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Madison Lewis

A drawing of a person wearing a backpack and holding a ballot with a checked box, happily walking to the polls.
Opinions 
March 9, 2023 10:17 pm

OPINION: The Claremont Colleges should make Election Day a holiday

By Madison Lewis 2530 Views Civic Duty, Civic Engagement, Elections

College students are notoriously unreliable when it comes to voter turnout – but Madison Lewis PO ‘24 says colleges have an opportunity to change that.

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A drawing of a person at a buffet line. There are sections for vegetables, grains, protein, fruit, and dairy. All the sections are full except the fruit section, which is empty except for a single cube of tofu.
Opinions 
February 23, 2023 11:36 pmFebruary 24, 2023 12:52 am

OPINION: The unintended consequences of Meatless Mondays

By Madison Lewis 5267 Views Environmentalism, Food, Frary Dining Hall, Vegetarianism

Frary’s Meatless Mondays have environmental benefits, but pose a danger by encouraging restrictive eating, argues Madison Lewis PO ‘24.

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Opinions 
November 11, 2021 10:40 pm

OPINION: DIII women’s sports deserve greater institutional support

By Madison Lewis 2733 Views disparity, Division III, Donations, Title IX, women's sports

Colleges have a responsibility to provide institutional support to Division III women’s athletes to help them make up for disparities in donations and networking opportunities, argues Madison Lewis PO ’23.

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Drawing of a map of the USA with hearts and peace signs on the coasts and red fires on the central areas.
Opinions 
October 28, 2021 9:41 pm

OPINION: 5C students should reexamine their regional biases

By Madison Lewis 1956 Views Claremont bubble, coastal elitism, regional bias

Some 5C students’ stereotyping of central and southern areas of the US as backward and intolerant is unfair and can blind us to persistent inequities where we live, argues Madison Lewis PO ’23.

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Palm trees surround Malott Commons, the Scripps College dining hall.
Opinions 
October 8, 2021 12:02 amOctober 8, 2021 12:49 am

OPINION: It’s time to rethink cross-campus dining

By Madison Lewis 4069 Views COVID, cross-campus dining

Cross-campus dining can be reopened while keeping COVID-19 spread under control, argues Madison Lewis PO ’24.

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September 23, 2021 9:57 pmSeptember 23, 2021 10:53 pm

OPINION: California recall election shows that voting in college doesn’t have to be a hassle

By Madison Lewis 1835 Views California, governor, recall, turnout, vote by mail

The California gubernatorial recall election demonstrates why vote by mail should be made more accessible and widespread, especially for students, argues Madison Lewis PO ’23.

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Working at TSL is an opportunity to build professional media skills and gain real-world working experience, all while helping produce an award-winning publication. Recent alumni have gone on to pursue careers at leading organizations like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and NBC Sports. 

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Applications for these roles will close on July 31. 

All other staff applications will open in mid-August and close on September 4.  

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Link in bio for the application form and more information about open positions. 🗞️

Working at TSL is an opportunity to build professional media skills and gain real-world working experience, all while helping produce an award-winning publication. Recent alumni have gone on to pursue careers at leading organizations like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and NBC Sports. 

This application is for those looking to apply to the following four positions: Creative Director, DEI & Outreach Director, Events & Alumni Engagement Director, and Web Developer. Please consult the position descriptions for more information on each role, and note that you can hold one of these positions and a separate senior staff position simultaneously. 
Applications for these roles will close on July 31. 

All other staff applications will open in mid-August and close on September 4.  

If you’re wondering whether you have enough experience for a position that interests you, please apply!
Link in bio for the application form and more information about open positions. 🗞️

Working at TSL is an opportunity to build professional media skills and gain real-world working experience, all while helping produce an award-winning publication. Recent alumni have gone on to pursue careers at leading organizations like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and NBC Sports. 

This application is for those looking to apply to the following four positions: Creative Director, DEI & Outreach Director, Events & Alumni Engagement Director, and Web Developer. Please consult the position descriptions for more information on each role, and note that you can hold one of these positions and a separate senior staff position simultaneously. 
Applications for these roles will close on July 31. 

All other staff applications will open in mid-August and close on September 4.  

If you’re wondering whether you have enough experience for a position that interests you, please apply!
Link in bio for the application form and more information about open positions. 🗞️

Working at TSL is an opportunity to build professional media skills and gain real-world working experience, all while helping produce an award-winning publication. Recent alumni have gone on to pursue careers at leading organizations like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and NBC Sports. 

This application is for those looking to apply to the following four positions: Creative Director, DEI & Outreach Director, Events & Alumni Engagement Director, and Web Developer. Please consult the position descriptions for more information on each role, and note that you can hold one of these positions and a separate senior staff position simultaneously. 
Applications for these roles will close on July 31. 

All other staff applications will open in mid-August and close on September 4.  

If you’re wondering whether you have enough experience for a position that interests you, please apply!
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Link in bio for the application form and more information about open positions. 🗞️ Working at TSL is an opportunity to build professional media skills and gain real-world working experience, all while helping produce an award-winning publication. Recent alumni have gone on to pursue careers at leading organizations like The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and NBC Sports. This application is for those looking to apply to the following four positions: Creative Director, DEI & Outreach Director, Events & Alumni Engagement Director, and Web Developer. Please consult the position descriptions for more information on each role, and note that you can hold one of these positions and a separate senior staff position simultaneously. Applications for these roles will close on July 31. All other staff applications will open in mid-August and close on September 4.   If you’re wondering whether you have enough experience for a position that interests you, please apply!
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In her first column, “A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men,” Bianca Mirica PO ’29 examines why women who love mafia stories are so often regarded as performative.

Through an analysis of “The Sopranos,” she explores Tony Soprano’s vulnerability and Carmela’s moral compromise. The series was never just a crime drama, Mirica argues, it was a story about performance, denial and how girlhood teaches women to read power.

“When a woman says she loves mafia films and morally complicated male characters, people often ask whether she is really interested in the genre or just trying to seem cool,” Mirica writes. “What a boring little prison to put someone’s taste inside.”

Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum

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In her first column, “A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men,” Bianca Mirica PO ’29 examines why women who love mafia stories are so often regarded as performative.

Through an analysis of “The Sopranos,” she explores Tony Soprano’s vulnerability and Carmela’s moral compromise. The series was never just a crime drama, Mirica argues, it was a story about performance, denial and how girlhood teaches women to read power.

“When a woman says she loves mafia films and morally complicated male characters, people often ask whether she is really interested in the genre or just trying to seem cool,” Mirica writes. “What a boring little prison to put someone’s taste inside.”

Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum

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In her first column, “A Girl’s Guide to Terrible Men,” Bianca Mirica PO ’29 examines why women who love mafia stories are so often regarded as performative. Through an analysis of “The Sopranos,” she explores Tony Soprano’s vulnerability and Carmela’s moral compromise. The series was never just a crime drama, Mirica argues, it was a story about performance, denial and how girlhood teaches women to read power. “When a woman says she loves mafia films and morally complicated male characters, people often ask whether she is really interested in the genre or just trying to seem cool,” Mirica writes. “What a boring little prison to put someone’s taste inside.” Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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The gubernatorial debate hosted at Pomona College earlier this spring made it impossible to ignore the contest to become the governor of California. However, candidates for many other positions, including Claremont’s city council and the State Board of Equalization, deserve equal attention.

“We should aim to be somewhat familiar with the personalities using election to the State Board as another item on their resume, if only to know who might ascend even further in Sacramento,” writes Akshay Seetharam HM ’27.

Seetharam reviews upcoming fall city council elections, congressional primaries following the impact of Proposition 50, and the central role of the State Board. 

Words by Akshay Seetharam | Photo by Regan Rudman
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The gubernatorial debate hosted at Pomona College earlier this spring made it impossible to ignore the contest to become the governor of California. However, candidates for many other positions, including Claremont’s city council and the State Board of Equalization, deserve equal attention. “We should aim to be somewhat familiar with the personalities using election to the State Board as another item on their resume, if only to know who might ascend even further in Sacramento,” writes Akshay Seetharam HM ’27. Seetharam reviews upcoming fall city council elections, congressional primaries following the impact of Proposition 50, and the central role of the State Board. Words by Akshay Seetharam | Photo by Regan Rudman Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Grade inflation discourse often treats letter grades as instrumental means to an end: workforce employability, grad-school competitiveness, post-college salaries and social mobility. 

At Pomona College, though, debates over grade inflation are also debates about what a liberal arts education should demand of its students. For Ali Alattar PO ’28, Pomona is not demanding enough. 

“Pomona’s easiness problem is one that actively works against the theory of a liberal arts education heralded in Pomona’s own mission statement,” Alattar writes. “If Pomona boasts itself as an institution that advocates for the liberal arts, it should reflect that commitment with unequivocal academic rigor.”

Words by Ali Alattar | Graphic by PJ James
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Grade inflation discourse often treats letter grades as instrumental means to an end: workforce employability, grad-school competitiveness, post-college salaries and social mobility. At Pomona College, though, debates over grade inflation are also debates about what a liberal arts education should demand of its students. For Ali Alattar PO ’28, Pomona is not demanding enough. “Pomona’s easiness problem is one that actively works against the theory of a liberal arts education heralded in Pomona’s own mission statement,” Alattar writes. “If Pomona boasts itself as an institution that advocates for the liberal arts, it should reflect that commitment with unequivocal academic rigor.” Words by Ali Alattar | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. 

“Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. 

“Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. “Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.” Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture.

“They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.”

Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture.

“They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.”

Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture. “They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.” Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Oldenborg Center has long served as a gathering place for language, culture, and community at the Claremont Colleges. Through shared meals, conversations across cultures, and friendships formed far from home, students built memories that extended far beyond the residence hall itself.

In this video, students reflect on their favorite Oldenborg memories and what made the space feel uniquely like home.

Filmed and edited by Bianca Mirica
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Oldenborg Center has long served as a gathering place for language, culture, and community at the Claremont Colleges. Through shared meals, conversations across cultures, and friendships formed far from home, students built memories that extended far beyond the residence hall itself. In this video, students reflect on their favorite Oldenborg memories and what made the space feel uniquely like home. Filmed and edited by Bianca Mirica
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It is time that looksmaxxing is recognized for what it is: a repackaging of radicalism. It mimics ideologies implemented by totalitarian leaders, making self-improvement deeply intertwined with militant obedience, purification and traditionalism. 

“The normalization of popular culture rhetoric that reinforces purity and extremism should be a blaring alarm for what’s to come in future elections, unless we decide to draw the line and vehemently oppose those who will work to make our politics more dangerous,” Audrey Green SC ’27 and Jun Kwon PO ’28 write.

Words by Audrey Green and Jun Kwon | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum
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It is time that looksmaxxing is recognized for what it is: a repackaging of radicalism. It mimics ideologies implemented by totalitarian leaders, making self-improvement deeply intertwined with militant obedience, purification and traditionalism. “The normalization of popular culture rhetoric that reinforces purity and extremism should be a blaring alarm for what’s to come in future elections, unless we decide to draw the line and vehemently oppose those who will work to make our politics more dangerous,” Audrey Green SC ’27 and Jun Kwon PO ’28 write. Words by Audrey Green and Jun Kwon | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics. The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten. “My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.” Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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