The differing substance policies at the Claremont Colleges can create confusion for students attempting to navigate their way around the campuses on weekend nights. Each campus has different rules for parties on campus, spaces where alcohol can be consumed, and Resident Adviser policies. In addition to understanding the policies of
Author: Shelby Wax
The Motley Coffeehouse Celebrates 40th Birthday
Music, students, and general merriment spilled into Seal Court as Scripps College’s Motley Coffeehouse celebrated its 40th birthday last Thursday, Sept. 12. The event drew masses of Scripps and 5C students, who formed a line out the door. Baristas in party attire weaved through the crowd, offering slices of birthday
5C Entrepreneurs Bring Swagr to Claremont
A student takes a picture at the 5Cs of a person with awesome style, a problematic poster, a sunset from the Kravis Center, or a spontaneous party thrown on Walker Beach. Imagine if that student had the ability to share that moment in time with everyone in the 5Cs yet
Lookyloo Cast Goes People-Watching
Innocently watching another person without their knowledge is pretty socially acceptable. How about if it continues for a month? Or what if a person is attracted to someone else and decides to follow him around? Is that stalking? Lookyloo, written and directed by Alex Genty-Waksberg PO ’15, addresses these issues
Kohoutek Preview: SugarPine
This Friday, Pitzer College’s Kohoutek Music & Arts Festival will open at 3:30 p.m. to tunes from the 5C-based group SugarPine. The band, which is comprised of Jess Grady-Benson PZ ’14, Billy Mills PO ’15, Sophie Rehmus PZ ’15, and Lily Shaffer PZ ’15, performs a combination of covers and
Pomona Musical Krunk Fu Battle Battle Dances Around Questionable Script
Krunk Fu Battle Battle is so ridiculous that strobe lights go off and actors begin seizing whenever the title is uttered. The Pomona College Theatre Department musical, directed by Pomona professor Joyce Lu, is a smorgasbord of cheese, pop, breakdancing, and racial stereotypes. The audience is introduced to the show
V-Day Claremont Addresses Women’s Issues with Vagina Monologues
If your vagina could talk, what would it say? On April 5 and 6 at 7 p.m., activist group V-Day Claremont is hosting a 5C production of The Vagina Monologues in Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium. A cast of almost 25 women from the 5Cs will act out the famous Eve
American Activist Art Exhibition is Approachable and Provocative
Art and Activism in the U.S., a showcase of art that has influenced change in America, opened in the Pomona College Museum of Art ramp gallery Jan. 22. Frances Pohl, the Dr. Mary Ann Vanderzyl Reynolds ’56 Professor in the Humanities and Art History, was the sole curator of the exhibit,
Theater Department Performance Stands and Delivers
This weekend, the Pomona College Department of Theatre and Dance brought the uplifting true story Stand and Deliver to the stage. Pomona theater professor Alma Martinez directed a cast of 20 in the ensemble piece about an inspiring teacher who led struggling students at the East Los Angeles Garfield High School to
Adams Farms: Fruit from Pomona’s Family Tree
When Pomona College looked for local growers to supply fruit for its dining halls, it picked from its own family tree. John Adams PO ’66 is the owner of Adams Acres, a grove in Rialto, Calif., that is the source of the freshly squeezed orange juice served at Frank and