After student protesters blocked access to a talk by anti-Black Lives Matter speaker Heather Mac Donald at Claremont McKenna College on April 6, the Claremont Colleges erupted in yet another round of debates about free speech. Students who participated in the protest argued that allowing Mac Donald to express anti-black
Author: Kate Manning
Political Polarization at the 5Cs is Harming Our Education
My elementary, middle, and high schools were progressive institutions with pervasive liberal groupthink atmospheres. The schools were so liberal that we were forbidden from wearing camo print, playing with water guns, or including toy swords in our Halloween costumes because, apparently, these actions promoted violence. Policies like these were theoretically supposed to make
Right-wing Campus ‘Journalism’ Goes Too Far
Right-wing college journalists have developed a highly effective modus operandi for getting the maximum amount of fame and notoriety from a controversial article. We all know the drill. The journalists zero in on an aspect of so-called ‘PC culture’ that seems excessive. They write and produce an easy-to-digest article, often
TSL Needs More Institutional Support from 5Cs
Journalism is a notoriously hard career to enter. Recent graduates have experienced trouble finding jobs in the industry, even with high GPAs and strong extracurriculars. Meaningful experience at a college print newspaper is practically a prerequisite for aspiring journalists, as is the completion of several impressive journalism-related internships. So why
A Note From the Opinions Editor
I applied to become the opinions section editor this semester for the same reason I applied to a liberal arts college four years ago: I deeply value dialogue, even when I disagree with the opinions presented. The Student Life’s Opinions section should reflect the remarkable diversity of thought in Claremont’s student population.
Where are the Women in Online Political Discourse?
As any of my Facebook friends could tell you, I am obsessed with writing political statuses and arguing with whoever comments. The responses to what I write vary wildly, but one thing about them always remains consistent: there are invariably fewer female commenters than male commenters. This pattern is not
In Public and Private, Cut Ties with Perpetrators of Rape Culture
Last week, some well-meaning vigilante anonymously posted several lists of people alleged to be “perpetrators of rape culture” and “perpetrators of sexual assault” in three bathrooms across Pitzer College’s campus. The names were not accompanied by explanations. There was no way to verify or refute the anonymous allegations. Anonymously accusing
Inside the Minds of Trump Supporters
“Only the white trash in Pennsylvania vote for Trump, right?” The girl who asked this question obviously meant no harm. She knew of my enthusiastic-bordering-on-annoying support for Hillary Clinton. This, combined with my laptop sticker in the shape of Pennsylvania with the word “Home” on it, had led her to
The Government is Coming for Your Uterus
When Senate Republicans blocked funding to stop the Zika virus unless limits were placed on federal funding for Planned Parenthood, an old debate was revived. Should the federal government allocate any money to Planned Parenthood, America’s leading provider of affordable reproductive healthcare – including abortion? Most Republican lawmakers support ending
A Closer Look at Students for Justice in Palestine
There is a branch of a radical organization at the 5Cs that refuses to specify whether it supports a one-state or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The group is so ideologically rigid that it refuses to engage in dialogue with its political adversaries. This intolerant practice is codified in