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Pomona, Scripps, To Suspend Students For Missing COVID-19 Tests

Sophia Frye

Oct 5, 2021

Pomona, Scripps, To Suspend Students For Missing COVID-19 Tests

In an email to students sent today, Pomona College Dean of Students Avis Hinkson announced the details of Pomona’s three step sanctioning...

Harvey Mudd Eases COVID Restrictions, Increases Maximum Gathering Size From 10 To 20

Santiago Barreto

Oct 2, 2021

Harvey Mudd Eases COVID Restrictions, Increases Maximum Gathering Size From 10 To 20

A policy update from Dean Marco Valenzuela sent to Harvey Mudd students yesterday announced that Harvey Mudd will be moving into Tier 2...

Class Elections Imbued With Activist Sentiment

Theodore Pasquesi

Sep 30, 2021

Class Elections Imbued With Activist Sentiment

As apprehension mounted amidst impending Claremont McKenna College (CMC) class presidential elections, aspiring student leaders scrambled...

CMC To Track Students Who Avoid COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Kara Hagler

Sep 16, 2021

CMC To Track Students Who Avoid COVID-19 Surveillance Testing

Earlier today, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) Vice President of Student Affairs Sharon Basso informed the student body “that weekly...

Pomona Faces Accusations of Racism, Classism After Suspension of Student For Moving In Early

Santiago Barreto

Sep 6, 2021

Pomona Faces Accusations of Racism, Classism After Suspension of Student For Moving In Early

Last month, Pomona College, a member of the Claremont Consortium, suspended a transfer student for the fall 2021 semester for failing to...

CMC Barn Party Canceled, Convocation Goes Virtual Less than a Week Before Classes Start

Abbas Seltzer

Aug 25, 2021

CMC Barn Party Canceled, Convocation Goes Virtual Less than a Week Before Classes Start

Two days after half of its freshmen and sophomores moved in, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) announced that its Convocation Ceremony will...

Pomona Title IX Coordinator To Leave September 1

Liam MacDonald

Aug 24, 2021

Pomona Title IX Coordinator To Leave September 1

In an email sent yesterday evening, Pomona College Dean of Students Avis Hinkson explained to students that Title IX coordinator Sue...

Claremont McKenna Admits To Seven Total COVID-19 Cases, Strengthens Dining Hall Regulations

Liam MacDonald

Aug 18, 2021

Claremont McKenna Admits To Seven Total COVID-19 Cases, Strengthens Dining Hall Regulations

In an email to the student body sent earlier today, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) admitted to having had a total of seven positive...

CMC To Implement Contact Tracing, Anonymous Reporting Mechanism, In Updated COVID-19 Policy

Kara Hagler

Aug 14, 2021

CMC To Implement Contact Tracing, Anonymous Reporting Mechanism, In Updated COVID-19 Policy

Today, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) sent an email to the Class of ‘24 following up on an announcement from CMC’s President Hiram...

Student Gov’t Passes Israeli Boycott Without Club Divestment Clause

Liam MacDonald

May 6, 2021

Student Gov’t Passes Israeli Boycott Without Club Divestment Clause

Earlier today, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), Pomona College’s student governing body, passed a modified version of...

Rebuttal: We Shouldn’t Embrace All Cancel Culture

Kara Hagler

May 5, 2021

Rebuttal: We Shouldn’t Embrace All Cancel Culture

In recent years, cancel culture has gained notoriety for high-profile “cancellations” of prominent figures for harmful actions. The...

Widespread Backlash to Student Gov’t Israel Boycott, Anti-Discrimination Petition Reaches 500 Signat

Kara Hagler

Apr 29, 2021

Widespread Backlash to Student Gov’t Israel Boycott, Anti-Discrimination Petition Reaches 500 Signat

Last week, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) passed a resolution divesting from companies operating in Israel as listed by...

The US Should Boycott The 2022 Olympics In China

The Claremont Independent

Mar 30, 2021

The US Should Boycott The 2022 Olympics In China

China is destroying promised liberties in Hong Kong, committing genocide in Xinjiang, and oppressing more people than any other...

New DOE Title IX Regulations Not The Correct Fix

The Claremont Independent

Aug 19, 2020

New DOE Title IX Regulations Not The Correct Fix

Earlier this week, the Claremont Consortium announced the creation of an interim sexual assault policy in accordance with the regulations...

Why You Should Support #Defundthepolice Even If You Don’t Think Our System Is Racist

The Claremont Independent

Jul 31, 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...

Charity And Bullying Can’t Go Hand In Hand

The Claremont Independent

May 26, 2020

Charity And Bullying Can’t Go Hand In Hand

As reported by the Independent earlier today, the producers of “Love is Blind: Claremont,” an online dating show run and participated in...

Harassment Cannot be a Substitute for Discourse

The Claremont Independent

Apr 15, 2020

Harassment Cannot be a Substitute for Discourse

The last few days have proven divisive in the Pomona College community. In fact, as a senior, I can’t remember a time where students were...

How Problematic Thoughts Can Make You a Better Person

The Claremont Independent

Jan 17, 2020

How Problematic Thoughts Can Make You a Better Person

By Margot Rosenblatt A few weeks ago, on the raised section of the Hoch-Shanahan dining hall, a very wise Scripps upper-classman uttered...

The Antigua Incident: How Scripps Admin Trains First Years To Suppress Ideas From Day One

The Claremont Independent

Sep 28, 2019

The Antigua Incident: How Scripps Admin Trains First Years To Suppress Ideas From Day One

By Margot Rosenblatt I never thought that the Caribbean island of Antigua, of all places and things, would embody so well my apprehension...