7C community members continue to organize, release statements regarding violence in Gaza

As tensions surrounding violence in Gaza continue to rise across the nation, community members at the Claremont Colleges speak out.

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Challah, chai, cheese, croissants and coffee: The 5 Cs keeping Claremont students afloat

Four student-run businesses — Claremont Challah, the Mac Shack, Milk & Honey and The Motley — are creating cuisine and community across the Claremont Colleges. Each with a unique flavor and mission, students are fed and paid by virtue of one another. Claremont Challah Picture this: You’re frantically writing a

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Crafting change: 5C students host arts & crafts fundraiser for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

Last Friday, students from across the Claremont Colleges came together to buy and sell artwork to raise funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). The fundraiser, held on Nov. 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Pomona College’s Walker Hall, was organized to raise awareness and funds for

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‘The geneticist’s vanishing Indian’: Kim TallBear speaks on the genetic study of Indigenous peoples

On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Pomona College Anthropology Department and the Science, Technology and Society Program hosted Kim TallBear for a lecture titled “The Geneticist’s Vanishing Indian vs. Indigenous Collective Presence.” Over 50 people attended TallBear’s talk, which was hosted at Pomona’s Hahn Hall. TallBear is a professor of Native

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Meet Pomona’s 2023 Yidan Experiential Learning Grant for the Study of Asia recipients

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, Diana Truong PO ’24 and Griffin Campion PO ’24, the 2023 recipients of the Yidan Experiential Learning Grant for the Study of Asia, presented their summer experiences at a lunch colloquium in the Oldenborg Center. The grant, sponsored by the Oldenborg Center, offers financial assistance to

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Over 400 7C students protest, picket urging Pomona divestment from Israel

On Thursday morning at 7 a.m., Claremont College students began gathering outside Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center for “Shut Pom Down for Palestine,” part of a “global call” to action for divestment organized by Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine and International People’s Assembly. This protest comes

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5C endowments experience decreases of up to 14.5 percent in the 2022 fiscal year

Endowment funds across all Claremont Colleges experienced decreases of up to 14.5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, according to a TSL analysis of the colleges’ public financial statements. Scripps reported the largest decrease of 14.5 percent in net endowment assets, while CMC’s endowment was the least affected, experiencing a

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Annie Lowrey wants to give your mom $1000 a month. Here’s why (and how)

On Tuesday night, enthusiastic economists and passionate politicos packed the Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College as Professor Cameron Shelton and journalist Annie Lowrey took to the stage. In conversation with Professor Shelton, Lowrey, author of “Give People Money” (2018), advocated for universal basic income (UBI) as a strategy to bridge

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Creating safe spaces for the Latinx community: A preview of Latinx Affinity Groups across the 5Cs

Latinx affinity groups create spaces for 7CLatinx students, also referred to as Latine, to find community on campus. TSL spoke with student leaders from Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College to learn more about their organizations. Pomona College Latinx Alliance The Pomona College Latinx Alliance (LXA) strives to provide a

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‘The story is not over’: Bauer discusses California Indigenous portrayal in ‘Know Your History’ talk

This Tuesday, Professor William Bauer headlined a lecture exploring California’s Indigenous history at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theatre. Bauer is a historian and program director for the American Indian and Indigenous Studies minor at the University of Nevada. The Nov. 7  “Know Your History” talk was organized through a collaborative

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