Palestine Protesters Block Entry to Pomona College Building
Students protest Pomona's financial ties to Israel. On Thursday, November 9th, students from across the Claremont Colleges protested at...
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- Nov 5
Claremont Faculty Release Statement Supporting BDS
Pro-Palestinian Protesters march through Washington. (AFSC) A new Claremont College faculty statement on Gaza has garnered over 175...
Charlie Hatcher
- Nov 5
Divest Claremont Submits Legal Complaint Against Pomona College
Students march through Pomona's campus. (TSL) On Monday, October 30th, the student group Divest Claremont Colleges, in collaboration with...
Nathanael Baumann
- Oct 29
CMC Raises More Than $1 Billion
The forthcoming Robert Day Sciences Center. (CMC) Claremont McKenna College raised nearly $1.1 billion as a part of an alumni fundraising...
Jameson Mitrovich
- Oct 29
CMC Refuses to Condemn Hamas Attacks; 65 Faculty Release Independent Statement
The aftermath of the Hamas attack. (Asharq Al-Awsat) Last week, Claremont McKenna refused to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli...
Jameson Mitrovich
- Oct 14
Claremont SJP Blames Israel for Hamas Attacks
Walker Wall at Pomona College. (Claremont JVP) In a statement released on October 8, the Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine and...
Jameson Mitrovich
- Sep 19
The End of Political Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University
An empty classroom in Claremont. (CGU) The administration of Claremont Graduate University has ended its graduate program in political...
Charlie Hatcher
- Sep 6
Claremont McKenna Plummets to 73rd in Free Speech Rankings
Heather Ferguson and Jon Shields run Claremont McKenna's Open Academy initiative. (CMC) On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College fell from...
Austin Andersen
- Jun 1
CMC Administration Ballooned in Years Since Spellman Resignation
Outside Claremont McKenna's Kravis Center. (ThoughtCo) While college administrations have been expanding for decades, their growth rate...
Trevor Klein
- Jun 1
Chodosh to Take Sabbatical, Basso to Serve as Acting President of CMC
President Chodosh addresses the Athenaeum crowd. (CMC) On Thursday morning, the Claremont McKenna Board of Trustees announced that...
Will Zhou
- Apr 25
Bobby's Room: Inside Claremont's Largest Poker Game
Adam Koszut's felt poker table in Crown B317. (Will Zhou) If you've ever walked by the third floor of Crown Hall at 4 a.m. on a Friday...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 27
Israel-Palestine Dominates ASCMC Agenda for Fourth Week
via E-International Relations At the March 26 Claremont McKenna Executive Board meeting, the newly sworn-in board chose a chairperson for...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 21
ASCMC Will Not Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Debate between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students raged on at Associated Students of Claremont McKenna Executive Board meetings in...
Pieter van Wingerden
- Mar 7
NATO Expert Visits Claremont Colleges
Image via Radio ZET Ian Brzezinski, the former Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy, spoke at...
Richard Cordero
- Mar 6
Ward Elliott: A Pillar of Claremont McKenna
Image via CMC Professor Ward Elliott passed away in Claremont on December 6. He was 85. He was one of the few professors to serve under...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 6
Israeli Flag Torn in Half at Pomona College
Image taken by Solomon Oshin This fall, Solomon Olshin, a Senior at Pomona, hung three flags from his dorm window: an Israeli Flag, a...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 3
Pomona Map Vandalized Over Israel-Palestine Conflict
On Feb 17th, a Claremont student visiting the Oldenborg Center, Pomona’s international residence hall, found a hallway’s painted map of...
Jameson Mitrovich
- Jan 31
ASCMC Introduces Resolution Addressing Decline of CMC Party Culture
At the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College Senate meeting this past Monday, senators moved to introduce a resolution...
Richard Cordero
- Dec 8, 2022
Claremont McKenna Names Chief Diversity and Financial Officers
On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna announced that the Board of Trustees approved the promotion of two members of the administration, Nyree...
José Najas
- Dec 8, 2022
Pitzer Students Call for Removal of American Flag
Earlier this fall, a Pitzer student, who serves as events coordinator, raised concerns about an American flag hung from a student's...
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