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Salmonella Outbreak Inquiry Continues
By Krista Seymour
News Associate
Over the past week, dozens of Pomona students have experienced mild to severe salmonella symptoms, which have included mostly abdominal pains, but also diarreaha, dehydration, fever and nausea. As of last Monday, thirty-six people reported intestinal discomfort to the Student Health Center. Of those, 21 students were tested for salmonella. Twelve tested positive and one was hospitalized. Since then Frary Dining Hall has been closed, and no new cases have been reported. [con't]
EIR Appeal Denied by Claremont
By Bethany Woodard
News Associate
A victory was scored for Keck Graduate Institute last Tuesday when the Claremont City Council denied the appeal of the institute’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which was filed last March and approved by a number of commissions over the summer. The Friends of the Bernard Field Station, an organization that was formed in response to the filing of the EIR in early spring, appealed the committees’ certification, citing a number of detrimental impacts that the building of the institute would have on the local environment. [con't]
Labs to Convert to MP3
By Will Weinstein
News Associate
The days of language labs may be limited, as Pomona could become the first college to transfer most of its language lab material to student’s dorm rooms through MP3 format. With the work of several students and the guidance of Language Lab Head, Professor Jurgen Froehlich, this will likely become reality by the end of the semester.
Last year, faced with the prospects of having to expand the labs Emeka Okereke ’00, noticed inefficiencies in the lab system. "I looked at the computers that we were using and saw that the machine was just a simple Pentium. The thing was just a rip-off," Okereke said. "Plus, there is just no way that they can keep the labs open 24 hours a day." [con't]
Food Service Contract Undergoes Revisions
By Nora Lawrence
Managing Editor
Students returning to the Claremont Colleges this fall found that their food service has been changed in a number of ways. Due to an unexpected loss of money during their first year as the five college food provider, Aramark has cut costs by reducing flex dollars, closing Frank Hall for weekend meals, removing the hot item at Pomona’s Snack, and cutting the dinner hours at Frary Dining Hall, among other changes.
"They tried to make changes that would impact the smallest number of people," explained Director of Smith Campus Center Neil Gerard. Gerard added that representatives from the colleges and from Aramark strategically planned specific cuts in service to result in the fewest losses. [con't]
Quinley, ASPC Establish $6,000 Activities Fund
By Jonathan Vanasco
Arts and Features Editor
Dean of Students Ann Quinley, together with the Office of Student Affairs, has established a new student activities fund in order to foster an active campus social life.
Although rumors circulated that the fund was created solely for the purchase of alcohol, Quinley claims it was not earmarked for alcohol use alone.
"[The fund] wasn’t designed to buy alcohol. It’s a resource for all students to use and help maintain the social life here at Pomona," she explained. The new fund is designated for all campus activities, and created from matching contributions of $3,000 from both the ASPC senate and the Office of Student Affairs. The $6,000 total fund covers the ’99-’00 and ’00-’01 academic years, and is apportioned at $1,500 a semester. [con't]
Security Briefs
Wednesday, September 8, 5:09pm. A student reported that the back wheel of his bike had been stolen for the second time. The bike was parked outside of Lyon dorm. [con't]
Senate Briefs
ASPC President Richard Park ’00 opened the meeting by announcing the new senate aide, Clifford Collio ’02.
Park then announced that all the positions for the fall committees will be filled, and the formation of the committees themselves will be finalized by Tuesday. [con't]
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