Harvey Mudd College launched the Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design on Sept. 25, integrating environmental sustainability into its campus through a marriage of sustainable design and the college's focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. The center is an expansion of HMC's Center for Environmental Studies (CES), which had previously focused on research and campus operations. “We can accomplish so much
Author: Ian Descamps
Young CMC Alumni Discusses Social Scene, Policy Changes
While Claremont McKenna College hosted its Board of Trustees meetings and institutional board meetings on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3, young alumni gathered in the McKenna Auditorium to discuss CMC's social scene. The fifth-annual Forum for the Future, which invites CMC alumni who graduated in the last ten years to discuss issues regarding the
ASPC Denies Funding to Mudd Goes Madd, Prompts Backlash from Students
In a quick succession of events, Mudd Goes Madd, a Sept. 26 party hosted by North Dorm at Harvey Mudd College, went through a series of changes that nearly led to it changing from a 5C to a 4C event. After the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) budget committee decided
Pomona Settles Discrimination Lawsuit With Former Professor
A settlement has been reached between Pomona College and former Pomona Professor Alma Martinez, who filed a lawsuit against the college on Aug. 20, 2013, alleging that discrimination against Latinas and women on campus played an active role in the college's decision to deny her tenure and dismiss her employment. Martinez's lawyers from the
Chaplaincy Hires New Staff Members Ahead of Action on Institutional Review
The Claremont University Consortium (CUC) hired an interim part-time Protestant chaplain, Reverend O. Leon Wood, and an interim part-time Muslim-life coordinator, Safa Plenty, this fall to join the staff of the McAlister Center. These additions came after the Claremont Colleges Muslim Student Association (MSA) rallied support for Muslim representation within the chaplaincy. In