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The Claremont Independent
New Dept. of Education Guidance Threatens Race-Based Programs at Claremont Colleges
Image via Flickr. Copyright Vicki Walker . On February 14, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a “Dear...
Violet Ramanathan
Feb 27
Bring Back Standardized Tests
Image Credit: Baxter Brew On Friday, January 24, CMC faculty voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees reinstate the school’s...
Baxter Brew and Violet Ramanathan
Feb 20
Still Homogeneous: The Political Affiliations of Claremont Colleges Faculty
Faculty political party affiliations by College. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum . Recently, The Forum obtained...
Henry Long
Feb 14
An Interview with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, Incoming Director of the Open Academy
Professor Ioannis Evrigenis. Last Tuesday, the Claremont Independent sat down with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, the incoming faculty...
Kendall White
Feb 13
Pomona and CMC Advise International Students to Return to Campus Before Trump Inauguration
Image via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright Sdkb . In the final days of the fall semester, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College sent...
Emilio Bankier
Dec 31, 2024
Pomona Disputes Legal Liability Claims Over Student Suspensions
Protesters rally to overturn student suspensions. On Monday, November 25th, lawyers for Pomona College responded to a November 13th...
Emilio Bankier
Nov 27, 2024
Pomona Sanctions Student Groups Involved in Oct. 7th Protests
Student protesters inside Carnegie Hall. On November 1st, Pomona College’s Judicial Council (JBoard) issued sanctions against Claremont...
Rachel Svoyskiy
Nov 26, 2024
Mental Illness is Losing its Meaning
Image credit: Baxter Brew Thankfully, mental health has largely escaped the antiquated corner into which our parents’ generation pushed...
Baxter Brew
Nov 16, 2024
Civil Liberties Groups Warn Pomona of Possible Litigation Over Student Suspensions
Student protesters on October 7. On November 13, the ACLU of Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, Center for Protest Law and...
Kendall White
Nov 14, 2024
Student Protesters Should Embrace Suspensions
Posters set up outside Carnegie Hall. On October 23, a statement from Pomona College President Gabi Starr announced that ten students had...
Violet Ramanathan
Nov 14, 2024
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Through the Lens of the Soviet Experience
Student protesters on October 7th. Lenny Fukshansky is a professor of mathematics at Claremont McKenna. A version of this article was...
Lenny Fukshansky
Nov 6, 2024
91% of 2024 CMC-Affiliated Political Donations Go to Democrats
CMC-affiliated donations over time. According to the nonprofit OpenSecrets, over 91% of the $22,782 in political donations made by...
Charlie Hatcher
Nov 4, 2024
California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges and Universities
Image via Flickr. Copyright Gavin Newsom . On September 30th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 into law,...
Lia Gabai
Nov 3, 2024
ASCMC Cancels Snowglobe Citing Budget and Scheduling Concerns
Image via Flickr. Copyright cmcforum . On Tuesday, October 29th, the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) Vice...
Violet Ramanathan
Oct 31, 2024
Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters
Protesters block the back door of Carnegie Hall. On Wednesday, October 23, Pomona President Gabi Starr issued a statement regarding the...
Greta Long
Oct 26, 2024
5C Clubs Partnered with Organization Now Designated Terrorist Entity
A banner at Carnegie Hall. On October 15th, the US Department of the Treasury announced that Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 19, 2024
A Call for Persuasive Means In College Protests
Protesters blocking the entrance to Carnegie Hall. I attended October 7th’s pro-Palestine protests as a reporter for the Independent ,...
Greta Long
Oct 15, 2024
Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to Oct. 7 Protests
Protesters inside Carnegie Hall. Pomona College issued interim suspensions to twelve students involved in the October 7 takeover of...
Kendall White
Oct 12, 2024
Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks
Protesters on Sixth Street. On Monday, October 7, hundreds of students across the Claremont Colleges participated in a walkout to demand...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Oct 7, 2024
Protests Injure Four Staff Members at Harvey Mudd Career Fair
Image credit: Harvey Mudd College On Wednesday, September 25, protests at Harvey Mudd College’s fall career fair turned “unpeaceful”...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 5, 2024
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