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Emilio Bankier
Dec 31, 2024
Pomona and CMC Advise International Students to Return to Campus Before Trump Inauguration
Image via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright Sdkb . In the final days of the fall semester, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College sent...
Baxter Brew
Nov 16, 2024
Mental Illness is Losing its Meaning
Image credit: Baxter Brew Thankfully, mental health has largely escaped the antiquated corner into which our parents’ generation pushed...
Lenny Fukshansky
Nov 6, 2024
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Through the Lens of the Soviet Experience
Student protesters on October 7th. Lenny Fukshansky is a professor of mathematics at Claremont McKenna. A version of this article was...
Charlie Hatcher
Nov 3, 2024
91% of 2024 CMC-Affiliated Political Donations Go to Democrats
CMC-affiliated donations over time. According to the nonprofit OpenSecrets, over 91% of the $22,782 in political donations made by...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 3, 2024
California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges and Universities
Image via Flickr. Copyright Gavin Newsom . On September 30th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 into law,...
Violet Ramanathan
Oct 31, 2024
ASCMC Cancels Snowglobe Citing Budget and Scheduling Concerns
Image via Flickr. Copyright cmcforum . On Tuesday, October 29th, the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) Vice...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Oct 7, 2024
Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of October 7th Attacks
Protesters on Sixth Street. On Monday, October 7th, hundreds of students across the Claremont Colleges participated in a walkout to...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 5, 2024
Protests Injure Four Staff Members at Harvey Mudd Career Fair
Image credit: Harvey Mudd College On Wednesday, September 25, protests at Harvey Mudd College’s fall career fair turned “unpeaceful”...
Will Chance
Sep 23, 2024
President Biden’s Student Loan Debacle
The average CMC graduate owes the federal government $13,962 in student loans . Though Washington provides only a portion of the...
Jacob Smagula
Sep 5, 2024
Claremont McKenna Rises to 6th Place in Free Speech Rankings
Claremont McKenna College. On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College leapt from 73rd to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights...
Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 29, 2023
CMC Refuses to Condemn Hamas Attacks; 65 Faculty Release Independent Statement
Last week, Claremont McKenna refused to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli civilians. Administrators cited the college’s stated...
Anna Gersh
Feb 18, 2022
Pomona Student Gov Backs Flexibility For Immunocompromised Students
In an email sent to Pomona College students today, the Associated Students of Pomona College Senate (ASPC) announced their support for...
Trevor Klein
Feb 10, 2022
Claremont Colleges Reopen Cross-Campus Dining
On Tuesday, the Claremont Colleges announced that cross-campus dining will partially reopen on February 26. An email sent to the Scripps...
Leonora Willett
Feb 3, 2022
Students Call For Online Option For Disabled Students
On Tuesday, Claremont DISCOVR (IG:@claremontdiscovr) posted a petition calling on the Claremont Colleges to provide an online alternative...
Santiago Barreto
Jan 29, 2022
Dr. Marco Valenzuela Appointed As Harvey Mudd VP Of Student Affairs
In an email sent to students, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) President Maria Klawe announced that “Dr. Marco Valenzuela will be the permanent...
Liam MacDonald
Jan 21, 2022
Claremont Colleges To Continue Online Classes, Scripps, CMC To Allow Outdoor Option
Earlier this evening, the member institutions of the Claremont Consortium announced a new set of guidelines for the remainder of the...
Kara Hagler and Sophia Frye
Jan 7, 2022
Scripps And Claremont McKenna College To Extend Move-In Deadline To January 23
Yesterday, the member institutions of the Claremont Consortium emailed students regarding their initial spring semester COVID-19...
Trevor Klein
Jan 6, 2022
Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd Move Classes Online For First Two Weeks Of Spring Semester
After a preliminary announcement earlier this week, on Thursday Scripps, Pitzer, and Harvey Mudd College, members of the Claremont...
Santiago Barreto
Jan 3, 2022
Claremont Consortium To Reopen For Spring Semester, Restrict In-Person Activity
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly throughout the U.S., several Claremont Colleges sent emails to their...
Liam MacDonald
Dec 20, 2021
Pomona To Require Booster Shots, Cancel 5C Events At Start Of Spring Semester
In an email sent earlier today, Pomona College administrator informed students that “eligible students, faculty and staff should receive...
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