Author: Julia Comnes

Members of the Claremont University Consortium (CUC) often grace lists of the happiest colleges in the United States, and the colleges’ websites and admissions materials prominently feature sunny skies and beaming students. But these carefree images fail to convey another reality: Approximately one out of every six students at the

Content Warning: This piece includes language and content about sexual assault that some readers may find triggering or upsetting. Jessica, a Pitzer College junior, remembers coming back to her room the night of her very first day at Pitzer, her dream college. Standing by the open door was her RA, who

Pitzer College held interviews with its three finalists for the position of Vice President for Student Affairs and allowed students to meet and talk with the candidates at town hall meetings. Last week, candidates Susan Allen Ortega and Brian Carlisle each visited Pitzer’s campus for two days. Students and other

At the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, Director of Campus Safety Shahram Ariane increased the number of security guards required at many campus events, which forced student government across the five Colleges to come up with ways to keep costs down. The Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) has

Pitzer College students have pushed back against recent changes to Pitzer College’s off-campus housing policy, which limits the numbers of students living off-campus. In heated posts in Pitzer’s Student Talk e-mails and impassioned discussions at Student Senate meetings, students have reacted negatively to the lack of singles, recent changes to

Jonathan Schwartz HM ’13, Max Friefeld HM ’13, and Oliver Ortlieb HM ’12, were recognized by the Kairos Society in February as having one of the top 50 undergraduate businesses in the world. Their company, Layer By Layer, is a platform for designers to sell their designs to customers for

With 472 students voting, this year’s turnout was the highest in Scripps College Associated Student (SAS) election history. The election was for SAS’s 2013-2014 Executive Board and Programming Board leadership positions, and results were announced Saturday, March 30, with run-off results announced Monday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 3. The

A panel charged with rewriting sexual assault policies for the 5Cs said it would emphasize consent in new definitions, and acknowledged that some colleges may have to yield in order to coordinate how investigations are handled. Harvey Mudd, for example, could have to give up part of its honor code

The Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees has proposed an enrollment expansion that could increase the college size from 775 students to up to 900 students over the course of a decade, a proposal to which many students have reacted strongly. Though the administration has created financial projections for future