The Motley's Ridiculous Takeout Cups Policy

The Port Side reports that the Motley is charging an extra dollar for take out cups (and reducing beverage costs by 20 cents, but I have to wonder:

Is this a stupidity tax? Or is it an indulgence to the church of environmentalism?

In truth, I haven't been back to the Motley since someone told me that I was banned for having written something about its silly fair trade coffee practices. (I don't know if I was or not, seeing as being banned from the Motley for me is like being banned from N. Korea. I had no intention of going there...)

No worries, to the Mudd Hole!

Yep, during flu season, the Motley wants everyone to bring in their own cups... That doesn't sound like too bright an idea, but there you have it.

The Latest Laughable Cause: Boycotting Marriage

I keep getting invitations on Facebook to go to the meeting for this group that wants to boycott marriage because homosexuals can't also marry.

I admit to finding this national campaign to boycott marriage somewhat hilarious and terribly misguided for the following reasons:

1. Are we really to believe that people are going to eschew the tax benefits that marriage brings about? In a recession? Seriously? If anything, you should be encouraging gay people not to pay their taxes, not encouraging straight people to pay more.

2. . . . As if CMCers needed yet another excuse not to commit to one another. No one is exactly lining up to marry one another, especially the organizers of this club. But hey, don't take my word for it, go to the meeting yourself.

Pomona Won't Have Student Bloggers Because They Might "Start Something Negative"

In yesterday's The New York Times, Pomona College's Art Rodriguez, senior associate dean of admissions.

Here's what he had to say in full [emphasis is mine]:

Pomona has considered having student bloggers, but so far has felt that the risks outweigh the benefits, said Art Rodriguez, senior associate dean of admissions.

“Blogs can certainly help humanize the process,” Mr. Rodriguez said. “The flip side is that a few anxious high school students may think and worry too much about what someone wrote on their blog, and present themselves in a slightly different way than who they really are. And there’s always the concern about the political ramifications, that bloggers may open up an issue or topic that starts something negative.”

Pomona College should rightly consider the political ramifications of students speaking their mind about what actually goes on at their college. Parents and prospective students should know about the political correctness that has grown rampant and that has led to the college banning a song that isn't racist, banning two students from CMC for videotaping a public lecture by an out of control Dean of Women, Marcelle Holmes, fake hate crimes, Pomona professors intervening and canceling the invitation of an Attorney General to come speak, Pomona students shouting down an immigration debate, and the strong arming of the Pomona Student Union by the administration, after said shouting down embarrassed the College.

Of course if Pomona wanted to really control their blogosphere, they would hire some student bloggers. But, of course, this is already achieved with the sycophantic Student Life which parrots most of the arguments of the Pomona administration already.

Naturally, I take the Adam Smith approach: that if you subsidize student bloggers, you'll get an inferior product as students get fat with subsidies and worry about offending the administration.

Amy over at Pitzer Uncovered and I do a pretty good job never having received one red cent from our respective colleges' purses.