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By Elise Ferree 546 Views binge drinking, binge eating, Biology, body health, Class, Diet, eating, Eating Disorder, Exercise, Food, Health, Nutrition, nutritional biology, ozempic, Science

Eating isn’t just essential to our survival — it’s engrained in our social, cultural and political worlds. In this compilation of articles, students from BIOL 183: Nutritional Biology go behind the issues that affect our bodily and mental health.

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Opinions

February 13, 2025 11:25 pm

OPINION: We need more religious understanding

By Lisa Gorelik 3148 Views Christianity, Class, Engagement, Lisa Gorelik, REligous studies, Secular, Social position

Last year, Elizaveta (Lisa) Gorelik CM ’25 was born again. This process of discovering faith has revealed the extent to which secularism and religious prejudice have seeped into the conversations we have at our institutions.

Gorelik argues that if our colleges want to uphold their mission of shaping responsible leaders, then our classes ought to bridge the gaps of understanding between the upper class, secular, liberal spaces of our campuses with the rest of the country.

A drawing of two people yelling at each other from opposite buildings, with interlocking sound waves between them. The background is a giant drawing of physics professor Elijah Quetin’s face.

Arts & Culture Columns Science

November 21, 2024 11:39 pm

Science as a Human Endeavor: A professor’s call to humanize science education

By Gabriel Brenner 6601 Views Biology, Class, College, Education, elijah quetin, Liberal Arts, Physics, Science

Many students enter into science majors out of curiosity about our world and their place in it. Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses recentering scientific learning around human experience, and physics professor Elijah Quetin’s efforts to do just that.

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Opinions

February 10, 2023 1:18 amFebruary 10, 2023 2:21 am

OPINION: Participation grades should extend beyond speaking in class

By Tess McHugh 2544 Views Academics, Class

The participation grade is an arbitrary grading component designed exclusively for extroverts, argues Tess McHugh PO ‘25.

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Arts & Culture Features Front Page

April 14, 2022 11:52 pmApril 15, 2022 12:57 am

CMC set to offer its inaugural Napier Initiative course this fall

By Valerie Braylovskiy 2499 Views City of Claremont, Claremont Community, Claremont McKenna, Claremont McKenna College, Class, Classes, classroom model, CMC, Courses, Napier, napier initiative, Pilgrim Place, Psychology

Associate Professor of Psychology Sharda Umanath will teach Claremont McKenna College’s first Napier Initiative course, “Effective Learning Across the Lifespan,” which will engage about 12 undergraduates and six elders.

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April 14, 2022 11:35 pm

CMC’s fly fishing class has hooked students for decades

By Alex Nasoni 3832 Views Art, Athletics, Class, CMC, damian ross, fly fishing, pe

An activity that has been around for four decades, Fly Fishing is a unique class requiring skilled techniques while providing memorable for students and instructors alike.