The Student Life

Pomona to become CGU’s parent institution following partnership announcement

October 26, 2026 11:59 am Patrick McDowell 0

The Boards of Trustees at Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University (CGU) voted today, Oct. 26 to approve a partnership that will enshrine Pomona as CGU’s parent institution.
The approval of the partnership follows an Oct. 6 email from Interim President Michelle Bligh to CGU faculty and staff, in which Bligh outlined how CGU will seek to address a projected $7.8 million operating deficit for the current fiscal year.
CGU first announced it would be seeking a partnership to improve its financial standing in April 2025. Pomona President Gabi Starr announced CGU and Pomona had entered into exclusive negotiations on Dec. 18, 2025.

In response to rapid developments in satellite technology and space exploration, Nick Reisinger PZ ’28 is working to create a new 5C student organization, NewSpace@Claremont, designed to educate students on the tech and commercial space industries. Reisinger explained that the aerospace sector will only continue to grow and impact the economy and daily life. Thus, he said, it is essential for students at the 5Cs to know about the field.

Ups and downs: Two power outages hit 5Cs in first half of semester

October 23, 2026 1:56 am Sofia Latapie 0

Two major power outages hit the Claremont Colleges this fall, disrupting campus operations and raising questions about electrical infrastructure reliability across the consortium. The Oct. 12 outage led to multiple disruptions including a loss of power at Auen Hall at Claremont McKenna College and Liam Grady PZ ’30 being stuck in an elevator for an hour and a half.

‘Ve a votar:’ La comunidad de los 5C se prepara para las elecciones del 3 de noviembre

October 23, 2026 1:14 am Dianne Chevez Hernandez 0

Estudiantes a lo largo de los 5Cs se han estado preparando para las elecciones intermedias el 3 de noviembre, haciendo campañas para políticos locales, proveyendo ayuda con las inscripciones de votantes y manteniéndose involucrados con las elecciones desde Claremont hasta las del Congreso.

‘The Constitution isn’t working:’ Pitzer hosts town hall moderated by State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez

October 23, 2026 1:14 am Caprice Bielby 0

California State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez joined Pitzer College on Wednesday to host a ‘Town Hall on Civil Liberties and Freedom of Speech.’ Several students attended the town hall, a public meeting designed for local government officials to both inform and speak with local community members, which included a panel discussion and an audience Q&A session.
Pérez, who represents Claremont alongside the rest of District 25, moderated a panel consisting of five community members who are passionate about civil liberties, including 5C professors and civil liberty advocacy groups. The discussion spanned immigration laws, data privacy, surveillance technology, education and a call to action for college students.

Noise from Underground: Fontaines D.C.’s rebellion against the dopamine chamber

October 23, 2026 2:44 am Andrea Miloshevska 0

On Oct. 16, Fontaines D.C. released their fifth full-length studio album, “Dopamine Chamber,” a neon, synth-heavy, doomful record circling cynical themes about the current state of humanity and technology.

A Little Write Music: Pomona College Orchestra brings clarinet, claves and crying women to the stage

October 23, 2026 1:52 am Akshay Seetharam 0

The Pomona College Orchestra’s first performances this semester featured two pieces by Hispanic composers, Arturo Márquez’s “Danzón No. 2” and Gabriela Lena Frank’s “La llorona.”

Mac to the future: In the age of AI, Scripps looks back at the history of digital art

October 22, 2026 11:20 pm Siena Giacoma 0

“Pixel Palettes: 40 Years of Digital Art at Scripps College,” which opened Oct. 21 and runs through Dec. 4, is co-curated by art professor Nancy Macko and art history professor Zsofi Valyi-Nagy as part of Scripps’ centennial celebration. The show offers a historical, materially grounded and feminist account that positions Scripps as an early seedbed for digital art in Southern California, featuring a talk by Amy Ellingson SC ’86.

Home Away From Home: ‘Idolos Muertos?’ and the legacy of Francisco Sánchez Flores

October 22, 2026 10:44 pm Meiya Rollins 0

Persevering through time, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects further on her summer research on artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont. Rollins describes the challenges she faced looking through archival material and the challenges presented in Sánchez Flores’ play, “Idolos Muertos?”

OPINION: You aren’t (just) lazy — why walking between the Claremont Colleges is so hard

October 23, 2026 2:35 am Nicholas Steinman 0

Nicholas Steinman CM ’28 draws attention to the borders and barriers separating each college within the consortium. A master plan published in 1982 attempted to centralize the seven institutions’ planning mechanisms, but topography and practical traffic inevitably doomed the plan to a pipe dream. Steinman argues that students should try to better understand the institution’s architectural legacy and seek creative ways to reunify students, even if poor layout and planning may separate them physically.

OPINION: Inside the black box: The case for computational fluency at the 5Cs

October 23, 2026 12:20 am Thea Wachtler 0

Thea Wachtler PZ ’29 argues that the compounding complexity of computational technology is radically reshaping the 5Cs — the lives of students, faculty and administrators are increasingly intertwined with their digital devices. Paradoxically, the decline of digital literacy calls for targeted intervention.

OPINION: The ‘Cornell 7’ exposes that Title IX systems will not protect us — even at the 5Cs

October 15, 2026 9:13 pm Olivia Brinkman Schooler 0

Outlining the policies that govern college responses to misconduct, Brinkman Schooler draws a connection from Cornell University to the 5Cs, including recent 2019 and 2025 allegations of misconduct within the CMS swim and dive team.

OPINION: A presidential hit job: Latinos aren’t scared of you, Trump

October 15, 2026 2:56 pm Elena Gutierrez 0

On October 5, 2026, Donald Trump put a hit on Los Angeles and San Diego. Elena Gutierrez PZ ’27 is a Mexican American who knows exactly what he means. Trump’s statement comes as ICE raids spike in specific Southern California cities, and Gutierrez writes that those trends, backed by his track record of anti-Latino sentiment and policy, are deliberately intentional.

P-P athletics looks to diversify recruiting pool

October 23, 2026 12:55 am Zachary LeBlanc 0

In 5C courses, professors and students from across the consortium create their own classroom cultures. Athletics in Claremont function similarly, with coaches and student-athletes setting the tone; there is, however, one key distinction: through recruiting, coaches decide who joins their team.

Bruml traded biotech for baseball. Now he runs the Red Sox draft

October 22, 2026 10:47 pm Jake Creelan 0

On July 11, the Boston Red Sox were on the clock with the 20th pick of the 2026 MLB Draft. Jake Bruml PO ’15, Boston’s director of amateur scouting, already knew the name he was about to call, and he knew how it would look.

The Art of the Story: Chris Ballard’s path from Claremont to Sports Illustrated

October 15, 2026 12:03 am Jake Creelan 0

The year was 1996. Chris Ballard PO ’95, freshly graduated from Pomona College, had decided on a different path than many of his peers: to write a guidebook on pickup basketball across the country. Flipping through his phone book, he mailed pitch letters to as many agents as he could find, and got only one response.

Sagehens sweep at Pomona-Pitzer cross-country invite

October 14, 2026 11:52 pm Lena Bibbler Parker 0

At the Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) Invite last Friday, Oct. 9, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams both came out victorious for the first time since 2018. Just one weekend after pre-nationals, Sagehen men swept the podium, claiming the top five places with a perfect score, the first in meet history.

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