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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 Ashley Langsdorf
Staff Writer

While summer may mean freedom from classes, lectures, and midterms, many Pomona students do not slow down and relax.

“Pomona students are very active. It doesn’t stop with school. Many students hold internships over the summer,” said ASPC President Ari Greenberg ’04.


Professor Transitions from Tokyo to Pomona
 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.


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.


 

Senate Briefs
SECURITY BRIEFS
 

Thanks, but no thanks.
10/8/03 20:48
Officer finds a backpack containing a wallet on Walker Beach. The student is contacted, but the student claims that they left the items there on purpose while waiting for the paint to dry on Walker Wall.

Make love not war
10/9/03 01:20
Surveillance operators find what appears to be two males fighting at Mudd-Blaisdell. Officers respond and determine that the students were not really fighting, and they both return to their rooms.

It was a real emergency
10/9/03 03:10
An R.A. requests assistance with a loud noise complaint. Officers arrive and find 88 telephone books in front of theR.A.’s room and one other room. The wall of telephone books is removed.

He thought he was at the dump
10/9/03 13:32
A groundsman reports a truck dumping foliage near The Wash. The subject claims that an alumnus had given them permission to do so. Officers advise the subject to stop dumping.

This is exactly why we pay Camp Sec
10/9/03 22:11
A female student requests assistance getting a riding boot off of her roommate’s foot, as it was starting to cut off circulation. Officers begin to respond, but the shoe had already come off.

They wanted their message to stick
10/10/03 06:00
Staff at Frank Dining Hall reports that a group named Mufti had written cryptic messages with markers on tables and glass. Some of the messages soaked into the wood and were unremovable.

Damaged beyond belief
10/10/03 08:26
A professor reports that her vehicle had been damaged while it was parked in the Carnegie Lot. The police file a report.

It’s so crazy right now
10/10/03 10:08
An unlocked Schwinn bicycle is stolen from the Lawry C Tower.

The lack of hair tipped them off
10/10 18:28
Officers spot a suspicious bald black male on a bicycle. When officers approach him, he runs away.

Snow White and the Seven Drunkards
10/10/03 23:02
Officer reports seven males carrying backpacks, possibly containing alcohol, entering the Smith Campus Center party. The subjects are all from off campus and the female host does not have enough guest passes. The guests are escorted off campus.

It rhymed with Bagina
10/11/03 12:24
An R.A. reports vandalism with profanity on the exterior wall of Frary Dining Hall.

Party at Campus Safety: The Pre-Party
10/11/03 22:45
An R.A. reports a keg at an unauthorized party at the cottages. Officers confiscate the keg and lock it up.

He was tired of standing
10/12/03 00:55
An officer guarding equipment and furniture at Marston Quad sees a student taking off with chairs. Officers catch up with him and he returns the chairs.

Party at Campus Safety: The Post-Party
10/12/03 00:56
Officers report a large party at Lawry with a keg. The keg is confiscated and locked up.

Now he’ll have to ride the bus
10/12/03 12:31
A bicycle is stolen from Smith Campus Center.

Way to deal with the issue
10/12/03 13:43
An R.A. reports that a male student had moved his belongings into a female student’s empty room. When she arrives and finds all of his stuff there, she decides to go home until the situation is resolved.

Remix to Ignition
10/13/03 21:45
The officer who is assigned to the party at Smith Campus Center arrives and finds only the alcohol server. He contacts an administrator and discovers that the party had been moved to the Greek Theater. Students tap the keg at the Greek Theater and progress with their social activity, but since there is no alcohol server, the keg is untapped by an officer. When the server finds the party, the keg is retapped.