Author: Kara Freedman

Three Claremont Colleges seniors received Watson Fellowships last week. The $25,000 grant will allow Jeep Srisuknimit HM ‘12, Dean Pospisil PZ ‘12 and Gabe Loewinger PZ ‘12 to work on independent projects abroad.     Srisuknimit plans to study the physics and cultural impact of unicycling in Italy, Ghana, India, Brazil

The United States Supreme Court’s upcoming review of whether or not race can be used as a factor in admissions decisions could affect admissions at the Claremont Colleges, 5C admissions officers said.     “It will be challenging for us if we are told that we cannot take ethnicity into account in

Recommendations from the Pomona College Student-Trustee Task Force are complete, and if the Student Affairs Committee passes them this morning, the Board of Trustees will vote on whether or not to implement the recommendations in its full board meeting this weekend.     The recommendations include an increase in the number

Claremont McKenna College (CMC) administrators spoke to students Monday about the falsification of the school’s SAT scores for the first time since President Pamela Gann sent an initial e-mail alerting the CMC student body about the incident Jan. 30. The conversation took place at an open CMC Senate meeting.    

Students returning to campus two weeks ago noticed that there were no longer tents in front of Alexander Hall, a change from the constant presence at the end of last semester. This semester the Concerned Students of Pomona have decided to discontinue their vigil, which was a response to the

Disagreements between students and administrators at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) emerged over the last few weeks regarding access to and use of the new glass Living Room at the school’s recently opened Kravis Center. Students complained about limited access to the Living Room in light of what several students perceived

STRIVE, a nationwide non-profit that helps low-income students apply to college, is the newest mentoring program to arrive at the Claremont Colleges, giving 5C students another way to give back to the community, influence the life of a younger student, and become involved in education. “I want to become a

High ceilings, doorways that lack 90-degree angles, and a light installation that resembles falling neon raindrops greet visitors to the Claremont University Consortium’s (CUC) new Administrative Campus Center (ACC), which was relocated to First Street in June. “We call it the white whale,” CUC Guest Services Coordinator Dawn Grimes said

Last week, a group of students from the 5Cs marched with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and other allied organizations to force Trader Joe’s to sign the Fair Trade Agreement, which represents a step toward alleviating the horrendous working conditions that tomato pickers in Florida endure. In the end