After the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal, Pomona and CMC have added new checks in their admissions processes for athletes.
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External reviewers brought in to assess Monsour as wait times climb to a month
It’s been yet another semester of month-long waits and patient complaints, and now a panel of outside specialists is on campus to evaluate Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services.
5Cs to debut new criminal justice education program in the spring
One faculty member from each of the 5Cs will teach a course addressing the U.S. criminal justice system as part of a new program next semester.
SJP-invited speakers prompt controversy at Gaza film screening
Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine’s decision to bring filmmakers Abby Martin and Mike Prysner to campus last week elicited controversy over past statements.
From a handful to a hundred, local chapter of Sunrise Movement grows and promotes climate action
The local Claremont Colleges chapter of the Sunrise Movement has grown to 100 active members this semester, up from just 10 members last semester.
5Cs form ‘RegEn’ sustainability coalition
For the first time in history, the 5Cs have formed a unified sustainability coalition with representatives from all the Claremont Colleges called RegEn.
5C student activists push Pomona College to divest from funds tied to fossil fuels
Student activists have rekindled the Claremont Colleges’ fossil fuel divestment movement this semester and are focusing their attention on pressuring Pomona College to divest its endowment from fossil fuel interests.
Pomona faculty initiate review process for policy on faculty-student relationships
Relationships between students and faculty/staff at Pomona College are currently permitted under certain conditions. But they may not be come 2020, as the school plans to review and possibly change the policy.
You asked, we answered: Why were people carrying a giant boat around last weekend?
Halloweekend festivities saw about 60 members of the Pomona-Pitzer Cross Country team, all dressed in sailor costumes, sail a 5-foot long, 8-foot wide and 10-foot tall boat across the 7Cs.
Claremont sales tax increase seems headed for defeat, but supporters not ready to concede
A proposed 0.75 percent Claremont sales tax that supporters say would have boosted city revenues by $2.5 million appears headed toward defeat. But with more than 1,000 ballots from Tuesday’s special election yet to be counted, a community group supporting Measure CR isn’t conceding just yet.