Author: Natasha Anis

5C students flooded Seaver Theatre's Large Studio, a blackbox theater at Pomona College, last Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6, to find out “What Happened in the Woods.” The play, which ran for a little over an hour, began at 9 p.m. Packed wall-to-wall, the venue was intimate with its dark walls and curtains and three rows of chairs

Nada Elia spoke at Scripps College this past Wednesday, Oct. 21, in a talk entitled “Within Our Reach: BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions] and Justice in Palestine.” Dr. Elia, a diaspora Palestinian, was born in Baghdad, Iraq before moving to Beirut, Lebanon. She worked as a journalist in Lebanon during the civil war until she came to the

The recent controversy over Mudd Goes Madd, a 5C party hosted at Harvey Mudd, brought mental health issues to the forefront of campus discussion. In an email addressed to the Pomona College student body, Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) explained the controversy surrounding the name of the event.  A number of students from

“Any of you know that? How to conquer time and space? I’ll teach you how.” This is how Ngugi wa Thiong'o opened his lecture at the Rose Hills Theatre at Pomona College Tuesday evening, Oct. 6. It was a significant task, but one would expect no less from a man whose writings have

Entrepreneurship is alive and well at the 5Cs. And, at long last, we finally have a way to have snacks from the Coop without leaving the comforts of our dorm.  Cartpool was conceived of as a student-to-student delivery service, where students at any of the 5Cs can submit an order

Even a historical event can become art through the right lens. Sometimes news can transcend traditional conventions, intended for consumption through art and photgraphs.  The fall art gallery at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery tackles this paradox. Titled “Documenters and Storytellers: Photographic Narratives in the 20th Century,” the exhibit of exclusively black-and-white