Author: Rio Bauce

A group of Pitzer College students protested an off-campus talk on April 20 by Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-immigration group the Minuteman Project, eventually breaking up the meeting. The event was sponsored by the Mountain View Republican Club, a group based in La Verne and not associated with the

Pitzer College Student Senate announced that students Brian Orser PI ’11 and Paul Waters-Smith PI ’10 had been elected Senate president and vice-president, respectively, for the 2009-2010 academic school year. The results did not include the amount of votes that the candidates received, but Rubin said that Orser won the

Pitzer’s College Council passed a resolution that asks faculty members to post a detailed course description online prior to registration and to send out lists of required books before classes begin starting for the Spring 2010 semester. The College Council, comprised of faculty, staff, and students, is the final decision-making

A free wall established on Mar. 31 on the north side of the Z tower of Pitzer College’s Mead residence hall has sparked several controversies, including whether students went through the proper channels to establish the wall as a “free wall,” a space not subject to Pitzer’s normal approval procedures.

Faculty and administrators say that the result of a battle over the firing of a controversial University of Colorado professor has legal implications on the firing decisions made at the 5Cs. On Apr. 2, the Denver State Court ruled that the university had fired former Ethnic Studies Professor Ward Churchill

Bill Ayers, co-founder of radical group the Weather Underground, spoke at Pitzer College’s Gold Student Center on Monday night about the state of democracy in America and the Obama administration. In his remarks, the self-described radical reminded people that Obama’s election was significant, but that activism is still important in

The Student Dean’s Committee is re-evaluating the recording, demonstration, and banning policies in place at the Claremont Colleges. The review comes just over a month after two anti-abortion Claremont McKenna College students were banned from the Pomona College campus for videotaping a campus event organized by a pro-abortion rights student

In response to the recent increase in unspeakable horrors and unconscionable acts of violence on Pomona’s campus, Campus Planning and Maintenance, the Dean of Students Office, the Dean of the College and Campus Safety, and the Dean of Landscaping have formed a subcommittee. The subcommittee will meet to discuss the

Undeniable hipster John Wick, PO ‘11 has been having trouble justifying his need for a fixed-gear bike to friends in recent weeks. “No, guys, you don’t understand!” Wick was overheard saying recently at a lunchtime conversation with friends, “not having gears or brakes makes the maintenance on my bike super

A Feb. 10 march on the Pitzer College mounds in support of Professor Brian Burkhart gave fresh attention to the embattled Native American Studies professor’s push to remain employed by the institution. Around a dozen students, professors, and Claremont residents showed up for the so-called indigenous voices walk to highlight