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Students
Debate as Snack Moves South
By Ashley Langsdorf
Staff Writer
In the last two weeks, neither peace
marches nor student rights that have inflamed the campus,
but rather the location of Pomona’s 10:30pm Snack.
“The war in Iraq was a relatively
minor event at Pomona compared with the Snack issue,”
said Dean of Students Ann Quinley.
Sunday through Thursday nights students
take a break from studying and down chili dogs, nachos,
pizza, doughnuts, and other tasty goodies.
Colleges
See Rise in Crime, Students Urged to Be Careful
By Lori DesRochers
News Associate
In September, a female sophomore was
robbed at gun point behind Mudd-Blaisdell and since
the beginning of the academic year, students at Pomona
have received at least six security alert emails from
the various deans of the Claremont Colleges. These messages
alerted students to incidents of armed robbery, attempted
sexual assault, intrusion, burglary, and other similar
offenses.
The frequency of these messages reflects
an increase in crime and suspicious incidents at the
Claremont Colleges.
Alcohol
Could Be Served Late at Café
By Caitlin Collins
Staff Writer
This week, Pomona was able to secure
the City of Claremont’s approval to extend the
Sagehen Café’s current liquor license,
paving the way for a Pomona pub.
“In the past it has been more
difficult to get a liquor license approved through the
city,” said ASPC President Ari Greenberg ’04,
“the extension consists of extending the hours
that beer and wine can be served from 9pm to 12am, and
being able to serve beer and wine outside. Currently,
the Sagehen Café can only serve alcohol up to
9 o’clock at night.”
Pending secondary approval from the
California Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Sagehen Café
will serve a dual role as bar-restaurant.
Statistics May Be Misleading in Athlete Admissions
By Sarah Kuriakose
Staff Writer
The general admission rate for the Pomona
College class of 2007 was an ultra-competitive 20 percent.
The admission for recruited women’s basketball
athletes in the Pomona College class of 2007 was a much
less competitive 50 percent.
Based on numbers alone, it seems, being
a recruited athlete can more than double a prospective
freshman’s chance of admission. Along with this
conclusion comes the concern that recruited athletes
may be admitted even if they are academically inferior
to their future classmates.
New
President Aims to Break the Pomona 'Bubble'
By Kyle Warneck
News Associate
In his Inaugural Address, President
David Oxtoby announced his intention to restore Pomona
to its place as the happiest college in the country.
“The next step to move forward,
in my view, is to encourage students to break out of
what they refer to as the Claremont Colleges ‘bubble’:
the delightful but somewhat artificial world that seems
to confine them to our campuses twenty-four hours a
day and seven days a week,” Oxtoby said.
Students
Go Online to Get Grades
By Jay Antenen
Staff Writer
The My.Pomona Web Portal (my.pomona.edu),
released Wednesday Pomona’s Registrar Office,
is likely to change the way students access information
from the course catalog and their academic transcripts.
My.Pomona offers students the ability to view their
GPAs, search the 5C course schedule and check their
email all from one website.
Using the portal for the first time,
Chelsea DeWitt ’06 exclaimed “wow”
each time she found a new feature. “I think the
site is really cool,” she said. “It will
be really useful. I like the feature that allows me
to email my professors directly from the site.”
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