At 7 p.m. last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Shades hosted SCAMFest, the annual collegiate acapella festival at the Claremont Colleges. After months of preparation, the Shades hosted this year’s event to an auditorium full of enthused Claremont students and visitors.
Author: Claire Welch
Diwali celebration brings Bollywood dance hits to Pomona’s Edmunds Ballroom
On Sunday, Oct. 19, weeks of planning by Tamasha (the Bollywood Dance Team) and the Hindu Society culminated in a vibrant Diwali celebration. Taking place in Edmund’s Ballroom, over 200 attendees applied temporary mehendi tattoos, enjoyed a catered buffet, watched dance performances and more.
Mapping the history and future of the BDS movement with Shaheen Nassar’s presentation of “Beyond Recognition”
On Oct. 7, the two year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, several organisations including 7C SWANA hosted guest speaker Shaheen Nassar, a member of the “Irvine 11,” for a talk at the Motley Coffeehouse titled “Beyond Recognition.” Over 100 students crowded into the Motley at 3pm to listen as Nassar detailed the historical context for the current situation in Gaza, and spoke to other issues including the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) Movement.
Step into the studio: KSPC welcomes underrepresented voices with BIPOC mixer
Last Friday, Sept. 19, the Claremont Colleges’ radio station hosted a BIPOC mixer — the first of many events they plan to host this semester to further their reach on campus. From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., current and prospective volunteers filtered in and out of the radio station for an afternoon of music and conversation.
Lost in Translation: Women & the language of liberation
In the wake of the presidential election, Claire Welch SC ’27 discusses the politics of language. Making references to the witches of 1970s Italy and a secret language in Hunan, Welch posits language as a tool towards liberation.
Lost in Translation: Wolf hats and word fumbles
Columnist Claire Welch SC ’27 has been giving weekly Chinese language lessons to a class of 34 curious kids. But, facing blank stares, Welch has started to wonder what she’s really teaching—and what she’s learning. Reflecting on her own journey from Nepal to California, Welch discovers that confusion and curiosity might just be a pathway to a new “vision of life.”
Lost in Translation: Searching for meaning in dead languages
Medieval Latin and Ancient Greek may be dead, but they’re far from forgotten. In this edition of Lost in Translation, Claire Welch SC ’27 explores why students are captivated by these ancient languages.
Lost in Translation: Embracing the violence of translation
Reflecting on the texts we’ve read in translation at the 5Cs, columnist Claire Welch SC ’27 explores the imperfect nature of literary translation and how it relates to learning new languages.
Lost in Translation: Why learn a new language at all?
Columnist Claire Welch SC ‘27, a Chinese and Italian Foreign Languages major, writes about linguistic exile, Italian movies and making connections across language barriers.
Pomona Divest From Apartheid commences “Final Show of Force” of Palestinian Liberation Week
On March 28, Pomona Divest From Apartheid hosted Day 1 of its multi-day show of force for Palestine Liberation Week.