Pomona College shortened its orientation by one day — but kept Orientation Adventure the same length.
Author: Ben Reicher
‘Just not enough’: Pomona students rally for improved mental health care
More than 100 students rallied at Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center on Monday to demand that the Pomona administration improve services for students with mental health issues, especially students from marginalized communities. The rally was organized by a coalition of 5C student groups under the name Students for an Accountable
Harvey Mudd College students to design world’s first nonprofit solar panel factory
Harvey Mudd College students are designing the world’s first nonprofit solar panel factory right in our backyard.
McConnell seeks to reinforce high ratings in response to food safety issues
While Los Angeles County safety inspections continue to grant top marks to 5C dining halls, reports of potentially unsafe food items at Pitzer College’s McConnell Dining Hall have led the school to double down on its existing procedures to ensure they’re serving high-quality products. TSL received two reports of mold
HBO’s ‘My Brilliant Friend’ brings to life one of modern literature’s most captivating female friendships
CW: Contains mild spoilers HBO’s new mini-series “My Brilliant Friend” begins with the most modern of openings: a vibrating iPhone, its glow piercing a dark room. The caller ID is briefly visible before an elderly woman, lying alone in bed, answers. Whoever Rino is, he isn’t one for preamble: “Mamma’s
OPINION: Regarding immigration, our humanity must transcend borders
In my senior year of high school, our school’s FREE Club (Friends of Rights, Emancipation, and Equality), a student-led social advocacy group, devoted the year to promoting student awareness of President Donald Trump’s then-recent rescission of DACA. Their campaign included a map of the world hung in the main school
OPINION: Every Titanic has its iceberg: Trump will regret removing Sessions
A gigantic ship, christened with so much promise, is on its maiden voyage. It’s billed as unsinkable, so much so that it’s almost blasphemous to even suggest this ship could sink, so much so that no one’s bothered to check if there are enough lifeboats. But every Titanic has its
OPINION: Don’t let the global warming black swans get you down
Suppose I offer you a bet: “$50 says all swans are white.” All you would have to do is find one black swan, even if the overwhelming majority are white. Now suppose my bet is: “$50 says the world would benefit from policies to transition off fossil fuels, even if
OPINION: We should have climate action, not just caution
The year was 1983, and renowned climatologist William Nierenberg was about to present “Changing Climate,” the findings of a National Academy of Sciences commission assembled by former President Jimmy Carter. Little did he know that his optimistic advice to the climate action community, entirely counterintuitive to the dire warnings presented
Opinion: You’re a good man, Governor Brown. Or at least the best we’ve got.
As he prepares to leave office, California’s ‘Governor Moonbeam’ Jerry Brown wants everyone to know how much he cares about global warming. That was why, on Sept. 12-14, Brown invited an international milieu of subnational actors to come to San Francisco for his Global Climate Action Summit. I never thought