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Thought ReformRacialist Historical Interpretation Hurts CMC
Claremont McKenna's Associate Dean of Students Jennifer Jimenez Maraña convened the new RAs for an obligatory, hour-long diversity training this past March in the lounge of Claremont Hall. Most controversial were the remarks of Hughes Suffren, Associate Dean of Students and head of the Office of Black Student Affairs.…
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Banned from Pomona: No Due Process, Free SpeechThoughts on the recent ban of David Daleiden CMC '11 and Kyle Kinneberg CMC '09 from Pomona's campus
Schools that begin banning songs end up banning people. So seems to be the lesson from Pomona College, where this semester saw the banning of David Daleiden CMC '11 and Kyle Kinneberg CMC '09 for having the temerity to film Serena Josel, a pro-choice speaker, and for asking tough questions of her employer, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA.…
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Legalization: The Drug SolutionThe catch: Some argue that the government should subsidize mind-altering drugs
The Students for Sensible Drug Policy hosted a debate on March 31st at Pitzer College. Judge James Gray, a Superior Court judge from Orange County, and Dr. Kevin Sabet, the speechwriter and senior advisor for former Drug Czars Barry McCaffrey and John P. Walters, discussed legalization of illicit drugs and the War on Drugs in general.…
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The Nature of Private Enterprise in SpaceWhat I learned from space lawyer Jim Dunstan, CMC '80
Expectations are high for the burgeoning space tourism industry. By the year 2020 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects that 10,000 people will have flown in space. Some of the companies that will be taking these tourists on their suborbital ride are expected to begin launching as early as next year.…
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Rick Perry: Federalist, not SecessionistThe governor of Texas understands what the Founding Fathers wanted"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." This was the personal motto of Benjamin Franklin, and yet it is a specious assertion in the minds of many 21st century Americans. For many, a rejection of divine mandates in general is an understandably default stance, and even the theists among us seem to vary only between whether they wish to use their religion as a guidebook for tyranny, or to divest their God from politics altogether.
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Professor Michael Uhlmann on the Right to DieThe Claremont Independent interviews CMC professor about physician-assisted suicideRecently, Dr. Michael Uhlmann, visiting Government professor at CMC and part of the School of Politics and Economics at CGU, was kind enough to answer some questions for The Claremont Independent's David Daleiden about the issues surrounding physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia.
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Christopher DeMuth at the AthenaeumSmall government may be gone foreverJohn McCain's loss in the 2008 Presidential election, coupled with the loss of 7 seats in the Senate and 21 in the House, left Republicans puzzled. Plenty of political pundits offered their takes on what the Party needed to do to win in 2010 and beyond. Some even saw the 2008 elections as the end of the Republican Party.
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Watching Watchmen: A Tedious OrdealThe only bright spot is RorschachZack Snyder and company, invisible behind the roaring dialogue and poorly sound-tracked music on the theater screen, shouted, "love this!" And I looked on and whispered, "no." Who knew that watching the Watchmen would be so… tedious? When the first trailer for Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' acclaimed graphic novel lit up theater screens last summer, the Smashing Pumpkins's "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" pumping in the background, comic book fans shuddered with anticipation: After the overwhelming success of The Dark Knight, Watchmen seemed poised to be the next big thing in comic book, high art cinema.
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Black is BackLewis Black returns to Claremont for a second performance, two years laterI thought I could write this article before I even attended the Lewis Black show at Bridges on February 20th. I imagined the title saying something like "Lewis Black: Nothing but Bush" or "Someone Needs a New Job Now That Bush is Back in Texas." I would have gone on to write about how Lewis Black's career hinged on his Dubya rants, and now that Forty-Three was not providing any new fodder, Black might as well quit comedy.
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Need Blind, But Not Race BlindQuestBridge's partner schools practice race-based discriminationIn the last issue of The Claremont Independent, we noted that Claremont McKenna had taken a "hiatus" from QuestBridge, a program that places high-achieving, low-income students with selective colleges. Students successfully matched with a college receive full scholarships.
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A Character Revealed Through a CompanyMeg Whitman speaks at Scripps on her career at eBayHarvard and Princeton graduate, entrepreneur, former CEO of eBay, billionaire, wife, mother, and possibly California's next governor. Meg Whitman, a very accomplished lady of many titles, recently spoke at Scripps' Balch auditorium as an invited guest of the Drucker Institute and Drucker School of Management.
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President Gann: CMC to Move to SingaporeStudents still required to pay full CMC tuitionIn a bold, surprising move, CMC President Pamela Gann recently announced that CMC would relocate to Singapore to save money. In an address to the Board of Trustees at their annual retreat, she said, "We are in the age of globalization and the market for liberal arts colleges is becoming increasingly competitive.
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