2008 Woodie Awards
In Search of InspirationWhere Conservatives Go From Here
While the scene for Republicans is bleak nationwide, it is even worse on college campuses. According to one student-run survey at Claremont McKenna College, approximately 75 percent of the students voted for Barack Obama. Conservatism, both nationally and on campus, finds itself at a crossroads: where do we go from here, both ideologically and operationally, now that the nation has delivered a resounding vote against our Party? Conservative pundits have provided a number of answers, as well as explanations for our recent loss.…
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Lessons from Iraq: What I Saw in Fallujah
In an attempt to scare some sense into me, and troubled by my academic slacking, my dad took me to a Marine Corps recruiter in my junior year of high school. At the time, I was not in the mindset to listen to anything he had to say, nor could I foresee what I would be doing in the upcoming weekend let alone a year and a half down the road.…
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Pomona Song Committee Neglects Due DiligenceNew Evidence Questions Alma Mater's Alleged Origins
Controversy continues to surround the suspension of Pomona's alma mater. More than nine hundred alumni have written to Pomona College's "Songs Committee" to protest its suspension, so one wonders what the committee continues to debate. One also wonders why the song, "Hail Pomona Hail," is still under scrutiny after it has been established that first, the song is not inherently racist by lyrics, composition, tone, or any other feature; and second, it was not performed at the 1909-10 blackface minstrel show, which had been alleged until now.…
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The Hatred of the LeftAfter Prop 8, the Liberals Show Their True Colors
The issue of gay marriage is a sensitive one, and it understandably fuels high emotions among proponents and opponents alike. But that hardly excuses the demonizing of the Right by the Left that we have seen on campus since the passage of Proposition 8. If you consider yourself a liberal, and if you feel passionately about this issue, I ask only one thing of you before you continue reading: please keep an open mind, an ability on which, after all, most liberals pride themselves.…
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Hail, Pomona's Board of Trustees, Hail!Alums and students alike can now sing full-throated, ever mindful that the ban wagon may keep rolling onThe Claremont Independent learned yesterday that Pomona's Board of Trustees will keep the songs, "Hail! Pomona, Hail!" and "Torchbearers" in what can only be described as a victory of reason and tradition over passion.
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The Successful CounterinsurgencyJohn Nagl Discusses US Iraq Strategy at AthenaeumDuring the darkest days of 2007, the American public believed the war in Iraq was lost. Reported Iraqi civilian casualties were over 2,000 deaths a month; in February and March, that number almost broke 3,000. More than 300 American soldiers lost their lives between March and May that year.
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Paving Our Way to a Greener Future6,000 students and 3,300 faculty and staff members: these numbers represent the fast-growing number of students at the Claremont Colleges. More students mean more cars, larger classes, increased housing needs, and so on. Thus, the colleges are in need of expanding their facilities to accommodate the rising number of students.
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Competition in EducationIn 1962, Milton Friedman wrote, "Our present school system, far from equalizing opportunity, very likely does the opposite. It makes it all the harder for the exceptional few - and it is they who are the hope of the future - to rise above the poverty of their initial state." Over four decades later, Friedman's observation still rings true. Our nation's education system is inefficient, outdated, and deleterious, and it particularly fails our impoverished children.
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The New Face of CampaigningThree ways that the 2008 Election will shape future races for the presidency"This is the most important election of our time." Which candidate in the 2008 presidential election said those words? Actually, at least four of them did, and most of the rest said the same thing slightly differently. Nevertheless, the jury won't return with a verdict on how important this election was in American history for another fifteen years at least.
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Maureen Dowd: Entertainment or Journalism?As a writer who loves opinion editorials and making fun of people, I was positive that Maureen Dowd's Athenaeum visit would be an opportunity to learn from the master. Sure, Miss Dowd leans left and yes, she's unabashedly polemic; but she's a widely read, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorialist from The New York Times.
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Contrarian: Christopher Hitchens Comes to PitzerOne of the most distinctive and irritating features of the Far Left is their persecution complex. In almost any debate they will try to frame themselves as the underdogs, rebels, or freedom fighters being persecuted by the ideologically intolerant and closed-minded majority.
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On Claremont ConfessionsIn early October a website appeared in response to the JuicyCampus phenomenon which was at that time gaining popularity at the 5Cs. Called "Claremont Confessions," the site was created by Josh Siegel '10 and others as an alternative venue for anonymous confessions and commentary that would only be accessible to the 5C community.
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