Hiram Chodosh is stepping down as CMC president at the end of this school year, which means the search to fill the position is underway. The selection committee is comprised of faculty, trustees and a student representative who will hold community forums in the fall and ultimately make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
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Pluralism, progress, problems: 50 years of interfaith chaplaincy
At the intersection of Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College stands the McAlister Center for Religious Activities (also called the McAlister Center for Spiritual Life), an institution many students pass every day. However, according to former Protestant Chaplain Naima Lett, 75% of the community she encountered during the 2021-2022 school year was unaware of the center’s chaplain services, which provide counseling for all students and faculty of the Claremont colleges regardless of religion. Even less known is the chaplaincy system’s fifty years of complex history, representing both the cutting edge of inclusive college campuses and archaic systems no longer relevant to student needs.
Chodosh to step down as CMC president at end of 25-26 academic year
Claremont McKenna College President Hiram Chodosh announced that he will be stepping down after the 2025-2026 academic year.
Gyms with Jun: Episode Five
Jun Kwon PO ’28 is back and better than ever with his last gym review. This week he concludes his series, which provides comprehensive reviews on gyms across the 5Cs. He cites size, amenities, machinery, study spaces and more to give a final rating out of 10. In this final edition, he tackles Scripps College’s Tiernan Field House.
OPINION: LinkedIn is not our end-all be-all
Reader, I’d like to connect. As students at institutions that put heavy weight and pressure on being pre-professional, many of our inboxes are flooded with such emails, declarations of new internships, publications and achievements. Kabir Raina CM ’28 believes that we can afford to take our foot of the gas when it comes to building the perfect LinkedIn.
“We make fun of people obsessed with social media, so why do we not do the same for those obsessed with LinkedIn? We’ve made it one and the same. College LinkedIn is where students ‘do it for the ‘gram’ ‘ and internships are the new ‘functions.’ “
Consortium-wide planned power outage to expedite Robert Day Science Center construction
A 5C-wide power outage scheduled for Dec. 1, one day before CMC’s senior thesis deadline and days before finals week, is raising concerns among students.
‘Assessing the 2024 Elections’: CMC’s Open Academy discusses Trump’s victory and future implications
CMC’s Open Academy hosted a Nov. 9 talk on the key factors influencing the 2024 presidential election and on the election’s potential future implications.
Claremont College watch parties bring together students to track election results
Students from the 5Cs came together and watched the 2024 election results from different watch parties hosted by both administration and students.
New 5C Events app available to students across the campuses
The newly released 5C Events app is gaining traction on social media platforms across the 5C campuses.
Claremont McKenna College students push for demonstration policy evaluation with new working group
On Oct. 9, Claremont McKenna College’s vice president of student affairs announced the formation of a working group to revise demonstration and freedom of expression policies, following a student resolution, amid tensions from recent disciplinary actions at Pomona College related to a pro-Palestinian demonstration.