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.
Opinions
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.”
OPINION: The 5Cs support abortion but not pregnancy — what about choice?
“There is no centralized pregnancy resource page outlining Title IX rights, no clear guidance for students who choose to continue a pregnancy.” Grace Rutherford PO ‘28 writes. “Choice requires more than options in name. It requires a generous distribution of resources and support so an individual can make a fully informed choice.”
OPINION: What Minneapolis can teach us about America’s descent into fascism
“As students at the 5Cs, we have the privilege of residing in a community that feels physically and emotionally distant from ICE activity, despite deportations taking place as close as Pomona County,” Olivia Brinkman PO ’29 writes. “Scrolling through horrific reels, at a loss for what to do, we think to ourselves: What impact do we really have when our government is crumbling around us? This sense of helplessness is exactly what Trump and other elected officials want you to feel — it allows them to continue to exercise their power to commit crimes without facing the consequences. ”
OPINION: What we can learn from South Korea’s 4B movement
“Astounding rates of gender discrimination in South Korea are one of the biggest drivers of the country’s declining population,” Ansley Kang ’29 writes. “South Korean women, tired of the lagging behind in women’s’ rights, have begun pushing back against this discrimination with the radical 4B movement: bihon (no marriage); bichulsan (no childbirth); biyeonae (no dating); and bisekseu (no sex). ”
OPINION: Our responsibility to Diego Rios
Diego Rios died on Nov. 28 after Claremont Police officer Benjamin Alba put his knee on Rios’s neck, holding him in an illegal carotid chokehold for almost two minutes. “The violence demonstrated by Claremont Police and the resulting failure of the city to bring this incident to justice with transparency should be a wake-up call for everyone who calls this city home. State-sanctioned violence is not confined to the streets of Minneapolis; it’s happening in our backyard,” Macy Puckett SC ’28 wrote.
OPINION: Everyone is dialoguing, but who is actually listening?
“While the administration and the board of trustees promote dialogue and free exchange of ideas as the best thing in the world, their actual actions are out of touch and completely unaligned with the needs and opinions expressed by the student body,” writes Alex Benach PO ‘28. “If we are to foster a relationship between student body and administration in which various input is actually welcome, said discourse must be followed by responsive, concrete action.”
OPINION: Progressives need to take advantage of white working class anti-elite sentiment
“The white working-class, however, is not a monolith; they are a heterogeneous group with varying levels of class consciousness and prejudice,” writes Hernandez Guerrero PZ ‘29. “While progressive factions seek to mobilize the American working-class, they fail to meaningfully engage the bulk of the white working class, instead painting a harmful caricature of an imagined racist and uneducated underclass not even worth engaging with.”