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79-705: Michael "E.Z." Simpson and John "Gizmo" King started working together as the Dust Brothers in 1985 at Pomona College radio station , KSPC , hosting a weekly hip-hop show called The Big Beat Showcase . They developed writing and producing skills creating music for their show and DJing and rapping at parties. In 1987, they began writing and producing for the Delicious Vinyl label . There they wrote and produced tracks on Tone Lōc 's album , Lōc-ed After Dark , Young MC 's debut album Stone Cold Rhymin' , and other Delicious Vinyl releases. They also worked with

158-455: A Nobel Prize laureate; National Academies members; and Olympic athletes. The college is a top producer of Fulbright scholars and recipients of other fellowships. Pomona College was established as a coeducational and nonsectarian Christian institution on October 14, 1887, amidst a real estate boom and anticipated population influx precipitated by the arrival of a transcontinental railroad to Southern California . Its founders,

237-458: A consortium of five undergraduate liberal arts colleges ("5Cs")—Pomona, Scripps , Claremont McKenna , Harvey Mudd , and Pitzer —and two graduate schools— Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute . All are located in Claremont. Although each member has individual autonomy and a distinct identity, there is substantial collaboration through The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS),

316-699: A cover version of the Earth, Wind & Fire song " Shining Star ". In 1999, the two collaborated with Carlos Santana and Eagle-Eye Cherry on Santana's multi-platinum album Supernatural . They received their first Grammy for 'Album of the Year'; after having received numerous nominations for their past work with Beck and as artists for their instrumental song on the X-Files soundtrack. They also recorded, produced and mixed an album by 'hip pop' group 10 Cents named Buggin Out . In

395-628: A doctorate or other terminal degree in their field. Students and professors often form close relationships, and the college provides faculty with free meals to encourage them to eat with students. Semesters end with a week-long final examination period preceded by two reading days . The college operates several resource centers to help students develop academic skills in quantitative tasks, writing, and foreign languages. More than half of Pomona students conduct research with faculty. The college sponsors an annual Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), in which more than 200 students are paid

474-500: A lifetime annuity in exchange for donating to the college upon their death. The plan's model has since been adopted by many other colleges. Lyon made several progressive decisions relating to civil rights, including supporting Japanese-American students during internment and establishing an exchange program in 1952 with Fisk University , a historically black university in Tennessee. He and dean of women Jean Walton ended

553-705: A "college in a garden" defined by native Southern California vegetation but incorporating global influences in the tradition of the acclimatization movement . President James Blaisdell 's decision to purchase undeveloped land around Pomona while it was still available later gave the college room to grow and found the consortium. Many of the earlier buildings were constructed in the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, with stucco walls and red terracotta tile roofs. Other and later construction incorporated elements of neoclassical , Victorian , Italian Romanesque , modern , and postmodern styles. As

632-593: A 2017 alumni survey. The college ranked 11th among all U.S. colleges and universities for doctorates awarded to alumni per capita, according to data collected by the National Science Foundation for 2012 to 2021. The top destinations between 2009 and 2018 (in order) were the University of California, Los Angeles ; the University of California, Berkeley ; Harvard University ; the University of Southern California ; and Stanford University . A 2023 analysis of

711-496: A 335-seat thrust stage theater and 125-seat black box theater , among other facilities. The Studio Art Hall garnered national recognition for its steel-frame design when it was completed in 2014. Pomona's main social science and humanities buildings are located west of College Avenue. They include the Carnegie Building, a neoclassical structure built in 1908 as a Carnegie library . Several historic Victorian houses line

790-455: A C average GPA are needed to graduate, along with the requirements of a major, a first-year critical inquiry seminar, at least one course in each of six "breadth of study" areas, proficiency in a foreign language, two physical education courses, a writing-intensive course, a speaking-intensive course, and an "analyzing difference" course (typically examining a type of structural inequality ). Pomona offers 48 majors , most of which also have

869-461: A capacity of 2,500. Bridges Hall of Music ("Little Bridges") is a concert hall with seating for 550. On the western edge of campus is the Benton Museum of Art , which has a collection of approximately 19,000 items, including Italian Renaissance panel paintings , indigenous American art and artifacts, and American and European prints, drawings, and photographs. The Seaver Theatre Complex has

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948-407: A coordinating entity that manages the central library , campus safety services, health services , and other resources. Overall, the 7Cs have been praised by higher education experts for their close cooperation, although there have been occasional tensions. Pomona is the largest undergraduate and wealthiest member. Pomona is a member of several other consortia of selective colleges, including

1027-642: A corresponding minor . For the 2023 graduation cohort, 21% of students majored in the arts and humanities, 39% in the natural sciences, 24% in the social sciences, and 16% in interdisciplinary fields. 19% of students completed a double major, 29% completed a minor, and 2% completed multiple minors. The college does not permit majoring in pre-professional disciplines such as medicine or law but offers academic advising for those areas and 3‑2 engineering programs with Caltech , Dartmouth , and Washington University . Individually, Pomona offers approximately 650 courses per semester. Additionally, students may take

1106-555: A median early career salary of $ 73,700 and a median mid-career salary of $ 146,400, according to 2023 survey data from compensation analytics company PayScale . Pomona ranks among the top producers of recipients of various competitive postgraduate fellowships , including the Churchill Scholarship , Fulbright Program , Goldwater Scholarship , Marshall Scholarship , National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship, and Rhodes Scholarship . Guero Guero

1185-500: A regional group of Congregationalists , sought to create a "college of the New England type ", emulating the institutions where many of them had been educated. Classes first began at Ayer Cottage , a rental house in Pomona, California , on September 12, 1888, with a permanent campus planned at Piedmont Mesa four miles north of the city. That year, as the real estate bubble burst, making

1264-407: A result, the present campus features a blend of architectural styles. Most buildings are three or fewer stories in height, and are designed to facilitate both indoor and outdoor use. The campus consists of 88 facilities as of 2023 , including 70 addressed buildings. It is bounded by First Street on the south, Mills and Amherst Avenues on the east, Eighth Street on the north, and Harvard Avenue on

1343-543: A secretary; no culprit was ever identified. During the tenure of president David Alexander from 1969 to 1991, Pomona gained increased prominence on the national stage. The endowment increased ten-fold, enabling the construction and renovation of a number of buildings. Several identity-based groups, such as the Pomona College Women's Union (founded in 1984), were established. In the mid-1980s, out-of-state students began to outnumber in-state students. In 1991,

1422-440: A severe financial crisis during its early years, but raised enough money to add several buildings to its campus. Although the first Asian and black students enrolled in 1897 and 1900, respectively, the student body (like most others of the era) remained almost all white throughout this period. In 1905, during president George A. Gates ' tenure, the college acquired a 64-acre (26 ha) parcel of land to its east known as

1501-487: A significant portion of their courses at the other Claremont Colleges, enabling access to approximately 2,700 courses total. The academic calendars and registration procedures across the colleges are synchronized and consolidated, and there are no additional fees for cross-enrollment. Students may also create independent study courses evaluated by faculty mentors. All classes at Pomona are taught by professors (as opposed to teaching assistants ). The average class size

1580-600: A stipend of up to $ 5,600 to conduct research with professors or pursue independent research projects with professorial mentorship. The Pomona College Humanities Studio, established in 2018, supports research in the humanities. Pomona is home to the Pacific Basin Institute, a research institute that studies issues pertaining to the Pacific Rim . The Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity, colloquially termed "the Hive",

1659-524: A telescope at the Table Mountain Observatory in Big Pines, California . Along the north side of campus are several joint buildings maintained by The Claremont Colleges Services . The Claremont Colleges Library (also known as Honnold/Mudd Library) holds more than 2.7 million items as of 2020 , of which 1.1 million are physical and 1.7 million are digital. The consortium also owns

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1738-587: A track with Korn called "Kick the P.A." for the Spawn soundtrack; produced the number one hit " MMMBop " for Hanson 's first major label album Middle of Nowhere ; and created a song on the #1 soundtrack to the Howard Stern film Private Parts named " Tortured Man ", featuring vocals by Stern. The Dust Brothers also co-produced three songs on the Rolling Stones album, Bridges to Babylon . The next year,

1817-428: Is 15; for the fall 2023 semester, 92% of traditional courses had under 30 students, and only two courses had 50 or more students. The college employs 278 faculty members as of the fall 2023 semester, approximately four-fifths of whom are full-time, resulting in a 7∶1 ratio of students to full-time equivalent professors. Among full-time faculty, 36% are members of racial minority groups, 52% are women, and 96% have

1896-591: Is Alexander Hall, the college's central administration building, and the Smith Campus Center (SCC), home to many student services and communal spaces. East of the SCC is the Center for Athletics, Recreation and Wellness (Pomona's primary indoor athletics and recreation facility) and Smiley Hall dormitory, built in 1908. At the intersection of Sixth Street and College Avenue are the college gates, built in 1914, which mark

1975-591: Is Beck's highest-charting album and had sold over 868,000 copies in the United States as of July 2008. It received positive reviews from critics. Güero (pron. IPA ['wero]) means "blond" in Mexican Spanish , but can also refer to a light-skinned person. MTV described the term as being "Mexican slang for a blond-haired, fair-skinned Caucasian". Beck was raised in a prominently Chicano area of Los Angeles. In an interview with ABC 's Nightline , Beck said

2054-492: Is Mexican slang for "what up, whitey?" The album was recorded over a period of nine months, following a year and a half of touring in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks . Several other events contributed to the writing of the songs, including the suicide of Beck's friend Elliott Smith and Beck's impending child with wife Marissa Ribisi . The song "Broken Drum" is dedicated to Smith. More than 15 songs were considered for

2133-786: Is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California . It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California . In 1925, it became the founding member of the Claremont Colleges consortium of adjacent, affiliated institutions. Pomona is a four-year undergraduate institution that enrolls approximately 1,700 students. It offers 48 majors in liberal arts disciplines and roughly 650 courses, as well as access to more than 2,000 additional courses at

2212-466: Is in Claremont, California , an affluent suburban residential community 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles . It is directly northwest of the Claremont Village (the city's downtown commercial district) and directly south of the other contiguous Claremont Colleges. The area has a Mediterranean climate and consists of a gentle slope from the alluvial fan of San Antonio Creek in

2291-464: Is the ninth studio album by American musician Beck , released on March 29, 2005, by Interscope Records . It was produced with John King and Mike Simpson of the Dust Brothers , who had worked with Beck on his 1996 album Odelay , as well as Tony Hoffer . The album was promoted with the singles "E-Pro", "Girl", and "Hell Yes", and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 . To date, it

2370-653: The Billboard 200 at No. 2, marking Beck's best chart performance to date, and sold 162,000 copies in its first week. It was certified gold by the RIAA on June 7, 2005. Guero received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic it has a score of 78 out of 100, based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Several critics compared the album to Beck's 1996 album Odelay , while others observed that such comparisons were inevitable but ultimately misguided. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called

2449-600: The Beastie Boys ' Ad-Rock and the Dust Brothers' John King. "Black Tambourine" was featured in the David Lynch film Inland Empire , the trailer for the film (500) Days of Summer , and episode 22 of season 4 of The Good Wife , as well as the 2006 video game Lumines II , and the video game Driver: San Francisco . "Farewell Ride" was featured in FX trailers promoting the final season of The Shield . Guero debuted on

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2528-457: The Boo Yaa Tribe on the album New Funky Nation , producing several songs on that album. Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys stopped by mutual friend Matt Dike 's apartment, where King and Dike slyly played music intended to be a Dust Brothers album. Horovitz liked what he heard and asked if he could buy the music. The Dust Brothers along with Dike ended up co-writing, producing and mixing

2607-651: The Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges , the Oberlin Group , and the Annapolis Group . The college is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission , which reaffirmed its status in 2021 with particular praise for its diversity initiatives. Pomona has an endowment of $ 2.8 billion as of June 2023 , giving it one of the 10 highest endowments per student of any college or university in

2686-461: The Great Depression as students became unable to afford tuition , and its budget was slashed by a quarter. The college reoriented itself toward wartime activities again during World War II, hosting an Air Force military meteorology program and Army Specialized Training Program courses in engineering and foreign languages. Pomona's longest-serving president, E. Wilson Lyon , guided

2765-507: The Posse Foundation in 2004 and QuestBridge in 2005 ) and committed to meeting the full demonstrated financial need of students through grants rather than loans in 2008. These efforts, combined with Pomona's previously instituted need-blind admission policy, resulted in increased enrollment of low-income and racial minority students. In 2008, it was discovered that Pomona's alma mater may have been originally written to be sung as

2844-608: The Robert J. Bernard Field Station north of Foothill Boulevard. Pomona is governed as a private , nonprofit organization by a board of trustees responsible for overseeing the long-term interests of the college. The board consists of up to 42 members, most of whom are elected by existing members to four-year terms with a term limit of 12 years. It is responsible for hiring the college's president ( G. Gabrielle Starr since 2017 ), approving budgets, setting overarching policies, and various other tasks. The president, in turn, oversees

2923-602: The San Gabriel Mountains to the north. In its early years, Pomona quickly expanded from its initial home in Sumner Hall, constructing several buildings to accommodate its growing enrollment and ambitions. Starting in 1908, development of the campus was guided by master plans from architect Myron Hunt , who envisioned a central quadrangle flanked by buildings connected via visual axes . In 1923, landscape architect Ralph Cornell expanded on Hunt's plans, envisioning

3002-596: The 2000s, the Dust Brothers had continued success, again collaborating with Beck on the album Guero ; Tenacious D on their self-titled debut ; Linkin Park with a track called "With You" on their first studio album Hybrid Theory ; remixing the Styles of Beyond track "Winnetka Exit" on their promotional CD Spies Like Us ; and producing the They Might Be Giants album The Else . The Dust Brothers name and trademark

3081-650: The Beastie Boys' second album, Paul's Boutique , considered one of the best albums of all time by Time in 2006. Beck had the Dust Brothers produce his album Odelay , released in 1996. The album spawned the hits " Where It's At " (#64 on the Hot 100), " Devils Haircut " (#94 on the Hot 100), " The New Pollution " (#74) and " Jack-Ass " (#73). In 1995 the Dust Brothers co-produced Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil 's second solo album Carved in Stone . In 1997, they produced

3160-593: The Claremont Colleges and 265 unique organizations were represented in 9 career fairs. For the 2022 entering class, 96% of students returned for their second year, giving Pomona one of the highest retention rates of any college or university in the U.S. For the 2017 entering class, 71% of students graduated within four years (among the highest rate of any U.S. college or university ) and 93% graduated within six years. Within 10 years, 81% of Pomona graduates attend graduate or professional school, according to

3239-493: The Piedmont campus financially untenable, the college was offered the site of an unfinished hotel (later renamed Sumner Hall ) in the nearby, recently founded town of Claremont . It moved there but kept its name. Trustee Charles B. Sumner led the college during its first years, helping hire its first official president, Cyrus G. Baldwin , in 1890. The first graduating class, in 1894, had 11 members. Pomona suffered through

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3318-542: The Pomona College Internship Program (PCIP), which provides stipends for completing unpaid or underpaid internships during the semester or summer; more than 250 students participate annually. The office connects students with alumni for networking and mentoring via the Sagehen Connect platform. During the 2015‍–‍2016 academic year, 175 employers hosted on-site informational events at

3397-458: The U.S. The college's total assets (including its campus) are valued at $ 3.67 billion. Its operating budget for the 2023‍–‍2024 academic year was $ 259 million, of which roughly half was funded by endowment earnings. In 2022, 43% of the budget was allocated to instruction, 2% to research, 1% to public service, 14% to academic support, 16% to student services, and 25% to institutional support. In 2021, Fitch Ratings gave

3476-465: The Vietnam War occupied Sumner Hall to obstruct Air Force recruiters in 1968 and forced the cancellation of classes at the end of the spring 1970 semester. The college's ethnic diversity also began to increase, and activists successfully pushed the consortium to establish black and Latino studies programs in 1969. A bomb exploded at the Carnegie Building that February, permanently injuring

3555-509: The Wash. In 1911, as high schools became more common in the region, the college eliminated its preparatory department, which had taught pre-college level courses. The following year, it committed to a liberal arts model , soon after turning its previously separate schools of art and music into departments within the college. In 1914, the Phi Beta Kappa honor society established a chapter at

3634-567: The White Stripes plays bass on "Go It Alone". Money Mark , solo artist and keyboardist for the Beastie Boys , plays the organ on "Earthquake Weather". Petra Haden , formerly of That Dog and the Rentals , provides an intricate backing vocal track for "Rental Car". Guero was initially intended to be released on October 26, 2004, but was pushed back, due to delays with the artwork, mixing and music videos. An unmixed and un-mastered version of

3713-531: The aid of purchased carbon credits by 2030. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education gave the college a gold rating in its 2018 Sustainable Campus Index. South Campus consists of mostly first-year and second-year housing and academic buildings for the social sciences, arts, and humanities. A row of four residence halls is south of Bonita Avenue, with Frank Dining Hall at

3792-593: The album "the first record since Odelay where Beck mixes up the medicine the way he did in his Nineties prime". Contrasting the album with the "wiseass charisma" of his early albums, Sheffield noted that Beck now sounded "like an extremely bummed-out dude who made it to the future and discovered he hates it there." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly called Guero "alive and frisky" when compared to its predecessor, Sea Change (2002), and called it Beck's "most inviting, least off-putting work in years", praising its "slightly broader emotional range". Browne stated that

3871-411: The album felt "simultaneously familiar and new" and was "the first record on which the many moods and sides of Beck coexist". Andy Gill of The Independent observed that "Beck darts around the musical map like an animated flea," and praised the album's "judicious blends of beats, riffs, songs and raps spiralling off in a variety of directions". Gill highlighted the song "Missing" and its "reflections on

3950-535: The album was leaked in January 2005, under the title Ubiquitous . The track listing differed slightly from the officially announced track listing of Guero . On February 1, Beck released the Hell Yes EP on iTunes , which included remixes of the title track and "Que Onda Guero" by 8-bit and "E-Pro" and "Girl" by Paza. On March 10, five songs from the forthcoming album were featured in an episode of The O.C. Guero

4029-597: The campus is known as the Wash (formally Blanchard Park ), and contains a large grove of coast live oak trees, as well as many of the college's athletics facilities, an outdoor amphitheater , an astronomical observatory, and the Pomona College Organic Farm , an experiment in sustainable agriculture . North Campus was designed by architect Sumner Spaulding , and its initial phase was completed in 1930. It consists primarily of residential buildings for third- and fourth-year students and academic buildings for

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4108-505: The college a AAA bond credit rating , its highest rating, reflecting an "extremely strong financial profile". For the 2024‍–‍2025 academic year, Pomona charged a tuition fee of $ 65,000 , with a total estimated on-campus cost of attendance of $ 89,414 . In 2023‍–‍2024, 52% of students received a financial aid package, with an average award of $ 63,044, including 38% of international students, who received an average award of $ 73,927. The college meets

4187-547: The college converted the dormitory basements used by fraternities into lounges, arguing that this created a more equitable distribution of campus space. The move lowered the profile of Greek life on campus. In the 2000s, under president David W. Oxtoby , Pomona began placing more emphasis on reducing its environmental impact, committing in 2003 to obtaining LEED certifications for new buildings and launching various sustainability initiatives. The college also entered partnerships with several college access groups (including

4266-636: The college founded the Claremont Colleges consortium. Construction of the Clark dormitories on North Campus (then the men's campus) began in 1929, a reflection of president Charles Edmunds ' prioritization of the college's residential life. Edmunds, who had previously served as president of Lingnan University in Guangzhou , China, inspired a growing interest in Asian culture at the college and established its Asian studies program. Pomona's enrollment declined during

4345-427: The college into a large university that could acquire additional resources or remain a small institution capable of providing a more intimate educational experience. Seeking both, he pursued an alternative path inspired by the collegiate university model he observed at Oxford , envisioning a group of independent colleges sharing centralized resources such as a library. On October 14, 1925, Pomona's 38th anniversary,

4424-468: The college through a transformational and turbulent period from 1941 to 1969. The college's enrollment rose above 1,000 following the war, leading to the construction of several residence halls and science facilities. Its endowment grew steadily, due in part to the introduction in 1942 of a deferred giving fundraising scheme pioneered by Allen Hawley called the Pomona Plan, where participants receive

4503-433: The college's general operation, assisted by administrative staff and a faculty cabinet. The college has 880 total employees as of the fall 2022 semester. Pomona operates under a shared governance model, in which faculty and students sit on many policymaking committees and have a degree of control over other major decisions. Pomona is the founding member of the Claremont Colleges (colloquially "7Cs", for "seven colleges"),

4582-402: The college. Daily attendance at chapel was mandated until 1921, and student culture emphasized athletics and academic class rivalries. During World War I, male students were divided into three military companies and a Red Cross unit to assist in the war effort. Confronted with growing demand in the 1920s, Pomona's fourth president, James A. Blaisdell , considered whether to grow

4661-716: The country. It has a $ 2.8 billion endowment as of June 2023 , making it one of the 10 wealthiest schools in the U.S. on a per student basis. Nearly all students live on campus, and the student body is noted for its racial, geographic, and socioeconomic diversity. The college's athletics teams, the Sagehens , compete jointly with Pitzer College in the SCIAC , a Division III conference. Prominent alumni of Pomona include Oscar , Emmy , Grammy , and Tony award winners; U.S. Senators, ambassadors, and other federal officials; Pulitzer Prize recipients; billionaire executives;

4740-449: The dining hall staff voted to unionize in 2013. A rebranding initiative that year sought to emphasize students' passion and drive, angering students who thought it would lead to a more stressful culture. Several protests in the 2010s criticized the college's handling of sexual assault , leading to various reforms. In 2017, G. Gabrielle Starr became Pomona's tenth president; she is the first woman and first African American to hold

4819-456: The duo were approached by director David Fincher to assemble the score for the film Fight Club , most notably "This Is Your Life", a song featuring lines from the film, including a monologue by the character Tyler Durden ( Brad Pitt ). The same year also saw the Dust Brothers collaborate with Jeymes Samuel aka the Bullitts on the soundtrack for the film Muppets from Space , recording

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4898-403: The eastern end. Sumner Hall, the home of admissions and several other administrative departments, is to the north of the dormitories. Oldenborg Center, a foreign-language housing option that includes a foreign-language dining hall, is across from Sumner. South Campus has several arts buildings and performance venues. Bridges Auditorium ("Big Bridges") is used for concerts and speakers and has

4977-457: The ensemble finale to a student-produced blackface minstrel show performed on campus in 1910. The college stopped singing it at convocation and commencement , alienating some alumni. Pomona requested proof of legal residency from employees amid a unionization drive by dining hall workers in 2011. Seventeen workers who were unable to provide documentation were fired, drawing national media attention and sparking criticism from activists;

5056-515: The essential patchwork incompleteness of life", comparing it to Beck's work on the whole, "which typically makes unorthodox wholes from diverse fragments." Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork gave the album a mixed review and compared the album extensively to Odelay , stating, "one wonders whether Mr. Hansen's heart is in the proceedings, as many of the songs appear to be little more than weak echoes of their similar predecessors". Mitchum concluded that "the final result feels rote and calculated." The album

5135-403: The final running order of the album. "Hell Yes" features spoken contributions from Christina Ricci , who happened to be in the studio at the time of recording. Beck and the Dust Brothers had spent weeks auditioning sushi waitresses around Los Angeles but chose Ricci after she "tried it and just absolutely nailed it". She is credited as "Kurisuti-na" in the album's liner notes. Jack White of

5214-471: The full demonstrated need of all admitted students, including international students, through grants rather than loans. It does not offer merit awards or athletic scholarships . Pomona offers instruction in the liberal arts disciplines and awards the Bachelor of Arts degree. The college operates on a semester system , with a normal course load of four full- credit classes per semester. 32 credits and

5293-452: The gender segregation of Pomona's residential life, first with the opening of Frary Dining Hall (then part of the men's campus) to women beginning in 1957 and later with the elimination of parietal rules in the late 1960s and the introduction of co-educational housing in 1968. The student body, influenced by the countercultural revolution , became less socially conservative and more politically engaged in this era. Protesters opposed to

5372-499: The historical northern edge of the campus. They bear two quotes from President Blaisdell. On the north is "let only the eager, thoughtful and reverent enter here", and on the south is "They only are loyal to this college who departing bear their added riches in trust for mankind". Per campus tradition, enrolling students walk south through the gates during orientation and seniors walk north through them shortly before graduation. The less-developed 40-acre (16 ha) eastern portion of

5451-629: The location of the murals Prometheus (1930) by José Clemente Orozco , the first Mexican fresco in the U.S., and Genesis (1960) by Rico Lebrun . The college owns the 53-acre (21 ha) Trails Ends Ranch (a wilderness area in the Webb Canyon north of campus), the 320-acre (130 ha) Mildred Pitt Ranch in southeastern Monterey County , and the Halona Lodge retreat center in Idyllwild, California . The astronomy department built and operates

5530-449: The natural sciences. The academic buildings are located to the west of North College Way. This area includes Dividing the Light (2007), a skyspace by Light and Space artist and alumnus James Turrell . The residence halls include the Clark halls (I, III, and V ) and several more recent constructions. The North Campus dining hall, Frary Dining Hall, features a vaulted ceiling and is

5609-517: The office. From March 2020 through the spring 2021 semester, the college switched to online instruction in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . In April 2024, the college had 19 demonstrators occupying Starr's office to urge the college to divest from Israel arrested. This prompted condemnations and protests , including an encampment on Marston Quad that forced the college to move its commencement off-campus. Pomona's 140-acre (57 ha) campus

5688-457: The other Claremont Colleges. Its 140-acre (57 ha) campus is in a residential community 35 miles (56 km) east of downtown Los Angeles , near the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains . Pomona has the lowest acceptance rate of any U.S. liberal arts college as of 2021 and is considered the most prestigious liberal arts college in the American West and one of the most prestigious in

5767-460: The schools that send the most students per capita to the highest-ranked U.S. medical, business, and law schools placed Pomona 17th for medical schools, 22nd for business schools, and 14th for law schools. The top industries for graduates are technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; nonprofits; and research. Pomona alumni earn

5846-555: The southern portion of the avenue, including the Queen Anne–style Helen Goodwin Renwick House , which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Marston Quadrangle, a 5-acre (2 ha) lawn framed by California sycamore and coastal redwood trees, serves as a central artery for the campus, anchored by Carnegie on the west and Bridges Auditorium on the east. To its north

5925-420: The term "guero" was "something that I'd hear growing up. Something I'd hear on the street, walking to school or something, I'd get called a 'Guero'. ... It's just a word that stuck in my head and I wanted to do something with that at some point. ... I ended up, in the end, just kind of doing this almost journalistic kind of look at that whole time." The title of track 2, "Qué Onda Guero" (or "¿Qué onda, güero?"),

6004-557: The west. It is informally divided into North Campus and South Campus by Sixth Street, with most academic buildings in the western half and a naturalistic area known as the Wash in the east. It has been featured in numerous films and television shows, often standing in for other schools. Pomona has undertaken initiatives to make its campus more sustainable, including requiring that all new construction be built to LEED Gold standards, replacing turf with drought-tolerant landscaping, and committing to achieving carbon neutrality without

6083-698: Was established in 2015 to support creative learning. Approximately half of Pomona students study abroad. As of 2024 , the college offers 68 pre-approved programs in 37 countries. Study-away programs are available for Washington, D.C., Silicon Valley , and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, and semester exchanges are offered at Colby , Spelman , and Swarthmore colleges. The Pomona College Career Development Office (CDO) provides students and alumni with career advising , networking , and other pre-professional opportunities. It runs

6162-399: Was released on March 29. The album was released simultaneously in three formats: a standard 13-track CD, PlayStation Portable UMD and a deluxe CD/ DVD edition. The latter featured seven bonus tracks, a surround sound mix and interactive video art for each song. Later in 2005, Beck released an album of Guero remixes called Guerolito , featuring remixes by Boards of Canada , Octet,

6241-659: Was used by the British duo that eventually became the Chemical Brothers as they began their career. Used as a homage to the American group, they changed their name when they were unable to convince the Dust Brothers to sell the name. Eventually the groups reached an understanding, and the Chemical Brothers' 1997 EP Elektrobank featured a Dust Brothers remix of the title track. Pomona College Pomona College ( / p ə ˈ m oʊ n ə / pə- MOH -nə )

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