In Claremont, Jewish students and organizations centered around Judaism on campus, as well as Palestinian students and groups supporting the Free Palestine movement, have expressed pain as they mourn those who have been killed by Hamas and the IDF. These groups have organized teach-ins, marches and vigils throughout the past week to express solidarity in painful times, even as tensions grow.
Scripps orchards are currently on a 45-day quarantine to prevent the spread of an invasive fruit fly. On Aug. 28, Scripps College Facilities and Operations informed students by email that a single fruit fly from an invasive species had been detected in the citrus at Scripps. The email told students
With fall semester in full swing, this year’s student body presidents are committed to building inclusive, safe communities on campus where students can thrive both academically and socially. Zane Yamamoto CM ’24 For ASCMC President Zane Yamamoto CM ’24, serving in student government is not a new endeavor. He has
On Monday, Aug. 28, Scripps College President Amy Marcus-Newhall announced in an email to the community that the Schuler Initiative will no longer be donating $15 million to the college it had previously promised, due to the state of the financial market. Scripps announced the grant last September, accompanied by
This Monday, Scripps College Public Events and the Laspa Center for Leadership hosted U.S. Rep. Judy Chu D-Ca., who serves California’s 28th district in Congress, for a presentation and Q&A about reproductive healthcare and justice. Around 40 students and faculty members gathered to hear Representative Chu’s talk, with some students
The Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling to restrict affirmative action has surfaced questions among 5C students, faculty and administrators about equity in higher education.
In accordance with an uptick in awareness about energy holdings at educational institutions, an April 20 Letter to the Editor in “The New York Review,” co-written by Pitzer College professor Dan Segal, criticizes the investments of professor pensions into the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). TIAA is
On Friday, April 7, Scripps Associated Students (SAS) election winners were announced for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year, after nearly 400 students voted in the election. Newly elected SAS Executive President Lily Dunkin SC ’24 expressed her approval of next year’s SAS board. She is especially excited to collaborate with
For the past few months, California has been covered in a vast array of colorful wildflowers, marking the appearance of what has come to be known as the “superbloom.” The term describes a rare phenomenon in which, following a remarkably dry period or prolonged drought, heavy rainfall results in an
Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) athletics programs both completed an Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) report outlining the spending totals of their respective programs that were made available to the public earlier this month. This report covered the 2021-2022 academic year as a result of the EADA of 1994,
