Mariachi gritos rang out, bounding off buildings and soaring through the patio as Las Chorizeras performed their genre-bending, mariachi-inspired music.
Tag: Claremont Colleges
Pomona welcomes back senior citizen auditors after CALL’s hiatus
This fall, senior citizens from the city of Claremont are eligible to audit select Pomona College courses through the Claremont Avenues for Lifelong Learning Program (CALL) for the first time since the program was paused amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
OPINION: You should get to know the local candidates on your ballot
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.
OPINION: Pomona needs more rigor. The liberal arts are at stake.
Grade inflation discourse often engages with 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.
Last month, the Claremont Colleges opted into 100 percent renewable electricity. Here’s how student pressure made it happen.
As the co-leaders of the campaign, we want to clarify what this win means, why it matters, and how we got here. Our win is a testament to the power of grassroots student organizing. But despite our excitement that the Claremont Colleges have moved away from fossil fuel-driven electricity, we must recognize that this decision should have been a no-brainer for the Colleges.
5Cs to switch to 100% renewable electricity
Presidents across the 5Cs announced Friday, April 17 that the colleges will transition to 100% renewable electricity by enrolling in the Clean Power Alliance (CPA), following a yearlong 5C Environmental Justice (5CEJ) campaign to phase out fossil fuels.
The “Claremont Off Fossil Fuels”campaign proposed the Colleges stop purchasing electricity from Southern California Edison (SCE), an investor-owned utility that primarily relies on fossil fuels, and instead enroll in the CPA, a not-for-profit energy provider that offers 100% renewable electricity options. The Claremont Colleges’ Business and Financial Affairs Committee and the consortium-wide presidents committee have now approved the proposal.
Milo Slevin PO ’28, campaign co-founder, said the transition marks a concrete shift in how the Colleges demonstrate their commitment to sustainability by taking action that immediately reduces carbon footprint.
OPINION: In an era of disorder, our cities are still too perfect
“Lovable neighborhoods don’t get built anymore, only appearing when our social fabric breaks down. But it’s not because we don’t know how to build them anymore,” Nicholas Steinman CMC ’28 writes. “If we reform our byzantine municipal regulations to make it cost-effective for more people to build more varied buildings again, and if we move past our misguided aspiration to create ‘efficient’ urban areas, we can once again build the progress we need in our cities without closing them off to humanity.”
5Cs implement ‘Know Your Rights’ immigration and workplace protections
5C human resources departments have begun to implement California’s Workplace Know Your Rights Act (SB 249) after it was passed Feb. 1. In alignment with the Act, 5C employees will receive notice of key workplace rights and have the opportunity to indicate emergency contacts, but student workers and college staff
MULTIMEDIA: A taste of home, right here at the 7Cs — inside the annual International Festival
On Feb. 13 from 12:30 to 2 p.m., the second floor of Roberts Pavilion hosted “The World Meets at 7Cs,” a festival organized by the International Student Community Programming Council. With booths representing more than 30 countries, TSL’s Multimedia team captured the 7Cs’ vibrant international community.
Sanctuary Coffee faces potential closure; owner amplifies mission
Sanctuary Coffee will close its locations in Honnold Mudd Library and on Foothill Boulevard at the end of the semester if they do not raise enough money by April, according to owner and Executive Director Dr. Steve Gerali. Gerali, a clinical counselor, youth minister and former university professor and dean,