Editorial Board

When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium last night, Oct. 22, students saw a compelling discussion on a range of relevant topics. Sotomayor wrote extensively in her memoir “My Beloved World” about her experience being a low-income first-generation Latina student at Princeton and Yale. Thus, it was not surprising when

The Claremont Colleges’ Council of Presidents may not have anticipated that they would provoke such a strong student backlash, but they got more than they bargained for when they instated the new demonstrations policy, as noted in Diane Lee's page 1 article. Although the new revision was reversed pending a review,

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the Mudd Goes Madd, it’s becoming clear what issues actually matter to students. On the Facebook event page for the party, comments deriding political correctness received hundreds of likes, as students expressed outrage at their inability to attend the party. In a chorus

Many students were doubtful when Pomona College announced that the college would pilot Callisto, a new sexual assault reporting system, in an effort to make its campus safer. Would a website dismantle the gravity of sexual violence and rape culture? Now that the site is up and running, providing a safe way for survivors to

On behalf of TSL, we’d like to offer you a belated welcome (back) to Claremont! Whether you’re reading this in print or on our newly redesigned website—which you can visit at tsl.pomona.edu—the important thing is that you’re reading and engaging with challenging, occasionally messy issues. That, in and of itself,

In the wake of crises, demonstrations and disasters, dialogue occurs in many different settings. In an increasing manner, social media determines our conversations, responses and perceptions of issues. Facebook’s ever-present ‘trending’ box rotates through topics ranging from Bruce Jenner’s transition to debate over the Dress to the uproar over McDreamy’s

Since its inception in 1949, the Chaplaincy of the Claremont Colleges has undergone reviews from the administration, adapting to changes as necessary. The model began with a Protestant chaplain before adding Jewish and Catholic chaplains. Now, the chaplaincy sits at a critical juncture with its current review (read more in

In a country where approximately 70% of faculty are off the tenure track, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, what can we do to make a shift away from adjunct culture? The realities faced by adjunct professors—long hours and exceptionally low pay after years of graduate education—are unfair and increasingly

Comments on TSL’s website are an essential part of 5C campus discourse. Our articles can only say so much. We depend on commenters to bring other perspectives to the stories, as we can’t be the only voices in the conversation. We need yours as well, so we encourage lively discussion

The Claremont Colleges may be a consortium of liberal arts schools, but recent acts of discrimination reflect an underground sentiment that’s anything but liberal. While upsetting, the recent defacement of a BSA mural on Walker Wall (see Kulu Maphalala’s story) is not an isolated incident. The vandalism was announced to the