Since March, local businesses have suffered from COVID-19 regulations and a lack of students, forcing many to adjust their normal operations and others to close permanently.
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With minimal equipment and virtual classrooms, PE classes keep students in shape
With 5C campuses closed, coaches and instructors who normally lead workouts in gymnasiums and on tracks have had to jump unprecedented hurdles to make sure students are keeping active this semester.
Pitzer, Scripps, HMC and CMC launch new anti-racism initiatives
After the killing of George Floyd earlier this year ignited protests around the country against police brutality, issues of racial inequality and justice have taken the forefront of conversations across communities and institutions. Read about the Claremont Colleges’ recently implemented racial justice initiatives.
‘More dangerous every year’: 5C students face California wildfires
California residents and 5C students on the West Coast have been impacted by the orange skies and smoke of this year’s wildfire season — the worst on record in California’s history.
Harvey Mudd soap club stays squeaky clean in face of pandemic
Maya Abo Dominguez HM ’22 started the Fight Germs Club as simple soap-making fun, but its purpose changed with the emergence of the pandemic.
Photo essay: TSL journalist on documenting the California wildfires
Talia Bernstein SC ’21 details her experience photographing the devastation caused by the CZU Lighting Complex fires.
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Scripps partially furloughs 59 dining and custodial staff members
In response to decreased revenue and unanticipated costs due to the closure of its campus, Scripps College announced that it would partially furlough 59 employees.
Amid faculty backlash, Pomona moves forward with staff furloughs
Ahead of a meeting Wednesday to address faculty’s objections to Pomona College’s recent decision to furlough staff members, the Faculty Executive Committee released a statement denouncing the college’s decision.
5C professors join national strike for racial justice
Several faculty at the Claremont Colleges canceled or postponed their classes on Sept. 8 and 9 as part of a nationwide movement to bring attention to issues of racial injustice, police violence and systemic racism in the U.S.
‘It does not have to be this way’: More than 85 Pomona faculty call for reversal of staff furloughs
At least 85 faculty members called for furloughs to be reversed in a letter presented to college administrators Wednesday.