Hal Wershow '07 rocks out amidst large crowds in the Rains Center. The gymnasium played host to the annual Harwood Halloween concert.

Four Sent to Hospital at a Rainy Harwood Halloween Celebration
By Lori DesRochers
News Associate

For the first time in seven years, the Harwood Halloween concert and party were allowed to continue late into the night without a single noise complaint or threat of being shut down.

However, cold, rainy weather forced the Committe on Campus Life and Activities (CCLA) to move the Harwood Courtyard afterparty into Edmunds Ballroom, and the sub-free party into Frary—a location too small for the highly anticipated lasertag game.

“This year we were really really hoping to bring the party back to Harwood courtyard. I was so excited, and I thought that it would have been amazing, but the rain caused us to change plans at about noon on Friday and come up with a completely new setup,” said CCLA Co-Chair of Annual Events Megan Cribbs ’06, one of the key organizers of the event. “I was really disappointed at first that the party was moved, but I think that the Smith Campus Center ended up working out really well.”

As Textbook Prices Skyrocket, Students Look Beyond Borders
By Sarah Kuriakose
Staff Writer

Every college student has walked out of the bookstore the week before classes commence at least a few hundred dollars poorer.

College textbook prices in the United States have risen in recent years and a standard calculus text can cost as much as $150.

Recently, students looking for alternatives have found a shocking price difference in identical international editions of their textbooks offered on the Internet. For example, both Amazon.com and Huntley Bookstore offer the Oxtoby text Science of Change for $130, but Amazon.co.uk charges only $59 USD plus shipping.

Success in New Rankings Reflects Positive Trend
By Ashley Langsdorf
Staff Writer

There is hardly a person at Pomona who has not heard of the College’s fourth place ranking by U.S. News & World Report, and its position as second happiest school in the nation at least a dozen times.

“We’re very happy to be where we are,” said Bruce Poch, Dean of Admissions, “to be able to slap down the magazine and say we’re top four gives us a certain nod to credibility. Sometimes it is helpful to kids whose parents are obsessing about big universities and big name schools to see this impressive number.”

Orientation Adventure Likely Mandatory for Future Freshmen
By Logan Steiner
Staff Writer

This year, well over half of incoming Pomona freshmen hiked, swam, and sailed their way into their Pomona experiences. In the past few years, an increasing number of freshmen students have elected to attend one of the many Orientation Adventure trips offered by the College. Before official freshmen orientation begins, these students are given the opportunity to perform community service, explore Los Angeles, or participate in a variety of outdoor trips.

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Oxtoby Calls for Renewed Emphasis on Fitness
By Kyle Warneck
News Associate

In a time where some liberal arts colleges are eliminating their football teams, President Oxtoby announced in his Inaugural Address that he intends to increase physical fitness at Pomona. In addition to promoting creative arts and breaking the Pomona bubble, student wellness was one of three themes Oxtoby identified for his presidency.

“I’m delighted that the new Claremont Consortium Wellness Center will by 2006 provide a state-of-the-art facility for health services, counseling, and wellness education. Matching this is a commitment from Pomona College to physical education and athletics,” he said in his address.

Bill Proposed to Curb College Costs, Pomona Administrators Unconcerned
By Caitlin Collins
Staff Writer

Despite being one of the wealthiest Colleges in the Nation, Pomona has been unable to escape the trend of increasing tuition in higher education. The College Board’s latest annual survey disclosed figures of raising tuition prices for colleges across the nation at the same time as a California Republican Congresssman has introduced a bill to penalize colleges and universities which raise tuition faster than the rate of inflation.

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