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Dean of Students Office Initiates Shift in Alcohol Policy at ASCMC Events
On Sunday, September 8th, the Executive Board of Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) announced a new policy...
Violet Ramanathan
Sep 10, 2024


Claremont McKenna Rises to 6th Place in Free Speech Rankings
Claremont McKenna College. On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College leapt from 73rd to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights...
Jacob Smagula
Sep 5, 2024


Pitzer Student Senate Votes to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel
Pitzer College's entrance. (Campus Grotto) On Sunday, February 11th, the Pitzer College Student Senate voted to suspend Pitzer’s study...
Jameson Mitrovich
Feb 17, 2024


CMC Raises More Than $1 Billion
The forthcoming Robert Day Sciences Center. (CMC) Claremont McKenna College raised nearly $1.1 billion as a part of an alumni fundraising...
Nathanael Baumann
Oct 29, 2023


Claremont SJP Blames Israel for Hamas Attacks
Walker Wall at Pomona College. (Claremont JVP) In a statement released on October 8, the Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine and...
Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 14, 2023


Claremont McKenna Plummets to 73rd in Free Speech Rankings
Heather Ferguson and Jon Shields run Claremont McKenna's Open Academy initiative. (CMC) On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College fell from...
Charlie Hatcher
Sep 6, 2023


CMC Administration Ballooned in Years Since Spellman Resignation
Outside Claremont McKenna's Kravis Center. (ThoughtCo) While college administrations have been expanding for decades, their growth rate...
Austin Andersen
Jun 1, 2023


Chodosh to Take Sabbatical, Basso to Serve as Acting President of CMC
President Chodosh addresses the Athenaeum crowd. (CMC) On Thursday morning, the Claremont McKenna Board of Trustees announced that...
Trevor Klein
Jun 1, 2023


Bobby's Room: Inside Claremont's Largest Poker Game
Adam Koszut's felt poker table in Crown B317. (Will Zhou) If you've ever walked by the third floor of Crown Hall at 4 a.m. on a Friday...
Will Zhou
Apr 25, 2023


Israel-Palestine Dominates ASCMC Agenda for Fourth Week
via E-International Relations At the March 26 Claremont McKenna Executive Board meeting, the newly sworn-in board chose a chairperson for...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 27, 2023


Rebuttal: CMC Should Not Renounce the Claremont Institute
Image via Claremont Institute The Claremont Institute, a modest building in an Upland office park, is home to a cluster of influential...
Charlie Hatcher
Mar 21, 2023


NATO Expert Visits Claremont Colleges
Image via Radio ZET Ian Brzezinski, the former Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy, spoke at...
Pieter van Wingerden
Mar 7, 2023


When Dictators Speak, We Should Listen
Image via Washington Post Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” In Taiwan,...
Pieter van Wingerden
Mar 6, 2023


Leftists Don't Really Hate America
Leftists don’t hate America. They hate America’s problems. They may conflate these problems with the country, but the two are not the...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 6, 2023


Ward Elliott: A Pillar of Claremont McKenna
Image via CMC Professor Ward Elliott passed away in Claremont on December 6. He was 85. He was one of the few professors to serve under...
Richard Cordero
Mar 6, 2023


ASCMC Introduces Resolution Addressing Decline of CMC Party Culture
At the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College Senate meeting this past Monday, senators moved to introduce a resolution...
Jameson Mitrovich
Jan 31, 2023


Claremont McKenna Names Chief Diversity and Financial Officers
On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna announced that the Board of Trustees approved the promotion of two members of the administration, Nyree...
Richard Cordero
Dec 9, 2022


Pomona College No Longer Allowing CMC Students at Yule Ball
In a break with longstanding policy, the Pomona Events Committee (PEC) announced that the upcoming Yule Ball event will be open to all...
Nathanael Baumann
Nov 28, 2022


Claremont McKenna Faculty Voted for Race GE, President Chodosh Tabled It
On April 14, 2022, the Claremont McKenna College (CMC) faculty voted in favor of a new Racial-Ethnic Cultural Understanding General...
Charlie Hatcher and Jameson Mitrovich
Sep 14, 2022


Claremont McKenna Falls From First to Sixth Place in Free Speech Ranking
On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College fell to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 2022-2023 college free...
Charlie Hatcher
Sep 7, 2022
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