Ten different bands comprised of 5C students performed March 6 at Pitzer College’s Battle of the Bands, an annual event put on by the Kohoutek Music & Arts Festival. In order of performance, the bands included Not! Jorf’s Egg?, Tassos Bareiss, Quesadilla Centrifuge, Dan’s Band, Dylan Baker, Frak, Migeul Pulido,
Author: Alec Long
Student Writers, Actors Collaborate in Short Play Festival
For most, the 7th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival was about fire, the theme of this year’s set of five short plays. However, for eight-year-old Damon Glencross, the afternoon was also about ice cream, which emcee Harrison Goodall PO ’16 promised him. But Glencross wasn’t the only one excited by the
Sigma Tau Fraternity To Become Co-Ed
Sigma Tau, a Pomona College fraternity, will remove gender restrictions for its new members in the fall semester, joining co-ed fraternity Nu Alpha Phi and leaving Kappa Delta as the only remaining all-male fraternity on Pomona’s campus. “We voted a few weeks ago in favor of pursuing co-ed membership,” Sigma
CGU Receives $3 Million Grant to Train STEM Teachers
Claremont Graduate University will use a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help train 15 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teachers, with a focus on increasing the accessibility of STEM fields. “We really want to prepare teachers that are prepared to go into high-needs schools and
Sharing Personal Experiences, Pomona Students Respond to Diversity Plan
Gillian Chen PO ’17 recently became interested in the protests going on in Hong Kong and wanted to talk to professors about the issue. However, she found one crucial obstacle to her inquiry: She couldn’t find many professors whom she could talk to about the protest. Her experience was one
Shaky Earthquake Drill Shows Limited Participation
Each year, student apathy toward emergency drills is on full display during the Great Southern California ShakeOut drill held at the Claremont Colleges. At Pomona College, the administration has attempted to increase participation in the drill by involving more students, such as RAs and Outdoor Adventure (OA) leaders, but participation
Pomona Considers Grade Policy Update
After initial discussions last year, Pomona College is considering changes to its grade dispute policy. Pomona Dean of Students Miriam Feldblum announced the proposed update in an email to the college’s student body Oct. 7, officially opening a 30-day comment period in which students can submit feedback about the policy.
Nancy Arzate Serves 7Cs as the Inaugural Psychologist at Project Sister
Nancy Arzate is the clinical psychologist at the inaugural Claremont Colleges branch of Project Sister Family Services. Arzate has been working for a year at the main office of Project Sister, an organization in the city of Pomona, Calif., dedicated to “providing services to the women, children, and men survivors
Pomona, CMC Host Online Education Workshop
While the age of the massive online open course (MOOC) and the flipped classroom is upon us, the phenomenon of online education is often associated with science and mathematics fields. At a summer conference here in Claremont, though, eight colleges came together to consider new applications of technology in liberal
Pomona Launches Wellness Room
The Wellness Room, equipped with a vending machine that sells the emergency contraceptive Plan B around the clock, opened Sept. 11 on the second floor of Pomona College’s Walker Hall Lounge. Both the Wellness Room and Walker Lounge will be accessible to students of all seven Claremont Colleges. The college