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The Claremont Independent
Mar 31, 2015
Why We Still Need Harry Jaffa
Earlier this year, Claremont McKenna College lost perhaps the most famous professor ever to teach under the Bauer Center rotunda. Harry...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 11, 2015
Civilization Prospers with Computer Science
What you already know (or suspect) about Computer Science: Virtually all of us understand the value of computer science. Its practicality...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 31, 2015
The End of the Women’s College
Back in 2010, 76 percent of the Scripps College student body voted in favor of a measure to make the language of its student constitution...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 30, 2015
Skin Deep: The Pitfalls of Racial Preferences
Collegiate affirmative action policies, first institutionalized as a part of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, were designed to provide...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 23, 2015
The Price of Cuban Normalization
Ever since the release of an American citizen following negotiations between Raul Castro’s government and the Obama administration, the...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 22, 2015
An Evolving GOP
Recently, Representative John Boehner—the eighth-most tenured Republican Speaker of the House in congressional history—once again secured...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 21, 2015
On Accidental Weight Loss and the Fear of Gaining it Back
Last semester, my friend Mohammad shared his story on weight loss and body image. He, in turn, inspired me to share mine. I began to lose...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 14, 2015
All Aboard the Censorship
Charlie Hebdo’s post-attack cover, representing a crying prophet Mohammed holding a “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) solidarity poster....
The Claremont Independent
Dec 15, 2014
Broken Glass and Broken Trust: Lessons to Learn from UVA
By: Derek Ko and Steven Glick Sabrina Erdely published a story in Rolling Stone magazine on November 19 describing the brutal gang rape...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 13, 2014
Free to Speak Against Oppression?
There was recently a dispute at the University of California, Berkeley, similar to the George Will controversy at Scripps earlier this...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 12, 2014
The Rotten Core of Scripps’ “Core I”
The required Core I class at Scripps College is marketed both to current and prospective students as a course in “interdisciplinary...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 12, 2014
The Not-So-Grand Jury
Recent grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York, have – quite literally – wreaked havoc across the nation....
The Claremont Independent
Dec 12, 2014
Claremont School of Economics
An annual topic of conversation in the Ivy League world is the rise of the economics major. As Kevin Roose points out in New York...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 23, 2014
Redefining the Lines
After spending nine months in the State of Israel, Bryan Turkel, a brother of Alpha Epsilon Pi and a proud Zionist, returned to Claremont...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 17, 2014
The Elephants’ Charge: Voters Nationwide Stampede to GOP
As it turns out, Republicans have obtained an historic majority in the House of Representatives, will likely pick up nine seats in the...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 31, 2014
A Free Market Defense of Plan B Vending Machines
By Chris Gaarder and Hannah Oh Here at the Claremont Independent, we aim to kindle meaningful discussion by introducing less commonly...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 30, 2014
An Uneven Playing Field
When I played soccer growing up, the coin toss was the most important part of the game. The coin toss determined which team shot on which...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 30, 2014
You Want Some Plan B With Those Skittles?
On September 18th CMC students received an email glorifying a new vending machine in Pomona’s Walker Hall Lounge. The machine, which is...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 28, 2014
The Scripps Silence: A Rebuttal to the Scripps Voice
The Scripps Voice, the official student newspaper of Scripps College, came out in support of the college’s decision to suppress the...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 26, 2014
Social Responsibility: A Pragmatic Solution
There have been a lot of discussions on campus lately about social responsibility. Emails from the administration and ASCMC have been...
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