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The Claremont Independent
Dec 7, 2015
San Bernardino Shooting Rattles the Claremont Colleges
Last Wednesday, students across the Claremont Colleges received an alert bulletin from Campus Safety, reading: The City of San Bernardino...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 24, 2015
Scripps Students Demand Required Anti-Oppression Training “To Ensure their Unlearning Process is Con
Yesterday, students from Scripps College issued a list of demands to the school administration. “As a collective of students who...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 19, 2015
Monsanto Speaker: Claremont is “By Far the Worst Student Audience” Ever Encountered
After students heavily protested her lecture at Harvey Mudd College last night, Dr. Chrissy Lawrence of Monsanto Company, an agricultural...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 18, 2015
President Oxtoby Signs Off on Student Demands at Pomona College
Last night, Pomona College President David Oxtoby signed off on a long list of student demands. “We, a group of marginalized students who...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 17, 2015
Safe Spaces Segregate the Claremont Colleges
In the wake of last week’s protests and resignations at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), “safe spaces” for students of marginalized...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 15, 2015
277 Students Dissent and Ask For Reconciliation
Nathan Tsai (CMC ’17) wrote a campus-wide letter, which was sent out this afternoon. The letter was sent out with 236 anonymous CMC...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 15, 2015
CMC Administration and Faculty Express Support for Protestors
This afternoon, Dean of Faculty Peter Uvin sent an email to the student body with an attached letter signed by over 200 CMC students who...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 12, 2015
Dean Spellman Resigns Following Student Protest
Earlier today, Mary Spellman resigned from her position as Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Claremont McKenna College....


The Claremont Independent
Nov 12, 2015
CMC Students Feel Marginalized, Demand Resources and Resignations
Yesterday afternoon, a student demonstration took place at Claremont McKenna College (CMC), where students of marginalized identities...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 9, 2015
Pitzer Senate: DreamCatchers Foundation “Tabled Indefinitely” Due to “Cultural Appropriation”
Last night, a student proposal to start a DreamCatchers Foundation affiliate club was “tabled indefinitely” at the Pitzer College student...


The Claremont Independent
Nov 1, 2015
Students Condemn Project Vulva for ‘Transmisogyny’
Last Thursday, students at Scripps College hosted an event at The Motley called “Project Vulva” to initiate dialogue about the...


The Claremont Independent
Oct 6, 2015
Pitzer Senate: “Yacht Club” is Too Offensive
At Pitzer’s weekly student Senate meeting this past Sunday, a proposed Yacht Club was turned down on the grounds that its name was...


The Claremont Independent
Oct 4, 2015
ASPC Defends Defunding
Yesterday, the Pomona College community received a statement from the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) regarding its decision...


The Claremont Independent
Sep 25, 2015
ASPC Gets Madd
Earlier today, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) voted against funding a 5C party called “Mudd Goes Madd” due to the...


The Claremont Independent
Aug 30, 2015
Five Financial Tips for Freshmen
We all know that being on your own for the first time can lead to spending temptations. Whether through mismanaged bills or adventurous...


The Claremont Independent
Aug 28, 2015
News Flash, Pomona: We’re #1—And That’s a Good Thing
Pomona College was ranked #1 in Forbes magazine’s 2015 Best Colleges List, a fact that the college had proudly stated on its...


The Claremont Independent
Jul 15, 2015
Coming This Fall: Changes to RDS
Much like the distraught Prince Hamlet, nearly every CMC sophomore has hit an existential fork in the road: to RDS, or not to RDS? Okay,...


The Claremont Independent
May 14, 2015
Who We Are: A Survey of the Claremont Independent Staff
Between the George Will disinvitation at Scripps, the Allan Cunningham controversy at Harvey Mudd, and the one-sidedness of political...


The Claremont Independent
May 13, 2015
Just The Facts: Pitzer College Tuition
With the current tuition increase rate at 5% per year, babies born this year (class of 2037) can expect to pay $156,671 per year—$626,685...


The Claremont Independent
May 13, 2015
Religion in Retreat at the 5Cs
It won’t shock anyone to hear that college is not a religion-friendly place. According to the McAlister Center here on campus, “The...
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