Since the Pomona College Dining Services staff voted to unionize on May 3, Pomona administrators and union delegates from UNITE-HERE Local 11 have been in contract negotiations. Vice President and Treasurer Karen Sisson said that she could not comment directly on the contract negotiations while they are in progress. However,
Author: Carlos Ballesteros
TIXC Hosts New Party
Instead of attending Pub, the Wednesday night party regularly held at Pomona College, mid-week partiers attended TAP, which was hosted Sept. 11 by a new group called the Title IX Coalition (TIXC). Co-founder and president of TIXC Emma Wolfarth PO ’14 emphasized the importance of consent at the party, an
5Cs Remember Hiliary Green, 1991-2013
Pitzer College is making plans to celebrate the life of Hiliary Green PZ ’14. Green, who died last month at age 22, is remembered for her compassion and creativity. Green’s family held a memorial ceremony in her hometown of Denver, Colo., Sept. 14. which Vice President of Student Affairs at
CMC Report Calls for Increase in Diversity
The Campus Climate Task Force (CCTF) recommended in its 2011-2012 report that Claremont McKenna College improve its diversity in four areas: socioeconomic, ethnicity/race, gender, and sexual orientation. Using data from admissions, the report emphasizes the fact that, from 2007-2011, African-American representation has dropped in both student and faculty to 3.3
CMC Presents Finding on SJP Investigation
Following an investigation, 5C administrators appeared to clear professor of economics Yaron Raviv in a verbal harassment charge brought by Najib Hamideh PZ ’15 last month, and instead criticized Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), for allegedly violating campus protest policy while the interaction with the professor took place. The
SJP Vigil Calls for CMC Response
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and supporters held a candlelight vigil outside of Collins Dining Hall last night to “provide a peaceful and effective public forum with which to display the deep injury the [Claremont McKenna College] administration’s undue delay in response to the March 4th incident has slashed
Students Allege Bias-Related Exchange with Professor
Pitzer College and Claremont McKenna College are jointly investigating a verbal exchange that occurred between sophomore Najib Hamideh PZ ’15 and a CMC professor on Monday, March 4. Hamideh, a participant in a Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) street theater action outside of Collins Dining Hall Monday evening,
ASCMC Online Voting System Experiences Glitches
Claremont McKenna College students who voted in the 2013 Executive Board elections Feb. 26 found flaws with both the online voting system and the results posted online by the Forum, the official student publication of CMC. For the first time, students cast votes electronically using the website ElectionBuddy.com. The Associated Students
Quantitative Skills Center Set to Open This Fall
Many students utilize the Pomona College Writing Center for help with papers and writing assignments, but Jake Morris-Knower PO ’14, a math major and Writing Fellow at the Center, said that working with upper division science assignments presents a challenge for Fellows who lack college-level science training. “I read an
CMC Plans to Replace Gym
Claremont McKenna College alumnus George R. Roberts CM ’66 recently donated an unrestricted $50 million gift to his alma mater, enough money for CMC to reach President Pamela Gann’s $600 million fundraising goal and give the Board of Trustees the funding to replace Ducey Gymnasium. However, the construction plans for