The Student Life

Pomona and Pitzer move from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in Anti-Defamation League Rankings; Scripps maintains failing grade

April 3, 2026 3:00 am Chloe Kiparsky 0

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) upgraded Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ rankings from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in their 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last month, while Scripps College received an ‘F’ grade again and Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges remained unranked.

ADL reached out to both Pomona and Pitzer prior to releasing this year’s rankings and Pomona “shared some general information about Jewish life on campus,” a Pomona College spokesperson wrote in an email to TSL.

While the spokesperson said the college is “encouraged” by the updated ranking, the numerical value is not their only measure of progress.

Pomona approves $125 million investment plan for new Center for Global Engagement; students express housing concerns

April 3, 2026 12:58 am Noah Brewster 0

Pomona BSU town hall calls for administrative accountability amid incidents of racism

March 29, 2026 8:56 pm Bianca Mirica 0

Two students signing a board with notable women's names

Scripps celebrates National Women’s Colleges Day amid gender-targeted policy threats under Trump

March 12, 2026 11:51 pm Carys Hardy 0

CMCMUN wins seventh global championship, credits team culture for success

April 3, 2026 2:44 am Charlotte Hahm 0

Claremont McKenna College’s Model United Nations (CMCMUN) team is now a seven-time Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) champion after winning Best Small Group Delegation at this year’s conference in Peru over Spring Break.

WorldMUN, widely considered the “Olympics of collegiate Model UN,” hosts more than 2,000 students from over 110 countries in a different country each year. Last month, student delegates traveled to Lima, Peru, to participate in 15 hours of committee meetings over the five-day conference from Thursday, March 15, to Sunday, March 19.

Seven delegates from the team received awards — four of whom received “Best Delegate” in their respective committees. Samuel Johnson-Saeger CM ’26, one of the trip’s organizers, attributed the team’s continuous success to its unconventional structure as an entirely student-led organization. He said this attracts enthusiastic, qualified and dedicated students.

MULTIMEDIA: 5CEJ Field Day draws student support for renewable energy switch at the 5Cs

April 2, 2026 10:37 pm Bianca Mirica 0

On February 28, 5C Environmental Justice organized a “Field Day” at Walker Beach, encouraging students to learn more about their renewable energy “Claremont OFF Fossil Fuels” campaign. In this video, the TSL Multimedia team highlights the 15 environmental and political clubs and organizations from across the consortium who took part in the event to support 5CEJ’s campaign and build community in an afternoon of music, lawn games and outreach.

Pomona College names democracy and human rights leaders as commencement speakers

March 13, 2026 1:15 am Bianca Mirica 0

Pomona College announced last month that California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu, humanitarian Jane Olson and political scientist Daniel Ziblatt PO ’95 will speak at the College’s commencement ceremony on May 17 on Marston Quad. During the ceremony, the speakers will receive honorary doctorates recognizing their contributions to law, human rights and democratic governance.

CMC’s CARE Center celebrates 10 years of constructive dialogue

March 13, 2026 12:16 am Reanna Mohler 0

Claremont McKenna College’s Civility, Access, Resource and Expression (CARE) Center celebrated its 10-year anniversary on March 4. Students and faculty spoke to CARE’s impact on campus amid threats to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from the Trump administration.
To Vince Greer, CMC assistant vice president for dialogue and diversity, the current political climate makes the CARE center and its mission “more important [now] than ever.”

‘Art in the Age of AI’ with professors Virginie Duzer, Mark Allen and Dustin Stokes

April 3, 2026 3:58 am Corina Yi 0

On March 23, the 5C Artists’ Coalition and the Pomona Student Union hosted an “Art in the Age of AI” talk at Claremont McKenna College’s Bauer Center. The talk began with a short presentation by Mark Allen, who provided context on the mechanisms of generative AI. For the duration of the talk, student moderator Maggie Zhang PO ’26 asked Stokes and the other panelists questions about the relationship between art and artificial intelligence across various contexts and academic disciplines.

Beyond the headlines: Amanda Knox on grief, media and moving forward

April 3, 2026 2:53 am Shannon Bigelow 0

When Amanda Knox took the stage at Scripps’ Garrison Theater on Wednesday, March 24, she didn’t just revisit the headlines — she reclaimed her story. Once cast as a global villain after the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, Knox reflected on the trauma of grief compounded by suspicion, media frenzy and a justice system that moved too quickly to judge.

Stories Retold: Can Artificial Intelligence create authentic translations?

April 3, 2026 2:50 am Ava Chambers 0

How is Artificial Intelligence (AI) being implemented into literary translation? Ava Chambers ’28 discusses the recent implementation of AI in the translation process, impacting affordability and efficiency, but also raising questions about quality and valuation of translation jobs. Nevertheless, translation is an invaluable part of sharing stories that cannot be entirely supplanted.

5Cs After Dark: Hot, horny, and hesitant

April 3, 2026 1:34 am Arianna Kaplan 0

Does your “situationship” have a fear of commitment? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 have definitely been in your shoes, so they’re tackling everything from dating labels to casual flings this week in their column, “5Cs After Dark.”

OPINION: Media illiteracy kills trans people

April 3, 2026 2:30 am Aria Wang 0

“When people struggle to spot hateful tropes, especially in seemingly good-faith contexts or popular media sources, they also fail to connect these narratives to broader implications such as the risk of genocide or state-sponsored violence,” writes Aria Wang PO ’27. “This inability or unwillingness to recognize far-right dogwhistles leaves people primed to accept repackaged rhetoric as fact.”

OPINION: In Iran, bombs are democracy’s death sentence

April 3, 2026 2:23 am Leili Kamali 0

“Because the state has enlisted itself to regulate morality and behavior, any deviation from the imposed social order is an inherent form of dissent,” writes Leili Kamali PO ’29. “As the war goes on, the biggest setback of all goes unrecognized – by bombing Iran, Trump is destroying and devaluing a decades-long movement of defiance that Iranians have been building all by themselves.”

OPINION: We must fight

April 2, 2026 11:18 pm Ryan Kossarian 0

“The Iranian regime’s success relies on Americans becoming too guilty to defend others, too comfortable to sacrifice and too confused to tell the difference between oppressor and oppressed,” writes Ryan Kossarian PO’27. “We must recover our will to confront the burdens ahead of us.”

OPINION: Gun rights are women’s rights

April 2, 2026 10:35 pm Grace Rutherford 0

“Ultimately, guns provide women with a practical and immediate means of self-defense against physically stronger male attackers,” Grace Rutherford PO ’28 writes. “The defensive use of firearms can deter crime, interrupt attacks and reduce the likelihood of victimization.”

The NCAA has never marched closer to madness

April 3, 2026 2:26 am Talbott Chesley 0

For years, the men’s NCAA Division I basketball tournament — affectionately dubbed March Madness — has lived up to a simple promise: fans can always expect the unexpected. For three weeks every spring, America keeps one eye on the bracket, anticipating the next Cinderella run, the next buzzer‑beater or the next big upset. Talbott Chesley PO ’28 writes that this year, the competition has kept fans on their toes in a truly spectacular and historical fashion.

Sagehens shake the Quakes, take home victory in minor league exhibition

April 3, 2026 2:21 am Katharine Fullerton 0

On March 21, Sagehen Baseball traveled to LoanMart Field in Rancho Cucamonga to take on the Quakes, the Single-A Minor League affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. The exhibition match-up featured each team’s pitchers throwing to their own batters with the opposing fielders playing defense. Despite the odd circumstances, the Sagehens reveled in the opportunity to be treated like professionals for the day.

Dean Chris Classic brings together campus hoopers in electric fashion

April 2, 2026 11:35 pm Isabelle Carlsen 0

Who needs March Madness when we have the Dean Chris Classic? The 5C’s beloved annual 4v4 streetball tournament is back in full force for the third year in a row, this time with 16 teams. The event was an opportunity for 5C students and faculty to celebrate basketball, and celebrate they did as students danced to music while the DJ himself offered commentary for the games.

Ryan Long PO ’21 pitches in second World Baseball Classic, inches towards ultimate goal of Major League Baseball

April 2, 2026 11:06 pm Jun Kwon 0

Ryan Long PO ’21 recently pitched in his second World Baseball Classic (WBC) for Great Britain, and completed his fourth full season in Minor League Baseball last fall. From striking out MLB all-stars like Randy Arozarena to becoming the third-ever P-P alumnus to reach the Triple-A level, Long shared a conversation with TSL about his time at the WBC and the Baltimore Orioles Organization.

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