Editorial Board

In the Pomona College Student Handbook, the drug policy states, “All Pomona College students are expected to comply with federal, state, and local laws.” However, when two of these laws are in direct conflict, as is the case with the federal and California state laws regarding medical marijuana use, this

Back in September, we pledged to spend this semester covering local news for the benefit of the local community. Claremont may not make national headlines every week, but the people who live and work here matter to us, so we’re proud to tell the stories that matter to them. Those

Students across the Claremont Colleges are engaging in critical discussions about their schools, with topics ranging from academics to class, race and gender. We are glad to see that students are interested in improving their colleges, which are already praiseworthy in many ways but still face some serious problems. But

With a little help from noted climate change expert Bill McKibben, environmental activists at the Claremont Colleges have started a campaign that deserves the support of the entire 5C community. We hope that 5C administrators and trustees will be receptive to the arguments presented by the 5C Divestment Campaign, which

For millions of Americans of all political persuasions, Tuesday’s general election brought a welcome end to the season of watching Super PAC advertisements, getting phone calls from pollsters and listening to pundits’ predictions. Claremont College students may be above average in their political attention span, but they are certainly not

This week’s Special Features section is, in no small part, a result of the efforts of students who have tried to start a conversation about mental illness at the Claremont Colleges. These activists, through their contributions to the 5C clubs Active Minds and Let’s DO Something, have convinced many students—including

Voter registration drives, phonebanking sessions, canvassing trips to Las Vegas—all of these are signs that many students at the Claremont Colleges are invested in the upcoming presidential election. Students who follow the presidential race intently—especially those who also volunteer for a campaign—should be applauded for their civic engagement, whether they

The Amherst Student, the newspaper of Amherst College, published an article this week that recounts former student Angie Epifano’s experience of being raped on campus and the painful aftermath. With help from the many social network users—including Claremont students—who have shared the link, Epifano’s article has gone viral, drawing much-needed

We hope that this week’s Special Features section will turn the Claremont community’s attention toward the task of building eco-friendly campuses. Some students, professors, staff members and administrators of the 5Cs are already making admirable efforts to improve the sustainability of their colleges’ landscaping. These efforts deserve the energetic support