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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 process for students who miss their weekly Covid-19 tests. Later on the same day, Scripps College’s Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Adriana di Bartolo-Beckman announced Scripps’ disciplinary policies surrounding testing. Both institutions agreed that students who miss a certain number of tests will be suspend

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 of the college’s three-tier social protocol system. This entails an easing of restrictions on social gatherings put in place to combat COVID-19. Most significantly, the college will now allow social gatherings of up to 20 people, as opposed to 10 people, which was the gathering limit up until today. Private parties with 20-60 people are now a

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 to win over their peers. Some candidates promised to “have your back,” while others pledged to direct funds to cafeteria waffle makers. Although ten of the eleven candidates ran on relatively similar campaign platforms, one candidate took an unconventional approach to gain support from his compatriots; he vowed to take a stance against a pr

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 covid19 surveillance testing is mandatory.” The email also explained that “[f]or those few who failed to get a weekly test – that is a conduct violation. Starting this coming week we will be receiving weekly data reports of any students who have not tested.” Under Claremont McKenna’s student conduct process, a conduct violation constitutes a “mi

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 comply with COVID-19 regulations by moving into on-campus housing before his appointed date. According to a suspension letter posted by the student on social media, Pomona College wrote that “after a thorough discussion of the circumstances of the incidental and your written statement [the College] found that [the student was] responsible fo

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 cases of COVID-19 on-campus during August, some of which occurred in fully vaccinated individuals. The college has urged students not to linger inside dining spaces to socialize or “connect with multiple groups of people.” In its email, CMC informed students that “[t]he College has had a total of seven positive cases on campus in the month of

OPINION: The US Should Boycott The 2022 Olympics In China

Trevor Klein

Mar 30, 2021

OPINION: 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 authoritarian regime in the world. Apparently, these horrors do not matter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as Beijing is set to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The IOC has a weak record regarding cracking down on human rights abuses; in 1936, the games were held in Berlin under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Neither the US nor the rest

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 truth: it would be bad if we had no law enforcement. This metaphor is fairly involved, but bear with me; I imagine American society as a beautiful vegetable garden. We spend billions each year keeping the weeds away because they inhibit the production of vegetables by stealing nutrients and otherwise hurting the other plants. I think it’s gre