Scripps College hosted the Claremont Colleges’ annual “Turf Dinner” club fair Tuesday. Students were frustrated by the long line generated by a new layout for the event.
Tag: Dining Halls
McConnell seeks to reinforce high ratings in response to food safety issues
While Los Angeles County safety inspections continue to grant top marks to 5C dining halls, reports of potentially unsafe food items at Pitzer College’s McConnell Dining Hall have led the school to double down on its existing procedures to ensure they’re serving high-quality products. TSL received two reports of mold
5C dining halls respond to romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak
Dining halls at the Claremont Colleges acted promptly in removing romaine lettuce during the recent E. coli outbreak earlier this October. Forty-three people have fallen ill from the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 linked to romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions in northern and central California, according to
Pomona frequently cancels snack, concerns students
Eric Gofen PO ’19 has never missed a snack. Every Sunday through Wednesday between snack’s designated hours of 10-11 p.m., Gofen can be found munching on classics like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or nachos at Pomona College’s Frary Dining Hall. More than a regular, Gofen’s consistent attendance has reigned
Giving reviews: Thanksgiving meals at each 5C dining hall
One of the perks of having access to six dining halls is that it is physically possible to have six separate Thanksgiving meals in the span of a week. This November, we pushed our body to the limit as we ate each of the Thanksgiving meals offered at 5C dining
OPINION: Hungry for change: How dining hall labels fail students
A glimpse of hell: Malott dining hall, 12:15 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Neither quiz nor test nor final exam can match the stress of pushing through the ravenous lunch mob in pursuit of a Beyond Burger — and the defeat of not finding one there. Barely 5-feet-2-inches and often on
Students with allergies encounter dangers across 5C dining halls
Food mislabeling and cross contamination at dining halls across the 5Cs make it more difficult for students with allergies and dietary restrictions to eat safely. While food labels at 5C dining halls only indicate the presence of the top eight allergens — milk, eggs, fish, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, wheat,
Consortium-wide meal-price increase poses problems for Harvey Mudd College students
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the Claremont Colleges’ dining halls now cost 25 cents more per meal, according to the colleges’ Business and Financial Affairs Committee. The consortium-wide price increase, implemented at the start of the academic year, impacts Harvey Mudd College students disproportionately due to HMC’s weekly flex allocation.
Pomona Dining Services bans outdoor eating, frustrates students
Pomona College Dining Services instituted a new policy at Frary Dining Hall that prohibits students from taking Frary’s dishware to eat outside the dining hall beginning Sept. 1. Frary Dining Hall Manager Jose Martinez, who assumed the position in June and spearheaded the implementation, stressed that the policy change was
News Bites – Week Of March 25
Former CMC Student, Disney Star Joins White House Comms Office Former Claremont McKenna College student and actress on Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up” Caroline Sunshine has joined the White House as a press assistant in the communications office, the White House announced Wednesday. The 22-year-old is a former White House