In a visit to Scripps College on Feb. 18, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi reiterated early and often the necessity of diversity in politics, telling her audience at Garrison Theater that “nothing has a more wholesome effect on politics and government than the increased involvement of women. And I say
Author: Saahil Desai
The Erasure of Winston M.C. Dickson, Pomona’s First Black Graduate
Winston M.C. Dickson has no living relatives. There are are no signs of life at both his longtime work and home addresses, piles of weeds shrouding whatever lingering evidence that might remain of Dickson’s past. Even his tiny hometown in Texas has long been wiped away from highway maps. All
CMC’s Black Students See Low Graduation Rates, Lack of Support
For Michaiah Young CM ‘18, the arrival to Claremont McKenna College last August was, as she put it, “disheartening.” A Black student from Chicago, Young said that acclimating herself to CMC’s predominately White campus was not an easy task. “In high school, I was used to a hostile environment,” she said. “So for me, luckily,
Deriding “Summer of Anger and Discontent,” Martin O’Malley Speaks at Pitzer College
The room was abuzz yesterday afternoon as long-shot presidential candidate Martin O’Malley spoke at Pitzer College’s Benson Auditorium. It was the first time that an active presidential candidate had visited the 52-year-old college. O’Malley delivered fifteen minutes of remarks on fortifying the American Dream, waxing poetic about the “living mystery that is America.” Pitzer Interim President
After Forbes Ranking, Pomona Yield Makes Record Jump
“Pomona College? Where? What? How?” Richard Lui’s baffled queries to Forbes executive editor Michael Noer on MSNBC are largely indicative of the media response to Pomona’s #2 ranking in the 2013 Forbes college rankings. Upending the Ivy stalwarts of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, Pomona’s rise to the upper echelons
Q&A with William Deresiewicz
No stranger to the Claremont Colleges, William Deresiewicz spoke at Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum Monday night—the writer’s fifth trip to Claremont since 2010. This time, however, Deresiewicz arrives as a New York Times bestselling author after the summer release of his book Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and
Claremont Moves Toward Acquiring Water System
For proponents of Measure W, Tuesday night saw little of the anxiety that typically overwhelms election-viewing parties. A group of roughly 50 area residents—including the mayor, council members and the city manager—crowded a room of Claremont’s DoubleTree Hotel to track the results and began celebrating their victory with only a
A Virtual Connection: Minerva Schools at KGI Strengthens 7C Partnership
On a typical weekday morning, Zoey Haar arrives early to class, chatting with her professor about how she’s adjusted to college life a month into her first year. It’s a typical scene at many college campuses around the nation—except that Zoey and her professor aren’t in the same room, let
Falling Trees Reveal Depth of Claremont’s Drought Problem
With its stately foliage and academic ethos, Claremont certainly lives up to its reputation as “The City of Trees and PhDs.” Claremont’s rich biodiversity has been duly noted: For the past 22 years, the town has been among the recipients of the Tree City USA award. However, trees at the
On Busyness
It was a Saturday night, and I had once again exiled myself to an academic building to finish my never-ending U.S. Foreign Policy readings. A rare day off from school had once again been spoiled by the colossal amount of homework that tends to accumulate with increased voracity as the