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| Many
members of the Farm community have expressed concern
over recent rule changes to the area, including
one that prohibits open fires. As a result of the
rule change,
students were forced to close
off a recently built fire pit. |
Farm
Adopts Controversial Rules
By Kyle
Warneck
Staff Writer
Amongst the trees and buildings crowded into the Pomona
College Organic Farm, visitors this week found a bright
blue industrial sign listing the Farm’s new rules
and regulations. The Farm Steering Committee, formed
last year and composed of interested students, professors
Hazlett, Worthington and Elderkin as well as members
of the administration, spent more than a year developing
the new rules. These rules are the most visible sign
of a new direction for the farm. The Steering Committee
is part of a new direction for the farm, with an emphasis
on its role as an educational resource for the college.
Pomona
Student Robbed at Gunpoint
By Caleb Oken-Berg
News Editor
A female sophomore was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday, while
she talked on her cellular phone behind Mudd-Blaisdell
dormitory. The attacker was described as a large, white
male in his late twenties wearing a skin-colored stocking
cap over his face. After demanding the student’s
cellular phone and keys, the suspect reportedly fled
southbound off campus.
Campus
Takes a Shot with New Alcohol Policy
By Ashley Langsdorf
News Staff Writer
Yellow fliers proclaiming “The
Pomona College Alcohol Policy” covered hallway
walls as incoming freshmen were gathered together and
lengthily told of the new restrictions and sanctions
of Pomona’s new alcohol policy.
FBI
Targets Local Activist, Pomona Students Rush to Aid
By
Lori Desrochers
News Associate
A local peace activist and environmentalist
suspected of vandalizing West Covina car dealerships
was released from custody Monday evening. Josh Connole,
25, was arrested on Friday outside Regen V, a residential
Cooperative where over a dozen residents, including
two current Pomona College students and recent graduates
of Pomona, Scripps, and Harvey Mudd, are dedicated to
ecological conservation and peace.
SCC
Basement Up in the Air
By Sarah Kuriakose
Staff
Writer
The offices in the basement of Smith
Campus Center, originally allocated for student use,
may not be completely returned to students until the
end of 2007. The current plans, which had intended to
return the offices by 2005, are now being reconsidered
by the administration, under the direction of new president
David Oxtoby. The new proposal would return part of
the basement at the end of this academic year, but full
return of the space would not occur until the end of
2007.
Sub-Free
Opening Still Raises Questions
By Caitlin Collins
Staff
Writer
In response to concerns about sexual abuse during the
first weeks of college and to provide new students with
an opportunity to experience their first days of college
without alcohol or drugs, Pomona College has continued
its own steps to decrease alcohol abuse with its annual
substance free opening.
Pomona
Housing Crunch Continues
By Jay Antenen
Staff
Writer
Sophomores stuck in trailers
may think differently, but according to College administrators,
the 6.7 percent increase in the size of freshmen class
this year is not to blame for the housing crunch on
campus.
Students
Debate Dean
By
Justin duRivage
News Editor
Extra chairs were moved into the Frank Blue room and
the event started 20 minutes late. Yet despite the delay,
last Friday The Pomona Student Union, PSU, opened its
first event of the year to a packed house.
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