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FIRE Asks Pomona To Rescind Amendment Giving School Control Of Club Leadership
Earlier today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) published an article alongside an open letter to Pomona College...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 9, 2020


Occupy Pomona Continues Fight Against Furloughs
Last Friday, in response to the widespread furloughs of Pomona College staff caused by a $37 million budget shortfall resulting from the...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 5, 2020


In Tense Claremont Protests, Protesters Bark At Trump Supporters, Who Yell Back Insults
A group of protesters began barking at Trump supporters at a Trump rally in Claremont on October 3. The protesters continued barking when...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 4, 2020


Why You Should Support #Defundthepolice Even If You Don’t Think Our System Is Racist
By Margot Rosenblatt I’ve never seen “The Purge,” but it seems like an unpleasant movie. Although it’s fiction, I believe it holds some...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 31, 2020


All Segregation Is Wrong, Period.
The Claremont Colleges are a place where events you couldn’t make up take place. For example, the recent “BlaQ Mixer” event at Pomona...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 1, 2020


CMC Invites AEI President Arthur Brooks for Commencement
This year, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is inviting American Enterprise Institute (AEI) President Arthur Brooks to give its...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 25, 2019


Editorial: Welcome to the Claremont Independent
Dear Class of 2019, Congratulations! This week you have officially entered “The Bubble.” You now belong to one of the most intellectual,...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 3, 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 14, 2015


Bill Kristol Talks Microaggressions, the Media, and Newt Gingrich
Bill Kristol has made quite the career for himself. Twenty years ago, after stints in government, the academy, and non-profits, he...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 29, 2015


The Elephants’ Charge: Voters Nationwide Stampede to GOP
As it turns out, Republicans have obtained an historic majority in the House of Representatives, will likely pick up nine seats in the...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 17, 2014


A Free Market Defense of Plan B Vending Machines
By Chris Gaarder and Hannah Oh Here at the Claremont Independent, we aim to kindle meaningful discussion by introducing less commonly...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 31, 2014


Scripps College, George Will, and Sexual Assault
As many of you now know, George Will was recently disinvited from speaking this coming February at Scripps College’s Elizabeth Hubert...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 29, 2014


Featured Organization: Young Americans for Freedom
As a conservative in an overwhelmingly liberal college environment, it can often be difficult to engage in intellectual discourse with...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 23, 2014


Paul Ryan’s Way Forward
In a 1996 interview, Robin Williams described Claremont McKenna College, where he spent his freshman year, as “very conservative, with a...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 18, 2014


In Defense of the Independent
The Claremont Independent has come under fire recently. Not only were several copies of our most recent issue physically torn apart on...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 15, 2014
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