Author: Carlos Ballesteros

The Claremont University Consortium (CUC) reports a crime nearly once a day while class is in session, according to data collected by the consortium per the requirements of the Clery Act. The vast majority of the crimes are acts of theft and burglary, while crimes relating to sexual violence constituted

With an admission rate of 10.1 percent, Claremont McKenna College’s class of 2018 has become the school’s most exclusive class in its 68-year history. Its admission rate—which, according to The Washington Post, is lower than those of Cornell University, Dartmouth College, and Northwestern University—is the lowest at the Claremont Colleges, with the

As part of a decades-long trend in decreasing funding for the Cal Grants program, California will reduce the amount of aid the state-funded program grants to college students by 11 percent during the 2014-2015 academic year. The Cal Grants program provides financial aid for low-income students enrolled in both private

Claremont McKenna College has hired the Cohl Group, a consulting firm, to guide CMC’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications in updating its marketing and communications materials. Representatives from the public affairs office and the firm held a series of survey and questionnaire sessions this week with CMC students to

Project Nur, a 5C social justice advocacy group, held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday, March 25 at the Bixby Plaza steps at Pomona College to raise awareness of the civil war in Syria. March 15 was the third anniversary of the beginning of the conflict, which, according to the Syrian

This article is part of a series that attempts to offer snapshots of the lives of some of the 1,600 staff and support personnel employed within the Claremont University Consortium. As I bring my plate over to the table on the farthest lefthand side of the room, I overhear Félix Escobedo apologize

Leaders of 5C student organizations that are funded by the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) received an email March 4 notifying them that they must fill out an annual organization review by April 4. This is a new requirement for groups that wish to submit funding requests in the

Three Pitzer College students were arrested March 1 outside the White House at an environmental demonstration against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Students from the Claremont Colleges attended the Washington, D.C., demonstration, as well as a demonstration in Los Angeles on March 2, to demand that U.S. President Barack Obama

The Claremont University Consortium employs approximately 1,600 staff and support personnel, a number larger than any single student population at any of the 5Cs. Some of us may think that being in the Claremont Bubble as students gives us enough time to refer to this place as a “second home,”