On Thursday, Feb. 12, KSPC — the 5Cs radio station— celebrated 70 years of FM broadcasting with an open house at their studio. KSPC was founded in 1956 with an important mission in mind — to provide a platform for new, local and underrepresented voices. Amid an era of rapid digitization, KSPC is a space of creative expression and diverges from the popular music played on repeat on larger streaming platforms.
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Haitian cooking is a labor of love
On Feb. 11, members of the Black Latin American and Caribbean Club gathered in Walker Hall’s kitchen for a night of cooking and conversation. Over shared recipes and friendly competition, students were reminded of family. Even in a cramped and busied kitchen, attendees managed to create a masterpiece — a labor of love and shared identity.
A taste of home, right here at the 7Cs: Inside the Annual International Festival
On Feb. 13 from 12:30 to 2 p.m., the second floor of Roberts Pavilion hosted “The World Meets at 7Cs,” a festival organized by the International Student Community Programming Council. With booths representing more than 30 countries, the event featured traditional foods, music and cultural displays, giving international students the opportunity to share aspects of their home countries while inviting the broader 5C community to engage with them.
BETTY brings four decades of queer feminist power to Scripps
On Sunday, Feb. 15, all-female indie rock band BETTY performed for Scripps’ Family Weekend for their 40th anniversary, providing a living example of women leading in media and music.
BETTY’s decades of activism, collaboration and queer cultural impact reminded students what enduring female artistry can look like.
Pitzer’s ‘Black Love’ panel discusses the many forms love can take
In the cozy living room of one of Pitzer’s Faculty in Residence, Professor of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Fély Catan, students and professors gathered for a wide-ranging conversation about what it is to love and to be loved. This past Thursday, Feb. 12, Professor Catan, in conjunction with the Office of Black Student Affairs (OBSA), hosted the panel, “Black Love”, in honor of Black History Month.
MULTIMEDIA: Student musicians fundraise for immigrant rights at Benefit Concert
At 6 p.m. on Feb. 7, 5C musicians took the stage for a benefit concert at Pomona College to raise money for immigrant rights. TSL’s Multimedia team captured the various performances of these 5C musicians.
EU Center: Veronika Eberhart discusses censorship and the role of music in the Red Scare
This past Wednesday, Feb. 4, Veronika Eberhart gave a talk on behalf of the European Union Center of California. She focused on the works of Hanns Eisler, a German-Austrian composer, and within the context of the political consequences his compositions had during the Red Scare period. By describing the investigation into Eisler’s Marxist compositions, Eberhart highlighted U.S. censorship.
‘Atomic Dragons:’ Pitzer’s new exhibition is a call to action against nuclear testing
Last Saturday, images of ice cream erupting out of a nuclear mushroom cloud lay scattered across tables in Pitzer College’s Broad Center. Audience members pocketed the postcards — originally a pastel drawing by Slow War Against the Nuclear State (SWANS) member Nancy Buchanan — as they walked through the new
A new era: How the 5Cs are responding to generative AI
Student use of artificial intelligence chatbots in coursework is growing rapidly. For some, this is an exciting technological development – but for others, it raises concerns of academic integrity in the classroom. Professors are responding to artificial intelligence in a variety of ways, such as finding opportunities to incorporate it into their curriculum or banning computers from class altogether.
‘Don’t play God’: Professor Paul Hurley on outcome-centered morality
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy Paul Hurley delivered a talk titled “Are you Living in a Funhouse Mirror?”