion?" some may ask. Don't
we all know that you can have perfect attendance at a class
without contributing once to class discussion? In any case,
for the terrifying amount most of us are going into debt in
order to afford these classes, it should be up to us to determine
how many classes we can miss.
Pay Me Dammit!
By Joshua Tremblay
Opinions Editor
Pomona College's financial structure favors the rich. Pomona
College's Office of Financial Aid does an incredible job of
making it possible for almost anyone to afford the extravagance
of Pomona. One of the most important aspects of the office's
packages are work-study jobs. These jobs theoretically provide
students with opportunities for earning income for personal
use, be it for books or just going out to dinner with friends.
This lowers the pressure on the student's parents to forward
even more money to the College, be it to a student or to the
administration. However, these jobs are less effective because
of the Business Office's pay structure and schedule.
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