The 5Cs should offer a hybrid option so that immunocompromised students can choose to continue attending classes online, out of concern for their health amid a pandemic that is still not over, writes guest columnist Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24.
Author: Luciénne Reyes
OPINION: The 7Cs should incorporate sustainability throughout their curricula
The 7Cs should implement a petition from Claremont Climate Initiative to incorporate discussions of sustainability into their classes as much as possible, argues Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24.
OPINION: Support for Black students at Pitzer is long overdue
Similarities between the 1968 and 2020 Pitzer College Black Student Union’s addresses are testament to the lack of development in support for Black students, argues Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24.
OPINION: CMC trustees must divest from the Coastal GasLink pipeline
CMC trustees Henry Kravis and George Roberts should end their connections to the CGL pipeline, which contributes to climate change and violates the sovereignty of the Wet’suwet’en people, Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24 writes.
OPINION: Pausing Spectrum 10K isn’t enough to support the autistic community
The Spectrum 10K study into biological influences on autism promotes harmful and disproven stigmas about autistic people and should be stopped altogether, argues Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24.
OPINION: The Claremont Autism Center can do better to serve autistic people
The Claremont Autism Center should support neurodiversity and autism acceptance to benefit their autistic clients, Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24 writes.
OPINION: CMC professor Eric Helland must apologize for involvement in revisionist article
CMC Professor Eric Helland must take accountability for sanctioning a faulty article that denies the experiences of several sexual assault survivors, Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24 writes.
OPINION: Don’t be more lenient on caregivers who kill their disabled dependents
OPINION: Giving more sympathy to caregivers who commit filicide against people with disabilities is ableist and unfair to the filicide victims, Luciénne Reyes ’24 writes.
OPINION: Make DISCOVR an official mentor program for students with disabilities at Pomona
Making DISCOVR an institutionally backed program will provide necessary support for students with disabilities, writes Luciénne Reyes PZ ’24.
OPINION: The Red Ribbon Campaign needs serious reform
The Red Ribbon Campaign’s silence on racial issues and support of problematic figures and organizations fail to effectively tackle the problem of drug abuse, argues Luciénne Reyes PZ ‘24.