After many late nights and too many staff meetings, we’ve reached our final issue of the semester. If you’ll pardon the self-indulgence, we’d like to take a look back at the semester. In our first issue, we promised we’d deliver greater coverage of all the Claremont Colleges and spread investigative
Editorial Board
Editorial Board: We Can’t Be Silent on Mental Health
Last week, we published a story in the Opinions section that has quickly become the most widely shared and discussed piece of content we’ve had the privilege to host this school year. “Pushed to the Edge: From Student to Exile” by Yi Li PO ’14, who discussed her experience with
Continuing Progress on Sexual Assault
The establishment of the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Sexual Assault Task Force (see News, page 5) has us considering the progress that has been made over the past year to address sexual violence on our campuses. We have seen improvements on many fronts, but we think that this
Let’s Connect With Those Around Us
Although there are ongoing efforts to connect 5C students to the broader communities that envelop the consortium, we believe that many students are still most concerned with their peers and professors, at the expense of relationships with other staff members and the off-campus community. Last week, TSL ran several pieces
Editorial Board: Ending Our Electoral Apathy
It’s that apathetic time of year again, when many students forgo their chance to participate in the closest semblance of a democratic process that college offers. We’re accustomed to hearing students complain that their voices aren’t heard on campus, or that they don’t feel that their interests are being
Editorial Board: Monsour Indispensable, But Needs Improvement
If you haven’t yet read this week’s investigation into the Claremont Colleges’ mental health services by Julia Comnes and Kevin Tidmarsh, turn to page 2 in the News section. Before we make any suggestions, we’d like to thank the individuals who were willing to publicly discuss their experiences for this
Editorial Board: Overhaul Not Enough to Redeem the SAT
This week, the College Board announced major changes to its flagship product: the SAT. Although the three letters no longer actually stand for anything—the full name of “Scholastic Assessment Test” was retired in 1993—we assume that every student here at the Claremont Colleges has his or her own personal associations
Campus Art Promotes Valuable Playfulness
If you haven’t been to Frary Dining Hall in the past week, then you may not have seen the sculpture in Bixby Plaza—covered this week on page seven of the Life & Style section. From the convenient vantage point of our office, we’ve had a unique opportunity to observe the
5Cs Need Cross-Campus Advocates
The members of this Editorial Board were all drawn to the Claremont Colleges in part by the consortium structure, and we’d guess that many students across our campuses feel similarly. But living within a multi-campus community has its problems, too. Over the last few years, it became evident to students
Sustainability Starts With Students
Before we begin our weekly opining, we’d like to introduce you to TSL’s new logo. As we began to cover all the Claremont Colleges more thoroughly, we realized that our continued use of Pomona College’s (former) logo might give the wrong impression to our readers on other campuses. We’ve incorporated