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Women's Union Not Fulfilling Mission
By Amy McDaniel
A&F Editor
Inviting a discussion of the proper
place of the Women’s Union (WU) reeks, unfortunately,
of the age-old discussion of the proper place of women
in society. As we know and should keep reminding ourselves,
gender is fluid and negotiable, and only bad can come
of prescribing what women or men should or should not
say, do, wear, or screw.
Colombia
a Black Hole for US Aid
By Cathy Hwang
Staff Writer
It must not be hard to work for the
Colombian Tourism Bureau; Colombia holds so many world
records that can be included in tourism promotional
materials. Colombia claims to be Latin America’s
oldest democracy—which is true, if you define
“democracy” as disorder, chaos, and lack
of stability. Another world record: for the past twenty
years, Colombia has been the world’s leading cocaine
exporter. It started out as merely a stop in the assembly
line of cocaine production, but now it not only processes
other countries’ cocaine; it also grows its own.
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Armageddon Does Not Need To Happen
By Chris Meyer
Opinions Editor
The So-Cal fires have come and
gone, the ash swept away into gutters and landfills.
But the cause of the fires still remains a mystery.
Some blame out-of-work firefighters; others blame
bark beetles or avant-garde film directors. But
the smart money might lie on solar flares, already
trumped up in the media to be the next “big
scare” in the media today, following the
long and proud tradition upheld by such ubiquitous
non-disasters as Killer Bees, El Nino (Spanish
for “The Nino”), West Nile Virus,
and Joe Millionaire. The problem, though, is that
this time there might actually be cause for serious
concern, if late October’s inferno was any
indication. According to cnn.com, the tripolar
group of sunspots on the sun’s surface which
caused these solar flares might be aimed right
back at us within a few weeks.
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Marriage Protection Week Overlooked
By Cieran Rockwell
Contributing Writer
The week of October 12 was very exciting
for Pomona College, primarily because of the arrival
of Michael Moore and the onset of Fall Break. In the
excitement surrounding those two events, I think it
was generally overlooked that the week had also been
declared National Marriage Protection Week by President
Bush, a week dedicated to “preserving the sacred
institution of marriage from those who would define
it as ‘a group of any size or mix of sexes’.”
It was mentioned briefly by Michael Moore but, I think,
largely missed by the Pomona community.
Pomona Falls Behind on Renewable Energy
By Peter Douglas
Staff Writer
I love Pomona College. It is by far
the best college in this nation and probably the world,
and anyone who says otherwise is delusional. Yet despite
the boundless affection I hold for Pomona, I cannot
help but admit that, in one area, it is falling behind
many of its peer institutions: Pomona is not doing enough
to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions it produces and
to reform the way it uses energy. Some may consider
this a relatively small issue for a liberal arts college,
yet the contrast between Pomona and many similar schools
on this issue is becoming increasingly glaring. If Pomona
wants to remain a leader among American colleges, we
must make much greater strides in ending the environmental
impact of our energy use.
Fulbright Program Slow to Settle Inequities
By Laurel McFadden
Staff Writer
On October 21, the United States government
announced that the Fulbright Scholarship would be reopened
to the citizens of Iraq. I will be the first to admit
that my knowledge of foreign policy is hardly up to
date or complete, but surprise definitely figured into
my reaction of, “why was it closed in the first
place?”
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