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Pomona Plasters Social Justice Artwork Across Campus

The Claremont Independent

Mar 20, 2018

Pomona Plasters Social Justice Artwork Across Campus

On March 2nd, Pomona College’s Art Museum, in collaboration with “artist activist” Alexandra Bell, mounted three large works of art...

The Claremont Independent

Mar 9, 2018

Postmodernism Poisons The Liberal Arts

I am a natural proponent of liberal arts colleges. I was always that kid who got her books confiscated for reading under her desk or...

Pomona Physics Requires “Decolonization” Project

The Claremont Independent

Mar 1, 2018

Pomona Physics Requires “Decolonization” Project

Last fall semester, students in Pomona College’s Foundations of Modern Physics (PHYS101 PO) class were required to complete a...

Interview: CMC Dean Uvin and Freedom of Speech

The Claremont Independent

Feb 23, 2018

Interview: CMC Dean Uvin and Freedom of Speech

The Claremont Independent was able to sit down with Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Dean of Faculty, Peter Uvin, and discuss his...

When Progressivism Puts Equity over the Right to Life

The Claremont Independent

Feb 21, 2018

When Progressivism Puts Equity over the Right to Life

In January, the Senate Democrats blocked a bill that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of rape,...

Pomona Postpones Event with Legislator Accused of Sexual Assault

The Claremont Independent

Feb 8, 2018

Pomona Postpones Event with Legislator Accused of Sexual Assault

Pomona College’s Politics Department has postponed a Friday event with California Democratic assemblywoman and alumna Cristina Garcia,...

The Claremont Independent

Nov 17, 2017

Yes Means Yes, Obviously

The moral climate of college is warped. On the one hand, it is a bit like living in the Scarlet Letter. Students are urged to repent for...

As CS Dept. Strains, Low-Demand Majors Awash in Professors

The Claremont Independent

Nov 17, 2017

As CS Dept. Strains, Low-Demand Majors Awash in Professors

A student petition is asking Pomona College—one of the member institutions of the Claremont Colleges—to hire more computer science...

The Claremont Independent

Nov 15, 2017

Student Op-Ed: Outdoor Clubs Are Too White

In an opinion editorial for the Student Life, the administration-funded student newspaper at the Claremont Colleges, a white Pitzer...

Student Group Blasts College for Admitting Too Few Convicts

The Claremont Independent

Nov 9, 2017

Student Group Blasts College for Admitting Too Few Convicts

An unnamed student group is attacking Pomona College for its “admission policy that allows for discrimination” against former convicts,...

CMC Decides Against Quashing Christian Student Group

The Claremont Independent

Oct 19, 2017

CMC Decides Against Quashing Christian Student Group

This evening, the President of the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC)—the college’s student government—released an...

Students Asked to Donate to Terror-Affiliated Organization

The Claremont Independent

Oct 16, 2017

Students Asked to Donate to Terror-Affiliated Organization

In its email response to “anti-Muslim” comments by attendees of a lecture at Scripps College last week, the Claremont Colleges’ Muslim...

The Claremont Independent

Apr 25, 2016

Why I Haven’t Enjoyed Claremont

When I came to Claremont, I hoped to find a loving community and an extended family. Unfortunately, what I found instead is an...

CLSA Response “Trumps” Claremont Administration and Students

The Claremont Independent

Apr 21, 2016

CLSA Response “Trumps” Claremont Administration and Students

The Chicano Latino Student Affairs Office (CLSA) released their monthly newspaper CHISPAS in April with a statement from the Associate...

28 Scripps Professors Will Protest Madeleine Albright’s Commencement Speech

The Claremont Independent

Apr 9, 2016

28 Scripps Professors Will Protest Madeleine Albright’s Commencement Speech

Yesterday’s issue of The Student Life contained an open letter, signed by twenty-eight Scripps faculty members, criticizing the selection...

Social Justice Warriors Are the Reason Donald Trump Exists

The Claremont Independent

Apr 5, 2016

Social Justice Warriors Are the Reason Donald Trump Exists

Over the past couple weeks, students at colleges across the country have retreated into their safe spaces to protest the “hate speech”...

The Claremont Independent

Feb 29, 2016

President Oxtoby to Step Down

In an email sent this morning to the Pomona College community, David W. Oxtoby – thirteen year President of Pomona College – announced...

The Claremont Independent

Mar 31, 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...