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...
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Austin Andersen
- Jun 1
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...
Trevor Klein
- Jun 1
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...
Will Zhou
- Apr 25
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...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 27
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 21
ASCMC Will Not Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Image via Ahmad Gharabli Debate between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students raged on at Associated Students of Claremont McKenna...
Charlie Hatcher
- Mar 21
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...
Pieter van Wingerden
- Mar 7
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...
Margot Rosenblatt
- Mar 6
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...
Richard Cordero
- Mar 6
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
- Dec 9, 2022
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...
Charlie Hatcher
- Oct 15, 2022
CMC Board of Trustees Rejects Race GE Proposal, Calls for Stronger Alternative
On Friday, October 7th, Claremont McKenna College Dean of Students Dianna Graves shared an update on the proposed Racial-Ethnic General...
Charlie Hatcher and Jameson Mitrovich
- Sep 14, 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
- Sep 7, 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...
Trevor Klein
- Aug 11, 2022
Claremont McKenna Attempted to Punish a Professor for His Speech
Image via Heterodox Academy Earlier this year, the Claremont McKenna Dean of the Faculty’s Office informed members of the government...
Jameson Mitrovich
- Jun 16, 2022
CMC Hires New Diversity and Inclusion Dean
CMC recently announced that they hired Dr. Ashley Barton as Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion & CARE Center Director. Prior to...
Trevor Klein
- Apr 5, 2022
CMC Reinstates Mask Mandate as Cases Surge
In an email addressed to the student body on Tuesday, the Claremont McKenna College (CMC) COVID Compliance Committee reinstated an indoor...
Leonora Willett
- Mar 30, 2022
CMC Accidentally Admits Nearly 300 Students to Podlich Scholarship
Following Claremont McKenna’s release of their admission decision last week, almost 300 Podlich Scholarship acceptance emails were sent...
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