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Pomona, Scripps, To Suspend Students For Missing COVID-19 Tests

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...

Harvey Mudd Eases COVID Restrictions, Increases Maximum Gathering Size From 10 To 20

Santiago Barreto

Oct 2, 2021

Harvey Mudd Eases COVID Restrictions, Increases Maximum Gathering Size From 10 To 20

A policy update from Dean Marco Valenzuela sent to Harvey Mudd students yesterday announced that Harvey Mudd will be moving into Tier 2...

Class Elections Imbued With Activist Sentiment

Theodore Pasquesi

Sep 30, 2021

Class Elections Imbued With Activist Sentiment

As apprehension mounted amidst impending Claremont McKenna College (CMC) class presidential elections, aspiring student leaders scrambled...

CMC To Track Students Who Avoid COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Kara Hagler

Sep 16, 2021

CMC To Track Students Who Avoid COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Earlier today, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) Vice President of Student Affairs Sharon Basso informed the student body “that weekly...

Pomona Faces Accusations of Racism, Classism After Suspension of Student For Moving In Early

Santiago Barreto

Sep 6, 2021

Pomona Faces Accusations of Racism, Classism After Suspension of Student For Moving In Early

Last month, Pomona College, a member of the Claremont Consortium, suspended a transfer student for the fall 2021 semester for failing to...

Claremont McKenna Admits To Seven Total COVID-19 Cases, Strengthens Dining Hall Regulations

Liam MacDonald

Aug 18, 2021

Claremont McKenna Admits To Seven Total COVID-19 Cases, Strengthens Dining Hall Regulations

In an email to the student body sent earlier today, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) admitted to having had a total of seven positive...

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...

New DOE Title IX Regulations Not The Correct Fix

The Claremont Independent

Aug 19, 2020

New DOE Title IX Regulations Not The Correct Fix

Earlier this week, the Claremont Consortium announced the creation of an interim sexual assault policy in accordance with the regulations...

Why You Should Support #Defundthepolice Even If You Don’t Think Our System Is Racist

The Claremont Independent

Jul 31, 2020

Why You Should Support #Defundthepolice Even If You Don’t Think Our System Is Racist

By Margot Rosenblatt I’ve never seen “The Purge,” but it seems like an unpleasant movie. Although it’s fiction, I believe it holds some...

An Open Letter To The Claremont McKenna And Harvey Mudd Presidents

The Claremont Independent

Jun 25, 2020

An Open Letter To The Claremont McKenna And Harvey Mudd Presidents

Dear Presidents Klawe and Chodosh, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) and Claremont McKenna College (CMC) share much in common. Most obviously,...

Charity And Bullying Can’t Go Hand In Hand

The Claremont Independent

May 26, 2020

Charity And Bullying Can’t Go Hand In Hand

As reported by the Independent earlier today, the producers of “Love is Blind: Claremont,” an online dating show run and participated in...

Harassment Cannot be a Substitute for Discourse

The Claremont Independent

Apr 15, 2020

Harassment Cannot be a Substitute for Discourse

The last few days have proven divisive in the Pomona College community. In fact, as a senior, I can’t remember a time where students were...

The Claremont Independent

Feb 21, 2020

Trump is Right About Tariffs Against China…But for the Wrong Reasons

Earlier last month, President Trump signed the recently negotiated phase-one trade deal with China. During a ceremony at the White House,...

How Problematic Thoughts Can Make You a Better Person

The Claremont Independent

Jan 17, 2020

How Problematic Thoughts Can Make You a Better Person

By Margot Rosenblatt A few weeks ago, on the raised section of the Hoch-Shanahan dining hall, a very wise Scripps upper-classman uttered...

The Antigua Incident: How Scripps Admin Trains First Years To Suppress Ideas From Day One

The Claremont Independent

Sep 28, 2019

The Antigua Incident: How Scripps Admin Trains First Years To Suppress Ideas From Day One

By Margot Rosenblatt I never thought that the Caribbean island of Antigua, of all places and things, would embody so well my apprehension...