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Charlie Hatcher
Sep 6, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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...


Nathanael Baumann
Nov 28, 2022
Pomona College No Longer Allowing CMC Students at Yule Ball
In a break with longstanding policy, the Pomona Events Committee (PEC) announced that the upcoming Yule Ball event will be open to all...

Trevor Klein
Nov 2, 2022
Scripps Halloween Party Shut Down Early Due to Chaos, Fire Extinguishers
This Saturday, the annual Claremont College Halloween party ended in chaos. Scripps hosted the event, which was open to all Scripps...


Pieter van Wingerden
Oct 30, 2022
Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Activist Visits Claremont Colleges
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Sunny Cheung spoke at Pomona College last month. The event was part of the Hong Kong Democracy Council’s...


Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 28, 2022
CMC Parties No Longer Open to All Claremont College Students
This afternoon, the ASCMC student body president announced that parties will only be open to CMC students or will be CMC plus one “for...


Charlie Hatcher
Oct 15, 2022
CMC Board of Trustees Rejects Race GE Proposal, Calls for Stronger Alternative
On Friday, October 7th, Claremont McKenna College Dean of Students Dianna Graves shared an update on the proposed Racial-Ethnic General...


Charlie Hatcher and Jameson Mitrovich
Sep 14, 2022
Claremont McKenna Faculty Voted for Race GE, President Chodosh Tabled It
On April 14, 2022, the Claremont McKenna College (CMC) faculty voted in favor of a new Racial-Ethnic Cultural Understanding General...


Charlie Hatcher
Sep 7, 2022
Claremont McKenna Falls From First to Sixth Place in Free Speech Ranking
On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College fell to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 2022-2023 college free...
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