William Eggleston's "Memphis" depicts a scene from the city of his birth.

Strange Days: A Look at the 60s Through Pictures
By Tim Anderegg
Staff Writer

“Strange Days: A Look at the Sixties Through Pictures,” the current photography exhibit at the Getty Center by three different artists, chronicles art throughout the era of the sixties. The photographers– Gerry Winogrand, William Eggleston and Diane Arbus– all focus somewhat differently on common themes of strangeness and change that reflect that volatile period. From the social upheavals of the civil rights and women’s lib movements to the cultural revolution embodied in the hippies, all is viewed through the objective view of the camera lens.

Translation Lecture Spurs Talks
By Krystyna Wamboldt
Staff Writer

The first in the fall series of lectures sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College (PBI) brought speaker John Nathan to discuss with both students and faculty different obstacles found in translating text from one language to another. Titled “The Translator’s Art: Basic Problems in Different Languages,” Nathan’s talk discussed the importance of capturing not only the meaning of the original text in its translated version, but also the importance of retaining the author’s style.

The Almighty Quarter
By Misha Chellam
Staff Writer

The quarter –the quarter is the best unit of currency in America today. Pennies and nickels are cute but worthless, and dimes are too skinny. All of these small coins have physicality, but they lack worth: a handful might buy a few gummy worms at the local candy store. Basically, they don’t work.

Dick on Food: Cheap Beer Taste Test
By Eddie Dick
Staff Writer

These are trying times, economically. The unemployment rate for August was 6.1 percent, and job prospects for those of us facing graduation in eight months are looking grim. It was just a few years ago that Pomona seniors could boast $10K signing bonuses, stock options, and jobs that offered free massages and Sony PlayStations in the break room. These were times when students’ dorm rooms were stocked with single malt scotch, and beers with names such as “Anchor Steam” and “Sierra Nevada” were commonly witnessed inside refrigerators.

$5 Review
Compiled by Joel Calahan of KSPC 88.7FM

Lord of the Rings Review
By Sam Cross
Staff Writer

It’s generally agreed upon that film adaptations are worse than the books from which they were adapted. Unless the book in question is very, very bad, this usually holds true. Many narratives do not transition happily to film, tending to seem either rudely forced (Mansfield Park) or too slavishly devoted to its source (the Harry Potter films).

Anything Else Review
By Kate Brokaw
A&F Associate

For all the weight-obsessed whining that Christina Ricci does in Anything Else, she sure sinks the movie like a lead balloon. Not to say that she’s the only one at fault here– the thirty-third feature film of Woody Allen’s once-illustrious career is just another in his recent line of stinkers. There’s not even any subtle charm to Anything Else, or even a hint of the good-naturedness that managed to partially redeem his recent Small Time Crooks. With Allen finally losing his grasp on the fine line between neurotic and insufferably horrible, Anything Else is both unfunny and mind-numbingly tedious.

Dead Again: The Dead Deliver a Solid Performance at Irvine
By Sameer Bajaj
A&F Staff Writer

It can’t be easy being Jimmy Herring. Although he possesses an astounding technical ability and musical sense that would be valuable to any band, fans will always be quick to scrutinize his every fault and misstep. That’s because the new lead guitarist of the Dead (formerly the Grateful Dead) has been asked to replace Jerry Garcia, arguably the most beloved rock icon of all time. For almost 30 years, Garcia and the Grateful Dead toured America with a unique brand of psychedelic rock/jazz/country. While they never achieved much commercial success, they developed an unshakably loyal fan base that followed the band across the country year after year.

Pasteries in Prague
By Michael Owen
Contributing Writer

A traditional Czech dessert is made by assembling something delightful from fresh ingredients and then adding raisins, thus rendering it inedible. You do not have to add raisins; some people add dates or prunes. The thinking seems to be that if it is a fruit most people despise that has been sapped of its life-giving moisture, it is well-suited for the top or center of a pastry. If you are a foreigner who is served the pastry, you must choose whether to offend your host with a gesture of revulsion, or collect your belongings and run.