All Along Walker Wall: Pomona Wants to Be Original

In this edition of “All Along Walker Wall,” Emilio Bankier turns to Pomona College’s recently launched incomprehensible comprehensive fundraising campaign, “Originals.” 

“Originals: The Campaign for Pomona College” is now public. The college’s most ambitious fundraising campaign ever, “Originals” is ripe with goals, well-choreographed promotional videos, and vague statements about the future of Pomona College. At its core, the campaign says less about Pomona and its future and more about how out-of-touch the college’s leaders are with their own institution, something you can see clearly by asking of their campaign: What’s original about Pomona College?