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Trouble for Trump
With 15 days to go, Hillary Clinton has cemented her position as the overwhelming favorite to win the election on November 8th....
The Claremont Independent
Oct 23, 2016
Claremont Students Say Masculinity is Hazardous to Mental Health
On Monday night, 5Cs Thrive hosted an event called “Masculinity + Mental Health.” According to the event’s description, the workshop...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 4, 2016


Speedo Hike Canceled Over ‘Body Image,’ ‘Bro-iness’ Concerns
Yesterday, On the Loose (OTL), the outdoors club of the Claremont Colleges, announced the cancellation of their annual speedo hike due to...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 28, 2016


Pomona College Poster: ‘Everyone is Problematic’
New students at Pomona College were welcomed to campus with posters all over their dorms giving instructions for “How to be a (Better)...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 6, 2016


Pitzer College VP Defends Racist RAs Despite College President’s Condemnation
After several national media outlets covered Pitzer College student leaders’ defense of racially discriminatory housing practices, both...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 11, 2016
Students at Claremont Colleges Refuse to Live with White People
A group of students at the Claremont Colleges are in search of a roommate for next year, but insist that the roommate not be white. Karé...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 9, 2016
Pitzer College Offers Full Scholarship for Undocumented Students
In 2012, just months after American college student-loan debt ballooned to over one trillion dollars, Pitzer College began offering a...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 3, 2016


Safe Space Shut Down After Anti-White, Anti-Male Statements Leaked
Recently, the Independent obtained screenshots from the “5C Women of Color” Facebook group. According to its description, the...
The Claremont Independent
May 31, 2016


Student Leaders: Diversity Proposal Remedies “Unsafe Academic Environments”
Under pressure from student leaders, the Pomona College faculty voted last week to include a consideration of a professor’s “attent[ion]...
The Claremont Independent
May 20, 2016


SJWs Create ‘Shady Person of Color’ List to Target Dissenters
During the height of the racial protests at Claremont McKenna College last November, CMCers of Color issued a list of demands including...
The Claremont Independent
May 5, 2016


Scripps “Unofficial Survival Guide” Legitimizes “A General Distaste or Hatred of W
Over the summer of 2015, two Scripps College students spent approximately 500 hours creating the “Unofficial Scripps Survival Guide.” The...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 25, 2016


Student Senator: Picture of Gun is a Threat to “Black Mental and Emotional Health”
Early Monday morning, Gregory Ochiagha (PZ ’18), a Student Senator at Pitzer College, sent out an email to the student body criticizing a...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 19, 2016


28 Scripps Professors Will Protest Madeleine Albright’s Commencement Speech
Yesterday’s issue of The Student Life contained an open letter, signed by twenty-eight Scripps faculty members, criticizing the selection...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 9, 2016


#TheChalkening Hits Pitzer College
Yesterday, a student wrote the phrase “Make America” (presumably the beginning of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 3, 2016


Scripps Dean: Writing #Trump2016 is ‘Harassment,’ ‘Intimidation’
Last week, Scripps College’s Student Body President, Minjoo Kim, sent an email to the Scripps community describing a “racist incident”...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 1, 2016
Scripps Students, Faculty: Protest Madeleine Albright Because She is a ‘White Feminist’
Recently, the Office of the President at Scripps College sent out an email informing the student body that former U.S. Secretary of State...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 31, 2016


Claremont Students: Non-Progressive Students of Color Are ‘Shady’
On Wednesday, a Facebook page called “Pray for the Boys of Claremont” began circulating among 5C students. The group posts “prayer...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 11, 2016


Pitzer Students Vote To Ban Bottled Water
On Sunday evening, the Pitzer College Student Senate voted unanimously to ban bottled water on its campus. In its official statement, the...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 7, 2016


Sexual Assault Accusations Enter the 21st Century
Sexual assault continues to be in the spotlight at the 5Cs, mostly as a result of the continued activism of Pomona College students and...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 7, 2016


President Oxtoby to Step Down
In an email sent this morning to the Pomona College community, David W. Oxtoby – thirteen year President of Pomona College – announced...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 29, 2016
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