Claremont students tend to be strongly attached to their end-of-night rituals. Before friends go their separate ways, after the party has been shut down and the midnight cravings begin to hit –– a sporadic plan always arises. From The Hub at CMC to Pitzer’s Shakedown to Jay’s Place at Mudd, students across the 5Cs find community and respite on the side of their midnight snacks.
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Monica Lewinsky in conversation: Reclaiming the narrative
“In my family, we call [1998] The Brainwashing. The younger generations said — ’wait, the 24-year-old young woman had more consequences than the 50-year-old most powerful man in the world.’ That insistence to revisit the story and to revisit me as a person created this current [of change]” Monica Lewinsky said.
Pouches of Petals delivers care packages to Claremont community
As the American population’s life expectancy continues to grow, the United States is faced with a concerning demographic crisis. The Elder Swell is reshaping the landscape of our economy, with birthrates lagging as the nation’s aging population outpaces the rate at which the care economy can scale. Increasingly, the elders
Women Who Submit: A community for aspiring women and non-binary writers
On Saturday, Sept. 6, women and non-binary students across the 5Cs gathered together at Lucky’s Coffee Roasters for the Women Who Submit (WWS) Party. Co-hosted by the 5C WWS affinity space and the Pitzer College Writing Center, the Submission Party celebrates female and non-binary students working to submit their writing
Office Hours for the Soul: Learning “you don’t matter” from Professor Fanthome
Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 shares unexpected advice from Eduard Fanthome, Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Analysis at Pitzer College. Giacoma describes Fanthome’s teaching origin story as one worthy of “Netflix miniseries,” and she suggests the advice he offers may be just as profound.
Pomona’s performative male contest: Voting between sincerity and satire
He walks among us. One may think that he’s just another Claremont student with a love for literature and a sweet treat, but the truth is something far more calculated. In fact, that tote bag full of Angela Davis and Labubus that he’s always carrying around — purely ornamental. They
Pomona planetarium revival brings the stars to campus
Though it’s been around since 2015, Pomona College’s planetarium has in recent years been largely unknown and unused outside the physics and astronomy department. Beginning last fall, efforts to revitalize the planetarium have turned it into a means of connection to both local communities and the night sky.
Preserving our past: A look at the CAPAS Archive Project
On April 21, the Pitzer Center for Asian Pacific American Students (CAPAS) showcased their student-led Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Archive Project, which collects and preserves APIDA history across the 5Cs.
Keith LaMar performs poetry from death row at Freedom First concert
On April 17 and 18, the 5C Prison Abolition Collective hosted an abolitionist poetry reading and concert featuring the work of Keith LaMar, an incarcerated man on death row who called in to the concert to perform his spoken-word poetry.
Nochella and Kohoutek shake up the music scene at the 5Cs
As artists entered the main stage at Coachella in Indio, California, students at the 5Cs were celebrating music festivals of their own. Pomona’s Nochella and Pitzer’s Kohoutek made their annual return on April 12 and 19, respectively.