Editorial Board

To our returning readers, welcome back. To new readers: we’re not sure what brings you to our pages, but we hope that you find something inside to hold your attention. To all: thank you for picking up a copy of TSL’s first issue. While there is already a great deal

After many late nights and too many staff meetings, we’ve reached our final issue of the semester. If you’ll pardon the self-indulgence, we’d like to take a look back at the semester. In our first issue, we promised we’d deliver greater coverage of all the Claremont Colleges and spread investigative

Last week, we published a story in the Opinions section that has quickly become the most widely shared and discussed piece of content we’ve had the privilege to host this school year. “Pushed to the Edge: From Student to Exile” by Yi Li PO ’14, who discussed her experience with

The establishment of the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Sexual Assault Task Force (see News, page 5) has us considering the progress that has been made over the past year to address sexual violence on our campuses. We have seen improvements on many fronts, but we think that this

It’s that apathetic time of year again, when many students forgo their chance to participate in the closest semblance of a democratic process that college offers.   We’re accustomed to hearing students complain that their voices aren’t heard on campus, or that they don’t feel that their interests are being

If you haven’t yet read this week’s investigation into the Claremont Colleges’ mental health services by Julia Comnes and Kevin Tidmarsh, turn to page 2 in the News section. Before we make any suggestions, we’d like to thank the individuals who were willing to publicly discuss their experiences for this

This week, the College Board announced major changes to its flagship product: the SAT. Although the three letters no longer actually stand for anything—the full name of “Scholastic Assessment Test” was retired in 1993—we assume that every student here at the Claremont Colleges has his or her own personal associations

If you haven’t been to Frary Dining Hall in the past week, then you may not have seen the sculpture in Bixby Plaza—covered this week on page seven of the Life & Style section. From the convenient vantage point of our office, we’ve had a unique opportunity to observe the

The members of this Editorial Board were all drawn to the Claremont Colleges in part by the consortium structure, and we’d guess that many students across our campuses feel similarly. But living within a multi-campus community has its problems, too. Over the last few years, it became evident to students