I recently became aware that The Claremont Colleges Services, which supplements the 7Cs with support like the Honnold-Mudd Library and Campus Safety, requires journalists to submit their questions for sources in writing, and does not permit members of TCCS to conduct in-person interviews with reporters. I’ve been a journalist for
Author: Kellen Browning
CMC Hires Private Security, Drawing Mixed Reactions
Claremont McKenna College is contracting with a private security group to employ a director of public safety and several CMC-only security officers who will promote safety on campus, assist with event planning, and investigate thefts, among other responsibilities. Brian Weir, the incoming director of public safety, works at private security
Sagehen Swimmer Menkhoff Wins NCAA Title
Lukas Menkhoff PO ’21 was exhausted. He had already swam and dived in nine different races over the course of three days at the NCAA Division III Swim and Dive Championships in Indianapolis, and was about to compete in the final of the 100-yard breastroke, an event that was
CMS Men’s Basketball’s Record Streak Finally Stopped In NCAA Tournament; Five Seniors Step Off The Court For The Last Time
Down 12 points to the No. 1 team in the nation with five minutes to go, in front of a raucous, sellout Whitman College crowd in the second round of the NCAA tournament, it looked like the Stags’ stellar season was over. However, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team, as usual,
Sagehen Swim And Dive Teams Both Win SCIACs; Title Is P-P Men’s First
A four-day battle to determine the 2018 SCIAC swim and dive champions concluded Saturday at Brenda Villa Aquatic Center in Commerce, California, and the Pomona-Pitzer men’s and women’s teams swam away with both titles. The men’s 1086.5 to 998 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps was the first SCIAC championship in Pomona-Pitzer history,
CMC Students Still Unable To Apply For Watson Fellowship After 2002 Violation
Next month, 40 lucky students from liberal arts colleges around the country will be accepted into the prestigious Watson Fellowship program, through which they will receive a $30,000 stipend and embark on a year-long global research project. No Claremont McKenna College students will be among them. In 2002, a CMC
Red-Hot Scarlett Scores 32 As CMS Men’s Basketball Outduels Sagehens
Led by sharpshooting point guard Michael Scarlett CM ’18, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s basketball team (13-7, 11-1 SCIAC) scorched Sixth Street rival Pomona-Pitzer (10-11, 8-4) with a barrage of three-pointers Wednesday night, earning a 73-60 victory. Though the Sagehens were hot on the Stags’ heels for most of the first half,
At town hall, students and residents voice fierce support for Metrolink stop
More than 200 Claremont residents and 5C students packed the Alexander Hughes Community Center during a town hall meeting Monday night to demand that the Los Angeles County Metro Board of Directors keep the city’s Metrolink stop. The Gold Line Foothill Extension will expand Los Angeles’ light rail system further
House GOP Tax Bill Would Increase Financial Burden on Many CGU Students
First-year Claremont Graduate University student Jamey Keeton may soon be faced with a “crippling” financial decision. Nationwide, graduate students like Keeton are up in arms about a provision of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act – the Republican tax bill that passed the House of Representatives on Nov. 16 – that would treat tuition
High-Pressure Gas Leak at Pomona Prompts Evacuations
Update: As of 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, the gas leak was resolved, with all surrounding streets reopened and evacuations lifted. Construction workers laying electrical conduits for Pomona College’s new art museum ruptured a two-inch high pressure gas line under the intersection of College Avenue and Bonita Avenue at 1:55 p.m. Wednesday, the Los