The first college football game ever played occurred on Nov. 6, 1869, between Princeton and Rutgers. Rutgers won the game with six “runs” to Princeton’s four. Today, that historic rivalry is a source of lore and pride for both campuses. But according to sports writer Frank Deford, who spoke Wednesday
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Reporter’s Notebook: Novelist Jhumpa Lahiri gives reading at CMC
Writing within the limited subject of lives of Bengali immigrants in America, Jhumpa Lahiri has found a wide cross-cultural audience. Her stories truthfully portray the feeling of alienation felt by an expatriate. Perhaps for this very reason, she has mass appeal in America, the land of immigrants. On Monday, The
Romney Discusses America’s Future, Avoids Questions About His Own
Last Thursday, Claremont McKenna College welcomed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney to campus for a dinner, speech, and question and answer session at the Miriam Miner Cook Athenaeum. Romney’s talk was partisan but congenial, and this style was evident from his opening remarks. “I’ll tell you why it is, in
The Athenaeum Extends Another Foolish Invitation
It’s not every day that I get to beat up on a nun, so here goes. Truthfully, I’m about as agnostic as you can get on spiritual matters, but I do believe that everyone retains a right to distinguish right from wrong. The Athenaeum was wrong to invite yet another
Gay Rights Activist Lt. Dan Choi Speaks at Athenaeum
Lieutenant Dan Choi, an American infantry officer who was discharged last March when he came out as gay, spoke to students at the Claremont McKenna College Athenaeum on Friday.Choi began his speech with a poem in Arabic about identity and the importance of being true to oneself. He then said
Freakonomics Author Speaks at CMC
Steven Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics, spoke at Claremont McKenna’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Friday, just two days after publishing his latest book.Levitt is well known for his unorthodox approach to economics. At the event, he elaborated on how he developed his methods.“I’m terrible at math,” Levitt said.
Queer Rights Activist Cleve Jones Speaks at Athenaeum
Cleve Jones left some audience members in tears Wednesday as thelong-time AIDS-awareness and queer-rights advocate and creator of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt delivered an emotional speech about his life’s work at theAthenaeum.Jones emphatically recounted the long train of events that brought him from Phoenix, Ariz. to the offices
Iranian-American Journalist Lectures at Athenaeum
Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who was detained in Iran earlier this year on charges of espionage, gave a lecture at CMC’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Wednesday. Rather than her recent incarceration, Saberi focused on the experiences she had with Iranian youth, women and media during her six years