Multicolored lights illuminate the walls of the Smith Campus Center as members of the Pomona College community gather in the courtyard for a Chicago-Style reception honoring the inauguration of Pomona's ninth president, David Oxtoby. For more photos, click here.

Pomona Celebrates with a Global Focus
By Kyle Warneck
News Associate

Last weekend Pomona College spared no expense in celebrating the inauguration of David Oxtoby as Pomona’s ninth president. The gala event, set on the weekend between Oxtoby’s first meeting of the Board of Trustees and Founder’s day, lasted from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. The events ranged from a casual bike ride to formal ceremonies and an academic symposium. As part of the celebration, Pomona welcomed representatives from colleges and universities from around the world including several college presidents. The weekend both celebrated Pomona’s past and looked eagerly to the future.

Sagehen Server Shut Down by ITS
By Jay Antenen
Staff Writer

Pomona’s Information Technology Services shut down the Sagehen Server on October 9, at the request of the Scripps Information Technology department.

A message on the site’s homepage (http://sagehen.dyndns.org) said, “So, Sagehen Server is no longer here and will probably not be back. ITS disconnected the site and claims the site violates the acceptable use policy.”

The website had allowed students to search computers on the five Claremont Colleges for over 4.5 terabytes of music, movies, essays, programs and images. None of the content was stored on the server but the website offered a link to the content on the provider’s computer.

Construction Noise in Mason Disturbs Faculty and Students
By Logan Steiner
Staff Writer

Students and faculty with classes in Mason Hall have had to contend with a barrage of unpleasant noises during their class sessions this year. Renovations are being performed on the south end of Mason to create more office and laboratory space.

Many language and psychology department faculty members in Mason have inadequate office and research space, making this renovation “very necessary” according to Associate Dean of the College Patricia Smiley. The temporary remodeling process will conclude in December. However a major renovation of Mason is scheduled to begin in 2006. At that time, the building will be gutted and all offices, classrooms, and research facilities will be remodeled.

ASPC Seeks Summer Internship Funds
By Lori DesRochers
News Associate

The walls of Peter Flueckiger’s office are covered with literally hundreds of novels, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and anthologies. The spines of the books are lined with Japanese characters, making them indecipherable to everyone but the most dedicated of Japanese scholars, and even then, their contents probably wouldn’t interest most.

“This one is a list of every book written in Japan before the Meiji restoration,” Flueckiger says, his eyes glowing with excitement behind thick-framed glasses. Moving his prized rare book collection from Tokyo, Japan, to Claremont was tough; the transition from graduate school student to professor at Pomona College was not.

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Professor Transitions from Tokyo to Pomona
By Logan Steiner
Staff Writer

If all goes according the Oldenborg Task Force Committee (OTFC) to Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations might not be used as a language dormitory in upcoming years. The current language sections might instead be replaced by a “village” of language houses and a common facility.

The OTFC was appointed last year by Dean of the College Gary Kates to evaluate Oldenborg’s role at Pomona.

Iraq Talk Draws Over Three Hundred Students
By Edward Wexler-Beron
Contributing Writer

A conservative speaker at Pomona criticizing the United States’ current policy in Iraq?

“I never would have expected to hear this viewpoint on Pomona’s campus,” said a surprised Zack Grieman, class of ’07.

Tuesday night at Edmunds ballroom, a crowd of over 300 students heard Danielle Pletka speak about her belief that the U.S. has missed multiple opportunities in rebuilding Iraq, and that we must rely more on the Iraqi people in our efforts to create a stable democracy there. Her speech was based on her opinion that the U.S. government made the correct decision to remove Saddam Hussein, a decision that should have been made in the first Gulf War.

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