we cannot heal without discussing what has occurred,” writes Jessy Wallach PO ’29. “For better or worse, we are experienced at grieving these tragedies. Let us not grow experienced in having these incidents fail to register as tragedies at all.”
Opinions
OPINION: It’s Trump’s online circus and we’re all just living in it
“As a result of all of Trump’s actions, the United States is no longer perceived with the legitimacy it once was. We can no longer take for granted our position at the top of the world order,” Olivia Brinkman PO ’29 writes. “As Americans, we are watching our window of tolerance for the actions of our government expand in real time, normalizing nonsensical and hateful behavior. We must not let Trump’s social media rampages distract us from the real harm his actions are causing abroad.”
OPINION: Sic semper tyrannis: No quarter for despots
“America has given the Venezuelan and Iranian peoples something that they haven’t had in a long time: Hope,” writes Gabriel Khuly CMC ’28. “That must be celebrated and replicated in every other nation ruled by enemies of freedom.”
OPINION: Get up. It’s time to flash mob
“With the rise of social media ‘cringe culture,’ … we simply aren’t motivated to organize ‘spontaneous’ dance pieces that draw in massive crowds of strangers, united in their shock and delight at the earnest spectacles before them,” Zara Seldon PO ’29 writes. “Our world is lonelier than ever, making flash mobs a perfect example of the unapologetic, out-in-the-open whimsy necessary to harness the power of communal joy.”
OPINION: Have you been in pain? If so, care about pregnancy.
“The Claremont Colleges’ insufficient support for pregnant students, whether they carry a pregnancy to term, have a miscarriage, or seek an abortion, is both indicative of and an inadequate response to the American legal and medical system,” Vivian Fan PO ‘28 writes. “The Title IX and Accessibility offices ought to collaborate with SHS to ensure that students, regardless of whether or not they carry a pregnancy to term, are able to access relevant resources and comprehensive healthcare.”
OPINION: In defense of PDA and reflections on embodied love
“We have a collective problem, not only of loneliness, but of an inability to celebrate the manifestation of real love upon exposure to it,” Alex Benach PO ‘28 writes. “In other words, seeing love represented can act as a medicine for our repulsion to love.”
OPINION: When you travel, don’t start with English
The modern expectation of everyone to speak English quietly places the burden of communication on local people in linguistically diverse areas, treating them as the ones who must adapt.
OPINION: Maybe we should do our readings
“The Claremont Consortium’s unique take on the small liberal arts college model allows students to explore many interests and gives rise to constructive discussions. But we seem scared to honestly discuss how this impacts the rigor of many of its core academic programs,” Nicholas Steinman ’28 writes.
OPINION: We don’t need to go to Bentham’s Prison, we have panopticons at home
College campuses have long existed as hubs of student expression and activism and Pomona’s attempt to diminish that through increased surveillance disguised as security is reprehensible.
OPINION: Claremont can’t preserve its way out of a housing crisis
“A neighborhood’s true ‘character’ is not defined by manicured lawns and single-family houses, but by how its people work together to create an inclusive and livable place for everyone,” writes Zara Seldon PO ‘29. “Expanding housing supply in Claremont is a project that extends beyond the unhoused—setting a city-wide precedent by bolstering projects that provide space for residents from all walks of life could transform Claremont from a high-class community into a place we can all afford.”