Two Pitzer College alumni and a Claremont McKenna College alumnus, who is also a government professor at CMC, are running for the three open seats on Claremont’s city council this November. They are joined by three other candidates vying for a spot on the five-person governing council. Zachary Courser CM
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5C Students Respond To Coachella’s Political Controversies
Each year as mid-April approaches, plenty of college students make their way to the desert of Indio, California, with face glitter, neon wristbands and high spirits in tow. Their final destination? Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, bastion of “good-vibes” escapism. Given the prestige of this annual festival, many attendees
GOP Bill Hits Pomona, CMC With Endowment Tax
The GOP tax bill signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22 imposes a new tax on roughly 35 of the nation’s wealthiest private colleges, including Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College. Specifically, it includes a provision for a 1.4 percent tax on previously untaxed earnings generated by
Scripps Speaker Series Prompts Debate Over Socialism in Venezuela
Scripps College hosted a speaker series called “Venezuela: What is Happening?” Monday through Wednesday in an effort to educate people about the country in transition, causing some to accuse the school of promoting a totalitarian socialist regime. Regional elections for the country’s 23 gubernatorial seats were held Oct. 15, and the ruling
5C Community Expresses Shock, Seeks Unity After Trump Victory
Shortly before the election results started to roll in Tuesday, the Pitzer College Student Senate promoted Pitzer Activities’ election night party on Facebook by proclaiming that there would be “a legendary balloon drop to celebrate the election of our next President!” A few hours later, it was all over. The balloon
In Pictures: How the 5Cs Heeded Trump’s Victory
Since Nov. 8, students, faculty, staff, and community members from across the 5Cs have expressed a myriad of emotions and responses to the presidential election of Donald Trump. TSL photographers documented the reactions of students watching live election results Tuesday and the community discussions, forums, demonstrations and rallies held in
Pelosi Calls for Civic Engagement
In a visit to Scripps College on Feb. 18, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi reiterated early and often the necessity of diversity in politics, telling her audience at Garrison Theater that “nothing has a more wholesome effect on politics and government than the increased involvement of women. And I say
7C Employee Donations Lean Liberal
An exclusive TSL investigation of the donation history between January 2007 and December 2014 shows that employees of the Claremont University Consortium’s member schools donated a total of $176,400 to federal political causes and parties, with the majority going to Democratic causes. The data were retrieved from the list of
Donation Data Shows 5C Trustee Political Leanings
Trustees from the five Claremont Colleges collectively donated a little under $2.5 million to federal political causes—parties, candidates, and political action committees (PACs)—between 2007 and 2014, according to a TSL analysis of data collected by the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics. The data showed that nearly 75 percent of all donations went
Ronald Herring Discusses Role of Science in Agriculture
Ronald Herring gave a captivating and thought-provoking talk on genes in food Sept. 29 at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Herring, a political economy and ecology professor at Cornell University, teaches a vast range of topics but maintains a primary focus on agriculture and rural development. An expert on agrarian political economy, Herring is currently the