Every morning in Aix-en-Provence, I am regaled with a chorus of bonjours. It isn’t exactly as pleasant as the opening song in Beauty and
Author: Shelby Wax
Pomona Professor Leonard Pronko Retires After 57 Years
Leonard Pronko first came to Pomona College in 1957 when they needed a new adjunct professor of French language and literature. Since then, Pronko—the
Solitary Hope Opens Window to Prisoner Confinement
The prison-industrial complex and solitary confinement will come under fire at Scripps College tonight. Melissa Krassenstein SC ’16 and Jing Gu SC ’16 organized
PCMA Assistant Director Steve Comba Showcases Arboretum With Claremont Museum of Art
Steve Comba has been a familiar face at the Claremont consortium since 1986, not only as a graduate student and Pomona College Museum of
Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Speaks on Sexism at CMC Athenaeum
At the conclusion of Billie Jean King’s talk at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, speakers blasted “Philadelphia Freedom,” a song Elton John wrote for her,
Pomona Theater Presents Medieval Mystery Plays with Modern Twist
Back in medieval England, peasants performed mystery plays—representations of biblical stories—out of traveling wagons. Half a millennium later, students from the 5Cs will also
What I Be Project Captures Scripps Students’ Stories
Imagine revealing your deepest insecurities and flaws to a complete stranger, then allowing that stranger to take a photograph of you with your insecurity
Pomona Theater Department Presents Molire’s Tartuffe, or The Impostor
Actors boil with rage, collapse into tears, put on airs of seduction, and jump about the stage while wearing ridiculously extravagant wigs and 17th-century
Screenwriter Douglas Day Stewart Gives Provocative Athenaeum Speech
Douglas Day Stewart CM ’62 could have a movie made about his dynamic and tumultuous life story. But there would be no need: The
Tedx Brings Unexpected Narratives to Claremont
TED is returning to Claremont on Feb. 22 with a few new tales to tell. In its third year, TEDxClaremontColleges has expanded its scope