The Student Life

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

March 6, 2026 3:50 am Bianca Mirica 0

After garnering student support and attention at its far-reaching field-day, 5C Environmental Justice (5CEJ) met with the Claremont Colleges’ Business and Financial Affairs Committee (BFAC) on March 5 to lobby for a consortium-wide transition to renewable energy sources, while Claremont McKenna College’s student body voted that night to support the campaign.

Though BFAC’s decision is still pending, if approved, the proposal will advance to a consortium-wide presidents committee for final consideration.

In addition the field day showcased sustained student interest, as their proposal advances through the institutional review process, according to Hope Dragseth SC ’28, the 5CEJ outreach lead on the campaign’s working group.

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5C Critical Mass’s surveillance teach-in raises concerns about Claremont Police Department camera use

March 6, 2026 2:07 am Macy Puckett 0

Scripps anticipates housing shortage next spring due to record fall abroad applicants

March 6, 2026 1:55 am Ila Bell 0

Students stand in protest outside the Coop Fountain at Pomona College.

Pomona College to drop Starbucks pending faculty approval

February 27, 2026 3:00 am Macy Puckett 0

Boilers Begone! ASPC and Pitzer Senate support stricter gas boiler regulations

March 6, 2026 3:39 am Quinn Bolster 0

On March 1, Pitzer Student Senate passed a resolution to support phasing out large industrial gas boilers in Southern California, including at Pomona College and Harvey Mudd College, after Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) did the same on Feb. 19.

If the regulatory agency South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) amends certain regulations, as the resolutions urge, Pomona and Harvey Mudd would have to replace their gas boilers with electric options based on a phase-out plan.

CAC organizer Tomas Souza de Castro broke down the importance of this issue into two main categories: public health and climate change.

ASCMC inaugural meal packing event yields 16,000 meals for charity

March 6, 2026 2:12 am Noah Brewster 0

Last Friday, 85 students and faculty members volunteered to package more than 16,000 meals for the Pomona Valley Food Bank in an event hosted by Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC). Ken Eckel CM ’28, community service committee chair, and Katherine Hodge CM ’27, academic affairs committee chair, organized

Scripps’ biannual olive harvest postponed due to lack of rainfall

March 6, 2026 1:52 am Chloe Kiparsky 0

The Scripps College Olive Harvest tradition was postponed last fall, despite its biannual schedule, due to a lack of rainfall last academic year, according to Scripps’ Landscape Operations Manager Joya Salas.

The olive harvest tradition began in 2012 after Core II students proposed the idea of harvesting the olive trees lining the school’s Humanities Building rather than spraying them with chemicals to prevent fruit production.

Each year, Salas decides whether or not there will be an olive harvest by observing the trees throughout the year and anticipating their fruit yield.

CMC’s Turning Point USA chapter yields debate and ‘bike porn’

February 27, 2026 2:10 am Kahani Malhotra 0

More than 150 5C students engaged in debate at a political tabling event hosted by Claremont McKenna College’s chapter of Turning Point USA on Thursday.

A Hindu holiday turned darty: Spreading color

March 6, 2026 4:11 am Irikaa Mehrotra 0

On Feb. 27, poofs of brightly colored powder filled the air as students gathered on Green Beach in celebration of Holi. Although this holiday’s origins are Hindu, it is now celebrated worldwide.

Venerable Dr. Nicholas Thanissaro offers tangible way to combat AI overreach

March 6, 2026 3:49 am Audrey Green 0

This week’s Mind Lunch brought Venerable Dr. Nicholas Thanissaro, a Buddhist monk in the Dhammakaya tradition, to lead a discussion titled “Meditation in the Age of AI.” Mind Lunch became a way to bring students and faculty alike together for a moment of peaceful reflection in the midst of bustling academic schedules.

Benton Museum’s new ‘Interference Patterns’ exhibit reimagines photography

March 6, 2026 3:17 am Sylvie Simmons 0

On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” Alongside the art viewing, attendees listened attentively to American composer Ken Vandermark, who performed saxophone and clarinet compositions.

MULTIMEDIA: Claremont Drag Club celebrates queer joy and chosen family in ‘Bad Romance’

March 6, 2026 3:04 am Zoe Chin 0

Friday, Feb. 20, the Claremont Drag Club’s Bad Romance: Kiki & Tea event transformed The Motley into a night of unapologetic queer joy as drag performers danced to Lady Gaga hits, cheered on by students waving dollar bills. TSL’s Multimedia team captured the various performances.

OPINION: Students for clean air: The fight against gas boilers

March 6, 2026 12:30 am Leah Glasser 0

“We are calling on you to help us pass resolutions at the 5Cs which put pressure on our local government agencies to pass zero-emissions policies,” writes Leah Glasser PZ ’26. “Resolutions in favor of the proposed rules would show the SCAQMD board that the bodies which they govern are in support of zero-emissions regulations which could create the necessary pressure for these rules to pass.”

OPINION: We’re not discussing February’s shootings. That has to change.

March 6, 2026 12:29 am Jessy Wallach 0

we cannot heal without discussing what has occurred,” writes Jessy Wallach PO ’29. “For better or worse, we are experienced at grieving these tragedies. Let us not grow experienced in having these incidents fail to register as tragedies at all.”

OPINION: It’s Trump’s online circus and we’re all just living in it

March 6, 2026 12:28 am Olivia Brinkman 0

“As a result of all of Trump’s actions, the United States is no longer perceived with the legitimacy it once was. We can no longer take for granted our position at the top of the world order,” Olivia Brinkman PO ’29 writes. “As Americans, we are watching our window of tolerance for the actions of our government expand in real time, normalizing nonsensical and hateful behavior. We must not let Trump’s social media rampages distract us from the real harm his actions are causing abroad.”

OPINION: Sic semper tyrannis: No quarter for despots

March 6, 2026 12:26 am Gabe Khuly 0

“America has given the Venezuelan and Iranian peoples something that they haven’t had in a long time: Hope,” writes Gabriel Khuly CMC ’28. “That must be celebrated and replicated in every other nation ruled by enemies of freedom.”

Athenas soar past Sagehens in SCIAC semis

March 6, 2026 12:30 am Talbott Chesley 0

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s basketball has put an end to their losing streak against Sixth Street rival Pomona-Pitzer, staking a powerful but hard-fought 59-54 win in the SCIAC semifinals on Feb. 26. Despite a 16-0 scoring run at the beginning of the second quarter by the Sagehens, the Athenas held strong to clinch a spot in the SCIAC Championship finals.

Trust in baseball: Summer is almost here

March 6, 2026 12:25 am Zachary LeBlanc 0

For much of the United States, Punxsutawney Phil and his famous walk on Feb. 2 is the anointed decider of the spring to come. Phil is cute, traditional and annoyingly pessimistic. Baseball, on the other hand, serves its role in the sports calendar admirably.

Swim-flation hits the 5Cs

March 5, 2026 11:30 pm Lisbon Zeigler 0

At the 2026 SCIAC Swim and Dive Championships on Feb. 18-22, four out of the 10 relay meet records were broken, and three individual event records were broken. In addition, seven freshmen won SCIAC titles.

The Foxes’ rise to Division I domination of their own accord

March 5, 2026 11:19 pm Audrey Green 0

After entering Division I rugby in 2023, the Claremont Foxes have steadily scaled the rankings and now stand — undefeated — as the top seed of the PDRC.

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