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Lauri Valerio
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November 19, 2009
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Pomona College faculty spoke about past and present labor struggles on campus at “Pomona College: Community or Corporation?” on Nov. 13 in the Frank Blue Room. History professors Sidney Lemelle and Tomás Summers Sandoval gave short lectures followed by small group discussions and a question-and-answer portion. Lemelle, who also is a professor ... |
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Dane Brodke
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November 19, 2009
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TSL: What are your goals as Ambassador and what have you been doing so far? Houda Nonoo, Bahraini Ambassador to the United States: Traveling, visiting different states, visiting different universities, visiting different institutions, telling them about Bahrain. A lot of [people I talk to] don’t even know where Bahrain is and ... |
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Nik Tyack
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November 19, 2009
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A Nov. 12 event entitled “Time to Act: L.A., Democracy and Climate Change” released some of the local and international results of World Wide Views, a global forum on climate change attended by citizens around the world in late September. Thirty-eight countries around the world took part, and approximately 4,000 citizens ... |
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Nik Tyack
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November 19, 2009
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Last year, 29 students took part in Pomona College’s Sustainability Action Fellowship, a program organized by Pomona Sustainability Coodinator Bowen Close as a way for students to get involved in the creation of the college’s Sustainability Action Plan. The fellowship was organized into six groups of four to six students. Each ... |
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Sam Knowles
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November 19, 2009
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The student-run Democrats of the Claremont Colleges (DCC) won two honors earlier this month in the California College Democrats’ challenge to register Democratic voters. The Claremont Colleges registered the third largest number of voters among participating schools and the most voters for a small campus. UC-Santa Barbara won the contest in ... |
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Michelle No
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November 19, 2009
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A team of three Harvey Mudd College students took first place at the Southern California Regionals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest on Nov. 7 at Riverside Community College, ranking ahead of CalTech, USC and UCLA. They will move on to the international finals next year ... |
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Jordan Cohen
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November 19, 2009
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The fines for parking violations in the City of Claremont will increase once a city council resolution goes into effect on Tuesday. Part of the reason for this resolution is to standardize the fines for parking violations in Claremont. Currently, parking fines in Claremont range from $20-55 for first-time offenses. The resolution ... |
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Eric Owen
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November 19, 2009
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November 17, 2009
The End of the World Before the meeting had been called to order, Secretary Amy Li ’13 told ASPC President Jed Cullen ’10 that Commissioner of Communications Than Volk ’10 (which Li pronounced “Thon”) had not submitted a list of names of the people appointed ... |
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Ben Coppersmith
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November 19, 2009
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a victimless crime. ...except for the car. ...and it’s owner. 11/15/2009; 11:47; CMC A student is in station to report a blue 2003 VW Passat had its rear passenger side window cracked while parked on 9th street near Wohlford. Nothing was stolen.
i find shouting to ... |
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Lauri Valerio
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November 18, 2009
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The United States Commission on Civil Rights launched an investigation into whether liberal arts colleges are discriminating against women during the admissions process.< ... |
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Claremont Alumnus Peter Barker to Lead JPMorgan in California
By Josh Nomkin | News Peter Barker CM ’70 became the California Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Sep. 28. In a press release from JPMorgan Chase, Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said that Barker, the former chair of Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees, has been “a trusted banker and terrific businessman in California for more than 30 years and will help [the company] ...
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Changes in Housekeeping Raise Communication Issues Within Department
By Janet Ma | News Amid the climate of economic uncertainty, the Pomona College community has begun to reexamine the position of staff on campus. Student groups and faculty committees have voiced concerns over the treatment and representation of staff at the college, while the administration is in the process of adjusting to a smaller workforce. The first major change is the number of total housekeeping ...
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Motley to Charge for To-Go Cups
By Nicholas Tyack | News The Motley Coffeehouse will charge an extra $1 for to-go cups starting October 21.The biodegradable to-go cups currently in use can be recycled at Pomona’s organic farm, but only 5 percent currently end up being disposed of in this fashion, according to the Motley. The café said significant energy and resources go into producing the cups and bringing them to campus.Alana Macwhorter SC ...
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ASPC Senate Briefs
By Emily Miner | News How Can Finley Call for Order Without a Gavel? The meeting was called to order at 5:07 p.m., despite the much-lamented lack of the president’s famous gavel. President Eliza Finley PO ‘09 congratulated next year’s newly-elected senators, but was somewhat disappointed to find that only three (future President Jed Cullen PO ‘10, future Vice President of Finance Kelly Schwartz PO ...
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Pomona Creates Early Retirement Plan
By Travis Kaya | News Pomona College announced a voluntary early retirement plan (VERP) on Apr. 21 for eligible staff and faculty members. Administrators hope that the measure will reduce the college’s number of full-time employees, and cut down on labor costs.“Consequently, it is clear that we will have to reduce these costs in order to avoid significant budget deficits in the coming years,” said ...
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Pomona's Workers’ Support Committee: Twenty Years Later
By Rylan Stewart | News The Workers' Support Committee (WSC) is a group of students that came together both to provide support to give workers a more prominent voice on campus, and to create better relations between students, staff, and faculty. The organization gradually coalesced as a group in part as a result of tenuous staff relations in the early 1990s. Due to the 2008 ...
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Senate Briefs
By Eric Owen | News September 22, 2009No One Wishes He Were an Oscar Myer WeinerAPSC President Jed Cullen ’10 called the meeting to order at 5:10 p.m. Cullen welcomed the senators to the meeting and hoped they enjoyed the meeting last week, which he may have missed in order to celebrate the 1341st anniversary of the assassination of Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II. He ...
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Pitzer Announces Commencement Speakers
By Becky Scott | News Pitzer has announced the speakers for its 2009 commencement ceremony. This year, speakers will include David Feldman, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer and performer; Springsong Cooper PI ’09; Jim Marchant, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Students; and Kathleen Yep, assistant professor of Asian-American studies and sociology.David Feldman, the keynote speaker, has written for ABC’s “Roseanne,” HBO’s “Dennis ...
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