The ASPC election will be held from 9 p.m. Monday, April 2 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 3. Students can vote online at http://aspc.pomona.edu/vote/. All students, including current seniors and students abroad, are allowed and encouraged to vote.ASPC President Sarah AppelbaumI’m excited to be...
The boycott on Pomona’s dining halls last semester brought to attention workers’ compensation and, by extension, how students’ meal plans contribute to dining operations.There is not always a direct connection between the meal plans, where students eat, and...
A taco or burrito night at any of the dining halls at the Claremont Colleges is sure to draw a crowd. Pitzer’s Taco Tuesday is notorious for long lines; Mudd, Scripps and Frary all serve burritos on Mondays, and—if one did the research—it would likely be entirely...
As more and more posters advertising sustainability pop up in our dining halls, it has become apparent that the Claremont Colleges are moving in a greener direction. But sustainability is more than just a fancy buzzword for going green. Behind every juicy organic tomato on those posters is the...
When Isabel Juarez PO ’13 first heard about Workers for Justice in the spring of her first year, she didn’t pay attention to it. “At the beginning I didn’t like or understand the rallies,” Juarez said. “You start hearing about labor rights and stuff like that,...
Pomona’s Frary Dining Hall was integrated in 1961, allowing both male and female students to eat there, together, for the first time. In reaction to Frary’s integration, male students held protests largely emphasizing Prometheus, the mural painted on Frary’s...
After having been featured on Genderfork, a community blog supporting identities across the gender spectrum, and The Bilerico Project, a blog for LGBTQ topics, politics and pop culture, Zach Schudson PO ’13—username debaser9779—has over 65,000 views on YouTube for his acoustic covers of...
In a cheery, unassuming manner, Emma French PZ ’13 laid out her plans to tackle some of today’s most pressing issues. We sat down to talk about her involvement in Occupy Claremont and her driving passion for environmental issues. Despite the seriousness of the...
“It’s fascinating and it’s horrible,” Natasha Haradhvala PO ’13 said about eating disorders. “I think I’m in advocacy work because people know I’m studying ED (eating disorders), and it’s incredible, the number of people who come up to me. Friends will come up and tell me, 'I’ve struggled with...
Several Claremont Colleges professors have deep and unique pasts in activist movements, serving as an example for students who want to become more involved in issues they feel passionate about. For Jonathan Lethem, Pomona College Roy E. Disney Professor of Creative Writing, activism runs deep....
I’m sitting across from new Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Pomona College Seth Allen. I have on one of my few dress shirts and my lone sports jacket. He is dressed to the nines with one of those crisp, high-end ties that look good...
While the debate about rankings has focused primarily on how statistics affect undergraduate enrollment, school reputation may have very different consequences for graduating seniors. Based on statistics about post-graduate achievements, success in the future is not primarily dependent on college...
The Claremont Colleges have been at the forefront of national ranking news in the past year, eliciting controversy as well as celebration. In September 2011, Scripps under-reported several statistics to the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), causing Scripps to...