Pitzer Global Local Program Hosts “Nepals Civil War: A Photographic Retrospective”

Pitzer College is hosting a new art exhibit entitled “Nepal’s Civil War: A Photographic Retrospective,” which features a series of photographs depicting select aspects of Nepali life after the civil war, in the Founders Room of the McConnell Center. The exhibit is an initiative of Pitzer’s Global Local Program, a

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The Balcony To Host Second Art Exhibit of the Semester, “Casting Shadows”

Tonight The Balcony will open its second student exhibition of the year, “Casting Shadows,” in the Smith Campus Center at Pomona College.  As the title suggests, the exhibit will focus on light and shadow aesthetics through a variety of media. It will include photography, paintings, and sculptures from 16 artists.

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Pitzer’s Historic Grove House Celebrates 111th Birthday

Pitzer College’s Grove House kicked off the weekend’s Halloween celebrations last Friday Oct. 25 with its 111th birthday party. The party included carnival-style string lights, a bounce house, food trucks, a haunted house, and music provided by the Herbert Bail Orchestra, the Jaguars, and student DJ Ethan Long PZ ’16. There was

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Grove House Hosts Barry Johnson Acoustic Show: A Night of Community Art and Activism

Pitzer College’s Grove House hosted the “Barry Johnson Acoustic Show: A Night of Community Art and Activism” last Friday, Oct. 12. The event showcased five artists: John Ellis and Chloe Tess Cohen (both PZ ’17), Merry Christmas, Tan Sister Radio, Tough Stuff, and Barry Johnson.  As musicians were predominantly local,

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Motley Hosts Open Mic and Guest Speaker in Celebration of National Coming Out Day

In celebration of National Coming Out Day, guest speaker Sinclair Sexsmith performed at an open mic at Scripps College’s Motley Coffeehouse Oct. 8. The Queer Resource Center, Claremont McKenna College’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Students’ Union, and Scripps’s FAMILY co-sponsored the event. Sexsmith is an educator, coach, and writer specializing

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First-Year Column: Pitzer and Parties

I’m a Pitzer first-year. Not a freshman, freshy, frosh, or any other related title. The root ‘freshman’ contains politically incorrect hierarchical and gendered characteristics, so I am irrefutably, absolutely, and indefinitely, a first-year student—until I get to be a second-year student, anyway.  The moment we receive that special letter of

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