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Michael Moore Still Controversial, Portly
By Brandon Routman
Staff Writer
On Thursday night, Michael Moore came
to Pomona and probably made some controversial statements.
Although I am writing this article beforehand (surely
a journalistic faux pas), I think making this claim
is a fairly safe bet. Based upon his body of work, it
is obvious he does not pull many political punches,
and because of this he is both highly-acclaimed and
severely reviled.
Think
About Today Before Tomorrow
By Alex Jakle
Staff Writer
The next time you are reading or studying for a test,
ask yourself: “Why am I doing this?” You
may find that you are doing your work because you like
the subject material and want to learn more about it.
However, you may also realize that your only compelling
reason to do it is “Because I’m supposed
to.” If this is the case, I can hear your rationalizations
already: “I have to study to do well on this test
so I can get a good grade in this class so I can major
in that, and I have to major in that to go to graduate
school in this so I can get a good job and buy a house
and feed my cat.”
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Rant
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Rant
Farm: Ronald McDonald, the Sadist
By Chris Meyer
Opinions Editor
In all my years on this planet,
there is one person I have never understood: The
Hamburglar. Or perhaps I should say that I understood
his motivations (the dude just wants to eat);
I just never understood how he related to the
rest of the denizens of McDonaldland. Throughout
vast amounts of madcap misadventures aired during
Transformers and DuckTales commercial breaks back
in the day, The Hamburglar would “robble”
a sackful of smiling, beady-eyed hamburgers who
would consequently cry out in anguish and alert
Mayor McCheese or Ronald himself.
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South
Deserves Respect
By Juan Matute
Webmaster
The poet Christopher Bridges (aka:
the rapper Ludacris) once said “If anyone
talk bad about the Dirty South/Tell me what I'm
gon do? Act a fool!”
It seems many Pomona students
have failed to heed Bridges’ warning. The
political correctness on Pomona’s campus
seemingly does not extend to South-bashing.
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Inauguration Lights
Gaudy, Unnecessary
By Peter Douglas
Staff Writer
Last Thursday evening, as I walked out
of a classroom onto Marston Quad, I was visually assaulted,
not by streaking students exuberantly celebrating the
weekend, but by a college-sponsored test of the light
arrangement for Saturday’s inauguration festivities.
This was no ordinary collection of colored lights, however;
every building within striking distance of the quad
was coated in a cacophony of bright neon lights, while
the quad’s trees were washed in green light, giving
them the look of a haunted, yet well-lit, forest. While
many students were impressed by the light show, I found
it unbearably gaudy; in the words of Sinead Hunt ’05,
it was “utterly over the top.” The inauguration
weekend as a whole was a spectacular success, but the
lights that accompanied it were not. Instead they were
a distracting display of tackiness and a ridiculous
waste of energy and money.
Nobel
Prize Clutch
By Laurel McFadden
Staff Writer
The political scene of the twenty-first
century is ruled by propaganda. Policies are considered
in the vaguest terms possible, leaving most of us ignorant
of the consequences of propositions passed and officials
bought into office. On such a stage the leaders of today
are expected to delegate justice to their own citizens,
while maintaining flawless international harmony.
Relaxation Key to
a Healthy Student Lifestyle
By Cathy Hwang
Staff Writer
About ten days ago, I was a stressed-out
mess. In one week, I had two midterms, a quiz, a big
paper, a small paper, and an abstract due, not to mention
a load of reading that was probably enough to keep the
entire population of Santo Domingo occupied for several
decades. By Tuesday (midterm day), I was getting physically
sick—the final tightening of that hangman’s
nook in my stomach. That morning, halfway to ID 1, I
got chills and felt like throwing up. Wobbly-kneed,
I proceeded back to my dorm, took some Advil, and slept
for two hours. Then I woke up and took an Economics
midterm.
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