Professor of Chemistry Sarah Keller has a knack for yeast. While we might know about yeast from its role in creating bread and yogurt, Keller’s research on it has been linked to […]
How yeast could save Selena Gomez
Undocumented, a conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas
What is a home? Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas wrote about what it was like not to have one in his new book, “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen.” […]
Greil Marcus on failure, Nixon, and coming home
I’ll admit right off the bat that I haven’t read any of Greil Marcus’ work. But upon hearing him speak on the annual theme “Fail Better” for Pomona College Humanities Studio’s inaugural […]
News Bites – Week of Sept. 16
Pin pad step installed as extra security at Scripps College residence halls Scripps College residence halls now require both an ID card swipe and a personalized four-digit pin for entry. In addition […]
Hurricane Florence slams East Coast, impacts 5C students and families
As Hurricane Florence pounded North and South Carolina last week, several students from the Claremont Colleges braced for the worst and feared for their families living in the region. Some students reported […]
Dating and Dostoevsky
Last December, while the Skirball Fire tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood nestled next to my own, I was studying abroad 5,000 miles away in Salamanca, Spain. When my sister texted me […]
Catch her in the studio, ‘how bout dat,’ Hollywood?
You may know Bhad Bhabie, aka viral internet star Danielle Bregoli, as the “cash me outside” girl, but you can now catch her on all international streaming platforms, as her debut album […]
Summer movie recap: or the six movies everyone should have seen this summer
Nothing goes better together than a 100-degree summer day with 97 percent humidity and an afternoon at the movie theater. This winning combination meant that much of my summer was spent at […]
Opinion: Musk’s smoking demonstrates incompetence of TV news
Elon Musk’s brief dalliance with vice on the Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by comedian Joe Rogan, and the media’s response illustrates the tragedy of the fourth estate. TV news is […]
Opinion: Textbook sexism creates misinformed doctors
Science textbooks — bereft of diversity and gender neutrality — use androcentric facts and figures that restrict physicians from understanding how to accurately diagnose and appropriately treat non-male patients. As a result, […]