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Tag: CIVES

Arts & Culture Features 
November 8, 2024 12:43 amNovember 8, 2024 12:52 am

Voting clubs across the 5Cs promote civic engagement

By Audrey Green and Charlotte Hahm 6066 Views 2024 election, Ballot, ballots, CIVES, Civic Duty, Civic Engagement, election season, Every vote counts, Kravis Lab, League of Women Voters, LWV, Vote, voter education, Voting, voting clubs

Voting clubs across the 5Cs are fostering civic engagement beyond the 2024 election. Through voter registration assistance, nonpartisan information on propositions, and community events, Claremont Colleges League of Women Voters (LWV), Every Vote Counts Claremont (EVC) and the Claremont Initiative for Voter Engagement Strategies (CIVES) empower students with the knowledge and resources to actively participate in democracy.

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Photo of students interacting at CMC's voting carnival
Arts & Culture Features 
October 10, 2024 11:06 pmOctober 10, 2024 11:45 pm

Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024 election

By Amelia Bertsch and Georgia Alford 6996 Views 2024, 2024 election, Carnival, CIVES, Civic Engagement, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Election, Every vote counts, Kamala Harris, Kravis Lab, Politics, register to vote, republican party, Vote, voting carnival, voting registration

The Voting Carnival, held on Oct. 9 on Parents Field, featured games, food and voter registration assistance to engage students ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Organized by Every Vote Counts Claremont, Kravis Lab and CIVES, the event aimed to educate students about voter registration and the absentee ballot process.

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  • Claremont Laemmle 5 closes after 18 years, set to reopen under Regency ownership
  • OPINION: Pomona needs more rigor. The liberal arts are at stake.
  • Pomona College’s cognitive science major lottery is a 'nightmare'

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The gubernatorial debate hosted at Pomona College earlier this spring made it impossible to ignore the contest to become the governor of California. However, candidates for many other positions, including Claremont’s city council and the State Board of Equalization, deserve equal attention.

“We should aim to be somewhat familiar with the personalities using election to the State Board as another item on their resume, if only to know who might ascend even further in Sacramento,” writes Akshay Seetharam HM ’27.

Seetharam reviews upcoming fall city council elections, congressional primaries following the impact of Proposition 50, and the central role of the State Board. 

Words by Akshay Seetharam | Photo by Regan Rudman
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The gubernatorial debate hosted at Pomona College earlier this spring made it impossible to ignore the contest to become the governor of California. However, candidates for many other positions, including Claremont’s city council and the State Board of Equalization, deserve equal attention. “We should aim to be somewhat familiar with the personalities using election to the State Board as another item on their resume, if only to know who might ascend even further in Sacramento,” writes Akshay Seetharam HM ’27. Seetharam reviews upcoming fall city council elections, congressional primaries following the impact of Proposition 50, and the central role of the State Board. Words by Akshay Seetharam | Photo by Regan Rudman Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Grade inflation discourse often treats letter grades as instrumental means to an end: workforce employability, grad-school competitiveness, post-college salaries and social mobility. 

At Pomona College, though, debates over grade inflation are also debates about what a liberal arts education should demand of its students. For Ali Alattar PO ’28, Pomona is not demanding enough. 

“Pomona’s easiness problem is one that actively works against the theory of a liberal arts education heralded in Pomona’s own mission statement,” Alattar writes. “If Pomona boasts itself as an institution that advocates for the liberal arts, it should reflect that commitment with unequivocal academic rigor.”

Words by Ali Alattar | Graphic by PJ James
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Grade inflation discourse often treats letter grades as instrumental means to an end: workforce employability, grad-school competitiveness, post-college salaries and social mobility. At Pomona College, though, debates over grade inflation are also debates about what a liberal arts education should demand of its students. For Ali Alattar PO ’28, Pomona is not demanding enough. “Pomona’s easiness problem is one that actively works against the theory of a liberal arts education heralded in Pomona’s own mission statement,” Alattar writes. “If Pomona boasts itself as an institution that advocates for the liberal arts, it should reflect that commitment with unequivocal academic rigor.” Words by Ali Alattar | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
5 days ago
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. 

“Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. 

“Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James
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In New York, rats are everywhere. In Malibu, not so much. Why is it that we are so viscerally disgusted by rats, so instinctively opposed to their presence? Columnist Arianna Kaplan ’27 investigates the dynamics of rat-hood in her new home of New York City, searching for an explanation to our widespread aversion to rodents. “Despite all the money we throw at both exterminators and everything else in the city, rats just keep coming back,” Kaplan writes. “They’re a product of us, and even when all the humans are gone the rats will remain, skittering over the remnants of Fifth Avenue, looking for the noshable traces of us that we’ll inevitably leave behind.” Words by Arianna Kaplan | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
6 days ago
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture.

“They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.”

Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture.

“They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.”

Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James
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To kick off her “Off the Shelf” column, where she reviews books with a pop culture twist, Corina Yi dives into Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.” The book is a reminder of everything not to do in the face of rejection — featuring lots of bad sex, unflattering moments, insufferable characters and riffs on millennial internet culture. “They’re caricatures of people you’ve likely come across, real and fictional, a chorus of society’s most alienated and touch-starved,” Yi writes. “In some alternative universe, we all make decisions that are just as ill-fated as some of the characters in this book.” Words by Corina Yi | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Oldenborg Center has long served as a gathering place for language, culture, and community at the Claremont Colleges. Through shared meals, conversations across cultures, and friendships formed far from home, students built memories that extended far beyond the residence hall itself.

In this video, students reflect on their favorite Oldenborg memories and what made the space feel uniquely like home.

Filmed and edited by Bianca Mirica
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Oldenborg Center has long served as a gathering place for language, culture, and community at the Claremont Colleges. Through shared meals, conversations across cultures, and friendships formed far from home, students built memories that extended far beyond the residence hall itself. In this video, students reflect on their favorite Oldenborg memories and what made the space feel uniquely like home. Filmed and edited by Bianca Mirica
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It is time that looksmaxxing is recognized for what it is: a repackaging of radicalism. It mimics ideologies implemented by totalitarian leaders, making self-improvement deeply intertwined with militant obedience, purification and traditionalism. 

“The normalization of popular culture rhetoric that reinforces purity and extremism should be a blaring alarm for what’s to come in future elections, unless we decide to draw the line and vehemently oppose those who will work to make our politics more dangerous,” Audrey Green SC ’27 and Jun Kwon PO ’28 write.

Words by Audrey Green and Jun Kwon | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum
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It is time that looksmaxxing is recognized for what it is: a repackaging of radicalism. It mimics ideologies implemented by totalitarian leaders, making self-improvement deeply intertwined with militant obedience, purification and traditionalism. “The normalization of popular culture rhetoric that reinforces purity and extremism should be a blaring alarm for what’s to come in future elections, unless we decide to draw the line and vehemently oppose those who will work to make our politics more dangerous,” Audrey Green SC ’27 and Jun Kwon PO ’28 write. Words by Audrey Green and Jun Kwon | Graphic by Alexandra Grunbaum Read the full story at the link in our bio.
2 months ago
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On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics.

The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 

Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten.

“My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.”

Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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On April 28, eight candidates squared off at Pomona College for the largest California gubernatorial debate yet — a spectacle students likened to a political sitcom. With antics like Chad Bianco accusing his opponents of “lying to these kids,” or Katie Porter hanging her head in mock exhaustion, the debate offered the audience a candid look into the orderly disorder of state politics. The night featured three questions from students, covering issues from the economy to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ryan Kossarian PO ’27, Kloi Ogans PO ’28 and Dante Gilbert PO ’27 each approached the mic stand to address the candidates from the audience. After the debate, Kossarian shared in an interview that his initial question was involuntarily rewritten. “My question was something completely different than the question they made me ask,” Kossarian said, referring to his communication with CBS California, who sponsored the event. “They made me rewrite it. They gave me a script.” Words & Photos by Joelle Rudolf | Read the full story at the link in our bio.
2 months ago
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Long regarded as a hub for cultural exchange and language immersion, Oldenborg fostered conversations, unlikely friendships, and a deeply rooted sense of community across the 5Cs. 

While plans for the new Center for Global Engagement promise expanded opportunities, many students expressed concern about preserving the warmth and intimacy that defined Oldenborg’s character. As its final weeks unfold, residents and visitors alike continue to gather for language tables, holding onto the routines that made the space feel like home.

“I feel like it’s a little too much to say, but [Oldenborg has] a safe-haven-ish vibe,” he said. “Oldenborg is still, I [won’t] say majority, but maybe leaning towards international students, and for me, that [feels] a little more [like] a close community compared to all the other dorms,” said Oldenborg resident Max Liu PO ’28. 

Words by Kira Heller | Visual by Vera Rosenblum
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Long regarded as a hub for cultural exchange and language immersion, Oldenborg fostered conversations, unlikely friendships, and a deeply rooted sense of community across the 5Cs. While plans for the new Center for Global Engagement promise expanded opportunities, many students expressed concern about preserving the warmth and intimacy that defined Oldenborg’s character. As its final weeks unfold, residents and visitors alike continue to gather for language tables, holding onto the routines that made the space feel like home. “I feel like it’s a little too much to say, but [Oldenborg has] a safe-haven-ish vibe,” he said. “Oldenborg is still, I [won’t] say majority, but maybe leaning towards international students, and for me, that [feels] a little more [like] a close community compared to all the other dorms,” said Oldenborg resident Max Liu PO ’28. Words by Kira Heller | Visual by Vera Rosenblum
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Liam Riley PO ‘26 discusses the prescription of psychiatric drugs in the U.S. He discusses the neurochemical model and how it can be a damaging way of looking at the world.

“The use of overly psychiatric language reveals the neurochemical model’s secret ambition to extend its list of diagnostic criteria until we are all patients, reducing an experience that was once spiritual and profound into a medical regimen. This kind of logic makes moving through your day seem like swallowing a series of pills: 5 mg of adderall for dopamine, 30 minutes of sunlight for serotonin production, a short jog for the endorphins,” says Liam.

Words by William Riley | Visual by Shixiao Yu
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Liam Riley PO ‘26 discusses the prescription of psychiatric drugs in the U.S. He discusses the neurochemical model and how it can be a damaging way of looking at the world. “The use of overly psychiatric language reveals the neurochemical model’s secret ambition to extend its list of diagnostic criteria until we are all patients, reducing an experience that was once spiritual and profound into a medical regimen. This kind of logic makes moving through your day seem like swallowing a series of pills: 5 mg of adderall for dopamine, 30 minutes of sunlight for serotonin production, a short jog for the endorphins,” says Liam. Words by William Riley | Visual by Shixiao Yu Read the full story at the link in our bio
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