Visitors to Scripps College are often struck by the beauty and peacefulness of the school’s campus and dorms. The college’s founding residence halls were built to feel like houses, and these architectural choices shape dorm culture and social life at Scripps nearly a century later. Today, they can often feel overbearing.
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The 5 to The 10: Unpacking the Scripps campus and Mission Revival’s mythology
Scripps struggles to reflect the mission mythology behind its celebrated architecture, asserts SoCal columnist Cassidy Bensko SC ’25.
CMC shifts campus plans for a new science building
Claremont McKenna College is planning significant changes to its campus in coming years, including the construction of a new integrated sciences center, even as the school’s controversial withdrawal from the W.M. Keck Science Department remains up in the air.
Framed: Why is Scripps College’s campus so beautiful?
Art columnist Frances Sutton PO ’21 reflects on Scripps College’s campus in the second part of her campus series.
Framed: A love letter to Pomona’s campus
Art columnist Frances Sutton PO ’21 reflects on the history of the architecture and design of Pomona College’s campus.