This week, Scripps College removed the controversial sculpture “Young Woman” from its wellness center after complaints from students and faculty over the artist’s Nazi ties and the statue’s representations of beauty ideals. President Amy Marcus-Newhall announced the removal of Georg Kolbe’s “Young Woman” statue from Tiernan Field House (TFH) March
Author: Sara Cawley
Pitzer, Scripps BSUs challenge lack of Black History Month initiatives, demand increased institutional support
As Black History Month came to a close this February, the Black Student Unions of Pitzer College and Scripps College called out their administrations for a lack of support for Black students on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, March 1, respectively. Pitzer’s Black Student Union (BSU) released a seven-page document
CMC social life committee dissolves
On Feb. 12, ASCMC President Josh Nagra sent an email to the CMC student body announcing the dissolution of the Committee to Consider the Resolution on the Protection of CMC Social Life. This action came in the wake of an ASCMC Senate meeting on Feb. 6 to discuss a resolution
SHS shuts down Tranquada COVID testing site
After serving the Claremont Colleges’ COVID-19 testing needs for almost 18 months, Student Health Services’ (SHS) Tranquada Center discontinued in-person testing this Wednesday, officials across the consortium announced in emails to students and faculty this week. At the Tranquada Testing Center, located on the first floor of the SHS building,
Antisemitic flyers alarm 5C community
On Saturday, Jan. 7, the Claremont Colleges Campus Safety Department was alerted that flyers containing antisemitic messages had been distributed both on campus and in surrounding residential areas. Administrators from Scripps College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College and Pomona College notified their respective students and faculty of the incident shortly
Title IX accountability check: Pitzer still has a long way to go, task force members say following resignation
Last December, a series of student allegations of harassment and abuse shook Pitzer College, spurring calls for a Title IX office overhaul to increase accountability. One year later, some Pitzer community members feel the college has not taken action to prioritize students in Title IX policies, leading to committee resignations amid student and faculty complaints.
‘Prostitution is situated in the subordination of women’: WorldWE Youth 5C challenges prostitution narratives
WorldWE Youth 5C hosted a talk titled “‘Sex Work’ A Neoliberal Fantasy? Globalizing Perspectives on Prostitution and Trafficking.”
Student affinity groups at Pomona fight for permanent space on campus, reject dividing wall
Over the past month, several 5C affinity groups have been in an ongoing struggle with Pomona College administration to preserve and provide permanent safe spaces for students of color.
Hundreds of 5C students, faculty picket alongside Pomona dining workers during family weekend strike
During Pomona’s annual family weekend, Pomona College dining staff picketed in protest for higher wages, following two months of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the college and the dining hall staff’s union representative, Unite Here! Local 11.
As the supreme court hears case on affirmative action, 5Cs reflect on a practice in limbo
This Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court convened to begin hearing arguments regarding two monumental precedents concerning the status of affirmative action in college admissions.