2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
Gifts From A Friend
We found ourselves answering our cell phones, walking through South Quad, overhearing our friends. The news arrives. A loved one is no longer with us. What is it about death that always leaves us staring blankly into the sky, the ground, or anything that takes our minds away from the reality that a friend is gone?
Each of our physical responses is similar, yet our thoughts and emotions are unique.…
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Cowardly Administration Lets Thugs Vandalize, Embarrass CampusCMC Officials Should Go Back to Leadership School
For three days after Karl Rove's talk at the Athenaeum, a maintenance worker named Sigifredo chiseled paint out of our central fountain. Nearly everyone who saw the cleanup operation - liberals and conservatives, students and employees - expressed disgust at how willingly the administration let vandals trash our campus.…
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Claremont Faculty on the Financial Crisis
Last week, the CI sat down with Professor Marc Weidenmier, Richard Burdekin, Ludwig Chincarini, and Michael Kuehlwein, to discuss the current financial crisis. In the short time span of five days, during which we conducted our interviews, the financial industry was restructured and changed forever.…
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Study Abroad: A Casualty of Expansion
In the past, Claremont McKenna students have had the opportunity to study abroad where they want and when they want. But this could all be changing. On September 7 the sophomore class received an e-mail from Kristen Mallory entitled "Crucial changes in Study Abroad Policies affecting all Sophomores, Class of 2011.…
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Is Obama My Brother's Keeper, or Big Brother?When I told a professor after the 2006 midterm elections that it was good that the Republicans lost, he disagreed, saying, "It's better to change the party from within." He thought they could reform while still a majority. I was not so sure at the time. When the Democrats are in power, it seems easier for Republicans to remember what their party stands for: limited government and individual freedom.
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Hymns to HypersensitivityFlyers revealing the supposed racist origins of Pomona College's alma matter "Hail, Pomona, Hail" created chaos on campus during Family Weekend in February. The flyers consisted of a photocopy of the back sleeve of a 10-inch record of Pomona College songs and revealed that the alma mater song had its origins in blackface minstrelsy.
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Title IX and the SciencesTitle IX, the 1972 federal law regarding sexual discrimination in education, has long been applied to women's and men's sports programs, taking the form of affirmative action in sports-related admissions and even outright numerical quotas for women and men in collegiate athletics.
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John Lerew CMC '81 Can Win on EnergyIt's looking to be a tough year for Republicans. Jack Pitney, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College, recently told The San Diego Union Tribune that the "the only question is how many seats the Republicans are going to lose." "If they're really, really lucky, it will be single digits or low double digits in the House and maybe three or four in the Senate," Pitney said.
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Simmering Unrest in Xinjiang ProvinceFor centuries, relations with China have been uneasyThe eyes of the world were on China for the month of August as they staged one of the most grandiose Olympic Games in history. Even as Communist Party bosses relished the spotlight and legitimacy offered by the games, critics of China's authoritarian government demanded that attention be paid to China's atrocious human rights record and its persistent mistreatment of minorities.
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A Dubious Welcome for RovePitzer protesters plan to expand activismTwo weeks into the school year, a cause for protest arose, and yes, it was the Pitzer students who orchestrated the demonstration. Since Karl Rove's talk on politics and the presidency much has been left to speculation, hearsay, and secondary-sourced journalism for the account of what actually occurred on Monday, September 15th at CMC's Athenaeum.
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New Directions at Lowe InstituteEarlier this year, Professor Marc Weidenmier, William F. Podlich Associate Professor of Economics, became the new Director of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy. The Claremont Independent paid a visit to their new office on the 3rd floor of Bauer Center, and sat down with Professor Weidenmier to discuss his vision and plans for the Lowe.
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Values Voter Summit Energizes Activists"She did not understand that what she was about to engage in, many celebrated across America as 'choice.' She only knew that she never had the choice. It was always his choice. And he chose her again and again and again. He was her father, and now he was the father of her child.
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