With the semester online this fall, three seniors reflect on taking the gap semester rather than spend senior traditions online.
Life and Style
Chew on this: The bitter taste of disparities in the presentation and popularization of food
Food columnist Stephanie Du SC ’21 discusses the disparities and difficulties of being a person of color consuming or creating food and food media. “We must acknowledge that each culture is different and food inequality exists. Respecting our differences and being conscious of our language and actions are steps forward to showing appreciation for varying cuisines and cultures,” she writes.
Forget textbooks — professors are using bells, Legos, fruit as online educational materials
As learning goes virtual, professors and coaches are thinking outside the box and outside their typical syllabi.
Created by students, Spark Study app sparks human connection during distanced learning
The 5C student-created Spark Study app aims to kindle connection between students. With its multimodality, it intends to be an all-in-one student social network.
Regularly scheduled programming: Anti-racist self-education can start with these 6 films
While supporting the Black Lives Matter movement can take on different forms, including signing petitions, donating to causes and attending protests, self-education through pop culture can be extremely useful in beginning to understand how and why systemic racism exists and persists in the U.S.
Art for aid: how Black 5Cs artists are using their work to promote and fund social change
Black artists across the 5Cs are using their artistic talents to showcase Black beauty, reimagine the mainstream, and fundraise for change.
A love affair with ‘chaotic’ energy: Claremont’s queer womxn and the embrace of chaos
Lillian Perlmutter SC ’21 examines the origin of the word “chaotic” and the significance of its frequent use in Claremont queer dating circles. “For some, to be chaotic, to attract and emit unwieldy intensity — is a magnetic, magical quality, like being the human equivalent of a third tequila shot,” she writes.
Chew on this: 3 reasons why you should embrace quarantine food trends
Food columnist Stephanie Du SC ’21 dives into the world of quarantine food trends, and why they’re actually more useful than they might appear.
The Motley Coffeehouse to close for fall semester
The Motley Coffeehouse has long been a hub of camaraderie, community and caffeine. This fall, it’s closing to likely serve as a “grab and go” meal pick-up location.
Preview: 5C Fundraising Music Festival will be a ‘community effort of kinship’
Coming to a computer screen near you — the 5C Fundraising Music Festival will host an afternoon of concerts in an effort to fundraise for student-run mutual aid funds.