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...
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The Claremont Independent
Kendall White
Nov 14
Civil Liberties Groups Warn Pomona of Possible Litigation Over Student Suspensions
Student protesters on October 7th. On November 13, the ACLU of Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, Center for Protest Law and...
Violet Ramanathan
Nov 14
Student Protesters Should Embrace Suspensions
Posters set up outside Carnegie Hall. On October 23, a statement from Pomona College President Gabi Starr announced that ten students had...
Lenny Fukshansky
Nov 6
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
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
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
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...
Greta Long
Oct 26
Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters
Protesters block the back door of Carnegie Hall. On Wednesday, October 23, Pomona President Gabi Starr issued a statement regarding the...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 19
5C Clubs Partnered with Organization Now Designated Terrorist Entity
A banner at Carnegie Hall. On October 15th, the US Department of the Treasury announced that Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity...
Greta Long
Oct 15
A Call for Persuasive Means In College Protests
Protesters blocking the entrance to Carnegie Hall. I attended October 7th’s pro-Palestine protests as a reporter for the Independent ,...
Kendall White
Oct 12
Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to October 7th Protests
Protesters inside Carnegie Hall. Pomona College issued interim suspensions to twelve students involved in the October 7th takeover of...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Oct 7
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
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
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...
Emilio Bankier
Sep 16
Protestors Vandalize, Disturb Pomona President’s House
Red paint spilled at Gabi Starr's home. At 11:30 P.M. on Sunday, September 15, a group of approximately 60 demonstrators gathered on...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 15
Pomona to Investigate Anti-Semitic Booklet Distributed at 5C Club Fair
Image via Flickr. Copyright CampusGrotto . On Thursday, September 5th, a booklet featuring anti-semitic tropes appeared at the table of...
Jacob Smagula
Sep 5
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...
Charlie Hatcher
Sep 2
Pomona Is Right to Press Charges
Image via Flickr. Copyright of Carpathiar . In a 2016 essay titled How My Friends and I Wrecked Pomona College , alumnus Harry Stein...
Emilio Bankier
Aug 28
Pomona Institutes Policy Changes as Activist Groups Begin Another Semester of Protests
Private property signage at Pomona College. On August 21st, Pomona College Treasurer Jeff Roth, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson, and...
Emilio Bankier
Aug 22
Pomona President Starr Announces Spring Sabbatical
Image Credit: Pomona College On August 20th, Pomona College president Gabi Starr announced her decision to take a sabbatical during the...
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