Founded in 1979 by four Claremont Graduate University students, the Claremont Institute’s once mutual relationship with the Claremont Colleges has changed drastically since the Claremont Institute’s origins.
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OPINION: Neoliberalism handed a Nazi’s son Chile’s presidency
A Chilean, a Chicagoan and a dictator walk into a South American nation. Why, after 50 years does a Nazi walk out, and why is the answer neoliberalism? The perfect storm of the Chilean coup d’état and the subsequent neoliberal regime is often credited with the nation’s economic rise. But Rafael Hernandez Guerrero PZ’29 argues that its policies, sowing the seeds of the disenfranchisement of the working and middle classes, have enabled the rise of far-right ideology there, and abroad.
OPINION: MAGA conservatism has no place in Christianity
Charlie Kirk’s death was certainly an important moment in the history of the Trump administration, and perhaps even for the world at large. However, it certainly was not as important as Jesus’s death. That hasn’t stopped comparisons between the two. The MAGA movement’s hijack of Christian imagery, says Ansley Kang SC ‘29, is fundamentally in conflict with their rejection of Christian morals. Christians and agnostics alike should fight for the separation of church and state now more than ever, as MAGA’s new church only worships Trump.
News Bites – Week Of Nov. 4
Bags of urine found in Walker Hall Bags of urine were reportedly disposed of in Walker Hall trash cans, according to an email sent by Pomona College Residence Life Coordinator Andrew Castro to Walker residents. “The week before fall break, my friends that lived in Walker noticed that it was
Pitzer Students Receive Death Threats for Controversial Mural
Three Pitzer College students received harrassment and death threats following national news attention on a mural they painted reading “White Girl, Take Off Your Hoops,” on the college’s free art space. According to Jacquelyn Aguilera PZ ’19, one of the artists, the piece came from desires for self-healing through art and to start a conversation
Conservative Pundit Criticizes Welfare, Black Culture in Ath Talk
“The African will starve rather than engage in a regular system of agricultural labor, unless impelled by the stronger will of the white man,” wrote Samuel A. Cartwright in July, 1858, invoking the stereotype of black people as inherently lazy as a defense for slavery. 158 years later, in
Pomona Student Union Explores Campus Conservatism in Walker Hall
The Pomona Student Union (PSU) held a discussion on Nov. 28 about conservatives at the Claremont Colleges. The discussion, held in Walker Lounge at Pomona College, had about 15 attendees, including three staff members of the Claremont Independent, a conservative-leaning publication on campus. PSU board member Audrey Jang PO ‘19 began
Christina Hoff Sommers Discusses Feminism, Campus Activism at CMC
Christina Hoff Sommers, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, former philosophy professor, and author of Who Stole Feminism? and The War Against Boys, gave a talk at Claremont McKenna College’s Pickford Auditorium on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Roughly 35 people attended the event, which was hosted by the conservative student publication, the Claremont
Feminism Takes a Right Turn at Rose Hills Theater
Since its inception, feminism—an ideology which professes gender equity across social, political, and economic lines—has been closely associated with the political left. A clear example of this is how both Democratic presidential candidates have embraced the label, while their Republican counterparts couldn’t distance themselves more from it. But for Sherrie