The local Claremont Colleges chapter of the Sunrise Movement has grown to 100 active members this semester, up from just 10 members last semester.
Author: Haidee Clauer
5Cs form ‘RegEn’ sustainability coalition
For the first time in history, the 5Cs have formed a unified sustainability coalition with representatives from all the Claremont Colleges called RegEn.
5C student activists push Pomona College to divest from funds tied to fossil fuels
Student activists have rekindled the Claremont Colleges’ fossil fuel divestment movement this semester and are focusing their attention on pressuring Pomona College to divest its endowment from fossil fuel interests.
ASCMC gives out all Monte Carlo tickets in just two days after implementing free ticket model
Tickets to Claremont McKenna College’s annual Monte Carlo party are free this year, but the number available is limited by school.
Pomona admin fails to implement allegedly promised “Bridge” program for first-generation, low-income students
First-generation, low-income (FLI) Pomona College first-years arrived on campus this fall without a summer orientation “bridge” program they helped to plan, despite Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr’s commitment last year to implement such a program in the near future.
News Bites Week of April 28
PO develops a new plan for international student representation at commencement, The Shakedown didn’t recieve PZ Senate funding and more.
Several students stopped, some fined on day of increased police activity
Claremont Police ticketed several drivers and bikers for not stopping at a crosswalk near Marston Quad April 1. They face fines up to $100.
Two years after housing shortage, Scripps admits another large class. Is it ready this time?
Scripps admitted another large class this year, raising concerns of another housing shortage like last year’s, which sent 38 students to CGU.
‘Stop working immediately’: Pomona apologizes for email to work-study students that violated contract
Pomona violated its work-study contract, informing nearly 60 students that they had reached their work-study limit and needed to stop working.
Keck Graduate Institute receives $5 million to start new medical school, searches for founding dean
Keck Graduate Institute is pursuing plans to build a new medical school, aiming to fill a shortage of primary care physicians in California.