Last Friday, 85 students and faculty members volunteered to package more than 16,000 meals for the Pomona Valley Food Bank in an event hosted by Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC). Ken Eckel CM ’28, community service committee chair, and Katherine Hodge CM ’27, academic affairs committee chair, organized
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5C Critical Mass’s surveillance teach-in raises concerns about Claremont Police Department camera use
More than 70 people gathered in The Motley Coffeehouse on Feb. 27 to attend 5C Critical Mass’s Teach-In “Watching the Watchers,” which discussed the use of Claremont’s License Plate Reading Cameras in the wake of increased surveillance and immigration crackdowns.
5C Critical Mass, a leftist organization focusing on the intersection of science and social justice on campus, hosted the event to inform students on the impact of local surveillance efforts.
Scripps anticipates housing shortage next spring due to record fall abroad applicants
Scripps College is anticipating housing shortages next year after receiving record numbers of study abroad applications for the fall semester, leaving many Scripps students concerned about spring semester dorm availability.Scripps’ office of Study Abroad and Global Education (SAGE) sent a notice on Feb. 24 to students planning to go abroad in the fall, encouraging them to consider going abroad in the spring due to potential issues.Though SAGE said they will not require students to change semesters, they strongly encourage students to reconsider.
Scripps’ biannual olive harvest postponed due to lack of rainfall
The Scripps College Olive Harvest tradition was postponed last fall, despite its biannual schedule, due to a lack of rainfall last academic year, according to Scripps’ Landscape Operations Manager Joya Salas.
The olive harvest tradition began in 2012 after Core II students proposed the idea of harvesting the olive trees lining the school’s Humanities Building rather than spraying them with chemicals to prevent fruit production.
Each year, Salas decides whether or not there will be an olive harvest by observing the trees throughout the year and anticipating their fruit yield.
MULTIMEDIA: Benton Museum’s new “Interference Patterns” exhibit reimagines photography
On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” TSL’s Multimedia team captured behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition.
Pomona College to drop Starbucks pending faculty approval
Pomona College may drop Starbucks as a provider for Cafe 47 following a Feb. 25 meeting between members of Associated Students of Pomona College’s (ASPC) Food Committee and Assistant Vice President of Facilities & Campus Services Bob Robinson, according to multiple sources.
CMC’s Turning Point USA chapter yields debate and ‘bike porn’
More than 150 5C students engaged in debate at a political tabling event hosted by Claremont McKenna College’s chapter of Turning Point USA on Thursday.
5Cs implement ‘Know Your Rights’ immigration and workplace protections
5C human resources departments have begun to implement California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 249) after it was passed Feb. 1. In alignment with the Act, 5C employees will receive notice of key workplace rights and have the opportunity to indicate emergency contacts, but student workers and college staff
CMC’s Gould Center celebrates 40th anniversary
Claremont McKenna College’s Gould Center for Humanistic Studies celebrated its 40th anniversary last Monday, Feb. 23, hosting an open house, speeches and a Q&A panel for more than 50 attendees.
Amid Claremont housing crisis, 5C students support tenant protection efforts
Claremont housing advocate groups tabled outside of Frary, Malott and Collins dining halls last week, collecting signatures for a tenant protection petition and registering students to vote in the city’s Nov. 3 election. The groups’ outreach corresponds with ongoing debate over Claremont’s housing policy, which remains unsettled.