Academic Diversity In The Classrooms Is More Important Than Ever
With the upcoming election and the battle over Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s replacement growing more contentious by the day, we are in an era of...
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The Death of Dialogue and Rise of Rhetoric: How Cultural Sensitivity Can Save the Claremont Colleges
These past few years have seen a rise in extremism across the country. From Trump’s demagoguery to Sanders’ dogmatism, explosive rhetoric...
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We Stand With The #HomelessAtPomona
After being ordered to vacate campus because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pomona College students struggled with the heart-wrenching...
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We Stand with President Oliver
Following Pitzer College’s President Melvin L. Oliver’s announcement that he will veto the joint student-faculty vote to suspend the...
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Turning Against Free Press, Pitzer Turns Against Its Own Values
As the Claremont Independent recently reported, Pitzer College has decided to bar members of the Independent’s staff from attending the...
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Why Pitzer Shouldn’t Suspend Its Israel Study Abroad Program
Last semester, Pitzer College’s faculty voted in favor of suspending the college’s study abroad program in Israel with the University of...
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A More Free and Educational School Year
It is the start of a new school year and the start of another year of journalism, events, and more from The Claremont Independent.The...
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At Scripps College, Totalitarians Welcome—But Not Conservatives
Next week, Scripps College will fund a Venezuelan propaganda tour for the second time this school year. It will host two of the country’s...
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Editorial: The Importance of Free Expression
Free speech on campus has become a growing issue in the US and internationally as traditionally freer countries place more and more...
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Editorial: We Tell the Truth When No One Else Will
A recent editorial in The Student Life (TSL) criticized a Claremont Independent article because they thought it opted “for sensationalism...
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I Resign: The Writing Center’s Mission is to Teach Writing, Not Ideology
Dear Professor Bromley, Ms. Liu-Rojas, and Ms. Snell, I am writing to resign my position as a Writing Fellow. I wish that I felt I could...
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We Dissent
The student protests that have swept through Claremont McKenna College (CMC) over the past few days—and the ensuing fallout—have made us...
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Editorial: Welcome to the Claremont Independent
Dear Class of 2019, Congratulations! This week you have officially entered “The Bubble.” You now belong to one of the most intellectual,...
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Dear CMC: Stop Treating Our Social Scene like a Case Competition
On August 30, the CMC administration and ASCMC announced their “new strategy of responsible moderation” that will be implemented this...
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Goodbye, Claremont
The Claremont Independent is: “too conservative,” “too libertarian,” “too controversial,” “not controversial enough.” Over the past year,...
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We Who Must Not Be Named
In a recent issue of The Student Life, we came across a funny little name for CI articles that ruffle campus progressives’ feathers:...
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Vie, Liberté, Propriété, Charlie
By now, you have doubtless heard every analysis of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy. As we at the Independent saw our social media feeds flood...
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December Editorial
November 4th was a good day for Republicans. They won the Senate and significantly expanded their majority in the House. In 2015, they...
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Scripps College, George Will, and Sexual Assault
As many of you now know, George Will was recently disinvited from speaking this coming February at Scripps College’s Elizabeth Hubert...
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Editorial: Welcome to the Bubble
We at the Claremont Independent would like to welcome the Class of 2018 to the Claremont Colleges, or, as many like to call it, the...
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In Defense of the Independent
The Claremont Independent has come under fire recently. Not only were several copies of our most recent issue physically torn apart on...
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Learning to Embrace Vulnerability
Watching a loved one struggle with a deteriorating mental health is a unique sort of pain. In my experience, it is akin to watching...
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Update: Open letter to President Gann
On Mar. 1, Editors-in-Chief of the Forum, the Claremont Port Side, The Student Life, and the Claremont Independent published and...
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Secret Societies, “Private Organizations,” and Why We Should Care
The following opinion piece is written as a guest contribution to the Claremont Independent. Last month marked two years since my...
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An Open Letter to President Pamela Gann
An Open Letter to President Pamela Gann March 1, 2013 Dear President Pamela Gann, Claremont McKenna College recently instituted a new...
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