The “Eco-Olympics” — an energy saving competition between Pomona College’s dorms — has encouraged students to implement more sustainable practices in their daily lives.
Patrick McDowell
Meet the Hyperschedulers: The trio keeping your favorite 5C website up and running
As course registration for the Spring 2025 semester approaches on Nov. 12, Hyperschedule — a student-run 5C course scheduling website — is back on laptops across campuses. Current maintainers Next Ongarjvaja HM ’26, Edward Donson HM ’26 and Stephen Xu HM ’27 reflected on the site’s growth, challenges in securing funding, and their ongoing efforts to keep the beloved website reliable and accessible.
5C panelists call to young voters
At an election panel hosted by Pitzer Political Studies Professor Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Emily Rose Pollins SC ’26, co-president of the Scripps Reproductive Justice Club (SRJC), Isabel Apfel PZ ’26 of Every Vote Counts Claremont (EVCC), Annika Weber PO ’27, a regional campus organizer for Swing Left’s Los Angeles chapter and Karen May PO ’89 of the Service Employees International Union Local 1000 (SEIU) shared their work to energize the college community around critical election issues, from reproductive rights to congressional races.
Upcoming comedy cookout hopes to support first-time home buyers
The stand-up comedy fundraiser Laughs & Grills: A Comedy Cookout, hosted by the nonprofit Living Life Through Love (LLTL), which focuses on providing affordable housing solutions for underserved communities, will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13 at Rose Hills Theater.
Keep your friends close but your enemies closer: Claremont heads into ‘Rivalry Weekend’
Some might say that the best part of the Claremont consortium is making friends across the five schools. Wrong. It’s saying goodbye to these friends once a semester and showing up to the biggest athletic event of the year: Rivalry Weekend. This Saturday, Oct. 5 Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) women’s soccer, men’s soccer and football will compete against each other for the famed Sixth Street title.
The transfer transition: The realities of adjusting as transfer students
Each semester, transfer students at the Claremont Colleges navigate the unique challenges of starting fresh in a tightly-knit campus community. While they miss out on first-year bonding, they quickly form strong connections within their cohort, finding comfort in shared experiences.