A Call for Tolerance May 10, 2013 | claremontindependent
The Housing Games May 10, 2013 | Becky Shin
Scripps Students concerned over new LASPA Center... May 10, 2013 | Ambika Bist
Please Allow Immigrants to Keep My Taxes Low... May 10, 2013 | Lynsey Chediak
The Financial Aid Fiscal Cliff May 7, 2013 | Derek Ko
What’s in a feminist? Implications of the Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Celebration
May 7, 2013 | Amelia EvrigenisOn Tuesday, Jan. 22, the CMC “E-memo Digest” announced a Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Celebration to be held the following day. The flyer appended to the memo invited students to join Professors Amanda Hollis-Brusky and N. Ann Davis of … Read More
Margaret Thatcher, in Seven Quotes
May 5, 2013 | Martin Sartorius“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
“To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you … Read More
Thatcher, the Conviction Politician
May 5, 2013 | Chris Gaarder 3Developing into a “California conservative” at the beginning of the 21st century, it was challenging to find the ideal ideological role model in the public sphere. Sure, there were elder figures like John McCain or Colin Powell who had remarkable … Read More
The Enemies of Voltaire: Campus Speech Codes
May 5, 2013 | Colin SpenceClaremont Mckenna College President Pamela Gann sent out an email April 19 regarding the confrontation between a member of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization and a CMC faculty member. The email included a forwarded memo from Dean … Read More
Hail Politically Correct, Hail
May 5, 2013 | Brad RichardsonAs hundreds of Pomona College alumni descend upon the campus for Alumni Weekend May 2-5, there are sure to be graduates looking to relive their glory days through reverent nostalgia, whimsical antics and general drunkenly disorder.
In addition, while jaunting … Read More
Divestment 2.0
May 5, 2013 | Derek Ko 2In a recent school-wide ballot measure, 78 percent of Pomona College students voted to request that the administration divest portions of the college’s $1.7 billion endowment currently invested in fossil fuels. The April 9 landslide vote was widely hailed by … Read More