This past week, we recognized Yom Hazikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah, which translates to “the day of remembrance for the Calamity and for heroism,” but which is commonly known as Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Not an organized group at the 5Cs, including the multitude of Jewish organizations, ran a program,
Author: Zack Freiman
OPINION: For A Healthy Student Body, Focus On Food
While away on spring break, I made note of something that I have subconsciously known for years: I don’t know how to cook. At all. For the first time in my life, I needed to prepare real meals for myself, and I was ill-equipped to do so. In past
OPINION: To Fix Gun Violence, Put Emphasis On Screening And Training
There are two ways to solve gun violence: take away guns or get rid of people. Since both scenarios are utterly impossible, the true issue at hand is rather how to most effectively mitigate said violence. First and foremost, to understand gun violence, one must grapple with the purpose of
OPINION: The Struggle For Gay Rights Is A Work In Progress
CW: Anti-LGBTQIA+ violence In 2003, I was five years old. In 14 states across the United States, it was illegal to engage in consensual homosexual relations. Until I was age 13, it was standard practice to discharge servicemembers who revealed that they were not heterosexual. When I was age 15,
The 2016 Election: The Nightmare that Never Ended
It was early. I was tired. At five in the morning, here I was, trekking from Pomona’s South Campus up to Scripps. The phone bank awaited. The energy in the air was exhilarating and tense. Many, many years of waiting, working, praying, and fretting were about to conclude. One way
Why Am I Spending Three Hundred Dollars on a Textbook?
Pomona College’s endowment is two billion dollars. You did not misread that. Two. Billion. Or, to put it another way, Pomona College has the fifth largest endowment-to-student ratio of any college or university in the United States. Pomona finds many ways to spend its unfathomably large treasure trove, from throwing
Pitch Please: Legitimizing Choir at Pomona
More often than not, I find myself turning down invitations to on-campus events on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I decline to attend not because I’m uninterested or reclusive, but because doing so would mean violating an irrevocable oath: thou shalt not miss Choir rehearsal. From 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. every
Tear Down Racist Monuments — Including Wagner
In the months following the white supremacy protests in Charlottesville, the national spotlight has illuminated the memorialization of individuals who used their power to demean others. Such figures include General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson, and General John Hunt Morgan, who led the Confederacy’s revolt in the defense of
Apartheid Exists – Just Not in Israel
This upcoming week, the Students for 'Justice' in Palestine will, once again, spew falsehoods as they accuse the freest and most democratic country in the entire Middle East — a region strewn with authoritarian governments and repressive theocracies — of being an apartheid state. In fact, nothing could be further from the
Donald Trump and Anti-Semitism: A Match Made in Heaven
Donald Trump is the least anti-Semitic person. Ever. That is, according to him. Of all the lies that dribble out of his mouth, this may be the most dangerous, inexcusable, and incontrovertibly false. Trump has engaged in anti-Semitic behavior, allowed anti-Semitic incidents to slide, and promoted anti-Semites to the highest positions