The Claremont Colleges are preparing for major earthquakes by stocking up on supplies and planning to participate in a worldwide drill.
Author: Meghan Bobrowsky
Small electrical fire quickly contained in professor’s office in CMC’s Kravis Center
A small electrical fire broke out in a professor’s office in the Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College around 8 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was quickly contained, and no one was injured.
CMC trustees hold off on Keck withdrawal due to inadequate fundraising, dean says
Claremont McKenna College hasn’t yet met the fundraising threshold needed to start its formalized three-year withdrawal process from the Keck Science Department, creating uncertainty about the plan’s timeline, Keck dean Ulysses Sofia told TSL.
Proceeds from CMC’s annual McKenna Palooza concert go to suicide prevention group
Claremont McKenna College hosted McKenna Palooza, with proceeds going towards the JED Foundation for suicide prevention.
Pitzer College bans Claremont Independent, non-TSL news sources from Haifa vote
Pitzer College is banning The Claremont Independent from attending Thursday’s College Council vote on Haifa.
‘The air feels heavy.’ How CMC is coping with recent student deaths
A week marked by two student deaths left the Claremont McKenna College community reeling, and students and administrators are searching for the best way to support those who are grieving.
Claremont McKenna College mourns loss of two students with candlelit vigil
More than 500 students attended a vigil at CMC Wednesday night in remembrance of Jeremy Peterson and Eric Cramer.
Student found dead in Claremont McKenna College dorm room
A Claremont McKenna College student was found dead Tuesday morning in his dorm room in Phillips Hall.
Keck expansion continues despite CMC withdrawal
Plans to expand the W.M. Keck Science Department have not been slowed by Claremont McKenna College’s unexpected decision last fall to withdraw from the three-college organization and form its own science department, faculty and administrators say. As CMC waits to formally announce its departure until after its April Board of
Pomona reverses decision to move Orientation Adventure to second year
Contrary to last week’s announcement removing Orientation Adventure from students’ first-year orientation, Pomona College is keeping OA as a first-year experience for fall 2019, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson wrote in an email to students Dec. 13. In a Dec. 5 faculty meeting, Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr announced that