First-generation students make up between 9.6-20 percent of the student body at each of the 5Cs. Amidst national legislation targeting DEI enrollment and threatening already-vulnerable students, Maya Zhan PO ’26 unpacks first-generation students’ spaces and experiences.
Tag: Access
OPINION: Accessibility at the 5Cs requires more than just good intentions
Although the 5Cs promote values of equity and diversity, students with physical disabilities face broken elevators, apathetic and unreliable emergency support and inaccessible dorms. Jackie Kostyuchenko PZ ’28, who uses a mobility device, has experienced these failures firsthand. Alongside Zena Almeida-Warwin PO ’28, the two document how institutional negligence affects the daily lives of students with disabilities. They call for concrete reforms: improved infrastructure, better emergency protocols and a 5C-wide reporting system.
‘Bad with Money’: Gaby Dunn on society’s lack of access to financial literacy
We’re bad with money, and Gaby Dunn wants us to talk about it. Dunn visited Scripps College Feb. 20 to discuss her recently published book, “Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together.”