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Claremont Colleges Reopen Cross-Campus Dining
On Tuesday, the Claremont Colleges announced that cross-campus dining will partially reopen on February 26. An email sent to the Scripps...
Trevor Klein
Feb 10, 2022


Students Call For Online Option For Disabled Students
On Tuesday, Claremont DISCOVR (IG:@claremontdiscovr) posted a petition calling on the Claremont Colleges to provide an online alternative...
Leonora Willett
Feb 3, 2022


Dr. Marco Valenzuela Appointed As Harvey Mudd VP Of Student Affairs
In an email sent to students, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) President Maria Klawe announced that “Dr. Marco Valenzuela will be the permanent...
Santiago Barreto
Jan 29, 2022


Claremont Colleges To Continue Online Classes, Scripps, CMC To Allow Outdoor Option
Earlier this evening, the member institutions of the Claremont Consortium announced a new set of guidelines for the remainder of the...
Liam MacDonald
Jan 21, 2022


Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd Move Classes Online For First Two Weeks Of Spring Semester
After a preliminary announcement earlier this week, on Thursday Scripps, Pitzer, and Harvey Mudd College, members of the Claremont...
Trevor Klein
Jan 6, 2022


Claremont Consortium To Reopen For Spring Semester, Restrict In-Person Activity
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly throughout the U.S., several Claremont Colleges sent emails to their...
Santiago Barreto
Jan 3, 2022


Pomona To Require Booster Shots, Cancel 5C Events At Start Of Spring Semester
In an email sent earlier today, Pomona College administrator informed students that “eligible students, faculty and staff should receive...
Liam MacDonald
Dec 20, 2021


5C Cross-Campus Dining Could Occur Next Semester
An email was sent to every 5C student today offering important updates regarding cross-campus dining. After nearly two years of no...
Santiago Barreto and Leonora Willett
Dec 8, 2021


COVID-19 Cases Increase On Claremont McKenna Campus
Yesterday, the Covid Compliance Committee of Claremont McKenna College (CMC) notified students of an increase in COVID-19 cases following...
Kara Hagler
Dec 8, 2021


Ayanna Pressley And The (Un)Logic of Critical Theory
Opinion by Wolfgang Hutton “We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice. We don’t need any more black faces...
Wolfgang Hutton
Nov 25, 2021


The Race Against “Racism” In Universities Has Gone Too Far
UCLA suspended Professor Gordon Klein last spring for refusing to give Black students free passes on the final exam to account for the...
Santiago Barreto
Nov 24, 2021


KKR Kills, Divest 5Cs Call For CMC To Cut Ties With Kravis and Roberts
Student groups KKR Kills and Divest 5Cs have organized three rallies and a vigil in opposition to Claremont McKenna College’s affiliation...
Anna Gersh
Nov 23, 2021


Divest Protesters Attempt To Occupy "The Cube," CMC Tries To Stop Student-Journalist Photographer
On Friday, about a dozen student activists participated in a Divest Claremont Colleges protest against Claremont McKenna College (CMC)...
Trevor Klein
Nov 22, 2021


New Scripps College President Appointed
After eight months of a thorough Presidential Search, Lynne Thompson, the Chair of the Board of Trustees, announced in an email today...
Santiago Barreto and Anna Gersh
Nov 18, 2021


CMC To Hold Black-Only Event, Black Student Groups Demand Further Action After Racist YikYak Posts
On Wednesday, the President of the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) announced that ASCMC and the Dean of Students...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 18, 2021


Claremont McKenna Diversity And Inclusion Dean Transferring To Pitzer College
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) announced in an email today that Vince Greer, who served as CMC’s inaugural dean for diversity and...
Santiago Barreto
Oct 29, 2021


Scripps Administrative Coordinator Killed Infant Daughter, Then Herself, Police Say
Last night, the Los Angeles Times published an article confirming the identity of a Claremont mother suspected to have killed herself and...
Liam MacDonald
Oct 28, 2021


CMC To Begin Permitting CMC-Only Parties
By Trevor Klein September 22, 2021 In an email sent to students on Tuesday, the Claremont McKenna College (CMC) Dean of Students (DOS)...
Trevor Klein
Sep 21, 2021


Scripps To Require Weekly Testing For Start Of Fall Semester
Interim President Amy Marcus-Newhall announced in a welcome back email to the Scripps College community that Scripps will require weekly...
Sophia Frye
Aug 31, 2021


Why Financial Literacy Is Necessary for Socio-Economic Equality
Finance has traditionally been a field reserved for the social elite. Generally, the image of an expensively dressed, middle-aged white...
Shanie Roth
Mar 28, 2021
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