Author: Nina Mueller

How might social justice, great music, and creative media be effectively combined? Chilean musician Ana Tijoux’s performance on Monday, Apr. 25, demonstrated that these three elements have the ability to pack a powerful musical punch. Tijoux’s performance, held at Scripps College's Balch Auditorium, was organized by the Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE), which provides

Grey’s Anatomy fans at the 5Cs were in for a treat this past Monday, Apr. 11, at the “Shondaland” panel discussion hosted by the Pomona College Student Union. The event centered on the representation of racial and ethnic diversity in the television programs produced and scripted by Shonda Rhimes which, in

This past Thursday, Apr. 7, students came together to discuss topics relevant to the on-campus international community at the “Study Abroad in the USA” event hosted by the International Student Mentor Program (ISMP). The annual event, held at the Students of Color Alliance (SOCA) Lounge at Pomona College, was open

Energetic and rhythmic tones of Mandé music filled Lyman Hall in Pomona College’s Thatcher Music Building Wednesday night. This performance, which accompanied a lecture on the history of Mandé music, was part of the Ashé Africa program aimed at promoting awareness and learning about African culture. In the lecture, titled “Music and Identity in the

Activism might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you see an image of a stark mountain range or a ghostly forest, but the role of landscape photography in activism was the central focus of a lecture last Tuesday, Mar. 8, by renowned art critic Lucy Lippard. The lecture, hosted at Benson

Author Chris Kraus illuminated the thrilling life of writer Kathy Acker at a discussion and reading presented on Feb. 29, at the Scripps College Clark Humanities Museum. The presentation was centered on Kraus’ soon-to-be-published biography of Acker, which has been in the works since 2000. Chris Kraus is renowned for her book

Anyone who entered the auditorium at Scripps College’s Garrison Theater on Saturday, Feb. 20., would have noticed the large blocks positioned on stage. With the letters T-E-D-X marked out on their sides in bold red paint, they reflected the building blocks of innovation stacked up by the speakers who commanded the

Vista paintings from the Chinese Song Dynasty took on a kingly presence during a recent lecture at Scripps College by professor Richard Barnhart, the John M. Schiff professor emeritus of Art History at Yale University. The lecture, hosted at Steele Hall last Thursday, Feb. 11, as part of Scripps' Worldbridge Lecture Series, addressed