Pomona College has decided not to display the flags of international students’ home countries during this year’s commencement ceremony, according to ASPC. This change in policy has caused discontent among international students and prompted the International Student Mentor Program to collect signatures arguing against it. But, as an international student,
Author: Adrian Suarez del Busto
HMC President Criticizes School’s Exclusion from Wall Street Journal Rankings
Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe wrote a letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal on Oct. 17 protesting the exclusion of HMC and other small colleges from the new Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. HMC is not considered in the WSJ/THE Rankings because it
50 People are Speaking at the Athenaeum This Semester. 38 of Them Are Men.
Thirty-eight of the scheduled speakers at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum this fall are men and just 12 are women, according to the Athenaeum’s website. This tally excludes panel discussions. The Athenaeum hosts talks four days per week during the semester, attracting “a spectrum of luminaries” across different fields of expertise to
Pomona Clears Legal Hurdles for Art Museum, Can Begin Construction
Pomona College recently overcame its last hurdle to starting construction of its new, larger art museum west of College Avenue. The Claremont City Council reached a settlement Tuesday with two groups of residents who had filed suits against the proposal and its impact on the landscape of College Avenue. A group called
Sanders 2016 Campaign Official, a PZ Alum, Pushes Local Political Involvement
Ceraso worked for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign team in New Mexico went on to promote other Democratic candidates. He has worked in several local elections and was the New Hampshire deputy state director and California state director for Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential bid. Ceraso’s talk was part of the “Mindful of
Humans vs. Zombies Game Postponed in Wake of Las Vegas Shooting
Claremont Humans vs. Zombies organizers announced Monday that their fall semester game will be postponed for a minimum of three weeks due to the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas. “The goal of HvZ is to be a fun and positive event, however, we acknowledge that the use of blasters in the game could
No Changes to 5C Sexual Assault Policy, Despite DOE Action
5C policies against sexual assault will not change despite the Department of Education's recent decision to scrap Obama-era Title IX policies, campus Title IX coordinators promised. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Sept. 22 that the DOE was rescinding the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and 2014 Q&As that demanded colleges use a
Mudd Awarded $400,000 in Federal Grants
The National Science Foundation recently approved both of Harvey Mudd College’s petitions for funding from the Major Research Instrumentation Program this year, totaling more than $400,000 in grants to update research and training equipment in the chemistry department. “I don’t think anyone’s pulled this off before,” said chemistry professor Gerald Van