5C News

CMC admits historically low percentage of students on financial aid, lags behind peers in financial aid support
The Student Life5C / Pomona3d ago
Claremont McKenna College admitted its lowest percentage of students on need-based fi…
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TSL’s 2026 Midterm Election Polling
The Student Life5C / Pomona3d ago
TSL's data desk polled 237 students across all 5Cs ahead of midterm elections this fa…
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Why the NBA’s parity promises its best season yet
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Jake Creelan makes the case for parity in today’s NBA, defending the second apron in…
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Major league blues, minor league highs
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Spencer Thompson PO ’30 spent an entire summer obsessing over Minor League Baseball a…
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In Good Taste: Live from New York, it’s your algorithm
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
In his new column, Han Lane PO ’30 discusses SNL’s new hire Grace Reiter, who amassed…
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Film Through Time: The labyrinth of lies in ‘You Can See Everything’
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Maggie McAteer SC ’30 attempts to dissect the new documentary phenomenon “You Can See…
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OPINION: The bureaucratic veil over Pomona’s Center for Global Engagement
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Zara Seldon PO ’29 recalls her experience with Pomona College’s Housing and Residence…
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OPINION: Stop being morally outraged at the Democratic Party
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Charlotte Renner PZ ’27 argues that young progressives are partly responsible for the…
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Rooted and Restless: A wormhole found in Chinese milk tea stores
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Rochelle Lu SC ’28 continues “Rooted and Restless” with an exploration of how Chinese…
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OPINION: Let’s share our ghost stories
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
In light of Halloween: haunted houses and scary movies, Leilani Fernandez PO ’30 enco…
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POW Community Fair brings campus and local organizations together
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
About 150 students gathered on Scripps College’s Bowling Green Lawn Oct. 23 for the f…
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ASPC and ASCMC consider policy response to AI poster backlash
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Student backlash over AI-generated promotional materials has prompted Associated Stud…
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In a pickle: CMC adds new signage clarifying pickleball courts are CMS only
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Claremont McKenna College added new signage to its pickleball courts this week to aff…
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OPINION: Too elite for the label: Why Nara Smith rejects the ‘tradwife’ brand
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Makayla Tracy PZ ’30 argues that Nara Smith’s claim that she was never a tradwife is…
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OPINION: We created Elizabeth Holmes. Why can’t we let her go?
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d agoOpinion
Tahi Wilton Geary PO ’29 writes about how, leading up to Nathan Fielder and Lance Opp…
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Sagehens rated best in West, take second spot in DIII experience rating
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Sagehen baseball received a new accolade: first in program quality in the West. Accor…
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5Cs After Dark: Is texting your ex ever a good idea? My ex weighs in, unhelpfully
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Have you ever texted your ex? Yeah, been there. You probably shouldn’t. In this episo…
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Improv may be the key to a rise in the comedy scene at the 5Cs
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
Members of improv groups the Underground Theatrical Institute and Without A Box (WAB)…
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Ravi-lations with Ethan: Performing Trader Joe’s tote bags, dorm asceticism, and emotional intimacy
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
In his advice column article, Ethan Ravi PO ’29 tackles three anonymously submitted q…
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Stags stunned as Caltech spoils senior night
The Student Life5C / Pomona4d ago
On the Stags’ senior night, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) men’s soccer team fell 5…
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Where did semitism go?
The OutbackPitzer6d agoOpinion
Words by Vivian Simon SC ’28 Graphic by Penny Messinger SC ’29 Once, at lunch with a…
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5Cs: Are we missing out on connections?
The OutbackPitzer6d ago
Words by Lily Walewski PZ ’30 and Hope Bachman PZ ’30 Graphic by JoJo Rosenworcel PZ…
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Kefirmania
The OutbackPitzer6d ago
Words by Cecily Pregerson SC ’29 Graphic by Sofia Vitale PZ ’28 and Anna Meisenzahl P…
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Fig Beetles in a changing climate
The OutbackPitzer6d ago
Words by Sophie Citro PZ ’30 Graphics by Penny Messinger SC ’29 If you’ve so much as…
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Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University Announce Takeover Deal
Claremont Independent5COct 26
Pomona College will become Claremont Graduate University's parent institution, formal…
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All Along Walker Wall: Pomona Wants to Be Original
Claremont Independent5COct 23Opinion
The Originals Festival on Pomona's Marston Quad. “Originals: The Campaign for Pomona…
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OPINION: You aren’t (just) lazy — why walking between the Claremont Colleges is so hard
The Student Life5C / PomonaOct 23Opinion
Nicholas Steinman CM ’28 draws attention to the borders and barriers separating each…
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OPINION: Inside the black box: The case for computational fluency at the 5Cs
The Student Life5C / PomonaOct 23Opinion
Thea Wachtler PZ ’29 argues that the compounding complexity of computational technolo…
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OPINION: I am Jane Doe. Let them fear us now
The Student Life5C / PomonaOct 21Opinion
“On the night of April 17, 1993, when I was a student at Pomona College, Travis Landr…
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Is sex going out of style?
The OutbackPitzerOct 20
Words by Charlotte Vimeux PZ ’29 Graphics by Carter Haroza PZ ’29 and Sophie Frankfur…
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OPINION: The ‘Cornell 7’ exposes that Title IX systems will not protect us — even at the 5Cs
The Student Life5C / PomonaOct 15Opinion
Outlining the policies that govern college responses to misconduct, Brinkman Schooler…
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OPINION: A presidential hit job: Latinos aren’t scared of you, Trump
The Student Life5C / PomonaOct 15Opinion
On October 5, 2026, Donald Trump put a hit on Los Angeles and San Diego. Elena Gutier…
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Burnham at the Stake: The Dangers of Decentralizing Britain
The ForumCMCOct 15
Devolving power for its own sake will only lead to inefficency Image credit: Jasper L…
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Federalism for the 21st Century: Inspiration from Burnham’s Britain
The ForumCMCOct 15
"Devolution" could help mitigate federal-state disputes in the United States Image cr…
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Harvey Mudd Has Too Many Climate Majors – And Not Enough Environmentalism
Claremont Independent5COct 14Opinion
Since 2024, Harvey Mudd College has created four joint majors, all related to climate…
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Hanoi Kitchen: The Post-Pho Antidote
The OutbackPitzerOct 14
Words by Elias Schendler ’29, Graphic by Thea Riley PZ ’28 I don’t consider myself a…
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Claremont McKenna’s Speed Dots Fail to Make Campus Safer
Claremont Independent5COct 12Opinion
They are impossible to miss. Hundreds of small white dots have made a mess of Claremo…
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Musa al-Gharbi on Academia, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and the Great Awokening(s)
The ForumCMCOct 11
The Forum sits down with Musa al-Gharbi, author of We Have Never Been Woke Image cred…
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Pro-Hamas Scholar Addresses Claremont Students Virtually on Oct. 7
Claremont Independent5COct 10
Pro-Hamas scholar Mohamed Abdou addressed Claremont Colleges students virtually on We…
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Pipe Down! The Week-long Humanities Building Closure and Reopening
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Margaret Graham ‘29 Staff Writer On Sept. 5, a mass email hit the inbox of Scripps st…
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Scripps Floats Into Fall With Flick & Float
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Margaret Judge ’29 Staff Writer The sun had barely dipped below the horizon on Friday…
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Back 2 Skool: The Motley Opens Its Doors to a New Year of Coffee and Community
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
By Anna Grez ’27 Design Editor On Sept. 18, hundreds of students attended the Motley…
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Lizzy McAlpine’s “Angel” Reveals That Happiness Is the Greatest Inspiration of All
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Talia Lee ’29 Staff Writer Lizzy McAlpine stole my heart when she released Older in 2…
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Sorry, Sometimes I’m a Pessimist
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Phoebe Schwab ’29 and Belén Yudess CGU ’27 Copy Editor and Copy Editor Emeritus Aries…
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The Birth of The Scripps Voice Advice Column
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9Opinion
Phoebe Schwab ’29 Copy Editor Hear ye, Scrippsies! As the school year moves along, yo…
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NSPMO
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9Opinion
By Claire Williams ’30 Staff Writer New Student Programs and Orientation (NSPO) is a…
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How to Plan (and Shut Down) a Scripps Party
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Charlotte Korer ’27 Editor-in-Chief On Sept. 12, Scripps hosted Eurobash, the first S…
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Presence is Protest: Walkout for the Third Anniversary of Genocide in Palestine
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Louisa Chiriboga & Phoebe Schwab ’29 Copy Editors On Wednesday, Oct. 7, the day that…
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Billie Lee, Trans-Advocate, Speaks at Scripps Presents
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 9
Katelyn Sewell ’27 On Sept. 22, Scripps Presents hosted transgender activist and come…
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A Message to 5C Activists: Mohamed Abdou Detests You
The ForumCMCOct 7
5C activists should not negotiate with terrorists. Image credit: Chloe Ellingson for…
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Pomona Promises to Welcome All Students. Jews Too?
Claremont Independent5COct 7Opinion
Three years ago, more than a thousand civilians were murdered on October 7th. Two yea…
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Three Years After October 7: A Jewish Re-Education
The ForumCMCOct 7
Reconstructing a Jewish identity three years on. Image credit: Jasper Langley-Hawthor…
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REBUTTAL: Real-life Urbanists Don't Hate the Suburbs
The ForumCMCOct 6
Housing and transit policy afficianodo Nicholas Steinman responds to a "defense of th…
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Henry Olsen '83 on the 2026 Midterms, Populism, and the Judeo-Christian Moral Tradition
The ForumCMCOct 2
The Forum sits down with Washington Post columnist and CMC alumnus Henry Olsen. Image…
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Claremont Student Group Plans Oct. 7 “Al Aqsa Flood Anniversary Talk” with Pro-Hamas Scholar
Claremont Independent5COct 2
On October 7, the People’s Fund—an organization funded and operated by Claremont Coll…
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Rich College Students Should Embrace Downward Mobility
The ForumCMCSep 29
By taking low-wage, high-impact jobs, wealthy students at top colleges can help the n…
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All Along Walker Wall: Pomona Plays with Your Food
Claremont Independent5CSep 28Opinion
There is a great game at Pomona College. It is not the Sixth St. Rivalry game against…
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Coeducation 50 Years On: Why Did CMC Begin Admitting Women?
The ForumCMCSep 26
You've heard a lot about CMC's 50 years of coeducation. Where did it all begin? Image…
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The Entrance Interview: President Dudley on His Washington & Lee Presidency and His Plans for Claremont McKenna
The ForumCMCSep 25
President William Dudley discusses his use of Washington & Lee’s institutional voice…
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The Entrance Interview: President Dudley on His Washington & Lee Presidency and His Plans for Claremont McKenna
Claremont Independent5CSep 25
President William C. Dudley is Claremont McKenna College’s sixth president, assuming…
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In Defense of the Suburbs
Claremont Independent5CSep 24Opinion
Last month, during a nightly scroll through social media, I came across an unfamiliar…
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Pomona Dining Chief Abruptly Leaves After Series of Controversies
Claremont Independent5CSep 23
Pomona College has parted ways with Dining Services General Manager Jose Martinez aft…
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SAS Presidential NSPO Welcome Speech 2027
The Scripps VoiceScrippsSep 23
Mady Chung Lee ’27 Staff Writer Welcome, Scripps College class of 2030! And welcome t…
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A Crier’s Guide to Scripps
The Scripps VoiceScrippsSep 23
By Phoebe Schwab `29 Copy Editor I’ll be the first to come out and say it: freshman y…
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“SI ELLOS SE NIEGAN A LLEVARLOS ANTE LA JUSTICIA, NOSOTROS LO HAREMOS”: La familia de Diego Ríos presenta una demanda federal por violaciones de derechos civiles
Claremont Undercurrents5CSep 22
Después de meses de silencio por parte de la Fiscalía de Distrito del Condado de Los…
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“IF THEY REFUSE TO PROSECUTE, THEN WE WILL”: Diego Rios’ family files federal civil rights lawsuit
Claremont Undercurrents5CSep 22
After months of silence from the Los Angeles County District Attorney, Diego Rios’ fa…
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100 Things to Do for the 100th Year of Scripps
The Scripps VoiceScrippsSep 22Opinion
By Clara Ann Bagnoli ’28 Editor-in-Chief So you’ve found yourself at paradise on Eart…
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A Hodge-Podge of Advice From a Senior
The Scripps VoiceScrippsSep 22Opinion
By Anna Grez ’27 Design Editor After three long years, I am ripe with insider informa…
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“We Share a Name!”: Phoebe Bridgers Returns
The Scripps VoiceScrippsSep 22Opinion
By Phoebe Schwab ’29 Copy Editor I share a first name with Phoebe Bridgers—I’m gettin…
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Class of 2030: First-Year Class President Statements
The ForumCMCSep 21
Get to know the candidates for First-Year Class President! Image credit: Claremont Mc…
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Jud Campbell on Natural Rights, Republican Government, and 21st-Century Constitutionalism
The ForumCMCSep 20
The Forum sits down with Stanford Law Professor Jud Campbell to discuss the Constitut…
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Pomona shuts down Milk & Honey, fires unionized student workers and blames Starbucks boycott during ongoing union negotiations
Claremont Undercurrents5CSep 19
Student workers at Milk & Honey say the fight to reopen isn’t over until they get a c…
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The Empty American Heart
The ForumCMCSep 17
This Constitution Day, we need to reaffirm a politics of civic virtue Image credit: J…
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FIRE's 2027 Free Speech Rankings: Claremont McKenna Takes Second, Pomona Scrapes in at 226th
Claremont Independent5CSep 13
The University of Chicago surpassed Claremont McKenna College in the Foundation for I…
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“Heartbreaking”: Claremont Students Express Dismay as Peers Celebrate Anniversary of Charlie Kirk Assassination
Claremont Independent5CSep 12
A year after Charlie Kirk was murdered in front of thousands of onlookers at a debate…
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Jewish Ex-Employee Sued Pomona College, Former Bosses for $1 Million
Claremont Independent5CSep 11
Pomona College was back in the national spotlight this summer after reporting in the…
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KLI's "Responsible Leadership" is a Charade
The ForumCMCSep 11
Built to serve the community, Henry Kravis’s flagship institute now trains students f…
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To the Class of 2030: Don't Screw This Up
The ForumCMCSep 7
Standing athwart the Soll Center roof, yelling Stop. Image credit: Jasper Langley-Haw…
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An Open Letter to President Dudley: Honoring 50 Years of Coeducation with Courage
The ForumCMCAug 31Opinion
To truly honor CMC’s 50th anniversary of coeducation, we must recommit to that same s…
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Introducing The Forum's 2026-27 Masthead
The ForumCMCAug 30
Meet The Forum's team for the year. Name: Dhriti Jagadish Role: Editor-in-Chief Homet…
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Inauguration
The MuddrakerHarvey MuddJul 31
Article by Tessa Han, Photos by Lea Twicken, Design by Isabel Godoy On March 1, 2024…
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Pomona and Campus Safety Chase Seniors Across Claremont to Stop Their Graduation Celebration
Claremont Independent5CJul 4
A final nighttime gathering of freshly graduated Pomona College seniors was met with…
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The Exit Interview: President Chodosh on Pre-Professionalism, Free Speech, and Administrative Bloat
The ForumCMCJun 3
President Hiram Chodosh sits down to answer tough questions in a final exit interview.
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The Exit Interview: President Chodosh on Pre-Professionalism, Free Speech, and Administrative Bloat
Claremont Independent5CJun 3
Claremont McKenna College's fifth president, Hiram Chodosh. (Photo Credit: Jasper Lan…
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Pomona Moves Forward on Title VI Settlement While Scripps Stands Still
Claremont Independent5CMay 14
Two foundational principles of American law are colliding on college campuses across…
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Black Lives at Mudd Demands Concessions from Harvey Mudd Administration
Claremont Independent5CMay 9
Last week, Black Lives at Mudd (BLAM) emailed a resolution to the Harvey Mudd (HMC) c…
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Data Still Held for Ransom as Canvas Returns Across the Claremont Colleges
Claremont Independent5CMay 8
Claremont Colleges students lost access to Canvas, a learning management software use…
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Glenn Loury on Black America, Social Mobility, and Welfare
The ForumCMCMay 8
Read The Forum's interview with Glenn Loury—economist and professor emeritus at Brown…
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Pomona College Hosts California Gubernatorial Debate in Big Bridges
Claremont Independent5CMay 7
Eight candidates took to a crowded stage at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium Tuesd…
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A Tortoise, a Hare, and a College Seminar
The ForumCMCApr 30
What Aesop was really teaching us.
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Administrative Role in Motley Management Changed from Advisor to Supervisor, Disturbing the Coffeehouse’s Identity as Student-Run
The Scripps VoiceScrippsApr 17
Frances Walton ’26 and Clara Ann Bagnoli ’28 Editor-in-Chief and Design Editor On Feb…
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“Aid is effort, solidarity, and helping our communities”: 5C Mutual aid groups host a teach-in about the history of and current mutual aid organizing on-campus
Claremont Undercurrents5CApr 15
Peoples Fund, Nobody fails at 5Cs, and Encampment Support Network, hosted a mutual ai…
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Motley baristas speak out against Scripps capitulation to Trump administration, retaliation for organizing and continued censorship
Claremont Undercurrents5CApr 14
For the past two years, Scripps administrators have censured and controlled student v…
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Lavender Wedding
The OutbackPitzerApr 1
Article and Photos by Wynne Chase PZ ’26 On a road trip back to Pitzer College, senio…
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Debates, Bikes, and Cortisol Spikes
The OutbackPitzerApr 1
Words by Oliver Schoening PZ ’27, Graphic by Rhyus Goldman PZ ’26 On February 26, stu…
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Cachanilla Chinese Restaurant: An Unexpected Oasis
The OutbackPitzerApr 1
Words by Cecily Pregerson SC ’29 Graphic by Sonia Sidhu PZ ’28 Since leaving New York…
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REINSTALAR ROLO: “Estamos bien. Estamos luchando. Yo voy a regresar, foo.”
Claremont Undercurrents5CMar 28
Araiza tenía 15 años cuando empezó a trabajar para los comedores de Pomona College. E…
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RE-INSTATE ROLO: “We’re good. We’re fighting. I’m going to come back foo.”
Claremont Undercurrents5CMar 28
Araiza was 15 when he started working for Pomona dining halls. He’s ready to fight fo…
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Grove House Valentine’s Day
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Wynne Chase What is that fluttering by your ear? Might it be Cupid coming do…
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Between Classes And Crushes: Inside 5C Missed Connections
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Kayra Hidirlar PZ ’28, Graphic by Penny Messinger SC ’29 It happens during t…
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Pho-cking Delicious
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Elias Schendler PZ ’29, Graphic by Margaret Kaneb SC ’29 I have found most o…
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Dining Hall Date Night: A Humiliation Ritual
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Cecily Pregerson SC ’29, Graphic by Xanthe McGrath SC ’29 Sometimes, when my…
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Breaking the Pitzer Bubble
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Soren Van Loben Sels PZ ’28, Graphic by Ben Connolly PZ ’26 Since President…
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5C Critical Mass
The OutbackPitzerFeb 26
Words by Emmy Knapp PZ ’27, Graphic by Ben Connolly PZ ’26 5C Critical Mass launched…
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Pomona dining hall workers and students delegate to Assistant Vice President of HR to demand rehiring of Rolo Araiza
Claremont Undercurrents5CFeb 23
After Rolo Arazia was fired on Jan. 29 workers and students delegated and handed a pe…
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Diego Rios should have turned 31 years-old this month
Claremont Undercurrents5CFeb 20
On Feb. 3 community and family members gathered together to celebrate what should hav…
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Gabi Starr announces 8 new policies that Pomona will comply with after ADL and Brandeis Center federal complaint
Claremont Undercurrents5CDec 19, 2025
Here’s how some of these policies have been practiced and resisted against at other u…
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“We are in a shared struggle:” CSJUP Teach-in Recap
Claremont Undercurrents5CDec 6, 2025
On October 21, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (CSJP) hosted a teach-in a…
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Stories of/for baba
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words by Leili Kamali PO ’29, Graphic by Penny Messinger SC ’29 My dad doesn’t tell s…
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Nonchalance
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words by Maya Raphael PZ ’27, Graphic by Madeleine Farr PZ ’27 It’s not that deep. Ah…
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Road running to Road Runner Donuts
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words by Elias Schendler PZ ’29 & Rhyus Goldman PZ ’26, Graphic by Xanthe McGraw SC ’…
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Media and Power in the Age of Trump
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words & Graphic by Oliver Schoening PZ ’28 On Oct. 2, 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Kh…
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Make Pitzer Naked Again
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words by Lennon Nuttall PZ ’29, Graphic by Sophie Frankfurt PZ ’29 A final project fo…
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Your morning coffee just got closer
The OutbackPitzerDec 5, 2025
Words by Madeleine Farr PZ ’27 Perhaps you’ve walked through Mead Courtyard on a Wedn…
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Trump’s repressive, sure. Pomona was first.
The OutbackPitzerNov 17, 2025
By Willa Umansky PZ ’27 and Madeleine Farr PZ ’27 Over two years ago on October 7, 20…
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People from the Claremont Colleges as Halloween Characters
The Scripps VoiceScrippsNov 9, 2025
Clara Ann Bagnoli ‘28 Design Editor Goodbye and farewell, spooky season, you’ve been…
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Soup-erb Dining Hall Soups
The Scripps VoiceScrippsNov 9, 2025
Ellie Lakatos ’28 Staff Writer Sneezes, coughs, and masks announce themselves across…
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A Welcome That Wasn’t: Michael Roth’s Flawed Lecture to First-Years
The Scripps VoiceScrippsNov 9, 2025Opinion
Louisa Chiriboga ’29 Copy Editor On Sep. 12, Scripps first-years gathered for a manda…
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Clevyis Natera and Decolonizing Travel Fiction with “The Grand Paloma Resort” @Noon
The Scripps VoiceScrippsNov 9, 2025
Zoe Chin ’28 Staff Writer On Oct. 27, students, faculty, and community members welcom…
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When Halloween Shein Costumes Ruin the Fun
The Scripps VoiceScrippsNov 9, 2025Opinion
Rozenn Le Roux ’25 Staff Writer At the time of writing, Halloween is just days away…
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Gabi Starr wants to conduct an investigation on who disrupted the Oct. 15 event with a former IOF soldier.
Claremont Undercurrents5CNov 4, 2025
Read the anonymous statement on the disruption of Claremont Hillel’s “Marking October…
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Meet El Puestesito: a mutual aid project by the nieces and nephews of Job Garcia
Claremont Undercurrents5CNov 3, 2025
Garcia and his niece and nephew created El Puestesito as a mutual aid project to supp…
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Scrippsies, please take your boyfriends to Roberts
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 28, 2025Opinion
Clara Ann Bagnoli ’28 Design Editor This past Sunday, I was at Tiernan Field House (T…
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MSA hosts vigil on the two year anniversary of Oct. 7, commemorating the Palestinians martyred in the intensified genocide
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 27, 2025
“How do we grieve when there can be no grave? Because there are no remains to bury.”…
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“Community is the vehicle of change”: Shaheen Nassar talks about community organizing for Palestine on the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 22, 2025
Nassar, who was part of the “Irvine 11,” talked about how students can continue to be…
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Starbucks Off Pomona campaign protests Starbucks at Cafe 47 which escalates as national strike continues
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 16, 2025
CSWA, Starbucks Workers United, Students Against Starbucks, Claremont Colleges Prison…
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The Cancellation of Late Night Talk Shows is the Ultimate Form of Media Censorship
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 7, 2025Opinion
Ansley Kang ’29 Staff Writer For the past few years, I looked forward to the 11 o’clo…
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Transplants Suck! … Wait, I’m Becoming One?
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 7, 2025Opinion
Ainsley Harris ’26 Staff Writer I spent the summer back home in Austin hating on tran…
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SJP holds vigil honoring Palestinians killed by the Zionist entity on the two-year anniversary of the intensified genocide
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 7, 2025
“We grieve the violence that Israel inflicted and continues to inflict upon Palestini…
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FJP hosts vigil two years after zionist forces murder 680,000+ in Gaza
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 5, 2025
Faculty and community members across the 7 Claremont Colleges Consortium gather to co…
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Sink or Swim: SAS Baywatch Party
The Scripps VoiceScrippsOct 3, 2025Opinion
Phoebe Schwab ’29 Copy Editor Intern Is it better to sink or to swim? To speak or to…
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Pomona Economic Opportunity Center hosts rapid response training amid an increase in ICE raids
Claremont Undercurrents5COct 2, 2025
Four speakers from the PEOC hosted a rapid response training to explain how students…
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Middle East Studies Association Condemns Claremont College’s library for censoring Professor Bilal Nasir’s lecture and abstract title
Claremont Undercurrents5CSep 28, 2025
The Middle East Studies Association sends a letter to the Claremont College library’s…
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Fall Recipe: Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes
The MuddrakerHarvey MuddDec 17, 2023
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Mudd Fun Facts!
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PROFile: Professor Calden Wloka!
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Meet the Class of 2027!
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A “Serious Take”on 5C Dining
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