New BYO Policy Voted in by SAC

Matthew Preusch

Last Friday the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) voted to make a substantive change to the school’s alcohol policy. The rewritten guidelines, which come as a reaction to the months of legal difficulty with the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) of California, will allow for "bring-your-own-beer" parties on campus. [con't]

KOE Banned From On Campus Facilities

Liz Fasse

On Wednesday, March 24, the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) ruled in the case brought against the on-campus fraternity Kappa Omega Epsilon (KOE) for alleged misconduct . The fraternity had been charged with "violation of quiet hours," "failure to comply with the requests of campus security," and "disorderly conduct," as the result of an incident which occurred at the end of last semester. [con't]

RAs Selected, To See Less Money in Future

Neel Garlapati

Last Friday Associate Dean of Campus Life Jill Hawthorne and the RA selection committee received responses to last Wednesday’s RA selections. 23 new RAs were selected, 10 women and 13 men, from a pool of 35 applicants.

The selection committee consisted of Hawthorne, 3 at-large seniors (Andy Gill, Andrew Horwitz, and Yii-Jan Lin), and 3 members of RHS (Paul Ceron, Andrea Osgood and Amy Roza). Horwitz said, "It was a long process, with a really good pool of applicants." The selection process included a written application with 7 essay questions, two letters of recommendation, an interview involving two role-plays, and an interview with Hawthorn and another dean or director in Student Affairs or Campus Life. [con't]

Hawthorne to Leave Campus Life

Chris Schraeder

Associate Dean of Campus Life Jill Hawthorne is leaving next year to resume her doctoral studies program in Education at UC Irvine. June 30 will be her last day.

Her decision is based on the time restraints between working a full-time job and being a student. "I want to focus on my education," she explained, "and there is no way to cut back on responsibility as Associate Dean. It’s important to me to commit more fully as I head into the second half [of my studies]. And I have a personal life that I’d like to spend more time in." [con't]

Security Briefs

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Wednesday, March 31, 10:53pm. An officer found a group of 7-8 people outside of Walton Commons with three video camers. They were filming the building and conducting interviews. They were advised that they needed authorization to film on campus and left. [con't]

Senate Briefs

Associate Dean of Students Neil Gerard updated the Senate on the school’s negotiations with the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). Gerard reported that Pomona’s attorney had sent a legal opinion to the ABC, and the agency had rejected the arguments therein. Gerard added that the ABC was of the opinion that it is in the interest of the state of California to not issue licenses which would be used for undergraduate events. Assistant Director of the Campus Center Dave Swenson said that he had conducted an informal telephone survey of other private colleges in the state. The results of the inquiry made it apparent that most schools were disallowing alcoholic events on campus. [con't]