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Scripps Defends Inviting Venezuelan Propagandists
In a statement obtained by the Independent, Scripps College’s administration defended inviting two Venezuelan diplomats last week to...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 16, 2018


Scripps College Pool Party Desegregated
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The Claremont Independent
Apr 13, 2018


Scripps College Hosts Segregated Pool Party
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The Claremont Independent
Apr 12, 2018


Again, Scripps Funds Propagandists from Venezuelan Govt.
Scripps College will be inviting two Venezuelan officials next week to to speak on a three-day speaker series praising “grassroots...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 7, 2018


CMC Has Most Free Speech in California
Last week, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) gave Claremont McKenna College (CMC) a “green light” rating for free...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 27, 2018


Pitzer College Gym Bans Men
For one afternoon, Pitzer College closed the Gold Student Center (GSC) gym to all males to create a safe space for women and gender...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 26, 2018


“Nationalism” and “Immigration” Key Topics in College Speaker Series
This semester, Scripps College’s Humanities Institute’s semesterly speaker series, titled “Exclusive Nationalisms: Global Migration and...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 22, 2018


Pomona Plasters Social Justice Artwork Across Campus
On March 2nd, Pomona College’s Art Museum, in collaboration with “artist activist” Alexandra Bell, mounted three large works of art...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 20, 2018


Pomona Physics Requires “Decolonization” Project
Last fall semester, students in Pomona College’s Foundations of Modern Physics (PHYS101 PO) class were required to complete a...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 1, 2018


Interview: CMC Dean Uvin and Freedom of Speech
The Claremont Independent was able to sit down with Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Dean of Faculty, Peter Uvin, and discuss his...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 23, 2018


Pomona Postpones Event with Legislator Accused of Sexual Assault
Pomona College’s Politics Department has postponed a Friday event with California Democratic assemblywoman and alumna Cristina Garcia,...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 8, 2018


Pomona Adds Social Justice to Stats Curriculum
This spring semester, the general Introduction to Statistics (MATH058) course at Pomona College has a new addition to its curriculum—the...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 26, 2018


Colleges Decline to Commit to Protecting Controversial Speakers
Following the shutdown of conservative speaker Heather Mac Donald by a crowd of students last spring, the Independent has discovered that...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 2, 2018


As CS Dept. Strains, Low-Demand Majors Awash in Professors
A student petition is asking Pomona College—one of the member institutions of the Claremont Colleges—to hire more computer science...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 17, 2017
Student Op-Ed: Outdoor Clubs Are Too White
In an opinion editorial for the Student Life, the administration-funded student newspaper at the Claremont Colleges, a white Pitzer...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 15, 2017


Student Group Blasts College for Admitting Too Few Convicts
An unnamed student group is attacking Pomona College for its “admission policy that allows for discrimination” against former convicts,...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 9, 2017


Scripps Funds Propaganda Whitewashing Human Rights Violations
Scripps College is hosting and funding a three-day speakers’ series with a Venezuelan government official to valorize that country’s...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 24, 2017


CMC Decides Against Quashing Christian Student Group
This evening, the President of the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC)—the college’s student government—released an...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 19, 2017
Student Government May Dissolve Christian Student Group
In a meeting last Monday, Claremont McKenna College’s student senate—the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC)—met...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 17, 2017


Students Asked to Donate to Terror-Affiliated Organization
In its email response to “anti-Muslim” comments by attendees of a lecture at Scripps College last week, the Claremont Colleges’ Muslim...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 16, 2017
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