Two major power outages hit the Claremont Colleges this fall, disrupting campus operations and raising questions about electrical infrastructure reliability across the consortium. The Oct. 12 outage led to multiple disruptions including a loss of power at Auen Hall at Claremont McKenna College and Liam Grady PZ ’30 being stuck in an elevator for an hour and a half.
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5Cs and student governments invest in U-Pass program amid Metrolink fare hike in prices
Metrolink, the commuter rail transport system across Southern California, raised fare prices on Oct. 5 for the first time in 13 years. In a press release, Metrolink said that “limited fare increases” are due to rising operational costs, decreased ridership and a lack of federal funding. One-way Metrolink fares rose by up to about 14%, while the weekday SoCal Day Pass rose from $15 to $19 and the weekend and holiday pass rose from $10 to $12. Metrolink maintained its 50% student discount, but students still had to pay more as the underlying fares increased.
Speaking of change: Oldenborg’s demolition reshapes 5C multilingual community
Following the demolition of the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations over the summer, Pomona College relocated its language and residential programming across campus while construction began on the new Center for Global Engagement (CGE). Students and Language Residents said the move changed the close-knit residential community and informal interactions that developed when language housing, dining and language operated in the same building.
Pomona, CMC and Harvey Mudd top U.S. News & World Report’s liberal arts college rankings
In the new U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges ranking, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) and Pomona College tied for third place, an increase from their joint seventh place spot last year. Harvey Mudd College also made its way into the top 10, ranking eighth. The publication considered “earnings by major” for the first time this year, a shift that placed greater emphasis on measurable post-graduate outcomes.