top of page


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...
Sophia Frye
Oct 5, 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...
Santiago Barreto
Oct 2, 2021


Class Elections Imbued With Activist Sentiment
As apprehension mounted amidst impending Claremont McKenna College (CMC) class presidential elections, aspiring student leaders scrambled...
Theodore Pasquesi
Sep 30, 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...
Kara Hagler
Sep 16, 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...
Santiago Barreto
Sep 6, 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...
Liam MacDonald
Aug 18, 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...
Kara Hagler
May 5, 2021


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...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 19, 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


An Open Letter To The Claremont McKenna And Harvey Mudd Presidents
Dear Presidents Klawe and Chodosh, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) and Claremont McKenna College (CMC) share much in common. Most obviously,...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 25, 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...
The Claremont Independent
May 26, 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...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 15, 2020
Trump is Right About Tariffs Against China…But for the Wrong Reasons
Earlier last month, President Trump signed the recently negotiated phase-one trade deal with China. During a ceremony at the White House,...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 21, 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 Claremont Independent
Jan 17, 2020


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...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 28, 2019
bottom of page