Crime is down in the city of Claremont: there were just six burglaries and 20 thefts this October, compared with last October’s 11 burglaries and 50 thefts.“We’ve had a big decrease [in thefts and burglary] in comparison to last year,” said Captain Jenkins of the Claremont Police Department.This may be
Author: Josh Nomkin
Clubs on Campus: Red Cross Club Turns Blood Drives Into Competition
Although the Red Cross Club—and its monthly publications posted in bathroom stalls across campus—seem to be ubiquitous, it has not always been so.According to Doug Farquhar PO ’10, the history of the club is a “feel-good story,” a tale of ascension from “humble beginnings.”The founding of what was originally called
CMC Alum Fujinaka Creates iPhone App for Medical Students
iMurmur hit the shelves of Apple’s iTunes store on Jul. 14.Created by Michael “Fuj” Fujinaka CMC ’07 to train aspiring doctors and help those already in the field to diagnose heart murmurs, the application became immensely popular almost immediately. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune , the application has been
Pomona Starts Capital Campaign for Future Projects
To foot the bill of recent development on campus, the administration is engaging in a capital campaign that will fund future projects. Though currently in the nucleus or “quiet phase,” the college plans to go public with the campaign in October 2010.“We want to involve the whole campus community in
Queer Rights Activist Cleve Jones Speaks at Athenaeum
Cleve Jones left some audience members in tears Wednesday as thelong-time AIDS-awareness and queer-rights advocate and creator of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt delivered an emotional speech about his life’s work at theAthenaeum.Jones emphatically recounted the long train of events that brought him from Phoenix, Ariz. to the offices
Claremont Alumnus Peter Barker to Lead JPMorgan in California
Peter Barker CM ’70 became the California Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Sep. 28.In a press release from JPMorgan Chase, Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said that Barker, the former chair of Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees, has been “a trusted banker and terrific businessman in California
Student Committee Addresses Staff Wages
Concerns over staff wages and labor conditions at Pomona came to a head last semester when members of the Workers’ Support Committee (WSC) organized an initiative to give staff members an equal voice in the budgeting process. Today, WSC continues to advocate for workers’ rights. WSC member Alvin Sangsuwangul PO