Pomona Should Rethink Frat Policies

With the allegations against Phi Delta continuing to amass, very serious questions are being asked about just what our fraternities are doing. The Dean of Campus Life is investigating these charges and is looking for a speedy resolution.

Meanwhile, other fraternities have problems of their own. KOE has been banned from using social rooms for the rest of the semester because of an incident involving violence last fall. Zeta Psi is not even acknowledged by the College because of their national affiliation. [con't]

Ironic Campaigns Subvert Elections

It’s that time of year again.

We hear that a lot. We suppose spring is just "that time" for everything. Housing, sponsors, RAs, Senate elections.

Senate elections. . . again. Does this mean we are going to get fed the same stuff just like last year by a different group of people who think more or less the same?

Possibly. [con't]

Witnesses Condemn Phi Delta

Editor,

In response to the TSL’s article from last week, "Anonymous Group Attacks Phi Delta," we would like to make some additions and clarify a few points. Phi Delta President D’Olier claims that the fraternity "does not in any way accord [sic] the degradation or objectification of women," and that "there is not a single thing on that list that includes getting with women." However, as Megan Purn reports in her article, women were approached by initiates with requests that included tying them up and photographing them. [con't]

Phi Delta Has Right to a Defense

Editor,

As a recent pledge of the Phi Deltas I feel that it is important to address some of the issues being discussed by the student body in regard to the fraternity. In light of the recent accusations the members of Phi Delta, both individually and collectively, have come under, what I consider, unfair criticism.

In no way do I intend to attack the anonymous group nor any of its supporters, by writing this letter. They are concerned members of this school’s community who are simply responding to an institution that they perceive as a threat to the high ideals of Pomona College. What I do intend to criticize is the method that they have chosen to express their concern. [con't]

Phi Delta Party Cut Was Wrong

Editor,

I am a member of the Phi Delta Fraternity. I do not intend this as a response to the recent allegations against Phi Delta. I am writing this letter because I like parties.

Phi Delta’s Motown is historically one of the biggest, wildest, and most enjoyable affairs of the year. Motown was scheduled for April 3, and in accordance with ABC’s alcohol policies, this Motown was to be a free event. Unfortunately, on March 30 Associate Dean of Students Neil Gerard canceled Motown. Gerard made this rash and hasty decision the same day an anonymous group posted flyers containing unsubstantiated accusations about the fraternity’s initiation. As reported in the April 2 edition of The Student Life, the ASPC Senate is currently considering the accusations. [con't]

BFS Alternative Should Be Found

Editor,

The parcel of land which includes the Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station was, indeed, given by Ellen Scripps in the 1920s – to *Scripps* College. In 1976, a new trust bought this land from Scripps, and the new deed, the one currently in effect, says only that the land must be used for educational uses – it never says new colleges, only institutions, and the BFS is an institution – and it SPECIFICALLY states that a field station is acceptable use of the land. No date of any kind is given on which that would cease to be the case, nor does the deed specify that this is only a tax dodge and should be demolished at the first opportunity, which is essentially what CUC is claiming. [con't]

Workers’ Rights Need Our Support

Editor,

The student worker support committee is fighting for consistent protection of the rights of the food service workers. Management has been ineffective in responding to their needs. Our group has documented more than fifty complaints from Pomona workers alone. This number only includes those who are willing to put their names to their complaints. In addition, almost half the workers of the Claremont Colleges had the courage to sign the petition that is their list of demands despite intimidation from management. This is the same petition that 2,670 students from the Claremont Colleges signed. [con't]

TSL Is Political Front for ASPC

Editor,

The wheels of capitalism are greased with the blood of the proletariat, and the coffers of your rueful publication soiled more so with the bloodmoney of the student class.

Actions by your Opinons staff, in the April 2, 1999 issue of TSL show your organization to be what it truly is; a subversive front for the ASPC and its continuous attempts to silence, discredit, and destroy all opposition. [con't]

Obituary Lacked New Information

Editor,

I just wish to say that as I read the article on Professor Mullikin last week, I found myself somewhat disturbed to see that almost all the information in the article could be obtained either from the e-mails sent to the students by Dean Hans Palmer and the Mathematics Department, or on the web at Gary and Harry’s Homepage (www.idyllwild.com/members/hmullikin/) and at the Welcome to Pomona College! page (www.pomona.edu/).

From a professional point of view, the article presented little new information, only summarizing what was generally already available to the public. [con't]