The Pomona-Pitzer men’s water polo team (8-10, 1-0 SCIAC) showed that facing the nation’s top competition earlier in the season paid off, as the Sagehens dominated Occidental College (2-13, 0-2 SCIAC) in their first SCIAC match. The Hens traveled to the Tigers’ pool on Saturday, Oct. 17 and took control of
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Listening to Moderates in Pursuit of the Fountain of Truth
Where was I the night of Oct. 12 at approximately 11:58 p.m.? Okay, I’ll confess, yes, that was my friends and me at the Coop that night. We decided to celebrate the return of the water in classic Pomona style: by fountaining ourselves. You might be wondering to yourself right now, “wait…
Too, Too, Human for Comfort
Two witches, a devil and a Pikachu sat together in a clearing of pine trees, listening to the devil’s father speak. Their lips, sticky from the piles of candy they had just consumed, were glued together in grim, flat lines on their faces. “The story begins, not too far from
Martian: A Universal Success with Humor, Acting Prowess
Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain are back in the futuristic catastrophe space movie game (they both appeared in “Interstellar” with Matthew McConaughey last year!). This time, they’re hitting the screen in “The Martian” (with pretty good timing, too, considering the recent findings of water on Mars), based on the novel by Andy Weir.
Smorgasbord of Results for Stags Soccer Squad
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s soccer team (5-5-4, 5-4-3 SCIAC) experienced the full spectrum of results this past week. On Saturday, Oct. 10, CMS cruised to the easy 6-0 victory over California Institute of Technology, with five different Stags finding the back of the net. Midfielder Alex Censullo CM ’17 kicked off the
A Collapse of the Caricature: Digital Age Tests Political Cartoon Resilience
We’ve all seen them. I’m talking about the political cartoons that occasionally pop up in our history textbooks and give us a break from ‘reading.’ On Monday, Ted Rall, an award-winning professional political cartoonist, shared his insight on the changing game of political cartoons at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Like other
VOLLEYBALL: Sagehens Break Down the Beavers’ Dam
After a weekend in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the Carnegie Mellon University DoubleTree Invitational, the Pomona-Pitzer women's volleyball team (7-6, 3-2 SCIAC) faced off against the California Institute of Technology (0-11, 0-6 SCIAC) on Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Sagehens were dominant from the opening set, as they started off on a 7-3 run.
Liquid Water on Mars… Sort Of
In 1973, David Bowie posed the question: “Is there life on Mars?” Now, 42 years later, scientists are finally getting back to him. Well, they sort of are. Actually, not at all, since we still don’t know whether there is life on Mars. However, on Sept. 28, scientists confirmed that there is liquid water on the Martian surface. Scientists already knew that there was water on Mars in the form of polar ice caps and glaciers. They also suspected that Mars
Federal College Scorecard Data for the Claremont Colleges
The U.S. Department of Education released its College Scorecard Sept. 12, a massive compendium of data about thousands of colleges and universities. The Scorecard includes information about financial aid, completion rates and debt repayment, allowing for detailed comparisons between schools—including the Claremont Colleges. TSL took the College Scorecard's most recent
Mudd Leads 5Cs in Federal Loan Debt
The U.S. Department of Education released its College Scorecard Sept. 12, a massive compendium of data about thousands of colleges and universities. The Scorecard includes information about financial aid, completion rates and debt repayment, allowing for detailed comparisons between schools—including the Claremont Colleges. The Scorecard data show that of the five undergraduate colleges in Claremont, Harvey Mudd College