Pomona College quietly retired two of most popular songs — “Hail, Pomona, Hail!” in 2008 and “Torchbearers” in 2015 — due to their roots in Blackface minstrelsy and cultural appropriation. While Pomona’s website acknowledges these histories, Zena Ameida-Warwin PO ’28 critiques the College’s choice to remove the songs without engaging the community in any meaningful public dialogue.
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Reverb: Playboi Carti — guest of his own ‘MUSIC’?
Atlanta’s rapper Playboi Carti released his third album, “Music,” on March 15. For Tomy Helman PO ’28, the new album was Carti’s attempt to prove he could take the stage on his own. But did he succeed? Is Carti doomed to remain a featured artist?
Moments to Savor: A trip down memory lane to Iron & Kin
Emily Kim PO ’25 discusses how a spontaneous early morning walk to Iron & Kin allowed her to reflect on some sweet college memories.
OPINION: Test scores don’t define us: Why test-optional must stay
After the faculty recommended a return to mandatory testing, Claremont McKenna College sits on the precipice of making an important decision: moving the admissions process to mandatory test submission after lifting the requirement due to national trends and worries of inequity sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this important moment, Daniel Choi PO ’28 asks the institution to continue making efforts for equity by remaining committed to holistic admissions.
Claremont Mosaic: Blending the personal and political: Professor Sean Diament’s journey from homelessness and addiction to higher education
Politics professor Sean Diament tells his story of his journey to higher education, from overcoming homelessness and drug addiction to finding his passion for teaching.
Freshman Files: When the Lights Turn On
How do we know when it’s time to move on from a freshman-year situationship? Columnist and chronicler Anna Ripper Naigeborin PO ’28 recounts the moment she found the answer. Or rather that there isn’t one.
The 5Cs Class of 2028 by the numbers
This fall, TSL surveyed first-years from throughout the 5Cs to take a glimpse at the Class of 2028. From demographic info like race, sexuality and family background to lifestyle choices like dating habits or drugs and alcohol use, the survey chronicles some key aspects of the newest members of the
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.’ “
Science as a Human Endeavor: A professor’s call to humanize science education
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.
School Survival Guide: Mastering the art of saying ‘no’ in college
Freshman year is often a whirlwind of late nights, new friends and the constant pressure to say “yes” to everything. That is, until slipping grades and burnout forces a change. Norah CM ’27 discusses how she learned to set boundaries amidst the pressure of freshman year.