Stuck in a foreign land, Otto Fritton PZ ’27 finds himself confused. After hearing months of promises about the “study abroad” semester, he wonders if he held his expectations too high. The champagne city of Reims has given Fritton his first experience of smaller-town life, and he remains uncertain if it is the person or the place that makes study abroad? Or, is it both?
Arts & Culture
The feminine mystique: No one has sex anymore
Halfway through her third year at Scripps College and freshly back from a semester abroad, Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 has seen it all. In her first column, she reflects on casual hookup culture in the 5Cs and beyond, with a scope on how technology has vastly limited our ability to talk to each other. Even so, this doesn’t stop college kids from trying, and failing, to get down and dirty on the weekends.
Rooted and Restless: Remembering Taiwan one bite at a time
Although Rochelle Lu SC ’28 grew up Taiwanese on paper, she has become increasingly mystified with what that meant in practice. In her latest column, she traces how food became the most durable link to an identity she feels at times distant from. From a slice of guava on an airplane tray to the quiet comfort of Taiwanese flavors far from home, Lu reflects on how taste carries memory, grief and belonging everywhere she goes.
Office Hours for the Soul: Professor Lisa Auerbach threw away her phone — and lived
Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 profiles Pomona professor Lisa Auerbach, whose work in the darkroom and on her front gate argues for a more focused, physically present creative life. Through her photography, textiles and political art, Giacoma shows how Auerbach’s practice is a model for creating space for curiosity, focus and real-world connection.
Breakfast Club, International Enterprises Club and more: CMC’s club fair brings new innovation and engagement to student life
Suits, jerseys and everything in between flooded Claremont McKenna College’s Flamson Plaza last Friday afternoon. CMC students darted between tables, as posters and fliers blurred into a whirlwind of opportunity. On Jan. 30, CMC hosted their biannual club fair featuring over 30 clubs, including several new ones. While the other
A big dill in Claremont: Pete’s Picklin’ is a Claremont Farmers Market success
Michelle Wallace’s kitchen has always been full of pickles. Recently, however, the pickles have broken out of her kitchen, and are now a fixture of the Claremont Farmers Market. Like many vendors, Wallace’s biweekly stand began as a passion project — the farmers market gave her the platform to share
The aca-obession continues at this year’s SCAMFest
At 7 p.m. last Saturday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Shades hosted SCAMFest, the annual collegiate acapella festival at the Claremont Colleges. After months of preparation, the Shades hosted this year’s event to an auditorium full of enthused Claremont students and visitors.
The Feline Stare: Understanding Complications in Color
Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition, “Complications in Color,” at the Claremont Lewis Museum of Art. Sadness strikes as Rollins admires the work of Rachel Lachowicz, a Californian abstract artist who uses makeup to address femininity, as she reflects back on her art portfolio that followed a similar theme, to a specific art piece as a kid.
SageMUN, the conference where high school students make diplomacy feel alive at Pomona College
This fall, the Pomona College Model United Nations team (PCMUN) revamped its annual conference, SageMUN, pivoting from focusing on college students to working with high schoolers.
Jazz that breathes: Finding Connection Through J Dilla’s ‘Donuts’
For columnist Sinan Walji PO ’28, J Dilla’s Donuts became a way of understanding how one melody can hold different histories at the same time. Walji traces his first encounter with the album at fourteen and follows the story of sampling from Dilla’s era to today.