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Pomona News
Did you notice a lot more papers to sign on your return from winter break this year? A new permission slip, perhaps, giving consent for fellow students to let others grade your work? That is due to a court decision that concluded letting students see each others work without the owner's permission is a breach of their right to privacy.
Christmas is a time that most people enjoy with their family and friends, but for one Pomona alumnus, Jack Zadigian, Christmas 2000 was spent in the criminally charged town of Memphis, Tennessee. He and a group of four other players escaped a near "mugging!"
This spring Pomona's freshmen and sophomores will face the addition of 12 hours of testing mandated by Colorado Law. Governor Bill Owens signed Senate Bill 186, recently passed in the 2000 legislative session, which mandates the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) tests to be taken by all students in grades 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and also requires juniors to take the ACT on April 25.
Did you find it difficult maneuvering around the towers of Top Ramen located in Mr. Francis' math class last semester?
"I still remember taking my first computer class from him," said Tech Committee Chair Toni Freeman, fondly recalling Norwegian native Bjorn Moseng's influence on Pomona "I can still remember making him repeat 'First you boooot the disk' because I loved his accent."
Take a deep breath because Analecta club is preparing to sell the first issue of this year's literary magazine. The goal of the members is to have the issue published by the second week of February. The group hopes to publish a second collection sometime in April.
Have ten minutes ever seemed like an eternity? Well, that is how it felt for sophomores Dennis Sauter and duo partner Mike Carroll in the final round of the Speech Tournament Saturday January 7 at Arvada West High School.
While most departments have been easing their way into the new semester, instrumental music has already worked hard into the night preparing for the concert season; but this is not new for a department who we have came to know.
Richard Castaldo was left paralyzed after the 1999 Columbine High School shootings.
While in the hospital, he was visited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta. Ramos-Horta is one of two Nobel Peace Prize winners from East Timor honored for his courage and persistence in that country's struggle for freedom.
If you have ever had an audition, you would know the feeling: your stomach is tied up for hours before-hand. You have practiced for several months, dished out hundreds of dollars for private lessons, and prayed a thousand prayers that whatever happens you will not royally mess up. Now your only hope is that maybe, just maybe, they will pick you as one of the best. And it all depends on your performance during the next 10 minutes.
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