Annual Sanskriti performances dazzle 5Cs at Big Bridges

On March 28, the South Asian community of the 5Cs and friends came together for Sanskriti, a night of dance, song, poetry and romance.

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‘Mortal Kombat’: Gory, unadulterated Americana at its finest

The “Mortal Kombat” games are, first and foremost, incredibly violent. Their trademark “Fatalities” are gory waterworks of blood spewing out of every body part imaginable. Thanks to modern animation technology, watching these “Fatalities” in “Mortal Kombat X” for the first time left me closing my eyes, unable to shake the

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‘Toto, we’re not in Claremont anymore’

Don’t judge a book by its cover. It sounds like an old, tired cliché, but when it comes to study abroad, it is certainly true, because first impressions can be deceiving. This semester, I am abroad in Freiburg, Germany — a small, historic city in the southwest corner of the

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Deresiewicz and CMC’s Problematic Priorities

I love going to hear guest speakers. They allow me to procrastinate on my schoolwork without being nagged by the feeling that I’m wasting my time on frivolous, non-educational activities. As a result, I’ve been to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum at least a dozen times so far this semester and

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