Author: Elizabeth Kokemoor

Before their deaths, most of us had never heard of Anthony Shadid, Marie Colvin or Remi Ochlik. But the manner of their passing as they reported on violence in Syria spread their names across traditional and digital media as the news community mourned the loss of its own. The compelling

The Claremont Colleges haven’t been buzzing like this since that security alert warning us about the danger of a crazed Mudd alumnus. Both Claremont McKenna (CMC) and Pomona are in the New York Times this week, and not for anything nice. CMC’s VP of Admissions pulling a “reverse Scripps” and

There’s no such thing as a perfect revolution, but Tunisia’s recent elections demonstrate what may be the best of all possible worlds when it comes to overthrowing an Arab dictator and the aftermath. Put aside all the handwringing about that moderate Islamist party winning; Halloween is over, and it’s time

When President Obama announced last week that all American troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year, we were surely all thinking the same thing: what, no flight suit? Leaving aside the distinct lack of a “Mission Accomplished” banner and the fact that newscasters (and the American public)

When I stepped outside last Saturday to swing by the dedication of Pomona’s new dorms (where I am fortunate to reside this year), I immediately wanted to slink back in. It’s not like I would have been able to skip it anyhow—my window was exactly adjacent to the cocktail chatter

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict—although conflict is not really the right word—is a bitter, bloody, and at times all-consuming rift. One might almost imagine it as a decades-old chasm marking some elusive, shifting border between “Israel” and “Palestine.” But there are no straight, shining lines on the ground, just low-fenced checkpoints that

I do not remember September 11 very well, to be honest. I went to school that day: the bus driver had turned the radio up until it was deafening, but I did not listen or understand. We gathered by our lockers with a child’s vague awareness of unease. Seeing footage

Did you celebrate how Good your Friday was last week? No, I'm not talking about looking forward to the weekend (partying, partying, yeah!). Maybe you didn't even remember that it was Holy Week until you got a package filled with chocolate rabbits and Cadbury Creme Eggs from your family, or

“My own very deep hope is that instead of one great, undifferentiated university, we might have a group of institutions divided into small colleges—somewhat of an Oxford type—around a library and other utilities which they would use in common. In this way I should hope to preserve the inestimable personal

On Feb. 18, after three hours of emotional debate, the House of Representatives voted 240-185 in support of an amendment to a bill that would eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Amid Republicans’ gory and gross mischaracterizations of abortions, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) stepped into the spotlight and spoke about