Author: Claire Pershan

Gaines has been studying the Burgess Shale for twelve years, and his research has taken him from British Columbia to Utah and all the way to China. His team includes researchers from  Denmark, China and the United Kingdom. Still, Gaines believes that his accomplishment would not have been possible without the

As liberal arts students, we are all acutely aware of the dangers of politically incorrect humor. But can some humor transcend this label to become politically-correcting? Can comedy ever heal conflict? StandUp for Peace, a comedy duo made up of an Israeli and a Palestinian, addressed this question at their

The Pomona College Museum of Art will open the third and final exhibition of “It Happened At Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973” tomorrow. The series features radical art created at Pomona approximately 40 years ago. Because of Spring Break, the official opening reception will not be

Award-winning actor, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith performed and discussed pieces from her acclaimed one-woman documentary theater performances in Bridges Auditorium Wednesday evening. She is the latest guest of Pomona’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Smith refers to herself as a student of expression. Her work, the product of hundreds of

Parents who attended the finals of Pomona’s student talent show this past Saturday left Edmunds Ballroom confident that their children are part of a diversely talented community. The performance, organized by Pomona Resident Hall Staff, marked the second annual Pomona’s Got Talent. The show provided a unique way for parents

Pomona students and their visiting parents circled around the Smith Campus Center (SCC) courtyard at 5:20 p.m. Feb. 18 to witness a thrilling marriage proposal: Jason Howie PO ’03, Academic Skills Coordinator at the Claremont University Consortium (CUC) Office of Black Student Affairs (OBSA) and Pomona alumnus, arranged for a “Thriller” flash

Didn’t get any flowers this past Tuesday? Had to console yourself with fistfuls of Sweethearts candies from the Frary swipe desk instead? Maybe you should have logged into the latest Internet venture of Jesse Pollak PO ’15, an online matchmaking application called LikeSecret.com that launched just in time for Valentine’s

Next month, a dance form that has crossed cultures and continents will finally make its way to the Claremont Colleges. As part of Sanskriti, a cultural show sponsored by Ekta, the South Asian Student Association, Jessica Kaushal PO ’14 and Jasjeet Virk CM ’13 are organizing and choreographing a Bhangra

That Saturday Group, or TSG, is the club behind your weekly Chirps announcements for events like cookie decorating, bingo, pumpkin carving, laser tag, and scavenger hunts. As its name suggests, That Saturday Group is a campus-funded activities group that provides free entertainment every Saturday evening. Jasa Cocke, Pomona’s Drug and