Pomona College community raises concern over proposed academic building security policy

Editor’s note: Soren Murphy-Pearson PO ’29 is an Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senator and South Campus Representative. This is not a news article, and the information stated here is not stated on behalf of ASPC. Murphy-Pearson is also part of an ad-hoc committee involved in the policy discussed in this article. Pomona College Vice President Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer Jeff Roth sent an email on Sept. 1 to the student body titled “Building Access Policy: Campus Review and Feedback,” requesting student feedback on a proposed security policy. The new policy would require a 5C ID to enter Pomona academic buildings at all hours, a change from the current open access policy from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. As Roth explained to me and other members of ASPC during our public Sept. 24 meeting, the policy was created with the help of third-party consultants, partially motivated by concerns regarding the Dec.

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