Hey Jasper! When do you think are appropriate times to approach someone to talk to them? Everyone always seems so busy and there never seems to be a good time to do so. More broadly, how does one go about initiating a conversation amidst our crazy academic lives? Sincerely, Shy
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OPINION: Problematic Pronoun Policies Pressure Students To Define Gender Identity
Within the last decade, colleges across the nation have instituted various practices and policies on campus to accommodate transgender, non-binary, and genderfluid students. The 5Cs are no exception to this process, but they can do more to protect students outside the gender binary. In my first week of classes at
Students On The Offense: 5C Self-Defense Classes
No matter how tall you are, what your background is, your race or ethnicity, the wealth you have, you can easily be a victim,” self-defense instructor Lauren Froehlich SC ’20 said. Being a victim is something that nobody wants to think about, but in college settings where sexual assault
Bramwell Debuts SUBTL in Art Gala “When We Met”
Ellington Bramwell PO ’19 lacks subtlety. At least, that’s what someone told him in the summer of 2016, months before he launched the clothing line SUBTL. “I was actually trying to spit game to this woman,” Bramwell recalls, laughing. “What people don’t know about me is that I’m an introvert,
Pomona Computer Science Department Faces Faculty Shortage
Mirroring national trends, Pomona College computer science majors are having a hard time getting the classes they need due to a dramatic increase in interest over the past five years. In Spring 2012, just six Pomona graduates were CS majors – this year the department expects to have 60 graduates, according to a campus-wide email sent
Scripps’ Fourth-Annual Chest-Casting Event Transforms Body Image Into Positivity
If you walked into Room 109 at the Scripps College Tiernan Field House on Friday, Nov. 3, you would have found yourself surrounded by more than ten topless Scripps students, all of whom were adhering plaster to their chests in participation of the fourth annual chest-casting event. “It’s a pretty shocking
At The Hive, Local Grade Schoolers Find Their Inner Writers
On any other day of the week, Miranda Moreno, a sixth-grader at Lexington Elementary in Pomona, can be found daydreaming about mermaids and pirates. But on Mondays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Moreno is putting her imagination into practice, penning stories at the Weekly Writing Workshop (3W) held at The Hive.
Human-Centered Design Class Applauds Failure and Creativity
Konrad Utterback PO ’19 had just infiltrated a goldfish colony. “At one point I was the king of the goldfish colony, but then the goldfish unionized,” Utterback said to his classmates in Harvey Mudd College’s Human-Centered Design course. “I hate when that happens,” course professor Fred Leichter said as students erupted
County to Consider Removing Claremont Metrolink Stop
In the future, students commuting to and from Los Angeles will not have to hop from the Metrolink train to the Metro light rail at Los Angeles Union Station to get around the city. The Metro’s Gold Line expansion, which will integrate Claremont into the Los Angeles Metro system by 2026,
An Open Letter to Ross Steinberg
This column is a response to to Ross Steinberg's Sept. 26 article “Why the Claremont Independent Fired Me.” I appreciate your exposé of the neo-Nazi meme group “U PC BREAUX.” However, I must admit that I cannot say the same for your TSL-published article, “Why the Claremont Independent Fired Me.” In that article, you aptly