Pomona College is moving its four-day Orientation Adventure program from students’ first year to their second year, President G. Gabrielle Starr announced at a faculty meeting Dec. 5. The decision shocked and angered many students and faculty members, and within hours a petition asking for the change to be reverted
Author: Meghan Bobrowsky
Students weigh in on ‘Keckxit’
When Bethany Reim PZ ’19 first heard about Claremont McKenna College’s decision to leave the Keck Science Department, commonly referred to as “Keckxit,” she thought it was a joke. After realizing the news was real, she felt a mix of emotions — fear, confusion, and betrayal. “I took it as
CMC to withdraw from Keck Science Department, create own department
Claremont McKenna College has decided to withdraw from the W.M. Keck Science Department to create its own science department, according to a Pitzer College administrator and multiple professors present at faculty meetings where the decision was announced Wednesday. Scripps College and Pitzer will continue to have a joint science program,
Harvey Mudd College Student Found Dead In Dorm Room
Content warning: Suicide, student death. A Harvey Mudd College student was found dead in his dorm room Friday morning, according to an email sent to the students, staff and faculty from Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe. The student identified in the email was Lawrence Vuong HM ’21. The Los Angeles
ASCMC President And CFO Resign Following Fraudulent Reimbursement Receipts
ASCMC President Elliot Behling CM ’19 and Chief Financial Officer Philip Lippincott CM ’19 resigned Monday after an internal investigation found approximately $2,000 worth of fraudulent reimbursement receipts processed to students this past academic year, according to an email to all Claremont McKenna College students. Maya Love CM ’20 and Connor
SHS Aims To Launch Hormone Replacement Therapy Program
After years of ambiguity, disorganization, and a dearth of doctors certified in hormone replacement therapy, Student Health Services is working to get an HRT program for transgender students off the ground. In the past, SHS staff prescribed hormones to at least one student. Dr. Maria Dunton prescribed testosterone to Quentin Barth
Collins Dining Hall Supervisor Reflects On Job, Working With Students
While some people boast about knowing absurd amounts of sports or history trivia, Claremont McKenna College’s Collins Dining Hall supervisor Ezekiel Chavez prides himself on knowing many names of students and instructors. In fact, he claims he knows more names than any other dining hall worker. Although the tall,
Active Assailant Training Teaches Students How To ‘Not Get Dead’
As school shootings become increasingly more frequent, Pomona College has decided to organize an active assailant training workshop to teach its students and faculty what to do if their lives are threatened. In the Rose Hills Theatre Feb. 13, Henrie Watkins from Specialized Safety Services shared life-saving skills, such as
At town hall, students and residents voice fierce support for Metrolink stop
More than 200 Claremont residents and 5C students packed the Alexander Hughes Community Center during a town hall meeting Monday night to demand that the Los Angeles County Metro Board of Directors keep the city’s Metrolink stop. The Gold Line Foothill Extension will expand Los Angeles’ light rail system further
Facing Department Squeeze, Pomona CS Majors Ask President for More Resources
Amidst course enrollment problems with Pomona College’s growing computer science department, seven students met with Pomona president G. Gabrielle Starr on Nov. 30 to ask for more professors, additional funding, and more space for the department. Claire Genre PO ’18 began the conversation by saying that students have not been able to get