Update: The Pitzer Student Senate executive board announced Friday afternoon that Lora McManus PZ ’18, formerly vice president, has assumed the role of acting president and Simone Bishara PZ ’18, formerly a senator on Diversity Committee, has been appointed as acting vice president. These positions will last until President Hajar Hammado PZ ’18 returns
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Pitzer Alum Kevin de León is Challenging Dianne Feinstein for U.S. Senate
Pitzer alum Kevin de León PZ ’03 is running for the United States Senate. The 2018 bid will pit de León, who currently serves as president pro tempore of the California State Senate, against fellow Democrat and longtime incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein. “The state has changed significantly over the last 25
What We Know About Claremont’s Secret Meme Group
This article contains profanity and references to suicide, sexual assault, sexism, and Islamophobia. UPDATE: Pomona College’s investigative team said Monday that “the posts to the meme group rise to the level of a bias-related incident,” and that further investigation would determine any code or policy violations. On Thursday, Sept. 21,
Pitzer President Melvin Oliver Diagnosed with Rare Protein Condition
Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver has been diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, a disease that causes abnormal protein production in bone marrow, he wrote in an a campus-wide email Tuesday. In Oliver’s specific diagnosis, protein chains have attached to his heart, and “are causing fatigue and shortness of breath,” he wrote. Oliver will
Citing No Call to Disperse, Pomona Will Not Sanction Heather Mac Donald Blockaders
Pomona College students who blocked access to conservative commentator Heather Mac Donald’s speech at Claremont McKenna College in April will not be punished, the college announced Monday. After an investigation using “photographs and information” provided to the college by CMC, Pomona concluded that its students did stop people from entering building
Mudd President Talks “Horrible Year” with NPR
“The meme was that the Claremont Colleges are so hostile to students of color that they have to commit suicide to get attention,” Maria Klawe, Harvey Mudd College’s president, told NPR Thursday. In an interview about the college’s past academic year, which she called “horrible” and “definitely the hardest” in
Students Who Blockaded Heather Mac Donald Talk Sanctioned With Suspensions, Probations
Seven Claremont McKenna College students who participated in the blockade of conservative commentator Heather Mac Donald’s talk in April have now been sanctioned by administrators, according to an email sent to the college community Monday. Of the seven students, three received year-long suspensions, two received semester-long suspensions, and two have
Journalist Talks “War on Terror” at Scripps
When Western NGOs enter a country in the throes of civil war or revolution, they can offer resources and interact positively with different communities to bring about peace, justice, and humanitarian stability. While they do good work, they will inevitably create a distorted value system for human life, especially when they
Abstract Poet, Author Visits Pomona
Anna Moschovakis, an award-winning author, poet, translator and editor, read from her recently published poetry collection They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This as well as other work on Monday, Sept. 19 at Pomona College. Moschovakis is known for her boundary-crossing, linguistically slippery abstract poetry, which earned her the James Laughlin Award in 2005. She’s recieved grants from