Nicholas Steinman CM ’28 builds a case against a recent Claremont Independent article defending suburban neighborhoods, arguing that urban cityscapes provide a more sustainable alternative to housing shortages and low-density sprawl.
Opinions
OPINION: Microfeminism is a cop-out to avoid effective advocacy
Olivia Brinkman Schooler PO ’29 exposes microfeminism for what it is: a sorry way to sidestep radical acts and meaningful tactics in effecting change during the United States’ conservative realignment.
OPINION: Holding a grudge is a sign of maturity
Elena Gutierrez PZ ’27 writes about a specter haunting the 5Cs — the specter of close community. She questions if our “tight-knit community” is more of a cult.
OPINION: It’s never ‘just sports’ – the broader picture of how social narratives are undermining female athletes
Eva Novy-Hildesley PZ ’27 writes about Novig’s recent sports betting ad, the rise of GLP-1 weight loss programs, a lack of research for women’s health and how this culminates in a confusing and harmful narrative for young female athletes.
OPINION: Break it off — nightlife isn’t your whole life
Leilani Fernandez PO ’30 writes about the joys of staying in, even as she has watched friends and classmates bare their teeth to go out another night. Especially for first-years, there is a preconceived notion that parties and nightlife will become a quintessential part of college, and opting out comes with assumptions and pity. In reality, staying in to read, play an instrument or play pool should be weighed equally with the trek to parties across the 5Cs.
OPINION: Memetic warfare — when comedy gets deadly
The Claremont Colleges were placed at the center of scrutiny as a conservative X account condemned jokes posted in light of the first anniversary of the death of Republican political pundit Charlie Kirk on Fizz. Calli Taffel SC ’30 argues that regardless of political substance or leaning, joking about severe political outcomes such as death and war can lead to desensitization and apathy, a consequence of memetic warfare.
OPINION: Stop hating on your classes
Luca Davis PZ ’27 writes about the importance of traversing through menial schoolwork to find what we are fiercely passionate about — but how our presumptuously negative language around classes and schoolwork obscures our path there.
OPINION: Where have all the political organizers gone?
Lina McRoberts PO ’27 examines the afterlife and political inheritance of campus organizing in an attempt to tackle this question. Student organizing isn’t gone, she argues, but has only assumed an altered form.
OPINION: AI won’t automate work away, it will expose it
“If artificial intelligence replaces every job, humans will face a mass disillusionment. It won’t be the humanist disillusionment we expect — the mythologized anticlimax of humankind, a world where machines outperform us at jobs we thought were uniquely ours,” writes Alattar. “Rather, we will realize that those jobs never needed to exist, and more begrudgingly, that no job needs to exist.”
OPINION: You should get to know the local candidates on your ballot
The gubernatorial debate hosted at Pomona College earlier this spring made it impossible to ignore the contest to become the governor of California. However, candidates for many other positions, including Claremont’s city council and the State Board of Equalization, deserve equal attention.