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Pomona enters exclusive negotiations with CGU exploring possible partnership

December 18, 2025 10:20 pm Macy Puckett 0

After months of confidential conversations, Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University (CGU) enter exclusive negotiations and began discussing a potential partnership with community members.

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Know your worth: What the 5Cs bring to the local economy

November 21, 2025 12:36 am Patrick McDowell 0
Pomona College Smith Campus Center on a bright day

CSWA affirms support for Starbucks union strike

November 21, 2025 12:29 am Joelle Rudolf 0
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New decorations policy for The Motley awaits administrative finalization

November 21, 2025 12:19 am Joelle Rudolf 0

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Pomona announces resolution of OCR complaint, policy changes to come

December 12, 2025 7:51 pm Patrick McDowell 0

On Dec. 10, Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr announced a resolution agreement to a Title VI complaint received by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in April 2024, which alleged that Jewish students were experiencing antisemitism on campus.

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7C Chaplaincy under review, students speak out

November 21, 2025 12:48 am Kahani Malhotra 0

Trays of Italian food and a roaring fireplace greeted the 30 students who provided their feedback on the Claremont Colleges Chaplaincy at the McAlister Center on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

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‘We don’t believe that bodies are inherently sexual’: Pitzer students campaign for topless pool hours

November 21, 2025 12:11 am Ava Fleisher 0

Three Pitzer College students presented a discussion for topless pool hours during a Pitzer Student Senate Open Forum on Nov. 9.

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The Claremont Colleges Services hosts public forums as Campus Safety director search continues

November 21, 2025 12:05 am Bianca Mirica 0

The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS) held a series of public presentations in early November for its Director of Campus Safety opening.

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Claremont Shades performs in front of lively crowd
Arts & Culture Features 

The aca-obession continues at this year’s SCAMFest

November 21, 2025 1:25 am Claire Welch 0

At 7 p.m. last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Shades hosted SCAMFest, the annual collegiate acapella festival at the Claremont Colleges. After months of preparation, the Shades hosted this year’s event to an auditorium full of enthused Claremont students and visitors.

The Feline Stare: Understanding Complications in Color
Arts & Culture Columns 

The Feline Stare: Understanding Complications in Color

November 21, 2025 1:18 am Meiya Rollins 0

Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition, “Complications in Color,” at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. Sadness strikes as Rollins admires the work of Rachel Lachowicz, a Californian abstract artist who uses makeup to address femininity, as she reflects back on her art portfolio that followed a similar theme, to a specific art piece as a kid.

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Arts & Culture Features 

SageMUN, the conference where high school students make diplomacy feel alive at Pomona College

November 21, 2025 1:18 am Bianca Mirica 0

This fall, the Pomona College Model United Nations team (PCMUN) revamped its annual conference, SageMUN, pivoting from focusing on college students to working with high schoolers.

Jazz that breathes: Finding Connection Through J Dilla’s ‘Donuts’
Arts & Culture Columns 

Jazz that breathes: Finding Connection Through J Dilla’s ‘Donuts’

November 21, 2025 1:14 am Sinan Walji 0

For columnist Sinan Walji PO ’28, J Dilla’s Donuts became a way of understanding how one melody can hold different histories at the same time. Walji traces his first encounter with the album at fourteen and follows the story of sampling from Dilla’s era to today.

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OPINION: Opinions make journalism complicated. Indifference makes it impossible
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OPINION: Opinions make journalism complicated. Indifference makes it impossible

November 21, 2025 2:03 am Parker DeVore 0

TSL has recently had serious charges leveled against them. In a scathing letter to the editor, they were called jealous, biased and irrelevant, and on the surface, these accusations seemed fair. In TSL’s coverage of the Claremont Independent (CI), critics noted that they appeared to hold a view that the CI’s conservative viewpoints were enabled by outside politics. Journalism is no stranger to ideological coverage, but did TSL go too far?

OPINION: Don’t fill up your calendar, do nothing instead
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OPINION: Don’t fill up your calendar, do nothing instead

November 21, 2025 1:05 am Joelle Rudolf 0

Welcome to college, where students often map out their every waking moment on their Google Calendars for the sake of “maximum efficiency.” Have you ever wondered what benefit might come from taking the time to do nothing every once in a while?

OPINION: Goyard doesn’t make you hot
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OPINION: Goyard doesn’t make you hot

November 21, 2025 12:59 am Ansley Kang 0

After being told that her backpack was perhaps too boyish, Ansley Kang SC ‘29 realized that the Claremont Colleges overemphasize the importance of looking good.

OPINION: Why are we so obsessed with memorializing horrible people?
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OPINION: Why are we so obsessed with memorializing horrible people?

November 21, 2025 12:58 am Alex Benach 0

As the media works through the death of Dick Cheney, we must not let mourning get in the way of the collective condemnation of immoral acts committed by the deceased, though grief is a necessary process in the midst of the death of prominent public figures.

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Commentary Pomona-Pitzer Sports 

Behind the scenes: The Pomona-Pitzer student athletic trainers powering Sagehen football forward

November 20, 2025 10:21 pm Zachary LeBlanc 0

Behind the 90-person Pomona-Pitzer football team, which practices daily and competes weekly, are the student athletic training staff who work behind the scenes to ensure the season runs smoothly for the players. The full-time football athletic trainer (AT), Lane Fishburn, currently employs three student ATs to help her with operations.

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Pomona-Pitzer women’s soccer breaks through to NCAA sweet 16, first since 2019

November 20, 2025 9:26 pm Isabelle Carlsen 0

A resurgent Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) women’s soccer team kicked past Puget Sound 2-0 on Sunday, Nov. 16, to secure its spot in the round of 16 in the NCAA Division III tournament. Though the Sagehens have consistently finished in the top echelons of SCIAC, they have not advanced past the second round of the NCAA playoffs since their historic run in 2019, when they reached the semifinals. This victory over Puget Sound broke the team’s streak of early exits, so it holds a special place in the hearts of many players.

Whistle of bias: Racial inequity in sports officiating and commentary
Commentary Sports 

Whistle of bias: Racial inequity in sports officiating and commentary

November 20, 2025 8:56 pm Mooke King 0

When a referee’s whistle blows, everyone expects a fair call, free of external biases or decision-making mechanisms that may influence the quality of the game. However, Mooke King PO ’28, a Division III athlete and intramural referee, has found that such expectations often fall short in the face of referees and commentators who struggle to identify their implicit biases.

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CMS Football Sports 

CMS football caps off season with a muddy victory over La Verne

November 20, 2025 8:46 pm Noah Brewster 0

In a rainy, muddy game of football that capped off the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Stags’ season on Saturday, Nov. 15, they found success through the run game to defeat the La Verne Leopards 5-0. The Stag running back Cooper Nixon HM ’27 ran for 196 yards, a stark contrast from the two passing yards combined between both teams’ quarterbacks.

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Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard.

Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025.

Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025.

Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025.

Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025.

Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025.

Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025.

Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025.

Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
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Wizards Weekly: Every week cartoonist Sasha Matthews PO ’26 draws a new wizard. Photo 1: “Wizard of the Diamond Realm,” Sept. 18, 2025. Photo 2: “Wizard and Apprentice Ponder the Orb,” Oct. 2, 2025. Photo 3: Wizard Internet These Days,” Oct. 9, 2025. Photo 4: “My Parents (Both Wizards) Having Sex,” Oct. 23, 2025. Photo 5: “Candy Summoning Wizards,” Oct. 31, 2025. Photo 6: “Wizagons,” Nov. 7, 2025. Photo 7: “Business Casual Wizard,” Nov. 14, 2025. Photo 8: “Divorce Wizard,” Nov. 21, 2025.
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At 7 p.m. last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Shades hosted SCAMFest, the annual collegiate acapella festival at the Claremont Colleges. After months of preparation, the Shades hosted this year’s event to an auditorium full of enthused Claremont students and visitors. 

TSL sat down with The Claremont Shades’ President Harold Fuson PZ ’26 to discuss the process of planning such a large, lively event. 

“It’s such a special night for so many people,” Fuson said. “To be able to put that event on and be a part of making it as special as it is is super cool and something we take a lot of pride in.” 

This year, the event featured a lineup of all eight Claremont acapella groups, with performers travelling from UC Irvine, UCLA and USC. 
Claremont’s Groove Nation hip-hop group performed just after the intermission, breaking up the musical acts with dynamic dance numbers that had the audience screaming in support.
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Words by Claire Welch and Ananya Vinay | Photo by Sarah Ziff
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At 7 p.m. last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Shades hosted SCAMFest, the annual collegiate acapella festival at the Claremont Colleges. After months of preparation, the Shades hosted this year’s event to an auditorium full of enthused Claremont students and visitors. TSL sat down with The Claremont Shades’ President Harold Fuson PZ ’26 to discuss the process of planning such a large, lively event. “It’s such a special night for so many people,” Fuson said. “To be able to put that event on and be a part of making it as special as it is is super cool and something we take a lot of pride in.” This year, the event featured a lineup of all eight Claremont acapella groups, with performers travelling from UC Irvine, UCLA and USC. Claremont’s Groove Nation hip-hop group performed just after the intermission, breaking up the musical acts with dynamic dance numbers that had the audience screaming in support. — Words by Claire Welch and Ananya Vinay | Photo by Sarah Ziff Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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This fall, the Pomona College Model United Nations team (PCMUN) revamped its annual conference, SageMUN, pivoting from focusing on college students to working with high schoolers. Director General Gabriel Dalton PO ‘26 described the impact this shift had on the conference.

“Because we’re a smaller conference, we’ve kind of positioned ourselves to be a little more beginner-friendly,” Dalton said. “For a lot of kids, it’s actually the very first MUN conference.” 

As their conference has pivoted to target younger, less experienced MUNers, veteran PCMUN member Diana Braghis PO ’26 and the leadership team have learned to provide more guidance, aware that most students are going through this process for the first time. 

“We kept asking: do you have questions, how can we help you, do you need any explanations?” Braghis said. “We walked them through how to do Model UN.” 
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Words by Bianca Mirica | Photo courtesy of SageMUN
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This fall, the Pomona College Model United Nations team (PCMUN) revamped its annual conference, SageMUN, pivoting from focusing on college students to working with high schoolers. Director General Gabriel Dalton PO ‘26 described the impact this shift had on the conference. “Because we’re a smaller conference, we’ve kind of positioned ourselves to be a little more beginner-friendly,” Dalton said. “For a lot of kids, it’s actually the very first MUN conference.” As their conference has pivoted to target younger, less experienced MUNers, veteran PCMUN member Diana Braghis PO ’26 and the leadership team have learned to provide more guidance, aware that most students are going through this process for the first time. “We kept asking: do you have questions, how can we help you, do you need any explanations?” Braghis said. “We walked them through how to do Model UN.” — Words by Bianca Mirica | Photo courtesy of SageMUN Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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3/9
Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition, “Complications in Color,” at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. Sadness strikes as Rollins admires the work of Rachel Lachowicz, a Californian abstract artist who uses makeup to address femininity, as she reflects back on her art portfolio that followed a similar theme, to a specific art piece as a kid.
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Words by Meiya Rollins | Graphic by Meiya Rollins 
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Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition, “Complications in Color,” at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. Sadness strikes as Rollins admires the work of Rachel Lachowicz, a Californian abstract artist who uses makeup to address femininity, as she reflects back on her art portfolio that followed a similar theme, to a specific art piece as a kid. — Words by Meiya Rollins | Graphic by Meiya Rollins Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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For columnist Sinan Walji PO ’28, J Dilla’s Donuts became a way of understanding how one melody can hold different histories at the same time. Walji traces his first encounter with the album at fourteen and follows the story of sampling from Dilla’s era to today.
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Words by Sinan Walji | Graphic by Nergis Alboshebah
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For columnist Sinan Walji PO ’28, J Dilla’s Donuts became a way of understanding how one melody can hold different histories at the same time. Walji traces his first encounter with the album at fourteen and follows the story of sampling from Dilla’s era to today. — Words by Sinan Walji | Graphic by Nergis Alboshebah Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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On Nov. 11, students gathered at the Coop Fountain for Acoustic Open Mic Night, an event  co-hosted by 5C Pens & Poetry Club and the Pomona Student Union. Many students took to the stage to showcase their original music and poetry centered around their personal experiences and social issues. 

While many students such as Pens & Poetry Vice President Pherell Washington PO ’29 were worried that their works wouldn’t be well received by the audience, they would later feel relieved upon seeing the crowd’s positive reception.

“I was kind of nervous because when you’re reading a poem, especially a poem with so much emotion, everyone may not agree with you,” Washington said. “[The crowd was] very nice. I kept getting people come up to me, like, ‘Hey, your poem was really great.’ And I was just like, ‘You know what? This is why we have this event: to have a space where people can share and open up.’”
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Words by Joseph Woo Chan and Kira Heller | Photo courtesy of the 5C Pens & Poetry club
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On Nov. 11, students gathered at the Coop Fountain for Acoustic Open Mic Night, an event co-hosted by 5C Pens & Poetry Club and the Pomona Student Union. Many students took to the stage to showcase their original music and poetry centered around their personal experiences and social issues. While many students such as Pens & Poetry Vice President Pherell Washington PO ’29 were worried that their works wouldn’t be well received by the audience, they would later feel relieved upon seeing the crowd’s positive reception. “I was kind of nervous because when you’re reading a poem, especially a poem with so much emotion, everyone may not agree with you,” Washington said. “[The crowd was] very nice. I kept getting people come up to me, like, ‘Hey, your poem was really great.’ And I was just like, ‘You know what? This is why we have this event: to have a space where people can share and open up.’” — Words by Joseph Woo Chan and Kira Heller | Photo courtesy of the 5C Pens & Poetry club Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Pitzer College’s screening of I Have a Name, Adam Bronfman’s documentary about photographer Jon Linton’s work with unhoused communities, sparked deep reflection during family weekend. Attendees considered not just the power of storytelling, but also who gets to tell those stories and how advocacy lands in a place of privilege.

“At the panel there were two white men,” Miriam Savage, a professor of Psychology and Expressive Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies said. “It’s not about racism so much, but about representation, and so we have to be careful about white saviorism. We have to be careful about who we are in the story.”

As students and families filed out of the George C.S. Benson Auditorium, questions lingered about activism, authorship, and the ethical boundaries of using art to galvanize action on inequality.
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Words by Olive Eng | Photo Courtesy of Pitzer College
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Pitzer College’s screening of I Have a Name, Adam Bronfman’s documentary about photographer Jon Linton’s work with unhoused communities, sparked deep reflection during family weekend. Attendees considered not just the power of storytelling, but also who gets to tell those stories and how advocacy lands in a place of privilege. “At the panel there were two white men,” Miriam Savage, a professor of Psychology and Expressive Therapy at the California Institute of Integral Studies said. “It’s not about racism so much, but about representation, and so we have to be careful about white saviorism. We have to be careful about who we are in the story.” As students and families filed out of the George C.S. Benson Auditorium, questions lingered about activism, authorship, and the ethical boundaries of using art to galvanize action on inequality. — Words by Olive Eng | Photo Courtesy of Pitzer College Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Moving to the United States for college, Rochelle Lu SC ’28 once believed she carried a “suitcase full of nuance.” In her latest column, she reflects on her political and cultural blind spots, uncovering what happens when perspective meets its limits.

Still, Lu describes ignorance as an opening toward care and listening across identities and borders.

“Being politically and culturally aware is about having the humility to sit in the quiet,” she writes, “and to expand the borders of what you know slowly, thoughtfully.”
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Words by Rochelle Lu | Graphic by Shixiao Yu
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Moving to the United States for college, Rochelle Lu SC ’28 once believed she carried a “suitcase full of nuance.” In her latest column, she reflects on her political and cultural blind spots, uncovering what happens when perspective meets its limits.

Still, Lu describes ignorance as an opening toward care and listening across identities and borders.

“Being politically and culturally aware is about having the humility to sit in the quiet,” she writes, “and to expand the borders of what you know slowly, thoughtfully.”
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Words by Rochelle Lu | Graphic by Shixiao Yu
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Moving to the United States for college, Rochelle Lu SC ’28 once believed she carried a “suitcase full of nuance.” In her latest column, she reflects on her political and cultural blind spots, uncovering what happens when perspective meets its limits. Still, Lu describes ignorance as an opening toward care and listening across identities and borders. “Being politically and culturally aware is about having the humility to sit in the quiet,” she writes, “and to expand the borders of what you know slowly, thoughtfully.” — Words by Rochelle Lu | Graphic by Shixiao Yu Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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TSL has recently had serious charges leveled against them. In a scathing letter to the editor, they were called jealous, biased and irrelevant, and on the surface, accusations seemed fair. In TSL’s coverage of the Claremont Independent (CI), critics noted that they appeared to hold a view that the CI’s conservative viewpoints were enabled by outside politics. Journalism is no stranger to ideological coverage, but did TSL go too far?

However, Parker DeVore PZ ‘27 notes that a condemnation of legible institutional perspectives, is only arguable if we understand news to be apolitical. Yet this view is incompatible with the humanity of journalism, and presented by a critic who is helplessly opinionated themselves.

“TSL’s mission is to ‘provide unbiased, factual reporting and a platform for students, faculty and staff to engage in,’” writes DeVore. “However, simultaneously TSL says it ‘serves as a forum for discussion that showcases the wide array of opinions.’ Impartiality and so called straight news is not TSL’s bread and butter, nor is it the CI’s. Instead, both outlets, and news outlets in general seek to emphasize pluralism in their own distinct ways.”
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TSL has recently had serious charges leveled against them. In a scathing letter to the editor, they were called jealous, biased and irrelevant, and on the surface, accusations seemed fair. In TSL’s coverage of the Claremont Independent (CI), critics noted that they appeared to hold a view that the CI’s conservative viewpoints were enabled by outside politics. Journalism is no stranger to ideological coverage, but did TSL go too far? However, Parker DeVore PZ ‘27 notes that a condemnation of legible institutional perspectives, is only arguable if we understand news to be apolitical. Yet this view is incompatible with the humanity of journalism, and presented by a critic who is helplessly opinionated themselves. “TSL’s mission is to ‘provide unbiased, factual reporting and a platform for students, faculty and staff to engage in,’” writes DeVore. “However, simultaneously TSL says it ‘serves as a forum for discussion that showcases the wide array of opinions.’ Impartiality and so called straight news is not TSL’s bread and butter, nor is it the CI’s. Instead, both outlets, and news outlets in general seek to emphasize pluralism in their own distinct ways.” – Words by Parker DeVore | Graphic by: Nergis Alboshebah Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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