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False Shooter Threat Appears to be ‘Swatting’ Incident
Police officers on top of CMC's Kravis Center. Around 4:44 p.m. on March 13, the Claremont Police Department (CPD) received a phone call...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Mar 13

BREAKING: Police Report 'No Victims' Following Shooter Threat at CMC
Squad cars outside the Kravis Center. Image credit: Tom Burton. At 4:55 P.M., Claremont Colleges students received notifications through...
Charlie Hatcher and Kendall White
Mar 13

TCCS To Hire Interim Catholic Chaplain, Proceed With Independent Review
The Claremont Colleges' McAlister Center. In a meeting with the Catholic Students Association (CSA) on March 10, The Claremont Colleges...
Gabe Khuly
Mar 12

“To Hell With Procedure” — Catholic Chaplain Pushed Out as TCCS Plans Major Changes Behind Closed Doors
Gabe Khuly contributed reporting. The Claremont Colleges' McAlister Center. In early October, on what they thought to be a regular...
Emilio Bankier
Mar 5


New Dept. of Education Guidance Threatens Race-Based Programs at Claremont Colleges
Image via Flickr. Copyright Vicki Walker . On February 14, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a “Dear...
Violet Ramanathan
Feb 27

Bring Back Standardized Tests
Image Credit: Baxter Brew On Friday, January 24, CMC faculty voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees reinstate the school’s...
Baxter Brew and Violet Ramanathan
Feb 20

Still Homogeneous: The Political Affiliations of Claremont Colleges Faculty
Faculty political party affiliations by College. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum . Recently, The Forum obtained...
Henry Long
Feb 14


An Interview with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, Incoming Director of the Open Academy
Professor Ioannis Evrigenis. Last Tuesday, the Claremont Independent sat down with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, the incoming faculty...
Kendall White
Feb 13


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...
Emilio Bankier
Dec 31, 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...
Baxter Brew
Nov 16, 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...
Lenny Fukshansky
Nov 6, 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...
Charlie Hatcher
Nov 4, 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,...
Lia Gabai
Nov 3, 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...
Violet Ramanathan
Oct 31, 2024


Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
Protesters on Sixth Street. On Monday, October 7, hundreds of students across the Claremont Colleges participated in a walkout to demand...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Oct 7, 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”...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 5, 2024


President Biden’s Student Loan Debacle
Image via Flickr. Copyright The Review University of Delaware. The average CMC graduate owes the federal government $13,962 in student...
Will Chance
Sep 23, 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...
Jacob Smagula
Sep 5, 2024


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...
Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 29, 2023


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...
Anna Gersh
Feb 18, 2022
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