Dorger Leaves CUC, New VP Sought

By Will Weinstein

Effective February 1, Executive Vice President of Claremont University Center Mitch Dorger will be leaving his current job to assume the position of CEO for the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena. Until a permanent replacement can be found, Scripps Vice President for Planning and Research Brenda Barham Hill will serve as interim Executive Vice President. [con't]

Pest Plagues, Debilitates Eucalypti

By Daniel Myers

Two weeks after a falling eucalyptus limb damaged Alexander Hall, city officials and the Pomona College administration are now concerned that a pest, an insect by the name of Redgum Lerp Psyllids, may pose a new threat to Pomona College’s eucalypti.

Although some Claremont scientists claim to have found Lerps on the eucalypti along College Avenue, neither city officials nor Pomona’s maintenance department have been able to confirm their reports. Moreover, the Lerps "seem to be really active in [only] two species of the 400 species of eucalyptus trees, and a good deal of the trees in Pomona College are species much less susceptible to Lerps," said Hodnick. [con't]

A Semester of Senate

By Matthew Preusch

The ASPC Senate adjourned their last meeting of the semester Tuesday, having successfully pursued several of their individual agendas, as well as managing and acting on campus concerns as an often unified group.

In his speech at this semester’s commencement, ASPC President Richard Park ’00 outlined a specific senate agenda of increased volunteerism in the community and on campus and increased communication between the senate and students at large. [con't]

CGU, CUC to Separate: Reorganization Long Time Coming

By Bethany Woodard

The Claremont University Center is breaking apart from its incorporation with the Claremont Graduate University and becoming a new corporation called the Claremont University Consortium (CUC). The new organization will likely be formed next month, and the final split is projected to take place on July 1. All assets and employees of the Claremont University Center will be transferred to the new corporation, as will their share of the endowment.

Both the CGU and the CUC have decided that it is time to officially recognize in a corporate way what has, for some time now, been a de facto separation. The two corporations were both created in 1925, in response to Pomona President James Blaisdell’s idea to respond according to the Oxford plan, whereby the college would grow by adding new, small colleges, which allowed them to maintain the intimacy of a small college while having the resources of a larger institution. This was in response to a high level of pressure for all Southern California colleges to grow in the early 1920s. [con't]

Top Nine Security Briefs of the 1990s

March 1, 1991: A Pomona student living in Norton-Clark reported that his drunk roommate had awakened him by urinating in the corner of the room and vomiting on the student’s computer. [con't]

Senate Briefs

Community Activities Director Tamara Chellam ’00 announced a new deputy for CCLA, Liz Fasse ’02. She reported that the "Winter Wonderland" rave had gone well, save the loss of a speaker.

Director of the Campus Center Neil Gerard said that the event had also received one noise complaint and that one table was destroyed. He said that the event was allowed to go until morning because it was common practice to allow at least one non-alcoholic party to last that long every semester. [con't]