In 2025, the 7Cs will welcome a new student center meant to foster connection between students at the different colleges, thanks in part to its collaboration with the Human Centered Design class. Set to be constructed to the north of the Honnold-Mudd Library, the center aims to help students “gather
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Honnold Mudd Library staff voting on unionization
Staff at the 7Cs’ Honnold Mudd Library are deciding by secret ballot whether to form a union after at least 30 percent of approximately 40 eligible employees expressed interest. The California Federation of Teachers filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board filed a petition to represent the staff, according to a Feb. 9 statement from The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS).
SHS implements pooled COVID-19 testing, citing cost and efficiency
This month, some 5C students were puzzled to discover their COVID-19 test results from Student Health Services read “Pnegative,” rather than the formerly reported “negative.”
The reason for their confusion? SHS began pooled testing on Nov. 1, and results shifted accordingly to reflect the new process in place.
Students, faculty react to getting vaccinated as California COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues
5C faculty and some students employed by the colleges were able to get vaccinated after LA County moved to Phase 1B Tier 1 March 1.
OPINION: Peaceful protests won’t save marginalized groups
I am tired of calls for peaceful protests. I want to make it clear: I am not advocating for violence. I don’t think violence is an answer, nor do I think peaceful protest is. When it comes to marginalized students being confronted with those who seek to harm or outright
OPINION: Hold On! A criticism of the ‘move forward’ response by President Starr and others to the PA Shooting
The events of this past weekend horrified and disgusted the world, yet left the Jewish community, on the whole, unsurprised. Perhaps due to the fact that I revisit anti-Semitism week after week in Post-Holocaust Philosophy Theory with Pomona College professor Oona Eisenstadt, I have become especially inured to the idea
OPINION: “Be yourself, just quieter”
There is an unwritten rule that all socially conscious individuals know to be true: One may not ever question the shyness of another. How rude! We have been conditioned into this understanding; reservedness is still considered less than socially acceptable, but, nevertheless, admirable. This is not to say there is
Opinion: Being quiet about your beliefs doesn’t make you a peacemaker. It makes you apathetic.
This reminds me of a quote I find extremely interesting: “If you don’t show up to debate, you lose.” I sat with it for a while. I shared it with some people. I cited it in class discussions. Then I looked it up and found out that it was attributed
Opinion: National events need to break through our Claremont bubble
CW: sexual assault Sept. 28 was a whirlwind I’ll never forget. Over the span of 12 hours, the country watched as a Supreme Court nominee and his accuser testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. It was heart-wrenching; Christine Blasey Ford’s harrowing account of sexual assault at the hands of a
Opinion: Affirmative action and the insecurity of Asian-Americans
Growing up in a Chinese-American household, I was raised to value achievement in quantifiable, measurable forms. I was taught to follow the rules of the system and pursue paths with predictable outcomes. For many Asian-Americans like myself, the expectations we were raised with fuel the explosion of fury in the