Pomona, Scripps, To Suspend Students For Missing COVID-19 Tests
In an email to students sent today, Pomona College Dean of Students Avis Hinkson announced the details of Pomona’s three step sanctioning...
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The Claremont Independent
May 26, 2021
Scripps Juniors Compelled To Live Off-Campus By Overenrollment, COVID-19 Restrictions
In the Scripps College Class of 2023 Facebook group, rising Scripps College junior and outgoing Judicial and Academic Review Chair Maddy...
Kara Hagler
May 5, 2021
Rebuttal: We Shouldn’t Embrace All Cancel Culture
In recent years, cancel culture has gained notoriety for high-profile “cancellations” of prominent figures for harmful actions. The...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 16, 2021
Pomona To Reopen Athletic Facilities
In an email sent to the student body earlier this evening, Miriam Merill, Chair of Physical Education and Director of Pomona-Pitzer...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 11, 2021
Pomona To Resume Summer Campus Programs As County Infections Diminish
Earlier this evening, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to the student body stating that, as LA county’s...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 21, 2020
Scripps Students Call for Dean’s Resignation Over Alleged Negligence, Anti-Black Behavior
In an open letter to the Board of Trustees at Scripps College, Students For An Accountable Scripps, a student activist organization,...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 16, 2018
Scripps Defends Inviting Venezuelan Propagandists
In a statement obtained by the Independent, Scripps College’s administration defended inviting two Venezuelan diplomats last week to...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 13, 2018
Scripps College Pool Party Desegregated
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The Claremont Independent
Apr 12, 2018
Scripps College Hosts Segregated Pool Party
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The Claremont Independent
Apr 9, 2018
At Scripps College, Totalitarians Welcome—But Not Conservatives
Next week, Scripps College will fund a Venezuelan propaganda tour for the second time this school year. It will host two of the country’s...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 7, 2018
Again, Scripps Funds Propagandists from Venezuelan Govt.
Scripps College will be inviting two Venezuelan officials next week to to speak on a three-day speaker series praising “grassroots...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 31, 2017
Scripps Students Boycott Dining Hall, Say Caterer is “Neocolonial,” “Racist,” and “Exploitive”
Scripps students boycotted Scripps College’s Malott Dining Hall during lunch on Thursday in order to protest Scripps’ contract with its...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 31, 2017
College Presidents Spread False Anti-Trump Narrative to Student Body
Earlier this week, presidents of the five Claremont Colleges joined over thirty peer institutions of higher education in denouncing...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 5, 2016
Editorial: The Importance of Free Expression
Free speech on campus has become a growing issue in the US and internationally as traditionally freer countries place more and more...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 25, 2016
Why I Haven’t Enjoyed Claremont
When I came to Claremont, I hoped to find a loving community and an extended family. Unfortunately, what I found instead is an...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 9, 2016
28 Scripps Professors Will Protest Madeleine Albright’s Commencement Speech
Yesterday’s issue of The Student Life contained an open letter, signed by twenty-eight Scripps faculty members, criticizing the selection...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 5, 2016
Social Justice Warriors Are the Reason Donald Trump Exists
Over the past couple weeks, students at colleges across the country have retreated into their safe spaces to protest the “hate speech”...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 3, 2015
The Flaw in “Flawless”: Beyoncé and the Contradictions in Feminism
Since entering Scripps, I have been told that Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Hilary Clinton, Emma Watson, P!nk, Meghan Trainor, and Michelle...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015
Why Malott Matters
Since 2005, a committee composed of several faculty members, alumnae, and students has met every spring to begin work on selecting a...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 1, 2015
Relatives of Conservatives Speaker Series Started at Scripps
Barbara Pierce Bush, a global health activist, social justice champion, and daughter of President George W. Bush, headlined the 2015...
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