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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.
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.
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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