I wrote these news and brief for a campus publication. Some of them were put in and others were not. I think it will become a regular feature on this blog. Why can't we have some fun? Please let me know which one(s) you like.
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Green in every sense
Congratulations Claremont McKenna, you won the 5-C Dorm Energy Challenge.
Emily Meinhardt, admitted "environmental crusader," boasted on the Portside's blog.
Your prize is a "to-be-determined amount of green power, energy-saving
technology for the dormitories" and this cactus.
Where might that cactus be?
Why don't you know?
On Ms. Meinhardt's refrigerator. After all, to the crusader go the spoils. Now she has her holy grail.
Hillary is a [Censored] Lesbian
Some poor Mudder got a stern talking to when he expressed himself on his white board.
Dean Noda informed me :
"Campus Safety is notified about all such cases in compliance with the Claremont Colleges' "Communications Protocol for Bias-Related Incidents" found on p. 1-45 of the [HMC] student handbook."
Of course the LBGT community was so hurt by that comment that Dean Noda didn't send it to all five schools and I certainly didn't blog about it.
Pomona's Student Government Wants You to Pay for a Multilingual Newspaper
Should we pay for something that never would exist in the real marketplace?
No.
Nyet.
Nein.
Non.
Ji nahi.
Thua không
Am I making myself clear? I sure hope I’m not leaving anyone out. Wouldn't want to do that.
Day's Saving Time?
A spokesman for Day confirms that we're still getting our $200 million.
"I'm a Barbie girl…" can continue uninterrupted. (YouTube it.)
Yee Believe What Yee Hears...
We're in pretty good company. Yee's last public appearance was before Syria TV in October. Way to go C.M.C.
Yee says its "unfortunate that Newsweek had to withdraw their story".
Yee talked first hand with prisoners who were held in Camp X-Ray that the Korans those prisoners had brought with them were tossed into buckets that were used as "toilets in that makeshift camp."
Of course that was before Yee got there.
The interviewer asks, "Did you actually see any of this happen?"
Yee says, "I didn't see it, because I wasn't a part of the intelligence operation but I was aware directly from the prisoners when they came to me with their complaints and concerns."
Because if someone whose at Gitmo wouldn't have any incentive to lie, would they?
No, I didn't think so either.
He's a Rocket Man
Stan Love, HMC '87 blasted off into space the other day. No word yet on when he'll bring back Harvey Mudd's administration.
Red light, green light.
For T.N.C., all of the attendees went wearing red, yellow, and green.
Red for those that "taken," yellow for the "complicated," green that are “single.” Color blind kids stay shafted or beat up, but they just might taste the rainbow.
“That is not a job, it is a way of life.” – Dean Debra Wood
That’s a line taken from her Scripps website bio and has particular appeal after her run in with the blogosphere. She branded DJ Timbo, a rapper and husband to his grammar school sweetheart, “sexist” and called a party organizers “racist.”
The Washington Post’s Off Beat as nominated her for their “Idiot of The Year.” Make sure to vote early and often.
After all, voting isn’t just a job, it’s a way of life.
Great Expectations
David “Big Government” Gergen spoke at Claremont McKenna about Leadership in America.
On sort of kind of requiring national service for young people, he said that service is “an expectation, not an obligation.”
If only he had given the inverse of that advice to Clinton or Nixon before they lied under oath.
Another Weekend, Another Party Cancelled
So that means ASCMC will give back all the money they collect that we pour into their coffers, right? Right?
Government, even student government, always spends only what its authorized and they keep excellent records.
Better Living Through Logging, Mining, and Fine Home Building
Elaine McGlaughin of The Student Life , wrote an opinion piece about “they key to a sustainable future.”
Now that Pomona has a really big endowment they can attack those sustainability issues, tackle global climate change, and save the world.
Just what’s the key to Pomona’s development?
Why, according to Pomona’s treasurer Carlene Miller, who oversees the $1.8 billion, it’s diversification into alternative investments like timberlands, gold, and commercial real estate.
Timber, gold, and commercial real estate are very sustainable, after all.
The Student Life doesn’t seem to care. That endowment cuts them a big check to keep printing and we know how sustainable they are.
Stop Pill Popping and Feeling Comfortable
Alex Aznar, a writer for The Portside, thinks the Claremont Colleges “must be a place where students feel comfortable and are encouraged to break any bad habits acquired in grade school.”
Just what habits?
“Obsessing over grades.” “Cramming schedules” “and substituting quality of performance with quantity of activities or classes.”
I’d respond but alas I’m too strung out on caffeine, and busy writing for The Claremont Independent, and reading my Civ homework.
In other news, there was a Hookah Bar Party up in Wohlford this past weekend.
