Violent protests force 5C students studying abroad in Hong Kong to evacuate

As violent clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong shifted to college campuses, most 5C students studying there were evacuated.

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5Cs form ‘RegEn’ sustainability coalition

For the first time in history, the 5Cs have formed a unified sustainability coalition with representatives from all the Claremont Colleges called RegEn.

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5C student activists push Pomona College to divest from funds tied to fossil fuels

Student activists have rekindled the Claremont Colleges’ fossil fuel divestment movement this semester and are focusing their attention on pressuring Pomona College to divest its endowment from fossil fuel interests.

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Pomona faculty initiate review process for policy on faculty-student relationships

Relationships between students and faculty/staff at Pomona College are currently permitted under certain conditions. But they may not be come 2020, as the school plans to review and possibly change the policy.

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CMS swim team assigned ‘educational programming’ as investigation into alleged misconduct concludes

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic department and its associated schools concluded that behavior by members of the CMS swim and dive team justified “mandatory educational programming,” Claremont McKenna College told TSL on Thursday, concluding an investigation into reported actions that may have violated athletic department values.

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Some CMS men’s swimmers were suspended as athletic department investigates actions that prompted women to quit team

A number of men on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps swim team were suspended from practice for a week in mid-September, head swim and dive coach Charlie Griffiths told TSL Thursday, as the CMS athletic department and its associated schools launched an investigation into reported actions that may have violated the department’s values.

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