The I-Place Shutdown: Many Hands Make Poor Decisions
Most of us have heard the adage, “your college years are the best years of your life.” For some, this statement is less true, especially...
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The Claremont Independent
Aug 5, 2020
Pomona College Drops Criminal Disclosure On Application, Will Holistically Evaluate All Disclosed Cr
Earlier this year, Pomona College made the decision to eliminate the requirement that applicants disclose their criminal history during...
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...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 13, 2020
Pomona Sues Federal Government But Vague on Contingency Plans to Support International Students
In an email sent to the student body earlier this afternoon, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr expressed concern about “the...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 29, 2020
Students Demand Extrajudicial Bias Reporting, Statements In Support Of #BLM, In New Petition
In a recent petition released by the 7Cs (Claremont Colleges) For Black Lives Matter Coalition, student activists made a series of...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 25, 2020
After Student Pressure, Harvey Mudd President Reverses Position On Not Supporting BLM Movement In Em
In an initial email to students regarding the political turmoil in the United States on June 1, Harvey Mudd College President Maria...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 5, 2020
“BlaQ Mixer” Event Desegregated After Media Reports
The Claremont College Consortium’s Queer Resource Center’s (QRC) “BlaQ Mixer,” which previously explicitly excluded non-black students,...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 4, 2020
In Defense of Embracing—Not Separating—Differences
While rhetoric on college campuses often falls along lines of radical inclusivity, more and more events at the Claremont Colleges appear...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 2, 2019
Who We Are: 2019
At most other elite institutions of higher education around the country, students are agreeing with each other more and more, falling...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 10, 2019
The Pitzer/Haifa Resolution: A Suspension of Opportunity
By Shir Bar Nes Higher education offers higher opportunities than just academic studies. It offers the chance to grow past personal,...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 29, 2018
Pitzer Worst for Income Mobility in 5Cs
Pitzer College, ranked as the seventh most liberal college in the country and the most liberal of the Claremont Colleges, claims in its...
The Claremont Independent
May 31, 2016
Safe Space Shut Down After Anti-White, Anti-Male Statements Leaked
Recently, the Independent obtained screenshots from the “5C Women of Color” Facebook group. According to its description, the...
The Claremont Independent
May 20, 2016
Student Leaders: Diversity Proposal Remedies “Unsafe Academic Environments”
Under pressure from student leaders, the Pomona College faculty voted last week to include a consideration of a professor’s “attent[ion]...
The Claremont Independent
May 4, 2016
My Political Views Do Not Make Me a Traitor to My Ethnicity
When I decided to go to a liberal arts college in California, I did so knowing that my political views were not going to match those of...
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
Dec 15, 2015
The Grinch Who Stole Culture: How We’re Losing America’s Melting Pot
One of the things I value most about America is our unique level of diversity. Our diversity entails more than just having a large...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 6, 2015
Let’s Agree to Disagree: Calling a Truce to the Abuse
The Claremont Colleges, like nearly every other liberal arts college in America, are a bastion of liberal and progressive thought. You...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 4, 2015
The Enemies of Diversity
It’s likely that every single person at CMC would claim to be pro-diversity, yet it is remarkably difficult to find someone who means it....
The Claremont Independent
Oct 21, 2014
The Farce of Two CMCs: A Rebuttal to The Student Life
In today’s knowledge-based economy, higher education has become increasingly important in influencing social and economic prosperity....
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