“I just like to tell stories,” Joyce Carol Oates said with characteristic humility to the room of 5C students who were fortunate enough to speak with the author before her reading. The renowned writer, who spoke and read this Monday, Feb. 4 in Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum, has little reason
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Eugene Volokh Speaks at CMC’s Athenaeum
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh visited Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Nov. 27 to discuss his seminal 2003 Harvard Law Review article “Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope.” The article explains how politicians and pundits use the inevitability premise to bolster their positions. “When people say ‘slippery slope,’ what they
John Huntsman Discusses Foreign Policy at CMC
Former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman spoke at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Thursday, following Anita Hill the night before. Huntsman, who resigned from his position as Ambassador to China in 2011 to enter the Republican presidential primary only to drop out of the race
Anita Hill Speaks at CMC’s Athenaeum
Anita Hill spoke at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum to a crowd of Claremont Colleges students and faculty, as well as members of the larger Claremont community, on Oct. 31. Hill gained national prominence in 1991 during the confirmation hearings of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, when
Gates Cautions Against US Military Intervention in Ath Talk
“Usually the Washington book is ‘If Only They’d Listened to Me,’” said former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Wednesday evening. “Frankly, I can’t write that book, because they mostly did listen to me.” Gates, also the former president of Texas A&M
Protesters Unwelcome Condoleezza Rice at CMC
Close to 100 protesters composed of students, faculty, and staff of the Claremont Colleges gathered outside fences that were set up around the perimeter of the gym for an “Unwelcoming Condoleezza Rice” demonstration as the 66th U.S. Secretary of State spoke inside Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Ducey Gym on Wednesday,
Welts Speaks on Homosexuality in Sports
President and Chief of Operations of the Golden State Warriors Rick Welts spoke on Tuesday at the Athenaeum to create a dialogue about “an uncomfortable topic” in sports, speaking about his journey as a gay man through men’s major league sports. “The thing that made it hard for me was
Shifting Perceptions Series Explores CMC Campus Climate in Ath Lectures
“I hear that a lot of people avoid [Claremont McKenna College] (CMC) as much as possible; [they] will avoid going through CMC’s campus,” one student said, referring to a perception toward CMC held by some students at the 5Cs who don’t identify as heterosexual. “They’ll take the long route instead
Athenaeum Renovation Reflects a Changing CMC
Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum underwent a major renovation this summer—its first since the building was built in 1982. The Athenaeum, known to students as the “Ath,” is a conference and academic center on CMC’s campus that houses a dining room, lounges, and guest accommodations for visiting
MALDEF President Thomas Saenz Lectures at CMC
Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), gave a talk criticizing Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, S.B. 1070, at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Monday, Nov. 22. The talk was co-sponsored by the office of Chicano/Latino Student Affairs and the