Stories from the current online edition of Claremont Independent. en-us http://www.claremontindependent.com Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Sun, 11 May 2008 20:34:37 GMT 20 http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/Day-Program.Accepts.First.Students.Hires.Professors-3368957.shtml (5/11/08) -- CMC's Robert Day School of Economics and Finance has accepted its first undergraduate students to the Robert Day Scholars Program, which was made possible by alumnus Robert A. Day's unprecedented $200 million grant to the college last year. These first 20 Robert Day Scholars, as they are called, are all 5C students who will matriculate in the program next year as seniors. abc30749-e314-4af7-83e2-7dbf1148b631 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/12/08 All-day retreat, subcommittees helped program take shape Ilan Wurman Managing Editor http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/Cmc-Professor.To.Resign.As.Holocaust.Center.Director-3312491.shtml Claremont McKenna College history professor Jonathan Petropoulos will resign as director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights effective summer 2008. Dean of Faculty Gregory Hess made the announcement to CMC professors at a meeting on April 8. 479fc98e-93d1-4bd0-889f-ef32335ccc87 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/12/08 Dean to Faculty: Not the Result We Expected "A Few Months Ago" Elise Viebeck Editor http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/Bsu-President.Battles.Pitzer.For.safe.Place.For.Black.Students-3368959.shtml (5/11/08) -- The new president of the Black Student Union (BSU) at Pitzer, Jeanine Daniels, is seeking formal authorization to convert a room on Pitzer's campus into a "safe place for black students," to redress what the group sees as a misrepresentation of diversity on campus by the college's administration. 8fc444c7-10ca-44ef-ae91-8e7ac96a072d Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/12/08 Senate, Campus Life Committee wary of proposal Janet Alexander http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/5c.Asia.Delegation.Raises.Academic.Political.Questions-3368963.shtml From March 24 to April 6, five of the seven Claremont consortium presidents travelled from Singapore through Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing as part of a 25-member delegation of faculty, administrators, and trustees, working to raise the profile of the consortium in Asia. dc633300-d7ab-4050-88ac-4f69c6f49eac Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/12/08 Wyatt McKenzie http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/Cmc-Professor.Involved.In.Art.Restitution.Controversy-3266346.shtml Claremont McKenna College's administration first learned of the Pissarro affair in early August 2007 when Dean of Faculty Gregory Hess and John V. Croul Professor of History Jonathan Petropoulos met for coffee at Starbucks. The situation, which has received significant mention in the European press, involves Petropoulos in a controversial effort to restitute a Nazi-looted painting to its rightful owner, in which his associate, a Munich art dealer, has been investigated for blackmail. 9bce66c5-b98c-4fb0-9503-324c3e86d1a9 Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT News 5/12/08 Firm clears Petropoulos of legal wrongdoing; ethical questions remain Elise Viebeck Editor http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/News/ Campus News http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/Opinion/The-5c.Dining.Halls.An.OnCampus.Monopoly-3368983.shtml (5/11/08) -- "Hannah, I'm concerned about your cholesterol. Have you been eating Taco Bell and In-N-Out three meals a day, every day?" my doctor asked me. I looked at my athletic frame and wanted to deny the validity of my blood test. But when I really thought about my food intake, namely from Pitzer's dining hall selection, I had my answer - cheesy "ethnic" foods glazed with your choice of hoi sen or soy sauce, greasy hot dogs and pizza, bleached salad with the extremely rare option of vinaigrette, and of course the infamous molding oranges during finals week. 7625b0cd-d76f-49fd-8b0d-3c19e2b85b0b Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Opinion 5/12/08 Hannah Wei http://www.claremontindependent.com/news/2008/05/12/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial