Otto Fritton PZ ’27 seems to be changing his mind. Still stuck in a foreign land, his perception on small-city life has changed. He doesn’t love Reims, at least not yet, but he can’t deny it is growing on him.
Arts & Culture
Stories Retold: The rise and fall of modern Greek mythology retellings
Where did all the Greek mythology retellings come from, and where did they go? How did a genre seemingly pop up out of nowhere and then wane just as quickly? Ava Chambers PO ’28 covers the rapid rise and fall of the feminist Greek mythology novel in a new column, Stories Retold.
5Cs After Dark: Valentine’s Day sucks. Let’s talk about it.
Valentine’s Day is coming alongside collisions of love, friendship and expectations. Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 take it on in their new column, 5C After Dark, unpacking the uncomfortable question many students ask every year: is spending Valentine’s Day alone empowering, or just plain sad?
The Daily Palette: Tangles of Resistance in She Opens the Door
Starting with a poem that channels her feelings of the current state of the world, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. She admires how Culverson, an LA-based artist, creates a cascading waterfall of fabrics that resists the binaries of society in her piece Float.
Wizards Weekly
“Your Valentine,” Feb. 12, 2026
When art inspires science: ‘The Gallery of Hope’ opens at the Clark Humanities Museum
At the Clark Humanities Museum’s Gallery of Hope, artist Hadi Madjid’s paintings explore how imagination can precede calculation, and how art and physics can inform one another in unexpected ways. A part of Stories in Science, this exhibit invites students to think beyond disciplinary boundaries and zoom out on the way in which differing fields can complement one another.
‘Where my pitches at?’ A cappella: The new frats of the Claremont Colleges?
A cappella groups are much more important to our college ecosystem than one might think. Some may even say they rival the social infrastructures of Greek life. Mood Swing, just one of many a cappella groups at the 5Cs, draws a parallel between their audition process, held on the morning of Jan. 31, and rushing.
‘Motwrecked:’ 5C students celebrate another semester of the Motley
On Jan. 30, the Motley opened its doors for its semesterly opening party. Dubbed “Motwrecked,” the party took on a shipwrecked theme, encouraging guests to dress as sailors, fishermen and mermaids. The Motley’s opening party is a coveted 5C tradition, beloved and attended by students from all campuses. 5C students gathered to celebrate the opening and eagerly await another semester of studying and relaxing at the Motley.
Anime Film Features: A spin on a classic tale that’s out of this world
What happens when you take an ancient story and refigure it for the modern world? What would you do if, all of a sudden, a baby appears right in front of you and is eventually revealed to be a princess from the moon itself? Columnist Joon Kim PO ’26 explores these strange, yet fascinating questions in a brand-new entry of his anime film column.