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The Claremont Independent
Trigger Warning: I Disagree With You
Photo Credit: wiredforlego On paper, the Claremont Colleges present a unified commitment to inclusion, openness, and intellectual...
Naya Dermenjian
10 hours ago
Salman Rushdie Withdraws from Speaking at CMC Commencement
Photo Credit: ActuaLitté. On May 13, President Hiram Chodosh announced that Sir Salman Rushdie will no longer speak at Claremont McKenna...
Dhriti Jagadish
4 days ago
Correcting Grammar Is Not Racist
Claremont McKenna's Center for Writing and Public Discourse. Alexandra Wofford contributed reporting. This spring, we were hired by...
Greta Long
6 days ago
Muslim Students Denounce Selection of Salman Rushdie for CMC Commencement Speaker
Photo Credit: Bill Swersey/Asia Society Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie will deliver the keynote address at Claremont McKenna’s commencement...
Dhriti Jagadish
May 9
Great Colleges Are Built on Great Missions
Image via Claremont McKenna College . Much ink has been spilled over the decision of Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr to...
Shiv Parihar
May 4
Pomona, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd Presidents Join Over 200 College Leaders in Denouncing ‘Government Overreach’ in Higher Education
Photos via the Claremont Colleges. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published a statement on April 22...
Emilio Bankier
Apr 23
Construction Begins on Claremont McKenna’s Sports Bowl
Image via Claremont McKenna College. Construction has begun on Claremont McKenna College’s new Sports Bowl, a multi-year process that...
Greta Long
Apr 22
5 Hours in Carnegie Hall - A Full Account of the Oct. 7 Takeover
Six months on, an extensive investigation uncovers new details about the student occupation of Pomona College’s Carnegie Hall on Oct. 7,...
Emilio Bankier
Apr 7
House Committee on Education and Workforce Probes Pomona for 'Antisemitic Incidents'
Representative Tim Walberg. Image via walberg.house.gov . On March 27, Pomona College was among five institutions to be sent a letter...
Dhriti Jagadish
Mar 30
Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into Scripps College
Margaret Fowler Garden at Scripps College. Image via Openverse . On March 18th, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil...
Naya Dermenjian
Mar 30
False Shooter Threat Appears to be ‘Swatting’ Incident
Police officers on top of CMC's Kravis Center. Around 4:44 p.m. on March 13, the Claremont Police Department (CPD) received a phone call...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Mar 13
BREAKING: Police Report 'No Victims' Following Shooter Threat at CMC
Squad cars outside the Kravis Center. Image credit: Tom Burton. At 4:55 P.M., Claremont Colleges students received notifications through...
Charlie Hatcher and Kendall White
Mar 13
TCCS To Hire Interim Catholic Chaplain, Proceed With Independent Review
The Claremont Colleges' McAlister Center. In a meeting with the Catholic Students Association (CSA) on March 10, The Claremont Colleges...
Gabe Khuly
Mar 12
Department of Education Warns Pomona College of Title VI Noncompliance Penalties
Image via Flickr. Copyright Dave and Margie Hill . On March 10, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent...
Rachel Svoyskiy
Mar 10
Brandeis Center and ADL File Federal Title VI Complaint Against Scripps College
Image via Wikimedia Commons. On March 6, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that they had filed a federal...
Greta Long
Mar 6
“To Hell With Procedure” — Catholic Chaplain Pushed Out as TCCS Plans Major Changes Behind Closed Doors
Gabe Khuly contributed reporting. The Claremont Colleges' McAlister Center. In early October, on what they thought to be a regular...
Emilio Bankier
Mar 5
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
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