Are you at McKinsey or Deloitte this year? How are you preparing for the technicals? Is that return offer coming? These probably weren’t the questions that you thought you would be asking yourself when you came to a liberal arts college. Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 warns against the pressure you might feel to throw away that theater minor and enroll in an econometrics class or the fear of breaking out of the tried and true pathways to replicate wealth.
Author: Lisa Gorelik
OPINION: We need more religious understanding
Last year, Elizaveta (Lisa) Gorelik CM ’25 was born again. This process of discovering faith has revealed the extent to which secularism and religious prejudice have seeped into the conversations we have at our institutions.
Gorelik argues that if our colleges want to uphold their mission of shaping responsible leaders, then our classes ought to bridge the gaps of understanding between the upper class, secular, liberal spaces of our campuses with the rest of the country.
OPINION: Western fashion deserves cultural appreciation
Can I try on your cowboy hat? “Hell no,” is probably the response you would hear to that if you asked someone in your local honky-tonk. Writer Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 warns readers of Western fashion faux pas like this. From the style’s roots in Mexican Vaqueros and Native American peoples, Gorelik shows that Western fashion is complex, diverse and unique. Gorelik urges those interested in Western fashion to do their research and learn more about what they are wearing and the traditions associated with each aspect of the style.
Elders & Gen-Z can be friends: Pilgrim Place brings Claremont elderly and 5C students together
During a class visit to Pilgrim Place, a nearby retirement community, Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 met Ken Frank, a 78-year-old resident, sparking an intergenerational friendship. With shared interests in culture and philosophical questions, their monthly meet-ups have deepened their understandings of the world.
OPINION: You should go to Church
Wanna come to Scripps brunch? “Sorry I have Church,” is what you might hear Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 saying, if you ask her to a Sunday morning meal. Gorelik, missing her high school chapel time, decided to start exploring churches around the Claremont/Upland area. Going to many churches in the area, including Catholic, Presbyterian, Orthodox, Methodist, Unitarian, Episcopal , and non-denominational churches, Gorelik reminisces about high school, and calls on others to explore churchgoing to find hope, to practice gratitude, build community or just to get off campus.
OPINION: Why more CMCers don’t write for TSL
CMC student Lisa Gorelik felt an absence of her classmates in TSL staff demographics. Setting out to find the reason for this absence of CMC students in the TSL demographics, Gorelik names differences in culture, journalistic styles and political leanings as causes, uncovering part of the Claremont Colleges’ journalistic web.
OPINION: Hating Country Music is Un-American
Tired of listening to pop? Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 puts on her cowboy boots to call for people to change their minds about country music. Tracing back country to its roots in Appalachia and breaking down common stereotypes, Gorelik explains why the genre is for everyone and how its landscape is more dynamic than most think.
Fashion Bible: It was a phase, mom…
Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 writes a personal confession on her somewhat cringey fashion journey through-out the years and finally confesses, that it was a phase.
Fashion Bible: Spring/Summer 2024 – What’s hot, what’s not?
Are you searching for tips on how to update your wardrobe this summer? Well, look no further because style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM ’25 has compiled a list of all the fashion and lifestyle “ins” and “outs” for this season.
Fashion Bible: The Irony of America-Boo Fashion
How can fashion be ironic? Style columnist Lisa Gorelik CM’25 explains her fascination with “America-core” and her motivations behind wearing shirts embellished with the flag and bald eagle.