Author: Teagan Stewart

A thunderous chorus of voices and drumbeats boomed from Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center lawn Saturday, April 4. Authentic turquoise jewelry, handcrafted beadwork, quillwork and silversmith objects filled the vendors’ booths. The smell of Indian fry bread tacos and roasted corn from the Wildhorse Café and the CCISA (Claremont Colleges

For the first time in Cherokee history, public debates with the principal chief candidates of the Cherokee Nation were held outside of Oklahoma, in Pomona College’s Little Bridges Auditorium on March 7.  The Cherokee Nation, the largest Native American tribe in the U.S., has an estimated 320,000 tribal citizens, with

“Language is not only bureaucracy and power,” Mirella Bentivoglio wrote. “It belongs to history, where woman had a large part. It is the woman who gives language to the human being in his first years of existence.” Bentivoglio, a European poet, sculptor and curator in the 1960s, was not only

Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, Michael Jackson, Wu Tang, Cheech and Chong, Led Zeppelin and hundreds more—all the records of all the greats in one place in Pomona College’s Edmunds Ballroom Feb. 8. KSPC 88.7 FM, a radio station based in Pomona College, hosted the 20th anniversary of its CD &

Google Glass could be a device straight from a sci-fi film—a futuristic device with the appearance of eyeglasses and the capabilities of a smart phone. Students and faculty members gathered in Honnold/Mudd Library’s Founders Room on Nov. 13 to present on their own experiences using the technology. Google Glass came

Throngs of students swathed in traditional saris, lenghas, suits and jeans entered Pomona College’s Edmunds Ballroom, removed their shoes and prepared to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali. With hundreds of miniature candles, Christmas lights threaded along the pillars, tables adorned with glowing diyas and entrances trimmed with the colored-powder rangoli, Edmunds seemed

Many students at the Claremont Colleges generally have a strong sense of security—walking out at night and attending big parties usually doesn’t feel dangerous or threatening. Even in the Claremont bubble, though, it’s impossible to know when one will face a situation in which self-defense tactics are necessary.  To increase

Some sprinted across the finish line, huffing and puffing, while others simply walked across it, laughing, but everyone had the same goal: to help find a cure for breast cancer.  The second annual Pinkathon Five College Breast Cancer Awareness 5K took place Oct. 25, with a timed run/walk beginning at

In lieu of Claremont McKenna College’s weekly TNC party, students filed into Marks Hall Basement’s The Cave on Oct. 16 to jam out to Slash, an Indie-funk band from Monterey. CMC band the Guantanamo Babes opened for Slash, playing a mix of originals and covers. Approximately 50 students danced, ate