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Minimum Wage Promises, Maximum Wage Problems
“There was this young boy about eleven years old… and he said, ‘You know, my mom makes the minimum wage and even though it went up, her...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 6, 2015


Invest in Oil, Help the Environment
The fossil fuel divestment movement, like many other campus causes, mistakes posturing for effective action, giving its proponents a...
The Claremont Independent
May 13, 2015


On the Athenaeum and its Director
I was intellectually awakened at the Athenaeum. It all started when one of my professors spontaneously assigned an essay entitled “The...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 30, 2015


The Flaw in “Flawless”: Beyoncé and the Contradictions in Feminism
Since entering Scripps, I have been told that Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Hilary Clinton, Emma Watson, P!nk, Meghan Trainor, and Michelle...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 3, 2015


The Real LGBT: Lawyers, Grievances, Briefs, Trials
Lawyers frantically scrambling to appeal court decisions. Plaintiffs citing grievances in state and federal courts. Liberal interest...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 3, 2015


Claremont Party Police: Social Responsibility at CMC Revisited
Back in October of last year, I wrote an article on social responsibility and how the CMC administration’s policies that were strangling...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015


Trigger Warning: Academic Freedom at Risk
A trigger warning is a notice at the beginning of a book, video, blog post, etc. alerting the viewer that it contains potentially...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015


Don’t Offend Me: PC Culture at HMC
Harvey Mudd College hosted local, Los Angeles-based comedian Allan Cunningham Feb. 4 for the weekly Wednesday Nighter. The Wednesday...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015


Why Malott Matters
Since 2005, a committee composed of several faculty members, alumnae, and students has met every spring to begin work on selecting a...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 2, 2015


We Shall Remain
Last winter, I had the privilege of returning to Israel for the first time in over five years. During the trip, my group paid a visit to...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 1, 2015


Why We Still Need Harry Jaffa
Earlier this year, Claremont McKenna College lost perhaps the most famous professor ever to teach under the Bauer Center rotunda. Harry...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 31, 2015


Civilization Prospers with Computer Science
What you already know (or suspect) about Computer Science: Virtually all of us understand the value of computer science. Its practicality...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 11, 2015


The End of the Women’s College
Back in 2010, 76 percent of the Scripps College student body voted in favor of a measure to make the language of its student constitution...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 31, 2015


Skin Deep: The Pitfalls of Racial Preferences
Collegiate affirmative action policies, first institutionalized as a part of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, were designed to provide...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 30, 2015


The Price of Cuban Normalization
Ever since the release of an American citizen following negotiations between Raul Castro’s government and the Obama administration, the...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 23, 2015


An Evolving GOP
Recently, Representative John Boehner—the eighth-most tenured Republican Speaker of the House in congressional history—once again secured...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 22, 2015
On Accidental Weight Loss and the Fear of Gaining it Back
Last semester, my friend Mohammad shared his story on weight loss and body image. He, in turn, inspired me to share mine. I began to lose...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 21, 2015


All Aboard the Censorship
Charlie Hebdo’s post-attack cover, representing a crying prophet Mohammed holding a “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) solidarity poster....
The Claremont Independent
Jan 14, 2015


Broken Glass and Broken Trust: Lessons to Learn from UVA
By: Derek Ko and Steven Glick Sabrina Erdely published a story in Rolling Stone magazine on November 19 describing the brutal gang rape...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 15, 2014


Free to Speak Against Oppression?
There was recently a dispute at the University of California, Berkeley, similar to the George Will controversy at Scripps earlier this...
The Claremont Independent
Dec 13, 2014
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