Claremont McKenna College’s Collins Dining Hall experienced partial flooding Monday morning after an underground hot water pipe broke. The flooding at Collins affected the east lobby and caused the dish room to be temporarily disabled, Erin Watkins, associate vice president for finance and treasurer, told the CMC community in an
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Dora Garcia’s multigenerational history at 5C dining halls
How many dining hall staff members do you know by name? Meet Dora Garcia, who has worked at 5C dining halls for 34 years alongside several members of her family.
5C students in quarantine face a steep learning curve: ‘You really don’t know what you’re supposed to do’
5C students are experiencing a steep learning curve around quarantine, contact tracing, and COVID-19 policy discrepancies.
Cross-campus dining restrictions to continue as students question reasoning
5C students react to not being able to eat at dining halls other than that of their home campus due to Covid regulations.
CMC unveils new Carol Bove sculptures, inspiring praise, confusion, memes
Claremont McKenna College revealed four acquisitions by Brooklyn-based artist Carol Bove, including two new works.
Frary pushes lunch back half an hour
Pomona College’s Frary Dining Hall will shift its lunch service half an hour later next semester, a school official announced Thursday.
Food files: Compe-taters take their mark for the battle of the breakfast spuds
Triangle potatoes, tater tots, home fries, oh my! With only so many options and so few meal swipes, Erin Slichter PO ’21 investigates where best to eat breakfast.
Smoothies, kombucha, truffle salt, oh my! Dining halls dazzle with trendy food items
From veggie-forward options to frozen favorites like Dole Whip, dining hall staff have stepped up their game since the start of the 2019-2020 school year, delighting returners across the 5Cs.
5C dining halls respond to romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak
Dining halls at the Claremont Colleges acted promptly in removing romaine lettuce during the recent E. coli outbreak earlier this October. Forty-three people have fallen ill from the Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 linked to romaine lettuce from the Central Coastal growing regions in northern and central California, according to
Consortium-wide meal-price increase poses problems for Harvey Mudd College students
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the Claremont Colleges’ dining halls now cost 25 cents more per meal, according to the colleges’ Business and Financial Affairs Committee. The consortium-wide price increase, implemented at the start of the academic year, impacts Harvey Mudd College students disproportionately due to HMC’s weekly flex allocation.