#Scripps

Sophia Frye

Oct 5, 2021

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...

Scripps Juniors Compelled To Live Off-Campus By Overenrollment, COVID-19 Restrictions

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...

Rebuttal: We Shouldn’t Embrace All Cancel Culture

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...

Pomona To Resume Summer Campus Programs As County Infections Diminish

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...

Scripps Students Call for Dean’s Resignation Over Alleged Negligence, Anti-Black Behavior

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,...

Scripps Defends Inviting Venezuelan Propagandists

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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Scripps College Hosts Segregated Pool Party

The Claremont Independent

Apr 12, 2018

Scripps College Hosts Segregated Pool Party

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At Scripps College, Totalitarians Welcome—But Not Conservatives

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...

Again, Scripps Funds Propagandists from Venezuelan Govt.

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...

College Presidents Spread False Anti-Trump Narrative to Student Body

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...

Editorial: The Importance of Free Expression

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...

28 Scripps Professors Will Protest Madeleine Albright’s Commencement Speech

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...

Social Justice Warriors Are the Reason Donald Trump Exists

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 Flaw in “Flawless”: Beyoncé and the Contradictions in Feminism

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...

Relatives of Conservatives Speaker Series Started at Scripps

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...