To the editors, Your article on the Claremont Independent reads less as journalism than as resentment. The Independent has accomplished what TSL has not: it has broken stories, documented misconduct and drawn national attention. Rather than engage with that record, you devoted an entire feature to implying that its success
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Behind The Claremont Independent: Its origins, funding and wider impact
The Claremont Independent (The CI) is the only 5Cs student publication that receives funding exclusively from outside sources, instead of from the schools. Earlier this year, the newspaper’s coverage of pro-Palestine action on campus was cited by a letter sent by The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce to Pomona College demanding student disciplinary records related to alleged “occurrences of antisemitism.” Given The CI’s national spotlight, this article seeks to go behind the publication. It reviews their funding sources, national affiliations, and origins in the 1990s to illustrate the CI’s political significance both on campus and beyond.
OPINION: Exclusive spaces are necessary
The Claremont Independent’s criticism of an event for black queer students underscores why closed and exclusive spaces and events are necessary.
Pitzer College bans Claremont Independent, non-TSL news sources from Haifa vote
Pitzer College is banning The Claremont Independent from attending Thursday’s College Council vote on Haifa.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Today, we stand with The Claremont Independent and other news outlets
Today, Pitzer College committed an egregious assault on the free press by banning a college media site from covering the upcoming Haifa vote.
Why the Claremont Independent Fired Me
Some articles linked in this story contain explicit references to rape, genocide, and Islamophobia. On Monday, Sept. 18, I was invited into a secret Facebook group called “U PC BREAUX” that peddled in memes making light of rape, genocide, and acts of terror. On Tuesday, I archived six months’ worth of
Pitzer Students Receive Death Threats for Controversial Mural
Three Pitzer College students received harrassment and death threats following national news attention on a mural they painted reading “White Girl, Take Off Your Hoops,” on the college’s free art space. According to Jacquelyn Aguilera PZ ’19, one of the artists, the piece came from desires for self-healing through art and to start a conversation
Right-wing Campus ‘Journalism’ Goes Too Far
Right-wing college journalists have developed a highly effective modus operandi for getting the maximum amount of fame and notoriety from a controversial article. We all know the drill. The journalists zero in on an aspect of so-called ‘PC culture’ that seems excessive. They write and produce an easy-to-digest article, often
Pomona Student Union Explores Campus Conservatism in Walker Hall
The Pomona Student Union (PSU) held a discussion on Nov. 28 about conservatives at the Claremont Colleges. The discussion, held in Walker Lounge at Pomona College, had about 15 attendees, including three staff members of the Claremont Independent, a conservative-leaning publication on campus. PSU board member Audrey Jang PO ‘19 began