The Malott Commons at Scripps College will now require students who do not have their student ID card with them to present an alternative form of identification in order to enter, Malott general manager Tom Adkins announced in an email to the student body on Monday. Previously, students without an ID were able to enter Malott by providing
Author: Marc Rod
G. Gabrielle Starr Inaugurated as 10th President of Pomona College
G. Gabrielle Star officially became the 10th president of Pomona College at her inauguration ceremony Saturday, making her the school’s first female and first African-American president. The ceremony, which was held in Bridges Auditorium, featured a variety of speeches by Pomona community members, Claremont Mayor Larry Schroeder, a pair of Starr’s
Pitzer Student Senate’s Executive Board Has Already Spent 42 Percent of Its Annual Budget
Pitzer College Student Senate’s executive board has already spent $2,075.72 of its $5,000 annual budget, or 41.5 percent, a financial status report revealed earlier this month. The board's budget is an allocation of the Senate's annual budget, which is comprised of Student Activities Fees, semesterly fees that the college collects from each student. The report, presented
Senate Briefs: Week of Oct. 1, 2017
Scripps Associated Students Scripps Associated Students met last Sunday to discuss and vote on several items. The meeting opened with brief updates from 16 members. These included information about events such as the first senior class event, reflection on the Moonbounce party, an alumnae karaoke event, Halloween trick-or-treating, sex week,
Pomona Says Meme Page is “Protected Speech,” Will Not Investigate
After declaring the secret meme group U PC BREAUX a ‘bias-related incident’ last week, Pomona College’s bias Incident Response Team has decided that the posts in the group do not violate Pomona policies and do not merit a disciplinary investigation. “Reviewing the information received, the IRT found the memes were bias-related
Pomona Declares ‘Deeply Offensive’ Secret Meme Group Bias-Related Incident
Pomona College’s Incident Response Team has declared that posts in a secret 5C Facebook group constitute a “bias-related incident,” the college announced Monday. The group, called U PC BREAUX, was thrust into the spotlight after The Claremont Independent published an article revealing its existence on Sept. 20. U PC BREAUX –
Controversy Over Free Airport Ride Program Takes Off
With eye-catching headlines warning of free transportation “for marginalized students only” and for “illegal immigrants – paid for by students,” The Claremont Independent and The Daily Caller recently stoked controversy about an Associated Students of Pomona College pilot program providing free transportation from airports to campus for first-years and transfer students on
Why Did Renwick House Cross the Road? It’s Complicated.
After months of preparation and under cover of darkness, workers from American Heavy Moving and Rigging successfully moved Pomona College’s Renwick house across College Avenue at 2:30 a.m. on Monday. The house, a historic building dating back to 1900, was moved from its original location adjacent to Claremont village
Fire at Bernard Field Station Rekindles Scientists’ Concerns
While the property appears undamaged from the road around it, approximately five acres of the Claremont Colleges’ Bernard Field Station on Foothill Boulevard burned in a brush fire on May 18. For the field station’s scientists, the greatest concern now is the fire’s potential impact on the field station’s ecosystem
Bernard Field Station in Flames for Second Time In Five Years
A brush fire started on the western edge of the Bernard Field Station at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, according to the Claremont Courier. While an initial email message from Campus Safety at approximately 6:20 p.m. described the fire as contained and extinguished, more recent information indicates that the fire