Scraps for clothes, disheveled hair stained with the stench of fresh blood, and a slimy undertone emanates from his scrappy flesh. Unhealthily compelled to filch voluptuous goods or a disgusting desire to tear into innocent flesh. Fits the quintessential storybook criminal, right? Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” both fulfills and
Author: Tarini Sipahimalani
The Grey Teacup Café Implores Viewers to Reflect on Happiness
“This play is about finding happiness,” Elliot Joyce PZ ’18 said of his play “The Grey Teacup Café,” which debuted at Scripps College's Motley Coffeehouse on April 22. Although the play presented a storyline specific to the characters’ lives, the problems they faced are universal. “[The] characters are asked whether or not they’re happy. They’re forced to
No, I don’t Bathe with Elephants! International Stereotypes and Their Implications
Being an international student, I have received numerous questions and comments regarding my hometown, some perceptibly playful and others genuinely inquisitive. Since I hail from Singapore, friends have always joked about the gum law and how I was deprived of bubble gum until I came to the States, while strangers
Sanskriti Showcases Diversity of South Asian Culture
I remember the days when my parents would take me to watch a Bollywood movie in theatres. It was a big deal (well, inside my young mind) because we didn’t do it often. Most of the times, if we were to watch a Bollywood movie, it would be at home on the
Claremont Concert Orchestra Sparks Beauty in ‘Firebird’ Suite
Shined black, polished brass, and glossy wood filled the stage of Scripps College's Garrison Theater on Saturday as musicians from the Claremont Concert Orchestra gave a dazzling performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, and Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite. In the minutes before the performance, people piled into the red velvet seats, skirting around
Tackling Hunger in America: Activist, Author Opines on Poverty
Joel Berg stood at the front of a classroom at Scripps College to talk about his self-help book for the nation, America, we need to talk, something he humorously called a carried-away rant, on Wednesday, March 1. According to Berg, people should stop blaming America's problems on corrupt politicians or the political system.
Ath Talk Examines Medieval Sex and Scandal
Yitzhak Hen, professor of History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, spoke about Merovingian political history at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athanaeum in a talk titled, “Sex, Lies, and Politics in the Early Middle Ages” on Feb. 21. After a formal dinner and eager chatter in an ornate hall,
A Cappella Songsters Steals Claremont Spotlight
Students, parents, and fans from Southern California eagerly gathered for the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) Southwest Quarterfinal at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 11. Starting with over 400 groups from around the globe, with multiple quarterfinals simultaneously occurring in different locations across the country, two of
Author Marlon James Connects Fiction and History at Athanaeum
Jamaican novelist Marlon James filled Claremont McKenna College’s Marion Miner Cook Athenaeum on Feb. 1 with his discussion of the interconnections between fiction and history and how the line between fact and narrative is more blurred than we know, in novels as well as the world we live in today. Jamaican-raised, James got his undergraduate
First Years Weigh in on 5C Stereotypes
Stereotypes are extreme hyperboles of specific groups, but they often sprout from a minute truth. Be it an illusory correlation or an unjust generalization, stereotypes are further perpetuated and fueled by our own outgroup biases. They exist, persist, and thrive … even in Claremont. Before even applying to Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona or Scripps,