Author: Lexi Harder

You can look, but can you touch?  As of Jan. 5, Scripps College’s Clark Humanities Museum is home to an exhibit displaying a number of books designed and installed by the students of Assistant Professor of Art Kitty Maryatt’s Core III course, “From Materiality to Immateriality: The Coming of the Artist

Eight students, each wearing a white shirt with a red kerchief tied around the neck, gathered around the red and black batá drums in Pomona College’s Afro-Cuban Drumming Ensemble performance. The ensemble lit up an otherwise chilly and damp night in College’s Thatcher Music Building on Dec. 1 with a

When Karen Fagan, Scripps College’s Director of Public Events and Community Programs thought about how best to use the endowment fund set up to bring speakers in the fields of finance and economics to campus, she knew that she wanted Perry Chen.  As the creator, chairman and former CEO of

This Wednesday’s lunch hour was colder and grayer than most in Claremont, but the table outside of Collins Dining Hall offered a splash of color.  “Would you like to take a quick, 15-second survey?” asked the girl sitting behind the table. The survey in question centered on sex positivity and

Scripps College’s Garrison Theater was completely silent as a petite woman took to the stage Nov. 4. Smoothing her yellow cardigan, Dana Eldridge cleared her throat and introduced herself, not in English, but in Navajo.  “These are my four clans,” she said, explaining her lineage and how the Navajo people

The Student Disability Resources Center (SDRC), located in Tranquada Student Services Center, opened its doors to the Claremont community in September to provide a centralized resource center to support students with disabilities across the 7C campuses. Now, halfway through the semester, the SDRC is celebrating its first few months of

As soon as Michael Abramovich appeared on stage in Scripps College’s Balch Hall on Oct. 16, it became apparent that he would not deliver a typical, formal recital.  “Balch Hall resembles a church, which is a sanctuary where a ritual takes place,” Abramovich said to the audience. “A concert is

Scripps College held its second annual Student Philanthropy Day on Oct. 3, an event initiated by the class of 2014. Comprising a 5k run-walk and service projects hosted by different departments, the day is meant to provide students with an opportunity to give back to the community. The event was

Luci Tapahonso, a professor of English literature and language at the University of New Mexico, gave a poetry reading at the Honnold/Mudd Library on Sept. 29, hosted by Claremont Graduate University’s School of Arts and Humanities. Tapahonso was appointed as Navajo Nation’s first-ever poet laureate in 2013, merited by her