CMC Creates London, Shanghai Residential Programs To Help With “Time Zone Challenges” and “Community
Update 12/13/2020: According to The Student Life, the Shanghai program will likely be canceled. A previous Independent update erroneously...
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The Claremont Independent
Jun 18, 2020
New CMC Initiative Sweeps Changes Across Career Services, Faculty, And Curriculum To Support “
In an email to members of the student body sent earlier today, Hiram Chodosh, the President of Claremont McKenna College (CMC), announced...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 8, 2020
CMC Updates Students, Early Start and Extended Winter Break Possible
Claremont McKenna College (CMC), a member of the Claremont Colleges Consortium, updated students on plans for the fall semester. While...
The Claremont Independent
May 26, 2020
Occupy Pomona Disavows Doxxers, Pomona Admin Investigating
In an email sent out to the Pomona College student body, Pomona Dean of Students Avis Hinkson informed students that the administration...
The Claremont Independent
May 21, 2020
Pomona To Freeze Tuition, Waive Minimum Tuition Requirements
In an email sent to the student body today, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr informed the student body of a vote by the Board...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 26, 2020
CMC Student Gov’t Supports Universal Pass
According to an email sent to Claremont McKenna College (CMC) students, the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC)...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 22, 2020
CMC Donor Funds Job-Placement Fellowships For Graduating Seniors
To ease concerns about the current job market amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a first among the Claremont Colleges, Claremont McKenna...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 7, 2020
Stay the Course and Buy American
The number of Americans infected by the coronavirus has surged dramatically since the first case in the U.S. was confirmed earlier this...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 14, 2020
We Stand With The #HomelessAtPomona
After being ordered to vacate campus because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pomona College students struggled with the heart-wrenching...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 10, 2020
David Horowitz Freedom Center Threatens Pomona and Pitzer with Lawsuit Over Support For Anti-Semitis
On Feb. 3, Pitzer College and Pomona College became one of the first targets for enforcement of President Trump’s latest executive order...
The Claremont Independent
May 9, 2019
Student Gov’t VP Hijacks Facebook Page to Comment on Unconfirmed Harassment Claims at Pirate Party
On Saturday, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) hosted its annual “Pirate Party” event, open to students of the college and guests. A day...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 17, 2018
FEATURE—Soll Center, Combining Liberal Arts and Career
As a prospective student I remember doing extensive research on the incredible opportunities my future college could offer. When I...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 24, 2018
CMC Rolling Out New Free Speech Initiative
According to an email obtained by the Independent, Claremont McKenna College (CMC)—ranked number one for free speech among California...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 20, 2018
Conservative Prof. Called “Nazi”, Whites Weak-Minded on Free Speech Wall, Former Taken Down by Colle
This afternoon, Pomona College erased one anonymous message recently painted on Walker Wall—a wall dedicated to free speech—for being “an...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 27, 2018
CMC Has Most Free Speech in California
Last week, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) gave Claremont McKenna College (CMC) a “green light” rating for free...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 2, 2018
Colleges Decline to Commit to Protecting Controversial Speakers
Following the shutdown of conservative speaker Heather Mac Donald by a crowd of students last spring, the Independent has discovered that...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 5, 2017
UPDATE: In Unprecedented Move, CMC Faculty Permits Seniors Who Violated Student Code to Graduate
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) told the Independent in a statement that its faculty voted in May to allow CMC seniors who violated the...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 7, 2017
CMC President Promises To Punish Policy Violators in Wake of Protest
After protesters at Claremont McKenna College shut down a scheduled lecture and Q&A with Heather Mac Donald, a critic of the Black Lives...
The Claremont Independent
May 5, 2016
SJWs Create ‘Shady Person of Color’ List to Target Dissenters
During the height of the racial protests at Claremont McKenna College last November, CMCers of Color issued a list of demands including...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015
Claremont Party Police: Social Responsibility at CMC Revisited
Back in October of last year, I wrote an article on social responsibility and how the CMC administration’s policies that were strangling...
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