Michelle Kisliuk, associate professor of music at the University of Virginia, combined souful beats with environmental awareness here in Claremont. Her event, entitled “Caring for the Planet through Listening and Singing Practices and Why It Matters,” was a part of the Ashé Africa Initiative, a two-year event series supported by the Andrew W.
Author: Amina Abdu
CMC Public Arts Initiative Unveils Plans at Ath Panel
Claremont McKenna College is making big moves to bring art to its campus. CMC hosted the first of a two-part panel discussion about the relationship between art, architecture and campus on Sept. 30 at the Athenaeum. The symposium, which was sponsored by CMC’s Public Art Committee and the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, was devised to
Students Bake, Take Cake at Motley Competition
Students across the 5Cs participated in the Motley Coffeehouse's Student Bake-Off, but only one can take the cake. Scripps College’s student-run coffeehouse hosted its biannual competition on Sept. 18 to determine which snacks will be featured on its fall menu. Competitiors were invited to enter the competition as student bakers, and others showed up to taste-test the goods. The line
Queer, Trans Students of Color Protest at QRC
Members of Claremont’s queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) community staged a demonstration to call attention to the needs of QTPOC students during the annual open house of the Queer Resource Center (QRC) of the Claremont Colleges on Sept. 15. Following QRC Director Adriana di Bartolo’s address to guests, Danie Diamond