CMC Housing Crisis Solved
According to DOS, all CMC students returning from off-campus study will receive a room at the 5Cs this spring. Some will live in Pomona’s South Campus, while others may choose triple rooms or move off-campus.
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Volunteering for Triple Rooms? Is DOS Serious?
CMC’s Dean of Students Office’s push to turn double rooms into triples on a voluntary basis stands to fail due to insufficient incentives. But how much longer can DOS’s strategies to alleviate the housing crisis remain “voluntary”?
Schweinerei (#5): NOstalgia!
I’ve been missing Vienna. Study abroad directors might call this “re-entry shock,” but I’m calling bullshit. It’s closer to “Ostalgie,” a German portmanteau describing nostalgia for East Germans’ horrible lives before re-unification.
Schweinerei (#4): Oktoberfail
Wouldn’t it be weird and inaccurate if ten-gallon hats, shooting ranges and rodeos were the chief representations of America abroad? Well, that’s how I feel about Oktoberfest. Bavaria is the Texas of Germany, and we love it.
Schweinerei (#3): Babes in Burqaland
Surrounded by issues of Muslim assimilation and anti-Turkish racism, I developed some pretty strong but incongruous opinions about Muslim religious dress. Here are the three most compelling.
Schweinerei (#2): What? There were Austrian Nazis?
Austrian collective memory on a basic level lacks the drive to admit complicity in Nazi atrocities. The myth of being “the first victim of National Socialist aggression” has trumped the realities of the past.
Schweinerei (#1): Introducing Our First Real Web-Column
This is the first post of my regular column “Schweinerei.” If you’re not familiar with the term “Schweinerei,” that’s okay. You probably haven’t spent a significant amount of time around Bavarian pig farmers.
Ken Mehlman: A Secret Democrat?
The former Bush 2004 campaign manager and current head of Global Public Affairs at KKR remains cloaked in his past political connections, unable to fully espouse policies he agrees with.
Into Political Journalism? We’re Hiring.
The deadline to apply to be staff writers, copy editors, illustrators, and layout assistants for the 2010-2011 academic year is Monday, August 16. Read this post to see what applications materials you should send to editor@claremontportside.com.
Summer Update: From the Editor
With 40-hour workweeks and the requisite mental cleansing time, Port Side staffers are taking a bit of a break for the summer. In the meantime, here’s how we’re working to better serve you next year.
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