Author: Tiara Sharma

This article contains references to sexual assault.  Yes, the title of this article disputes nearly all sexual assault training you’ve received here at the 5Cs. And, yes, that’s a good thing. A few years ago, institutions of higher education across the country, including our own, began switching out “No Means

Last weekend, I had the experience that every liberal arts college website boasts about: being invited to a professor’s home for dinner. When I was touring the Claremont Colleges in my senior year of high school, my tour guides never failed to mention how accessible their faculty were. They spoke

On March 16, Donald Trump released his first federal budget plan — “America First” — becoming the first president to propose fully eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. This plan would also privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds vital public television and

“So what does everyone have lined up for the summer?” someone asked at the end of a club meeting last weekend. The room went silent. I locked eyes with someone across from me and we both immediately looked away. I realized in that moment that to ask a college student

It is no secret that Pomona College has the biggest name-brand and deepest pockets in the Claremont consortium. With an endowment larger than that of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Scripps College, and Pitzer College combined, Pomona holds a disproportionate amount of power and resources — and with this comes the responsibility to

Within 24 hours, journalist and political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he was to deliver a keynote speech, lost a book deal with Simon & Schuster, and quit his position as a senior editor at Breitbart. Needless to say, he has had an off

These days, simply following the news is a mentally draining activity. Not only is the sitting president tarnishing relations with various nations, surrounding himself with an utterly unqualified cabinet, and Twitter ranting on a daily basis, he is actively setting this country up for its quickly approaching demise. In only

For as long as I can remember, I have been notorious among my friends for getting very little sleep. Just by scanning my face, my friends can tell if I’d have had less than five hours of sleep. Although I will probably always be a night owl, I do not