With few competitors in sight, Pomona-Pitzer cross country runners Lauren Hamilton PO ’20 and Helen Guo PO ’20 sprinted across the finish line of the SCIAC Multi-Dual meet on Sept. 29. The duo, who led the P-P women’s team to a fourth-place finish at La Mirada Park on the sweltering Friday, finished
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Sagehens Serve Up a Win Over Panthers
The Pomona-Pitzer women’s volleyball team (6-12, 3-3 SCIAC) scored a statement win Saturday at Chapman University, topping their league opponent Panthers (11-5, 5-2 SCIAC) in four sets. The Sagehens prevailed in a competitive, back-and-forth first set 26-24 before collapsing in an error-ridden second set, which Chapman took 25-9. After that,
Harvey Mudd Tackles Workload After Spring Protests
Following a tumultuous semester of protests, town halls, and sit-ins, Harvey Mudd College has begun the semester with a review of its curriculum and diversity policies. After an external report detailing HMC’s burdensome curriculum was published by TSL in March, the response was immediate. Students littered the school with papers featuring critical quotes from the report, walked
DACA’s Impending End Looms, But Mobilizes Students
In 2007, an undocumented Pomona College student came to the United States from Mexico with her family seeking treatment for her younger brother’s leukemia. In the process, they overstayed their visa and decided to continue living in California. “For a while, we thought [the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program]
‘A Slap in the Face’: Pitzer Trustees Toss Out Senate BDS Amendment
Pitzer College’s Board of Trustees struck language from a Student Senate bill Friday that barred the use of student activities funds to buy products from certain organizations associated with Israel, including Sabra, Caterpillar, and Hewlett-Packard. An amendment to the Senate’s Budget Committee Bylaws, the bill passed 22-0 with two abstentions on April 16 and prohibited “payment[s]
CMC Students Who Blockaded Mac Donald Talk May Soon Face Sanctions
Claremont McKenna College students who blocked entrances to the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum when conservative commentator Heather Mac Donald spoke against Black Lives Matter on April 6 may face sanctions in the coming weeks, according to a statement from Joann Young, CMC’s director of media relations. At the time, CMC
‘Incredibly Painful’ Year at Mudd Ends With Plans to Address Curriculum
In the wake of recent protests, sit-ins, walkouts, rallies, and community meetings at Harvey Mudd College, the school released an external evaluation of its core curriculum April 6. The curriculum evaluation provides an outside perspective on recent student demands and protests, sparked by the leaked Wabash Report, which included anonymous
In Defense of Free Speech and Open Discourse
Last Thursday, 5C students swarmed Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, where conservative commentator and author Heather Mac Donald was to speak in defense of police officers and argue against the Black Lives Matter movement. The roughly 300 protesters claimed that Mac Donald was a racist and should not be allowed to speak, blocking access
HMC Administration Addresses Student Demands After Sit-In
After popular Harvey Mudd College Associate Dean of Health and Wellness Qutayba Abdullatif was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday, more than 100 students staged an eight hour sit-in in the Platt Courtyard Wednesday and presented a list of demands to the administration. The sit-in also comes after an external report describing HMC’s burdensome
In Wake of Wabash Report, Mudd Students Demand Immediate Action
More than 300 Harvey Mudd College students, faculty, and staff convened in the Platt Center Wednesday evening for a two-hour meeting about an external report — recently obtained and released by TSL — that advocates changes to HMC’s demanding curriculum and includes critical comments from anonymous students and faculty members. In