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Selected Articles
Pomona College appears in hundreds of newspapers, publications and other media venues every year. Here's a sampling of recent media mentions that highlight the College.
6/15/09 Sports Illustrated: "Faces in the Crowd"
Drew Hedman '09, a recent draft for the Boston Red Sox, was featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section. Read the article
 
6/12/09 The Associated Press: "Chinese Muslims face culture shock in Palau"
Professor and Pacific Basin Institute President Dru Gladney is quoted in this article on the resettling of 13 Uighurs, who were previously detained in Guantanamo, in the tiny island nation of Palau. Read the article
 
6/10/09 BostonHerald.com: "Can't stand the heat?"
The Boston Herald is one of the publications that covered the premiere episode of "Top Chef Masters," which was filmed at Pomona's Harwood Court residence hall and features students as judges. Read the article
 
6/7/09 Houston Chronicle: "Fuel economy rules will mess with Texas"
Environmental Analysis professor Char Miller is quoted in this piece that examines how new fuel economy rules will affect the ingrained truck and SUV culture of Texas. Read the article
 
6/6/09 Houston Chronicle: "Supe search has HISD looking outside the box" and "Los Angeles: Outsiders obtained mixed results at one big district"
Professor of Politics David Menefee-Libey is quoted in two articles on Houston's search for a school superintendent. Menefee-Libey recently published the book Learning From L.A., which is about the L.A. Unified School District. Read the first article; read the second article
 
6/5/09 The Motley Fool: "Why Citigroup Is Destined for Greatness"
This article on the removal of Citigroup from the Dow Jones Industrial Average refers to Professor of Economics Gary Smith's research that shows that over time, stocks dropped from the DJIA outperform those added. Read the article
 
6/3/09 Newsweek: "Gay-onomics and the Marriage Debate"
Economics professor Michael Steinberger is quoted in this piece on the benefits of legalizing gay marriage on local economies. He worked with UCLA's Williams Institute on a study showing that in the five years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, the state gained $11 million from the additional weddings and related tourism. Read the article
 
6/09 Foreign Policy magazine: "The Madrasa Myth"
Economics professor Tahir Andrabi co-authors this article on the importance of nonreligious private schools as an educational option in Pakistan. Andrabi and his co-authors conducted the largest-ever longitudinal study of education in Pakistan. Read the article
 
5/30/09 The New York Times: "China's Forgotten Revolution"
Professor of Chinese Allan Barr translated this article by Yu Hua, who shares his memories of the Tiananmen Square protests, 20 years later. Read the article
 
5/30/09 L.A. Times: "American art gets a higher profile in U.S. museums"
Professor of Art History Frances Pohl is quoted in this article on the recent interest in American art at a growing number of museums, saying ""American art was so understudied that people find it easier to do interesting things on brand new topics." Read the article
 
5/27/09 The Scituate Mariner: "Local kayaker to begin unique journey for the NSRWA"
Nick Tyack '10 is going on a three-day, 72-mile kayak trip to to raise funds for the North and South Rivers Watershed Association (NSRWA) in Massachusetts. Read the article
 
5/24/09 The Chicago Tribune: "From 'lost' to lauded at college graduation"
Mary Schmich '75 met Alix Coupet '09 when she gave her "Wear sunscreen" speech and received an honorary degree at this year's Commencement. Impressed with her fellow Chicagoan's accomplishments, she wrote this profile of Coupet and his participate in the Posse Foundation program. Read the article
 
5/17/09 New York Times: "Where Art Thou? Twenty-Nine Places That Will Open Your Eyes and Blow Your Mind"
James Turrell '65 and Skyspace at Pomona College is mentioned in this travel piece on personal art meccas--the types of amazing artworks you place on a bucket list. Read the article (click on the red square with the blue door); learn about Skyspace
 
5/10/09 Artdaily.org: "Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Stephen Marc Winner of the 2009 Factor Prize for Southern Art"
Photographer and digital montage artist Stephen Marc '76 has won the 2009 Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art, which recognizes an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media while contributing to a new understanding of art in the South. Read the article; view Marc's artwork
 
5/8/09 NewYorkTimes.com: "Early Signs That College Yields Did Not Change Dramatically"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted in this piece on admissions yields--the percentage of applicants who accept their offer--and whether the economy has had an affect on the yields. Read the article
 
5/7/09 The Denver Daily News: "Hometown hero: Denver woman helps improve lives in Kenya"
Lily Muldoon '07 discovered how much help is needed in Kenya during her Study Abroad. She returned after graduation to help build schools, latrines and rainwater catchment systems, and provide health workshops. Read the article
 
5/7/09 San Bernardino Sun: "Taxpayer Protection Act a Fraud"
History professor Char Miller penned this op-ed to oppose the proposed California Taxpayer Protection Act, which he says is in violation of the 14th Amendment. Read the article
 
5/6/09 The Wall Street Journal: "College Presidents Pen Admissions Essays"
The Wall Street Journal offered 10 college presidents an unusual assignment: Write an admissions essay question from their own school’s application. Our own President David Oxtoby faced up to the challenge. Read President Oxtoby's essay; read the main article
 
4/14/09 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: "Report: Illegal population growth slows in California, other states seeing large influx"
Latin American Studies professor Miguel Tinker-Salas is quoted in this article on a Pew Hispanic Center report on illegal immigration. Read the article
 
3/31/09 New York Times: "Chinese Inmates at Guantanamo Bay Pose a Dilemma"
Professor and PBI President Dru Gladney is referenced in this article on Uighur detainees in Guantanamo Bay. Read the article
 
3/31/09 LATimes.com: "Hang around an ink well: Writing about Bob Dylan"
The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan, a collection of essays about the musician edited by Professor of English Kevin Dettmar, is profiled. Read the article
 
3/29/09 L.A. Times: "James Hueter gets visibility at Claremont Museum of Art"
Steve Comba, assistant director of the Pomona College Museum of Art, comments about the current retrospective of James Hueter '48, which Comba curated, and on why Hueter has never received the recognition he deserves. Read the article
 
3/20/09 The Boston Globe: "Dylanology 101"
A mention of The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan, edited by English professor Kevin Dettmar, is made in this overview of recent academic attention paid to Bob Dylan. Read the article
 
3/18/09 SouthCoastToday.com: "Academic press gives Dylan a spin"
Professor of English Kevin Dettmar is interviewed about the book he recently edited, The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan. Read the article
 
2/16/09 Associated Press: “Chavez calls Venezuela vote mandate for socialism”
Professor Miguel Tinker Salas is quoted about a recent vote in Venezuela that ended presidential term limits, among other issues. Read the article
 
2/16/09 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: "College pioneer fought for equality"
This historical piece takes a look at former Pomona College President George A. Gates who brought his progressive politics to Claremont in 1901. Read the article
 
2/14/09 San Diego Union Tribune: "Bulldozing Nature"
Professor Char Miller contributes this opinion piece on the environmental damage wrought by building a border fence. Read the article
 
2/10/09 ArtSlant.com: "Subconscious Symbolism"
A review of the Pomona College Museum of Art's current show, suddenly: where we live now. Read the article
 
2/09 Reader's Digest: "Quick Study: Standardized Tests"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted about ramifications of the new policy which lets students choose which SAT scores they submit on their college application. Read the article
 
1/12/09 Forbes: "Charitable Annuity Safetynet"
Pomona College's annuity payout is favorably mentioned in this article about the steady rates and tax benefits of charitable gift annuities. Read the article
 
1/8/09 Kiplinger's Personal Finance: "2009 Best Values in Private Colleges"
Pomona College is ranked the #1 Best Value among private liberal arts colleges this year. Read the article
 
1/7/09 KPCC (89.3 fm): "The Transformation of L.A. Unified"
Politics professor David Menefee-Libey is interviewed with CGU professor Charles Kerchner about how the L.A. County school system has changed since the 1960s. This is also the subject of Menefee-Libey and Kerchner's recent book, Learning From L.A. Listen to the interview
 
12/30/08 New York Times: "SAT Changes Policy, Opens Rift With Colleges"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted in this article on a recent change to the SAT policy which allows students to choose which test scores they wish college admissions officers to see. Read the article
 
12/21/08 The Press-Enterprise: "Inland researchers say storm runoff, once just a threat, is a resource to be managed"
Bowman Cutter, assistant professor of economics, and Kenneth Baerenklau, a UC Riverside associate professor of environmental economics, are working to convince local big-box stores to install porous-pavement parking lots to help reduce polluted water and recharge depleted groundwater basins. Read the article
 
12/20/08 Burlington Free Press: "Groups name Middlebury College's Elder 'Vermont professor of the year'"
John Elder '69, professor of environment studies and English and American Literatures, has been named the 2008 Vermont professor of the year by both the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Read the article
 
12/19/08 NPR.org: "Rod Bagojevich and the Poetry Slam"
Professor emeritus Thomas Pinney discuses the urge by public figures to quote the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling when times get tough. Read the article
 
12/18/08 The New York Times: "Q and A: College Admissions"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch participates in this NYT reader Q&A session about the admissions process, weighing in on subjects like teacher recommendation letters and financial aid. Read the article
 
12/18/08 The Garden Island: "Chuan 'a role model' for activism"
Ray Chuan '44 was recognized for his years of community service and activism on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. Read the article
 
12/03/08 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Try to remember. Memory test may help diagnose problem"
Psychology professor and tip-of-the-tongue experience expert Deborah Burke is quoted in this article on ways for people to keep their memories sharp. Read the article
 
11/28/08 The New York Times: "Arty Subversives Storm the Museum"
Art professor and Machine Project founder Mark Allen led 35 artists in the one-day takeover of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in November. The New York Times reviews the subversive art experiment. Read the article
 
11/22/08 The Australian: "Iranians aroused to action"
A review of Professor of Anthropology Pardis Mahdavi's book  Passionate Uprisings: Iran's Sexual Revolution notes: "The story told by Mahdavi suggests there is something fundamentally indivisible about culture: that the dream of liberty is universal, as is the dance of love." Read the article
 
11/18/08 Miami Herald: "Immigrants back Chavez"
Latin American Studies professor Miguel Tinker-Salas is quoted in this piece on immigrant support for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Read the article
 
11/17/08 L.A. Times: "At LACMA, a playground for Machine Project"
Art professor Mark Allen and his gallery/art collective Machine Project took over the L.A. County Museum of Art for one day, with more than 60 site-specific artworks. This is a history and review of the event. Read the article
 
11/14/08 L.A. Times: "An intellectual makeover for Iranian women"
Anthropology professor Pardis Mahdavi is quoted in this profile of Nazanin Gohari, a community activist for women in Tehran. Read the article
 
11/4/08 The Epoch Times: "Leeshai Lemish on the Chinese New Year Spectacular"
Leeshai Lemish '05 discusses his unusual role as emcee for the “Chinese New Year Spectacular.” Read the article
 
11/2/08 Boston.com: "Pondering the afterlife in Harry Potter"
At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion during a session on Harry Potter, Religious Studies professor Oona Eisenstadt explored the ways in which the book series functions as a Christian allegory. Read the article
 
11/1/08 The Oregonian: "Vital signs of a young regional company"
A profile of Jay Buckingham '79 who started iComprehend, a new image-recognition software firm in Vancouver, Washington. Read the article
 
10/31/08 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Rental rates point to real value of home"
Economics professor Gary Smith is featured in this article that explores the premise behind his book Houseonomics, which is that one should focus on rental rates when determining whether to buy a home. Read the article
 
10/28/08 Bloomberg: "Mexico's Lower House Approves Changes to Oil Industry"
A controversial measure in Mexico that allows the state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos easier access to hire private and foreign companies passed amidst strong protest. Latin American Studies professor Miguel Tinker-Salas says this shows the Mexican congress is exerting more power, a reflection of greater democracy less than 10 years after 70 years of one-party rule ended. Read the article
 
10/21/08 New Haven Register: "Madison man turns to music after 9/11"
Walter Stutzman '71 left his successful software consulting career after witnessing the tragedy of 9/11. He returned to college to become a music teacher and recently thanked his current school, Southern Connecticut State University, with a gift that will provide free private vocal or instrument lessons to students. Read the article
 
10/17/08 The Texas Observer: "The Shelf Life of the Presidential Mind"
In this commentary on the reading habits of past and future U.S. presidents, Professor of Environmental Analysis and History Char Miller discusses how Pomona students reacted to their summer reading of the recent books of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, and then offers the presidential hopefuls a reading list to help them understand the challenges of the American West. Read the article
 
9/28/08 Eastside Business: "Outstanding Philanthropists Chosen to be Honored"
Anders Crabo '12 and Colin Flynn (Pitzer '12) were honored for creating the Bellingham Youth Philanthropy Project, an endowment fund for environmental projects they developed as high school seniors and designed to continue on after they left high school. Read the article
 
9/28/08 The Associated Press: "China's Muslims say Ramadan a time of repression"
PBI President Dru Gladney comments on China's tight restrictions of Uighurs during the holy month of Ramadan. Read the article
 
9/23/08 Rio Grande Guardian: "Miller: Tempest Tossed"
Professor of Environmental Analysis and History Char Miller offers commentary on the dire circumstances of Gulf cities in the wake of recent hurricanes Dolly, Gustav and Ike, and what should be considered when talking of rebuilding. Read the article
 
9/22/08 U.S. News and World Report: "Report says test scores should be less important in college admissions"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted in this article about the recent expert recommendation for college admissions offices to place less importance on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT. Read the article
 
9/15/08 Sacramento Bee: "Playing for keeps in Mumbai"
Author Vikram Chandra '84 is profiled about his writing and his well-received book Sacred Games. Read the article
 
9/14/08 L.A. Times: "'Inland Empire' fits into the Pomona College Museum of Art"
This feature story examines the work and research of architects Hadrian Predock and John Frane, and how it is represented by the current Project Series 36: Predock_Frane Architects on display in the Museum. Read the story
 
9/13/08 Pasadena Star-News: "Baby boomer retirements impact higher education"
Brenda Rushforth, assistant vice president of human resources, is quoted in this article on how large amounts of baby boomers are retiring and how that is affecting academia, both in administrative and faculty positions. Read the article
 
9/7/08 Arizona Daily Star: "The family tree is a pecan"
Generations of Sagehens are represented in this profile of Farmers Investment Co., a long-standing family-owned pecan farm company. The company was started by Keith Walden '36, and is now run by his son Dick Walden '64. Dick's mother Barbara Burkholder '35 and all four of Dick's grandparents also attended Pomona. Read the story
 
9/4/08 L.A. Times: "Pomona, USC rank high among most 'wired' colleges"
The L.A. Times covers the recent PC Magazine and Princeton Review ranking which placed Pomona as the fifth most 'wired' college in the United States. Read the article; more on the ranking
 
9/4/08 Boston Globe: "In Newport, a peek at how the rich garden"
Ronald Lee Fleming '63 is included in this article on beautiful private gardens in the Newport, Rhode Island, area. His garden features a bas relief in honor of Pomona College. Read the article
 
8/27/08 The Press Enterprise: "Inland national forests halt projects to offset big bills from fighting wildfires"
Professor of History and Environmental Analysis Char Miller is interviewed in this article about cuts in the Cleveland National Forest budget. Read the story
 
8/27/08 USA Today: "Opposing view: Law makes matters worse"
President David Oxtoby wrote this opinion piece regarding the Amethyst Initiative, which calls for an "informed and dispassionate" debate regarding the legal drinking age and its effects on binge drinking. More than 120 college presidents have signed the Initiative. Read the article

President Oxtoby was also interviewed by the L.A. Times and KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio on the Initiative.
 
8/23/08 L.A. Times: "Book review: "Houseonomics: Why Owning a Home Is Still a Great Investment,' by Gary N. Smith and Margaret H. Smith"
A book review of Housenomics, written by Professor of Economics Gary Smith and his wife, Margaret H. Smith. Read the article
 
8/18/08 Newsweek: "Keep It Honest, Keep It Real"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch penned this article for the annual Kaplan-Newsweek How to Get Into College Guide. The article examines the college application process and how it affects both students and parents. Read the article
 
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
 
8/17/08 Chicago Tribune: "Pick your spots when plans
Economics professor Gary Smith offers advice in this article on deciding when to remodel your home. Read the articlee
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
7/16/08 The Daily Bulletin: "Pomona College group studies bird in Arctic Circle"
Assistant Professor of Biology Nina Karnovsky took her fifth trip to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergan to study the dovekie, aka the "little auk." This year, Derek Young '09, Julia Gleichman '10 and Lauren McFadden '06 are accompanying her for the month of 12-hour field research days in the Arctic where, this time of year, the sun never sets. Read the article
 
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
 
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
 
7/8/08 Minnesota Public Radio: "Will foreclosure rescue bill help ease the pain?"
Economics Professor and Houseonomics author Gary Smith is interviewed in this broadcast about the proposed foreclosure rescue bill. Listen to the program
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
6/18/08 Newsweek: "Grading the Test"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted in this article examining the controversial writing exam portion of the SAT. Read the article
 
6/16/08 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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
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)
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
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
 
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
 
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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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
 
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.
Read entire article
 
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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." Read entire article
 
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. Read entire article
 
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. Read entire article
 
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
 
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
 
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."
 Read entire article
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
2/17/07 Globe and Mail (Canada) "Modest Man, Explosive Book"
Pomona alumnus Vikram Chandra '84 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
 
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
 
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
 
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.” Read entire article
 
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."
 
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.
Read entire article
 
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.
Read entire article
 
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."
Read entire article
 
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. Read entire article
 
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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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.  Read entire article
 
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. See entire special section
 
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." Read entire article
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. "
Read entire article
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." Read entire article
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.
Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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.
Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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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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." Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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." Read entire article
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.  Read entire article
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.  Read entire article (registration required.)
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. Read entire article
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."  Read entire article (registration required.)
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. Read entire article (registration required.)
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. Read entire article
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. Read entire article
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." Read entire article
 
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. Read entire article The event also garnered coverage in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
 
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."
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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. Read entire article
 
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." Read entire article
 
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.
 
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. Read entire article
 
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.
 
October
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.
 
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."
 
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.
 
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." Read entire article (registration required)
 
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 unnecessary poems in this book," reads the review. "  The reviewer also praises "the naturalness of the voice, a vocabulary and a tone so 'spoken' that the minute you finish a poem you want to read it again, just to see how he did it." Barnes was a longtime Pomona English professor before his death in 2000. "A Word Like Fire" is edited by Robert Mezey, professor of English, emeritus. Read entire article
 
8/5/05 Los Angeles Times "Not Only Natalee is Missing"
This Calendar section cover story explores why the media focuses its attention on missing women who are white, debating whether it is the result of deliberate racism or unconscious bias. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, associate professor of English and media studies, is quoted saying American culture has created a very specific archetype of the kind of woman who is considered a damsel in distress. Read entire article (registration required)
 
8/4/05 USA Today "Voices Rise From Ashes of Japanese Cities"
History Professor Samuel Yamashita's new book of diaries written by Japanese citizens during World War II is featured in USA Today's Life section. Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese  is the first English-language collection of its kind. The diaries offer a vivid picture of life on the home front and on the battlefield from a kamikaze pilot, a Tokyo housewife and a 9-year-old girl evacuated from Tokyo. Read entire article
 
7/11/05 The Wall Street Journal
"Perfect College Essay Takes Lots of Practice -- And Extra Help"
Dean of Admissions Bruce Poch is quoted in this front-page feature about the emergence of a cottage industry offering college applicants advice -- for a price -- on how to craft their admissions essays. Admissions officers are concerned about the trend. Essay consulting "fuels the panic by saying if you don't do it, you must be crazy," Poch tells the Journal.
 
7/10/05 Los Angeles Daily News "Summer Job Search"
This business section cover story addresses the difficulties teens have finding summer jobs, in part because older workers are applying for jobs that used to go to young people. Carl Martellino, director of Pomona's Career Development Office, discusses internship prospects for college students. This article also appeared in the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Pasadena Star-News and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Read entire article
 
7/9/05 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin "Migrants Come to Work, Send Cash Home"
In this front-page article about immigration, Politics Professor Heather Williams is quoted about the lack of formal jobs in Mexico, where most new work comes from the underground economy. "The Mexican economy is not generating jobs in the formal sector fast enough to absorb newcomers to the work force," Williams told the paper.
Read entire article
 
7/4/05 Los Angeles Times "If Ax Falls on GOP, It May Also Split GOP"
Politics Professor John Seery is quoted about the dilemma President Bush faces filling a Supreme Court vacancy in this front-page article.  "The true-believer, pro-life person wants Roe v. Wade to be overturned, and the politics are secondary," Seery tells the Times. "But to political strategists who are concerned about the future of the Republican Party, this would be almost devastating."
 
6/27/05 Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd"
 Lauren Moore '05 of the Pomona-Pitzer water polo team earns some ink in the nation's best-known sports magazine after scoring two goals, including one with less than five seconds on the clock, to carry the Sagehens to the Division III national collegiate women's championship.
 
6/27/05 Los Angeles Times "Little Chance Here of a Voting Bloc Party"
 Pomona College professors Gilda Ochoa and Boris Ricks are quoted in this piece about Neighborhood Council elections and neighborhood disputes in Los Angeles. Ochoa (seen at right), who wrote a book about Mexican American and Mexican immigrant relations in an L.A. suburb, addresses the tensions between established residents and more recent arrivals. Ricks, a Mellon postdoctoral fellow at Pomona, discusses cultural differences between African Americans and Latino immigrants in South Los Angeles.
 
6/18/05 San Francisco Chronicle "Here, Queer and Making Their Premieres"
The Bay Area's largest paper gives rave reviews to  "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria," a documentary written and directed by Susan Stryker and Pomona College history professor Victor Silverman. It tells the story of how transgender street prostitutes in San Francisco’s impoverished Tenderloin district in 1966 fought back against a police raid at Compton’s Cafeteria, a popular all-night neighborhood hang-out.
Read entire article
 
6/14/05 CNN - "Lou Dobbs Tonight" Mexican Border Issues
In a segment on Mexico and the border, Pomona College professor Miguel Tinker Salas discusses the role of remittances, billions of dollars sent back to Mexico from the U.S.
 
6/12/05 The New York Times "War On Terror Dominates Talks Given at Graduations"
Pomona was one of 19 colleges whose commencement speakers -- ranging from actor Tom Hanks to President Bush -- were quoted in a round-up story. The Times printed this excerpt from the keynote address given by civil right attorney John Payton '73 at Pomona's Commencement: "It is now conventional to talk about how Sept. 11 changed everything. This is often said with a tone of ''it is time to set aside foolish causes like human rights and turn to serious causes like national security.' I think that is the wrong point. We all felt the sense of unity that first characterized the response to September 11. We need that strength to make sure that the things that define us as a society are not compromised and lost."
Read Payton's entire speech
 
6/13/05 Santa Cruz Sentinel "SLV Grad on Peace Corps Mission to Niger"
Karl Hedstrom '02 joined the Peace Corps and is digging wells to irrigate a community garden in a remote village in the West African nation of Niger. Read entire article
 
6/12/05 Los Angeles Times "The Value of Sagehen Wisdom"
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich recalls his days leading the Pomona-Pitzer team in this column by Bill Platschke. "To the rest of the world, Gregg Popovich is the white-haired Red, the fox in the Zenhouse, the guy who has quietly become the NBA's best coach, of its best team," Plaschke writes. "To the guys at Pomona-Pitzer, he was a coach who lived in a dorm and worked out of a converted storage closet and drove the school van and directed … intramurals?" Read entire article (registration required)
 
May-June, 2005 Foreign Policy "Hating School"
The number of students in Pakistan's madrasas -- the Islamic schools criticized for promoting militancy -- has been dramatically overestimated, according to a recent World Bank report. Tahir Andrabi, associate professor of economics at Pomona College, is quoted as one of the authors of the report.
 
5/07/05 Associated Press "Venezuela's Oil Wealth Funds Social Programs"
Under President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's oil wealth is being used to finance an ambitious effort to help the poor, the Associated Press reports. The article quotes Pomona College Professor Miguel Tinker Salas, who grew up in a Venezuelan oil camp. Tinker Salas notes that focusing oil wealth strictly on helping the poor, instead of spreading the program benefits across social classes, is a new approach for the nation. This article appeared in newspapers across the country. Read entire article
 
4/30/05 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin "Mainstream Press Still Relevant, NY Times Editor Says"
Pomona College alumnus Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, gave the keynote address at an Alumni Weekend "Headlines and Deadlines" symposium on journalism. Keller said mainstream journalism can remain relevant by providing professional, quality coverage. He acknowledged the growing competition from Internet blogs, but said newspapers can offer a more complete picture. The symposium also featured writers and editors for The New Yorker, Wired Magazine and the Associated Press. Read entire article
 
4/27/05 Los Angeles Times "Defining Life By Way of Blurring Language"
This book review describes Professor Susana Chavez-Silverman's Killer Cronicas, written in "Spanglish," as a "stirring memoir" full of "clever bilingual wordplay." Reviewer Daniel Hernandez opines that the "book may one day be regarded as a refreshing turning point in Latino literature." He also notes that Chavez-Silverman "is developing a reputation as a lively public reader of Killer Cronicas, here and abroad."
 
4/12/05 Los Angeles Times "Ripple Effect: It Turns Out Wildflowers Weren't the Only Ones Waiting For a Rainy Day"
This article explains how Southern California's wettest rainy season in a century has boosted wildlife populations, and it quotes Gene Fowler, associate professor of biology, explaining the phenomenon. Read entire article (registration required)
 
3/10/05 The Christian Science Monitor
"US and Mexico: How Both Will Try to Bridge a Significant Divide"
This article addresses efforts by the White House to pay more attention to  issues involving Latin America, including immigration, the border and trade. The 9/11 attacks diverted the Administration's attention from the U.S.-Mexico relationship. Pomona College Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas is quoted saying President Bush will face opposition from other Republicans if he pushes his guest-worker plan. Read entire article
 
3/06/05 Los Angeles Times "No Silencing a Boom Voice"
Writing for the Book Review section, Pomona Professor Nivia Montenegro laments the death of Cuban author Guillermo Cabrera Infante, part of a group of noted writers that became known as the Latin American Boom in the 1960s.  Writes Montenegro: "Cabrera Infante was one of the first writers to tap the potential of popular culture in Spanish and to bring it in line with "serious" literary works ...  above all, he was a master of language, exploding words in several directions, whipping them into carnival performances through the fury of their sounds." Read entire article (registration required)
 
3/02/05 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin "Mentors Motivate College Dreams"
This story about Uncommon Good, a Claremont organization that helps low-income families,  highlights Pomona student Ian Rinehart, who skateboards to a local elementary school every Thursday to mentor a 10-year-old boy. Both interested in sports and music, they kick around the soccer ball or visit the Folk Music Center.
 
2/27/05 Reuters "Study Says Less (sic) Students at Pakistan Islamic Schools"
A new study shows that fewer than 1 percent of students in Pakistan attend madrassahs, the Islamic schools often criticized for promoting militancy. The study was conducted by Jishu Das of the World Bank, Asim Ijaz Khawaja and Tristan Zajonc of Harvard University and Tahir Andrabi, associate professor of economics at Pomona College. The authors expressed concern that the media and the U.S. 9/11 Commission report had overstated the number of students in these schools.
 
2/25/05 The Chronicle of Higher Education
"The Ghosts of 'Single-Choice Early Action' Plans"
In this opinion piece, Pomona dean of admissions Bruce Poch discusses the unintended consequences of "single-choice early action" plans that allow students to apply early to a college without having to commit to enroll their if accepted. The problem, Poch writes, is that these early applicants typically maintain their applications at other colleges even when they are certain that they plan to go with their early choice school. This takes up spaces other applicants could have received at the other colleges the early-choice student applied to, and forces more of those applicants onto waiting lists.
 
2/11/05 The Chronicle of Higher Education "Pomona's Prime Number"
The Chronicle delves into Pomona's peculiar fascination with the number 47, telling how the obsession began in a 1960s statistics class where students became convinced the number occurred at "supernatural frequency." The tradition reached television when Pomona alumnus Joe Menosky '79, wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation and repeatedly worked the number into the show.
 
2/8/05 Philadelphia Inquirer 
"Grades and Activities, Sure. But What Are Applicants Really Like?"
With so many highly-polished candidates, colleges are starting to ask applicants some fun questions to find out what students are really like and send the message that test scores aren't everything. Bruce Poch, Pomona's dean of admissions, tells how college applications these days are "polished to the point of showing no wrinkles." He says asking a fun question can put the "stamp of humanity" on the process. Read entire article (registration required)
 
2/6/05 USA Today "Costs Begin Before College"
College costs can add up before a student even is accepted.  Applications fees and costs for the SAT and other tests can be a burden for moderate-income students. Bruce Poch, Pomona's dean of admissions, discusses the issue of fee waivers for low-income students.
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1/31/05 Newsweek "Affirmative Action: Making the Grade?"
This article addresses the issue of whether affirmative action is actually boosting the number of minorities graduating with a degree, reviewing underrepresented students' graduation rates at different schools. Pomona is mentioned as a positive example, with a graduation rate of 95 percent for underrepresented students.
 
1/23/05 Los Angeles Times "'Hi. What's Your Major?' Is Reinvented on Website"
 Pomona College students such as Cieran Rockwell are featured prominently in this front-page story about www.thefacebook.com, a social networking Website that is growing in popularity with college students. According to the article, "Students post photos and information about themselves, including political views, tastes in music and movies, and their relationship status ... The website's growing database intrigues sociologists, economists and other researchers, even as it raises privacy concerns among some college officials. " 
 
1/28/05 National Public Radio  "Science Friday"
The topic once again is women and science, and Nicole Weekes, professor of psychology and neuroscience, is called upon to talk about differences in men's and women's brains.
 
1/19/05 National Public Radio  "Day to Day"
 Nicole Weeks, professor of psychology and neuroscience, discusses the issue of whether gender differences explain why more men than women enter careers in science and math. This became a hot topic after Harvard University President Lawrence Summers' comments on the issue sparked controversy.
 
1/18/05 KPCC 89.3 "AirTalk with Larry Mantle"
 Politics Professor David Menefee-Libey discusses the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's confirmation hearings for Condoleeza Rice as Secretary of State. 
 
1/01/05 Daily Bulletin  "Pomona College Senior to Study in United Kingdom"
 Sarah Cook '05 recently was awarded the Marshall Scholarship, providing her with roughly $60,000 for two years of study in the United Kingdom after she graduates from Pomona. She plans to research the Middle East conflict during her time at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. A citizen of both the U.S. and Israel, Cook plans to research the Protestant-Catholic conflict in Northern Ireland for answers to the Middle East conflict.
 
Official news releases are issued by the Pomona College Office of Communications. Members of the news media requiring further assistance with these stories should contact Cynthia Peters, Associate Director of Communications, at (909) 621-8515 for immediate assistance, or by e-mail at cynthia.peters@pomona.edu.
 
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