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8/17/08 |
Financial Times: "Distant thunder: Separatism stirs
on China's forgotten frontier"
PBI President Dru Gladney is quoted in this
broad overview of the political issues of Xinjiang,
China.
Read the article
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8/17/08 |
Chicago Tribune: "Pick your spots when planning to
remodel"
Economics professor Gary Smith offers advice in this
article on deciding when to remodel your home.
Read the article
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8/16/08 |
AFP: "Ethnic unity in China, with the Han on top"
PBI President and Anthropology professor Dru
Gladney is quoted in this article about the
presentation of minorities in China, where the
dominant Han group often stand in for Tibetans,
Uighurs and other groups.
Read the article
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8/14/08 |
National Public Radio (NPR): "After Uighur Attacks,
Understanding Muslims in China"
PBI President Dru Gladney is interviewed by Michel
Martin of NPR about understanding the religious and
political goals of the diverse Muslim community in China.
Listen to the broadcast
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8/14/08 |
The New York Times: "China Steps Up Scrutiny of a
Minority in Beijing"
In the wake of recent violence in Xinjiang, China
has increased scrutiny during the Summer Olympics of
Uighurs who live in Beijing. PBI President Dru
Gladney is interviewed in the story.
Read the article
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8/12/08 |
SignOnSanDiego.com: "Woman's dreams of high-rises lead
to convention"
This profile features Linda Alvarado '73, who
owns a construction firm heading renovation efforts
on Denver's Pepsi Center in preparation for the
Democratic National Convention.
Read the article
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8/11/08 |
Associated Press: "2 bombers in western China were
women"
Fifteen suspected Muslim separatists attacked 17
sites in Kuqa, China, on Sunday, August 10. Ten
assailants, one security guard, and one passerby
died. PBI President Dru Gladney is quoted regarding
the unrest in the region.
Read the article
Read a related
AP story (08/12) and
Voice of America article (08/10) also featuring
Gladney.
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8/4/08 |
The L.A. Times: "16 police killed in Western China"
PBI President Dru Gladney is interviewed regarding the
August 4 incident in which two Uighur men--a Turkish Muslim group which lives in Xinjiang, China--killed 16 paramilitary police officers and wounded 16 others. Chinese officials painted the attack as a terrorist plot by an organization seeking independence for Muslims in western China, but Gladney and other scholars feel it's more likely a personal vendetta and China is using the attack to crack down on dissidence.
Read the article
Gladney was also quoted on this story in the International Herald Tribunee (August 5),
The New York Times (August 5), and again in the
International Herald Times on August 6.
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7/30/08 |
The London Times: "Then and Now"
A brief review of Ved Mehta '56's sixth
memoir, Stolen Light, which documents his
time at Pomona College.
Read the article
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7/28/08 |
Reuters: "Radical Islam stirs in China's remote
west"
Pacific Basin Institute President Dru Gladney is quoted on the Muslim,
Turkic-speaking Uighurs in Xinjiang, some of whom
seek sovereignity.
Read the article
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7/27/08 |
The New York Times: "Green, Greener, Greenest"
President David Oxtoby is quoted in this
article on the green efforts of universities.
Read the article
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7/25/08 |
La Jolla Light: "La Jolla geologist and photographer
John Shelton dies, July 24"
Former Pomona geology professor and renowned aerial
photographer John Shelton '35 died July 24.
His photos are currently on display at the San Diego
Natural History Museum.
Read the article
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7/24/08 |
The Santa Ynez Valley Journal: "Rabbi Rolls in on a
Hog"
A profile of Rabbi Jerry Brown '71, a music
major who was inspired to pursue religious studies
after a class on the Bible at Pomona.
Read the article
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7/23/08 |
Claremont Courier: "School of the Theater Arts Turns
15"
The Claremont School of the Theater Arts takes place
at Pomona College each summer. Cathy Seaman, program
administrator for the Department of Theatre and
Dance, serves as the CSTA producer.
Read the article
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7/19/08 |
The Daily Bulletin: "Looking to protect the
leatherback turtles"
Summer Gray '06 spent 12 days this summer in
Trinidad with the Earthwatch Institute to help
protect endangered sea turtles.
Read the article
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7/16/08 |
The Daily Bulletin: "FLAME Act may snuff out state
fires"
History and Environmental Analysis Professor Char
Miller wrote this op-ed about the effect of H.R.
5541, which establishes an emergency firefighting
fund, on California.
Read the article
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7/11/08 |
The Texas Observer: "Body Politic, Rest & Motion"
History and Environmental Analysis Professor Char Miller
reviews the new book, The Big Sort: Why the
Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us
Apart.
Read the article
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7/8/08 |
Minnesota Public Radio:
"Will foreclosure rescue bill help ease the pain?"
Economics Professor and Housenomics author
Gary Smith is interviewed in this broadcast
about the proposed foreclosure rescue bill.
Listen to the program
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7/7/08 |
ARTINFO.com:
"The AI Interview: Chris Burden"
Famed artist Chris Burden '69 is interviewed
about the connections between his past and present
work, including his time at Pomona College.
Read the article
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7/4/08 |
Associated Press: "Colombia hostage rescue sidelines
Chavez"
Professor of Chicano and Latin American Studies
Miguel Tinker-Salas is quoted in this article on
the role of Colombia's leftist allies in the wake of
the recent hostage rescue.
Read the article
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7/3/08 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: "Local brothers
produce and sell own beer"
This profile features Curt Dale '80, who
started the Dale Bros. Brewery with his brother
Andy, and sells beer to local restaurants.
Read the article
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7/2/08 |
KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: "Voices of the Middle East
and Africa"
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Pardis
Mahdavi discusses the sexual and social mores of
today's Iranian youth.
Listen to the broadcast
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6/29/08 |
The Wall Street Journal: "Fighting a Frozen Credit
Line"
Economics Professor Gary Smith is quoted in this
article about how banks are freezing home equity
lines of credit because of declining property
values.
Read the article
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6/29/08 |
San Diego Union Tribune: "Forest marks 100 years"
History and Environmental Analysis Professor Char
Miller is interviewed for this article, which, upon
the 100th birthday of Southern California's
Cleveland National Forest, explores the difficulty
of maintaining the forest amidst competing
interests, forest fires and urban development.
Read the article
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6/23/08 |
The Press-Enterprise:
"Four Inland art institutions receive Warhol works"
Pomona College received 159 photographs taken by
Andy Warhol as a donation from
the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Kathleen Howe,
director of Pomona College Museum of Art, is quoted
in this article on Warhol and the gift.
Read the article
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6/16/088 |
USA Today:
"Richard Preston will press your buttons in 'Panic in Level 4'"
Richard Preston '76 is interviewed about his latest
nonfiction book, Panic in Level 4: Cannibals,
Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of
Science.
Read the article
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6/16/08 |
ArtDaily.org:
"Public Art Fund Opens Chris Burden's What My Dad Gave Me at Rockefeller Center"
Chris Burden '69 is exhibiting a new sculpture at Rockefeller Center in New York this summer. What My Dad Gave Me,
an homage to NYC architecture, is a 65-foot-tall skyscraper made entirely of toy construction parts.
Read the article
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6/3/08 |
L.A. Times: "Multiple college majors are latest
weapon in tightening job market"
Recent Pomona
graduate Darby Walters '08, who majored in molecular biology and English literature,
is featured in this article exploring the upward
trend of students taking double majors.
Read the article
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6/1/08 |
Chicago Tribune: "Even Now, Buying Home a Smart Move"
Economics professor Gary Smith is featured in
this article, which discusses his book
Housenomics, and theories of why owning a house
is better than renting.
Read the article
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5/23/08 |
Science News:
"Detangling DNA"
The work of Mathematics Professor Erica Flapan
and her collaborator, Dorothy Buck, a mathematic
biologist at Imperial College London, on
site-specific DNA recombination and the knots that
are formed is featured in this Science News
article.
Read the article
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5/19/08 |
arcspace: "James Turrell Skyspace"
A review of James Turrell '65's "Skyspace"
installation and the accompanying show at the Pomona
College Museum of Art.
Read the article
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5/8/08 |
insideBU: "Dickinson Gets New Faculty Master"
Jeffrey S. Barker '77, associate professor of geological sciences and environmental studies
at Binghamton University, has been named faculty
master in Dickinson Community at Binghamton.
Read the article
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5/2/08 |
Los Angeles Times: "Evan Holloway at the Pomona
College Museum of Art"
L.A. Times art critic Christopher Knight
reviews sculptor Evan Holloway's "marvelous
installation," which part of the ongoing Project
Series at the Pomona College Museum of Art.
Read the article
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4/08 |
La Prensa:
"La Obra Teatral Zoot Suit"
This Spanish-language newspaper site recorded part
of the Zoot Suit theatre performance and interviewed
the play's director, Professor Alma Martinez.
Watch the video
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4/21/08 |
Newsweek:
"Pilgrims' Progress"
Pacific Basin Institute president Dru Gladney is
quoted about Uighurs--Turkic-speaking Muslims who
live in the Chinese region of Xinjiang—and recent
unrest.
Read the article
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4/18/08 |
Associated Press of Pakistan: "WB for learning outcomes and effective role of private schools"
Economics professor Tahir Andrabi
is quoted in this article on a report from the World Bank on private and public education in Pakistan.
Read the article
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4/18/08 |
The Chronicle of Higher
Education:
"Modernist Match"
The Chronicle offers a short profile of new
professor of English and chair of the department,
Kevin J.H. Dettmar, a scholar on modernism.
Read the article (scroll down to the bottom of
the page)
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4/17/08 |
The Straits Times:
"Singapore education draws
global interest"
Pomona president David Oxtoby is quoted in
this article about international interest in
creating educational ties with Singapore. The
interview specifically refers to President Oxtoby's
recent trip to China with the other presidents in
the Claremont Consortium.
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4/17/08 |
Time:
"In China's Wild West"
Pacific Basin Institute president Dru Gladney
is quoted in this Time magazine piece on
unrest in China's Xinjiang province.
Read the article
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4/14/08 |
World Politics Review:
"With Decline in Development Aid, Japan Fears Losing Diplomatic Clout"
Associate professor of politics David Arase
is quoted in this article on Japan's recent decline
in official development assistance.
Read the article
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4/14/08 |
Daily Bulletin:
"Airport's naming a puzzle"
A local historian delves into the mysterious name of
La Verne's Brackett Field airport, which was
named after original Pomona professor
Frank Parkhurst Brackett.
Read the article
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4/13/08 |
The Patriot News:
"Long before Hillary ... there was Cornelia"
Char Miller, professor of history and
environmental analysis, penned this piece on
original political powerhouse, Cornelia Bryce
Pinochot, who talked politics with Teddy Roosevelt,
marched as a suffragette, and played a pivotal role
in her husband's Pennsylvania gubernatorial
election.
Read the article
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4/12/08 |
The Honolulu Advertiser:
"2 picked to lead state Historic Preservation office"
Alumna Puaalaokalani Aiu '84 has been appointed
Administrator of Hawaii's State Historic
Preservation Division.
Read the article
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4/5/08 |
Wall Street Journal:
"China's Ethnic Tension Isn't
Limited to Tibet"
Pacific Basin Institute president Dru Gladney
is quoted in this news article about unrest in
Xinjiang, an autonomous region of the People's
Republic of China.
Read the article
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4/2/08 |
Press-Enterprise:
"War re-enactment connects man to dad whose stories died with him"
Retired biology professor Bill Wirtz is an active
Civil War and Indian War re-enactor, and his
activities and reasons for participating are
featured in this article.
Read the article
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4/1/08 |
Malaysia Star:
"Acclaimed scriptwriter gives inspiring tips"
While on a business trip to Kuala Lumpur, Robert
Towne '56 shared his screenwriting tips.
Read the article
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3/26/08 |
L.A. Times: "L.A.'s chief financial analyst to take Pomona College job"
Karen Sisson, who holds the top management job in Los Angeles’ city government, has been appointed Vice President and Treasurer of Pomona College effective July 1, 2008.
Read the article;
read our news release
See also:
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin article;
KNBC article
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3/11/08 |
Washington Post: "It's on the tip of your tongue"
Pyschology professor Deborah Burke is quoted in this
article on memory loss and tip of the tongue
experiences.
Read the article
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3/7/08 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Extreme Makeover
at Pomona"
The Chronicle examines Smith Campus Center's
most recent makeover in a slideshow and article.
Read the article;
view the slideshow
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3/2/08 |
The Santa Fe New Mexican: "The business of
tradition"
Anthropology professor Ralph Bolton is quoted in
this article about the Santa Fe International Folk
Art Market. Artisans from Chijnaya, Peru, where
Bolton has led extensive agricultural, educational
and economic projects, will be selling works at the
Market.
Read the article;
read a Pomona College Magazine feature on Bolton
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3/1/08 |
Daily
Bulletin: "Pomona, a
goddess recalled"
Former Pomona College President David Alexander
shares his knowledge of the relatively obscure
goddess Pomona, who's proven to be a popular
namesake.
Read the article
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3/1/08 |
Los Angeles Times: "Milford Zornes, 100;
watercolorist painted everyday Southland scenes"
The L.A. Times offers an obituary of legendary watercolor
artist Milford Zornes '34, who was well known for
his Southern California landscapes and also taught
at Pomona in the 1940s.
Read the article
See also: Daily Bulletin obituary;
Claremont Courier obituary;
Pomona College
Magazine profile
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2/27/08 |
Financial Week: "Stocks booted from the Dow hardly
dogs, research shows"
This financial publication takes a look at Pomona
economics professor Gary Smith's recent research
showing that stocks dropped from the Dow Jones
industrial average "have fared better than the
stocks of the companies that replaced them."
Read entire article
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2/26/08 |
Los Angeles Times:
"Live: Karl and Margaret Kohn; pierrot+plus"
Two recent Pomona concerts are reviewed: "[The Kohns]
illuminated the score self-effacingly and in the
process made one feel that a torch had been passed."
Read entire article
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2/23/08 |
Claremont Courier: "Collaboration leads to
recognition"
A profile of Pomona mathematics professor Vin de
Silva and the research that led to his recognition
in Scientific American's annual SciAm 50
Read entire article
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2/21/08 |
National Collegiate Athletic Association: "'Coach
Kat' gives chat'
Head men’s basketball coach, athletic director, and
Physical Education Department chair Charlie "Coach
Kat" Katsiaficas is interviewed by the NCAA's Campus
Connection podcast.
Read excerpts and listen to the podcast
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2/21/08 |
Los Angeles Times: "A flush Stanford boosts its aid"
In this article about Stanford's financial aid
boost, Pomona College is referred to as "among a
small string of top-tier schools... that have taken steps in
recent months to help middle-class families...".
Read entire article
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2/21/08 |
Inland
Valley Daily Bulletin: "Pomona
College president trying to keep it 'green'"
Pomona College President David Oxtoby discusses
Pomona's sustainability efforts and student loan
elimination in this Q&A.
Read entire article
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2/18/08 |
The Monitor: "Essence of good teaching not lost in analysis of Latino students’ challenges"
Professor
Gilda Ochoa's latest book, Learning
From Latino Teachers, is reviewed: "What Ochoa does best is listen. She
lets the teachers speak about their experiences to
put a human face on policies and practices."
Read entire article
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2/11/08 |
Christian Science Monitor: "Exxon Fights Chavez'
Venezuela for Compensation in Courts"
Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas is interviewed in this
piece examining the struggle between Exxon and
Venezuela for oil resources.
Read entire article
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2/5/08 |
The Motley Fool:
"The Best Small Companies ... Exposed"
Motley Fool cites a 2006 study by Professor
Gary Smith and Jeff Anderson '05 that showed
"America's most admired companies also have a
tendency to beat the market."
Read entire article
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2/4/08 |
Chronicle of Higher Education:
"A New Skyspace at Pomona College"
The Chronicle offers an extensive audio
slideshow of James Turrell '65's light-and-sound
installation.
View the slideshow
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10/26/07 |
Chronicle of Higher Education
"In California, 2 Small Colleges Abound in Fulbright
Scholars"
The Chronicle notes that 48 Pomona
students have received Fulbrights in the last four
years, including 25 this year. Students at
neighboring Pitzer College have received 36
Fulbrights in four years.
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entire article
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10/20/07 |
Los Angeles Times
"James Turrell Turns on the Light"
In a Sunday Calendar section cover story, the
Times describes Pomona College's new Skyspace
by artist James Turrell '65 as "a sophisticated
architectural structure that doesn't call attention
to itself but humbly serves anyone who passes
through it."
The article goes on: "This open-air pavilion ...
goes out of its way to make whatever time you spend
with it satisfying, whether you're an enthusiastic
pilgrim who has traveled far to experience Turrell's
work or a casual passerby who just happens upon it.
The longer you linger, the more you experience."
Read
entire article
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10/14/07 |
Hartford Courant
"Mapping a Slave's Path to Freedom"
Pomona student Cameron Blevins '08 uses
high-tech techniques to tell the story of how
Connecticut slave bought his freedom and became a
success in business.
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entire article
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10/6/07 |
The New York Times
"Karl Benjamin's Colorful Resurgence"
 The
Times details the growing appreciation for
the "bold, color-loaded paintings" of artist Karl
Benjamin, who taught a Pomona from 1979 to 1994
His work was recently highlighted as the inaugural
exhibition at the new Claremont Museum of Art.
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9/27/07 |
The Scientist
"Help
Woman
Stay
in
Science"
In this prestigious life sciences journal,
Pomona Biology professor Laura L. Mays Hoopes offers
a list of 10 suggestions for helping men help women
scientists.
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entire article
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9/7/07 |
San Francisco Chronicle
"Napa Off the Map: Beyond the Corporate Players"
Cathy Corison '75's Napa winery is
touted as a hidden gem in the article about
lesser-known wine country spots: "The grapes
... frequently among the last in the valley to be
picked, allow Corison to make wines in her signature
style: viscous and full of fruit, with a hefty
structure and doses of ripe tannin that portend a
life measured in decades."
Read
entire article
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9/7/07 |
CNBC
"Squawk on the Street"
Pomona College President David Oxtoby and
Treasurer Carlene Miller discuss Pomona's endowment
investment returns on this financial program.
See the program
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8/22/07 |
KTLA Morning Show
Report from Pomona College campus
In a live news report from Marston Quad by
Los Angeles TV station KTLA,
a representative from the Claremont Chamber
of Commerce is interviewed about Claremont's
selection as one of America's "best places to live"
by Money magazine.
See the program
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8/20/07 |
Newsweek
"The Search for Authenticity: A Leading Admissions
Dean Explains What Colleges Really Want."
Vice President and Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch
writes an essay for the newsweekly. "Our job is to
make sure the students who attend our institutions
are really who they appear to be, and that they will
give and take something of value in the college's
educational environment,'' writes Poch. " What we
ask for in an application may seem like a lot, but
students should know that we're acting in their best
interests."
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entire article
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8/10/07 |
New York Times Magazine
"Suffering Differently"
Psychology Professor Ken Miller is quoted in
this piece about how researchers studying survivors
of disasters around the world are questioning the
universality of Western notions of post
traumatic stress disorder.
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entire article
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7/29/07 |
The New York Times
"Certain Degrees Now Cost More at Public
Universities"
Some public schools are now charging higher
tuition for majors in subjects such as engineering
and business. Pomona's vice president for planning,
Richard Fass, tells the Times that this small
liberal arts college has no plans to do so. “The
entire curriculum is by design available to all
students,” he said.
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entire article
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7/17/07 |
The Washington Post
"College President Cautions Me About AP"
Pomona College President David Oxtoby
engages in a friendly debate with Washington Post
columnist Jay Mathews on the proliferation of high
school AP classes. The column was sparked by an
op-ed piece Oxtoby wrote for the Chronicle of
Higher Education months earlier.
Read
entire article
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5/17/07 |
Sacramento Bee "Author
mixes Spanish, English in her 'Cronicas'"
One of Northern California's largest newspapers goes
in-depth with Professor Susana Chavez-Silverman
about her English-Spanish tome, Killer Cronicas,
which has received favorable review.
Read
entire article
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4/23/07 |
Chronicle of Higher Education
"The Rush to Take More AP
Courses Hurts Students, High Schools, and Colleges"
In this opinion piece, Pomona College
President David Oxtoby addresses the soaring
numbers of AP courses offered by high schools. "I
worry that advanced-placement programs are rapidly
becoming the latest way in which schools are
'teaching to the test,' rather than using creativity
to excite and challenge students," Oxtoby writes.
"Too much of the high-school curriculum is turning
into a pale imitation of college courses instead of
providing the solid foundation that students need to
build on in the future."
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entire article
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4/8/07 |
U.S. News & World Report "Inside
the Aid Office: Just How is the Money Doled Out? A
Day Behind the Scenes at Pomona College Offers Some
Answers"
A writer for the weekly newsmagazine sits in
on the financial aid decision-making process at
Pomona College, exploring three different scenarios.
The article notes that "Pomona's awards tend to be
more generous and straightforward than most other
schools.'" It also notes that "like most of the
Ivies and other elite schools, Pomona gives
scholarships based only on financial need."
Read
entire article
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3/12/07 |
New York Times
"In Mexico, Bush Seeks to
Bolster Uneasy Alliance"
In advance of President Bush's visit to
Mexico,
Pomona Professor Miguel Tinker Salas noted in
the New York Times that Bush will have little to offer Mexican
President Felipe Calderon. Instead, he will be
arriving with "empty hands." Tinker Salas,
who is widely quoted in the media on Latin American
issues, also appeared on PBS' The NewsHour with Jim
Lehrer a few days earlier.
Read
entire New York Times article
Read PBS' NewsHour transcript
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3/12/07 |
Los Angeles Times
"Hammersley, True to Forms"
The Times describes as "quietly
wowing" the current Pomona College Museum of Art
exhibition "Hunches, Geometrics, Organics:
Paintings by Frederick Hammersley."
Hammersley taught at Pomona from 1953 to 1962 and
the article notes that he "has remained a defining
force in Southern California painting."
Read
entire article
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3/6/07 |
Motley Fool
"The Most Admired Companies Beat
the Market"
The popular financial website features research by
Pomona economics Professor Gary Smith and
alumnus Jeff Anderson showing Fortune's
most-admired companies outperform the wider stock
market, despite Wall Street conventional wisdom
that if a company already has an excellent
reputation, that knowledge is already built into its
stock price, limiting the potential for big gains.
Read
entire article
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3/5/07 |
Newsweek International
"The Pursuit of Order is Making
a Big Mess"
Pomona History Professor Victor Silverman
notes that "achieving stability has been the
dominant goal of American foreign policy from the
19th century forward." That urge has been
counterproductive, Silverman says, because it leads
the U.S. to sometimes support repressive regimes,
which in turns fuels anti-American sentiment.
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2/19/07 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"At the Claremont
Colleges, Majors Can Be Created"
Pomona College Registrar Margaret Adorno
discusses some of the customized majors
students craft to fit their academic interests.
"Students that pursue special majors are independent
thinkers and are not afraid of making choices that
have unknowns associated with them," Adorno told the
paper. "That particular quality is often a real
asset in career possibilities."
Read
entire article
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2/17/07 |
Globe and Mail (Canada)
"Modest Man, Explosive Book"
Pomona
alumnus Vikram Chandra is profiled in this
piece about his latest tome, Sacred Games, which
is climbing up the bestseller lists and earning
praise from critics.
Read
entire article Other coverage:
Chicago Tribune,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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1/31/07 |
CNN
"Sky High: A Hole in the Ceiling Feels Like So Much
More"
Alumnus James Turrell's Skyspaces are
featured in this CNN article about his artistic
work. There are currently 36 Skyspaces around the
world, with 20 of those in the U.S.
Read
entire article
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1/8/06 |
San Francisco Chronicle
"A Thriller As Told in a Bombay Barroom"
 Pomona
alumnus Vikram Chandra received a whopping $1
million for his latest epic Sacred Games, a detective
tome -- and much more -- that runs 916 pages and
includes a 16-page glossary for readers to look up
the various Hindi words sprinkled throughout the
dialogue. "I wanted very much to use the same
language that I would use if I were sitting in a bar
in Bombay, telling the story to one of my friends,"
Chandra tells the Chronicle.
Read
entire article
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12/1/06 |
New York Times
"As Crime Soars for Venezuela, Chavez Coasts"
Though crime is soaring in Venezuela,
President Hugo Chavez largely avoids the issue and
is heading toward an easy re-election win. Pomona
Professor Miguel Tinker Salas says Chavez' policies
of providing subsidized groceries and healthcare to
the poor help protect him from criticism. "Chávez
has shielded himself from the issue because people
see his government as an important arbiter in their
daily life,” Tinker-Salas tells the paper. “Chávez’s
policies have made a difference among the poor, and
that’s what is recognized.”
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entire article
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11/18/06 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"Need a name? Find a politician"
Jason Newell's article about local government
officials' penchant for naming schools, buildings
and parks after other elected officials quotes
Pomona politics Professor Susan McWilliams,
who notes that in other parts of the country there
are stricter rules about naming buildings after
politicians who are still in office. "It's the same
reason you would stop your 16-year-old daughter from
tattooing her boyfriend's name on her stomach,"
McWilliams said. "Time shifts your perspective."
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11/2/06 |
Smart Money
"Thanks for the Anomalies"
 This
magazine article focuses on Pomona Economics
Professor Gary Smith's research debunking the
"efficient markets hypothesis," the widely-accepted
notion that if a company already has an excellent
reputation, that knowledge is already built into its
stock price, limiting the potential for big gains.
His research found otherwise.
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entire article
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10/23/06 |
Associated Press
"Chavez Suffers International Setbacks"
Pomona professor Miguel Tinker Salas
is quoted in this article about Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez's recent setbacks on the international
scene. While Venezuela failed to landed a seat on
the United Nations Security Council, the nation did
garner enough votes to keep out the U.S.'s choice,
Guatemala. "This is like a boxing match. You have a
heavyweight in the form of the U.S., you have a
junior weight in the form of Venezuela, and the fact
that Venezuela has lasted this long speaks
tremendously to the kind of influence that they were
able to generate," notes Tinker Salas.
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entire article
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10/23/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"Muslims Feel the Long Arm of Beijing"
Dru Gladney, anthropology professor
and president of the Pacific Basin Institute, is
quoted in this piece about Beijing's tight grip on
the Muslim Uighur minority in the western region of
Xinjiang. The Chinese government is hoping to stem
the return of unrest that marked the region in the
1990s. They put out the fire," Gladney tells the
Times. "But the embers are smoldering. And
unless they address hearts and minds, it will flare
again."
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entire article
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10/9/06 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"'Green' Building Techniques Take Root"
 This article about the trend toward
environmentally-friendly building designs notes that
Pomona College soon will have two new academic
buildings that are green-certified, along with the
existing Richard C. Seaver Biology Building.
"Colleges have always seen themselves as models for
what is socially responsible," says Gary Kates,
Pomona's vice president for academic affairs and
dean of the college, "and nothing is more
responsible than constructing green buildings." The
Pasadena Star-News and the San Gabriel
Valley Tribune also ran this article.
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entire article
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9/28/06 |
The Wall Street Journal
"Does Stock of Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?
Companies with catchy ticker symbols (i.e. HOG for
Harley-Davidson, BID for Sotheby's) tend to do
better than those that don't, and Pomona Economics
Professor Gary Smith is quoted extensively
about his research into this issue. His research
shows companies with ticker symbols rated as clever
strongly outperformed those with standard monikers.
Perhaps, Smith tells the Journal, the
clever symbols may show something about the
company's management or marketing that impacts its
performance as a stock.
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entire article (subscription required)
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9/20/06 |
The New York Times
"Choosing a College, With Help from the Web"
Annie Allhoff '10, valedictorian at her
Missouri high school, turned to the Web for help
finding colleges. She wound up choosing Pomona.
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entire article
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9/12/06 |
Los Angeles Times "Higher
Education Special Edition"
Pomona College earns multiple mention's in the
Times' special section marking 125 years of higher
education in Southern California, with articles
featuring
Bridges Hall of Music, Frary Dining Hall's
Prometheus and
school mascots.
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entire special section
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8/21/06 |
 Newsweek "25 New Ivies"
Pomona College is touted as one of 25 "New
Ivies" in a piece that mentions Sagehen traditions
such as "Death by Chocolate" and Ski/Beach Day.
Neighboring Harvey Mudd college also makes the list,
with the article noting that the Claremont Colleges
offer "the range of a university with the intimacy
of a small college."
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entire article |
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8/21/06 |
Newsweek "Don't Be
Bland"
Bruce Poch, Pomona's dean of
admissions, pens a first-person piece about what
admissions officers are looking for in applicants'
essays. He writes: "Admissions officers, even at the
most selective institutions, really aren't looking
for perfection in 17- and 18-year-olds. We are
looking for the human being behind the roster of
activities and grades. We are looking for those who
can let down their guard just a bit to allow others
in. "
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entire article |
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8/13/06 |
Time Magazine "Who Needs
Harvard?"
Time mentions Pomona in its cover story about the
growing range of college choices, noting the high
proportion of Pomona students who go on to Harvard
Law School: "For students aspiring to go to graduate
school, the more personalized education offered at
small schools can often provide the best
preparation."
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entire article |
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8/20/06 |
San Francisco Chronicle
"Ivy League or Bust"
Deans of Admissions Bruce Poch is
quoted about just how over-competitive the college
admissions process has become. "The extreme version
is that we end up with a population that knows how
to play games and market themselves, with or without
substance behind it, rather than approaching
thoughtfully an educational experience," he tells
the paper.
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entire article |
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7/26/06 |
Foreign Policy
"Congo's Implausible Democracy"
Congo is set to hold its first free elections
since 1960, but no matter who wins, the African
nation still faces massive problems, according to
this article co-authored by Pierre Englebert,
associate professor of politics.
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entire article |
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7/19/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"A Lightning Rod for Venezuela's Political Strife"
Pomona Professor Miguel Tinker Salas is
quoted in the article about the controversy and
violence surround Venezuelan politician Leopoldo
Lopez, an opponent of President Hugo Chavez.
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entire article |
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7/2/06 |
Christian Science Monitor
"Why U.S. Ties With Mexico Are Tepid"
In the lead-up to Mexico's presidential
election, Pomona Professor Miguel Tinker Salas is
quoted about the the U.S.'s lack of involvement in
trying to influence the campaign. "The US was aloof
from this election, and that alone is a gain," says
Tinker Salas.
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entire article |
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6/28/06 |
Associated Press
"Preston, Child Collaboration Continues With New
Novel"
 Best-selling author Douglas Preston '78 and
his unique writing collaboration with Lincoln Child
are featured in this Associated Press article
published in newspapers and on websites across the
country. The pair have worked together on 12 books,
with the latest, The Book of the Dead,
currently listed at No. 5 on the New York Times
bestseller list.
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entire article |
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6/19/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"Students Dash to Decode the Grunion's Weird Ways"
This article features four Pomona students
researching how humans playing at the beach affect
grunion eggs buried in the sand. Guided by biology
assistant professor Nina Karnosky, the research is
the first of its kind involving the fish known for
their floppy spawning ritual.
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entire article |
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5/26/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"Universal Preschool Campaign Pushes to Sway Voters"
Ray Buriel, chair of Pomona's Chicano Studies
Department, is quoted in this article about efforts
to mobilize Latinos to support a California ballot
initiative that would tax the wealthy to provide
preschool for four-year-olds. Buriel tells the paper
that his research shows that Latino mothers often
prefer to have relatives provide childcare in the
pre-kindergarten years.
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entire article |
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5/24/06 |
International Herald Tribune
"An Artist Who Captures the Sky"
The newspaper features artist and Pomona
alumnus James Turrell 79's latest "sky space," this one in
Yorkshire, England.
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entire article |
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5/21/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"A Minister-in-the-Making Chose to Serve the Mayor"
This profile explains how Karen Sisson '79
wound up becoming an important deputy to Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. As a deputy mayor, she
oversees the city's $6.7 billion budget.
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entire article |
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5/5/06 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education
"A Hothouse for Female Scientists"
The article notes that "some of the nation's small
liberal arts colleges send on more women,
proportionally, for Ph.D.'s in the sciences than do
elite research universities," and Pomona is cited as
one of them.
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entire article |
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4/12/06 |
Washington Post
"Frank Gibney, 81: Authored Seminal Books on Japan"
 PBI
President and Pomona professor Frank Gibney
is remembered as a "journalist, author and
commentator who wrote seminal books on Japan,"
including Five Gentlemen of Japan and The
Pacific Century. Gibney died April 9 at his
Santa Barbara home at the age of 81.
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entire article
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4/6/06 |
Los Angeles Daily News
"A Chance to Build on Rallies"
Pomona professor Gilda Ochoa and Cal
State LA's Enrique Ochoa note in this op-ed piece
that the recent massive rallies backing immigrant
rights are just the start of a long struggle. "Now,
more than ever, we should stand together against
draconian anti-immigrant policies, but let's not
stop there," the professors write. "Let's work
together to tackle other issues influencing our
communities."
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entire article |
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4/3/06 |
Chicago Tribune
"Academia Feels Shadow of Government"
The FBI's unannounced visit to Pomona
professor Miguel Tinker Salas, seeking
information about the Venezuelan community in the
U.S., is cited in this article as an example of
possible government intrusion into academia.
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entire article |
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4/1/06 |
The New York Times
"Some New Math on Homes"
Pomona economics professors Gary Smith
and Margaret H. Smith have come up with a new
way to gauge a home's true value, by comparing the
cash flow generated by owning a house to the cost of
renting a comparable one. With this methodology,
they found no signs of a bubble in nine of 10
markets they researched in a paper for the Brookings
Institution.
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entire article |
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3/06/06 |
 Hispanic
Magazine
"The Top 25 Colleges for Latinos"
Pomona College is named one of the nation's
10 best colleges for Latinos, with the magazine
taking into account measures of academic excellence
as well as factors such as Hispanic enrollment and
support for Hispanic students. The magazine reports
that " this little school of just over 1,500 has as
strong a Hispanic presence as it does an academic
reputation."
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entire article |
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3/13/06 |
The Australian
"Subverting the Zeitgeist"
Australia's national newspaper
profiles noted novelist and Pomona
Creative Writing Professor David Foster Wallace,
discussing the unorthodox journalism in his latest
tome, Consider the Lobster.
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entire article |
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3/11/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"Deputies' Questions Unsettle University"
Pomona College President David Oxtoby
expresses his concerns about an FBI/LA County
Sheriff's anti-terror squad's unannounced visit to
campus to interview a Latin American Studies
professor with expertise about Venezuela, a nation
the U.S. has tense relations with.
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entire article (registration required.) |
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3/10/06 |
Associated Press
"SoCal Professor Says Anti-Terror Detectives
Questioned Him"
This widely-published wire story recounts
Latin American Studies Professor Miguel Tinker
Salas' objections to an unannounced visit by two
members of an FBI-LA County Sheriff's anti-terror
squad. They questioned the professor, who has been
critical of U.S. policy toward Venezuela and is
widely quoted on the subject, about issues related
to that South American nation. Tinker Salas said the
visit intruded on academic freedom; FBI officials
said it was simply a routine interview.
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entire article |
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3/7/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"Abortion Ban Puts Strategies in Doubt"
Politics Professor John Seery is quoted in
this front-page article about how South Dakota's
passage of a ban on abortion is affecting strategies
on both sides of the issue. "There's a mood out
there that change is in the offing," Seery tells the
Times. "There's a lot of jockeying, a lot of
testing, a lot of pushing the envelope."
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entire article (registration required.) |
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2/26/06 |
Los Angeles Times
"The Boys in the Brand"
 Pomona alumnus Josia Lamberto-Egan,
Class of 2000, and three twenty-something friends
started their own Newport Beach-based fashion
company, Trovata. Then they won the Council of
Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund
prize for promising upstarts, landing $200,000 and
12 months of business mentorship. Now comes a big
write-up in the Los Angeles Times. They also have been featured
in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine
and the Orange County Register.
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entire article (registration required.) |
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1/27/06 |
Forbes.com
"World's Greatest Palaces"
Australia's national daily newspaper quotes
Professor of Art History George Gorse in a
piece about royal architecture around the world.
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entire article |
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1/23/06 |
Associated Press
"Venezuela Hosting World Social Forum"
Pomona Professor Miguel Tinker Salas
is quoted in this AP story about Venezuelan
president Hugo Chavez hosting thousands of leftists
for an anti-globalization event. The article was
published in print or on the web in USA
Today, Los Angeles Times, Newsday,
San Diego Union-Tribune, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, San Francisco Chronicle
and many more news outlets.
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entire article |
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1/8/06 |
The Oregonian
"Indiscreet Inquiries of a Subversive Mind"
Oregon's largest newspaper praises Pomona
Creative Writing Professor David Foster Wallace's
latest collection of essays, "Consider the Lobster." M.E. Russell opines that Wallace's "New New
Journalism is the most exciting thing to happen to
magazine prose since Tom Wolfe picked up an
exclamation point."
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entire article |
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12/5/05 |
Honolulu Advertiser
"Book Puts New Face on Japanese Views of WWII"
Hawaii's largest newspaper covered History
Professor Sam Yamashita's lecture and book
signing featuring his latest tome "Leaves From an
Autumn of Emergencies," translating diaries kept by
ordinary Japanese during World War II.
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entire article The event also garnered coverage
in the
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11/25/05 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"Unwrapping the Riddle of
Gamma
 Radiation"
This
front-page article focuses on Pomona professor Bryan Penprase's
research into the origins of short gamma-ray bursts.
He recently co-authored an article in the journal
Nature that helps solve the question. This
newspaper article also appeared in the
Bulletin's sister paper, the San Bernardino Sun,
under the headline "Pomona College Pierces Gamma-ray
Mystery." |
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11/16/05 |
Voice of America
"The Challenges of Democracy in Africa"
Professor Pierre Englebert appeared as
a guest on Voice of America's "Straight Talk
Africa," for a discussion of the victory of
Liberia's first female president and troubles
opposition parties in Uganda and Ethiopia are
facing. |
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11/14/05 |
Book TV (C-Span 2)
"Leaves From an Autumn of Emergencies"
History Professor Samuel Yamashita
reads from his new book "Leaves From an Autumn of
Emergencies," translating diaries kept by ordinary
Japanese during World War II. The event was hosted
by the Asia Society of New York City. |
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11/3/05 |
The Christian Science Monitor
"Clash of Visions for Latin America"
Professor Miguel Tinker Salas is
quoted about the ascendancy of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez's socialist vision for Latin America as
President Bush visits to region to promote a
conflicting agenda of free trade. |
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10/25/05 |
Los Angeles Daily News
"For A Real Rivalry, See Oxy-Pomona"
 Staff
Writer Scott French notes that the UCLA-USC football
rivalry is in its infancy compared to the
Pomona-Occidental contest, which dates to 1895.
"The Southland's oldest college football rivalry is,
as might be expected, steeped in tradition and lore,
firing up alumni from two great academic
institutions in an annual showdown for, at the
least, bragging rights," writes French. This year's
Pomona-Oxy game is set for Oct. 29.
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entire article
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10/23/05 |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
"Building Dreams in a Big Way"
The local Habitat for Humanity chapter is in
the midst of a "building blitz" near campus,
constructing six homes in six weeks. This article
tells how 30 Pomona football players pitched in, "lending
youth and resilience to the cause."
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entire article
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10/10/05 |
Knight Ridder Newspapers
"Don Quixote de la Mancha is 400 Years Old,
and the World is Throwing It a Party All-Year Long"
Pomona Professor Michael McGaha is quoted in this
piece about Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha.
He calls it "the greatest novel ever written."
The piece appeared in the Houston Post,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Edmonton Journal
and elsewhere.
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10/3/05 |
Business Week
"The Real Reasons You're Working So Hard ... And
What You Can Do About It"
This Business Week cover story
explores the reasons white collar workers are
overworked, and cites a study co-authored by
Pomona professor Fernando Lozano. The study
shows that the percentage of highly educated
white-collar workers putting in more than 50 hours
per week has increased substantially.
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entire article
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9/25/05 |
Los Angeles Times
"Why a Blow-Dried Rebel Rocker May Fail to
 Change
Japan"
Frank Gibney, president of the Pacific
Basin Institute at Pomona College, explains why
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
(seen at right) landslide election may not bring dramatic change to
Japan. Entrenched interests may prove more powerful
than the prime minister's reform efforts, writes Gibney is this op-ed piece. |
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issue |
CosmoGirl
"The 50 Best Colleges"
This popular teen magazine once again names
Pomona to its best colleges list. The article names
"Penguins, Polar Bears, People and Politics" as the
college's most intriguing course, mentioning that
students in the class e-mail scientists in the polar
regions to find out what it's like to work there.
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9/13/05 |
The Washington Post
"A Crusade to Save
College Admissions"
This column by Jay Mathews profiles former
college admissions officer Lloyd Thacker, author of
the new book, College Unranked: Ending the
College Admissions Frenzy. The book is a
collection of essays from current and former college
officials, including Pomona's Dean of Admissions
Bruce Poch. Poch is highlighted in the newspaper
column as one of admissions officials most willing
to speak out about the "excesses of the process."
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9/05/05 |
Golf Digest
"Our First-Ever College
Golf Guide"
The nation's largest golf magazine ranked
Pomona College No. 8 in its listing of
"academics-first" colleges for golfers. Other
colleges on the list included Dartmouth, Princeton
and Harvard. Emory was No. 1 in this category.
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9/3/05 |
Los Angeles Times
"Art Review: Early Photos
From Around the World Elicit a Real Sense of
Discovery"
Times staff writer Christopher Knight reviews
the "engrossing" new show at the Santa Barbara
Museum of Art titled, "First Seen: Portraits
of the World's Peoples, 1840-1880." The exhibition
features early portrait photography from around the
globe. Kathleen Howe, director of the Pomona
College Museum of Art, helped organize the show and
wrote an accompanying essay that Knight describes as
"excellent."
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entire article (registration required)
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8/22/05 |
The New Yorker
Poets and Poetry: "A Word Like Fire"
 "A
Word Like Fire," a collection of poems by the late
Dick Barnes '54, received a glowing review in
the latest issue of the New Yorker. "There
are no unnecessary words in these poems, and no
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