Stories from the current online edition of Claremont Independent. en-us http://www.claremontindependent.com Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:31:36 GMT 20 http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Editorial/Ascmc.No.Evil-3913327.shtml Throughout the recent student government elections at CMC, a constant refrain among most of the candidates was that they aimed to make life at the College better, happier and "awesomer" than ever before. To many, this conjures images of great parties and exciting events put on by ASCMC. 867574a8-ec13-44b2-93c4-e955b59427ee Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Editorial 4/26/10 John-Clark Levin http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Editorial/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/Head-Of.Middle.East.Studies.Supports.Terrorist.Group-3913329.shtml Claremont McKenna's Middle East Studies department graduated its first major this December and its Arabic Department is planning its summer long immersion program in Arabic language and culture. Yet the extremist views of Bassam Frangieh, its director, and President Gann's moral equivocation about those views raise serious concerns about the fledgling program's focus and fairness as it plans its expansion. 8777e09d-3007-4d7c-9753-eddc0915ea7b Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/26/10 Gann Equates Frangieh Signing Pro-Hezbollah Letter to Miller's Court Testimony Charles Johnson Editor http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/ Features/Campus Life http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/Bookshelf.The.Judge-3913320.shtml For those of us born after the Reagan years or at their very end, America's 40th President has always been a figure set in history. Stricken with Alzheimer's, he had begun the famous "journey to the sunset of his life" while we were still very young, so we knew him mainly by the handful of defining moments by which he is remembered in our national consciousness. 4b59e911-56a6-4282-8294-36d10abd7fa8 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/26/10 What this definitive biography tells us about Ronald Reagan and his closest advisor John-Clark Levin http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/ Features/Campus Life http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/Los-Angeles.For.Life-3913337.shtml Over the course of this semester, three pro-life events are bringing the abortion issue to the forefront of debate at the Claremont Colleges. The first was a formal debate sponsored by the Pomona Student Union on February 25th, the second was the Los Angeles March for Life on March 13th, and the third, the California Students of Life Conference, will be held at Claremont McKenna on April 17th. 73a62dfc-2372-4f6e-953e-601a819324f2 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/26/10 Three Pro-Life Events Take Place in the Claremont Area Chris Wolfe http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/ Features/Campus Life http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/Adam-Kokesh.For.Congress-3913325.shtml Adam Kokesh, a 2005 graduate of Claremont McKenna College and former staff writer for the Claremont Independent, is running for Congress. He hopes to unseat Ben R. Luján, the Democratic incumbent, as United States Representative for New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District. 19266854-ea67-4077-a919-2adb3cec7df3 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Features 4/26/10 Controversial Iraq Veteran and CI Alumnus on War, Peace, and the Constitution John-Clark Levin http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Features/ Features/Campus Life http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/The-Rocky.Road.To.Pomona.Workers.Unionization-3913331.shtml The Claremont College's Aramark dining hall workers petitioned in 1999 to carry out a card-check unionization vote. Aramark managers had been accused of intimidating pro-union petitioners. The allegations against Aramark and student protests resulted in the termination of all Aramark contracts with the Claremont Colleges. 351dc9e5-1d7f-46ec-9e7f-eaa76ae56066 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Campus 4/26/10 Pitfalls Abound for College and Workers on the Way to Possible Union Formation Michael Koenig http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/Cmcs-New.Climate.Action.Plan-3913341.shtml Recently Claremont McKenna decided move towards being a "green" campus. In 2007 CMC decided to participate in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPPC), a pledge which most notably requires CMC to establish a plan to be carbon neutral. 8d26ca91-71c1-44be-ab9c-b934439dcef7 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Campus 4/26/10 The Kyoto Protocol of American Colleges Alex Heiney http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/News-In.Brief-3913330.shtml Let's start with the old news. TNC has been "cancelled indefinitely"-a serious curve ball to CMC's famed social scene. Since cutting entitlement programs has never led to reelection, ASCMC has vowed to "try and save our Thursday nights". Fortunately for those of you going through TNC withdrawal, this week's "trial run" likely means your fix is back to stay. 73c7f881-847c-465d-9165-c32fbefa0f22 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Campus 4/26/10 Hannah Burak http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Campus/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/relief.In.Haiti-3913346.shtml Three days before the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, I was working with a U.S. medical team at Hopital Sacre Coeur, one of the country's top hospitals located in Milot, a sleepy outpost on the northern part of the country. Our medical mission team from the U. 5daf3574-f420-40f3-8bd2-7031504192a6 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/26/10 A First-Hand Account of the Relief Effort in Haiti Justine Desmond http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/The-Ascmc.Vision.Neglection.To.Election-3913344.shtml Two years ago, Newsweek named Claremont McKenna College the "Top College for Election Year." I appreciate that Newsweek did not take in to account our student government's election process. Frankly, the ASCMC election process is an embarrassment to our school. 549c7dfe-6d8a-4b16-a0d1-35db496a9605 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/26/10 Proposal for a More Robust, Deliberative ASCMC Election Process Jason Soll Opinion Editor http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/Conservatism.Is-3913322.shtml In the majority opinion for Grutter v. Bollinger, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote, "The Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today." Seven years since, affirmative action is still as prevalent a force as ever in college admissions and government employment. 1b511930-1c7a-4cac-b0f2-ee3afe733cec Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/26/10 The Right to "Not be Judged by the Color of Their Skin but by the Content of Their Character" - Martin Luther King, Jr. Karynna Asao http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/Marriage.In.Our.Generation-3913350.shtml The terms "Generation Y" and "Millennial Generation" describe our time. As young adults born from the mid 1980s into the 90s, we face challenges that other generations did not even come close to dealing with when our parents or grandparents were our age. While technological advances existed throughout the 1900s, the rate at which they have advanced in the past decade are unparalleled to previous generations. bf762ced-6d1b-41f9-9004-afaa26756fb9 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 4/26/10 Why Generation Y Thinks Differently About Tying the Knot Patricia Ingrassia http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2010/04/26/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial