5-C Radio Station Tries to Webcast

By Will Weinstein

As the nation goes digital, KSPC, the College’s radio station, is struggling to keep up with the latest trend in radio– web broadcasting. Due to insufficient funds and difficulties with OIT(Office of Informational Technologies), it may take awhile before any progress is made. "It’s a very common thing these days to have web broadcasts for college radio stations," Director of College Radio Erica Tyron said. "We are certainly chasing the bandwagon." [con't]

Pomona Tuition Rise Reflects National Trend

By Bethany Woodard

Pomona College tuition and fees increased 7.3 per cent last year, despite a drop in the average national increase at both public and private two and four-year institutions as reported by The College Board in October.

The average national rise in tuition and fees at four-year private institutions was 4.7 per cent last year, the smallest tuition hike in the past twelve years. However, the average national increase remained more than double the inflation rate of 2.3 per cent, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). [con't]

Student Turnout Poor at Campus Center Forum

By Krista Seymour

Dean of Students Ann Quinley, Director of the Campus Center Neil Gerard and President Peter Stanley met with a group of students Monday night as part of an open forum to address student opinion regarding the Smith Campus Center.

Turnout was poor at the senate-sponsored event; the crowd being composed mostly of campus center task force members, senators, and TSL staff.

The design of the campus center has been met with mixed reviews since its opening at the beginning of the school year with students citing small meeting places and a poorly placed recreation room among its many problems. [con't]

Security Briefs

Thursday, October 28, 12:10 am. Intoxicated students in Clark V social room refused to leave because they wanted to read about themselves in the Securtiy Briefs. Students left when on-call dean was contacted. [con't]

Senate Briefs

Sports Commissioner Dan Silberstein ‘00 opened the meeting by soliciting general comments concerning the previous weekend’s Homecoming ceremonies. Dean of Students Ann Quinley suggested that more wood be made available for future bonfires. [con't]

Joseph Koch Reeves Picks Bradley Richard Reeves, best known for his four presidential biographies, was the inaugural speaker of the ASPC/ Class of 2000 speaker series. The talk focused mainly on Reeves’ opinions on politics and the evolution of the media-entertainment complex. Reeves cast a critical eye on the news industry and its worth "Increasingly journalists are subsidiares of the entertainment industry...America wanted entertainment and suddenly the only people [news magazines] covered were rock stars and movie stars." Reeves’ prediction for the 2000 election was a tight race between Arizona Govenor John McCain (R) and former basketball star Bill Bradley (D). "America loves the underdog... without these guys (McCain and Bradley) moving up [in the polls], we would have nothing to do." Reeves also complained that every civil conflict America gets involved in is "genocide" and each has its "villian." There is nothing that other countries can do to protest this because "we are all part of the most powerful Empire that the world has ever seen...No one can stand up to us." Reeves is currently working on a biography of Richard Nixon.