As the 5Cs continue to evaluate test-optional policies, students said differences in access to standardized testing shaped their approach to the admissions process, particularly for international applicants. While some colleges have made their policies permanent, others plan to reinstate testing requirements in future cycles.
Tag: COVID-19
OPINION: The Case for Vaping
We all smell the fruity vapors emanating from the bathrooms, tasted a strangers vape juice circulating through the tight confines of public transportation and looked with disgust. Parker DeVore PZ ’27, admits that vaping is culturally lame, a pariah and cigarettes under-developed little brother, but argues this doesn’t have to be the case. Vaping, it can be regulated and gain back some of it’s cultural cachet could serve as a safer alternative to the mass harm that cigarettes inflicts
Claremont men’s club soccer is the Pear-fect place to find success and unity on the pitch
It’s going pear-fectly! The self-dubbed “Pears,” the Claremont Colleges Men’s Soccer Club, have had a strong start to the season, winning one game and drawing the other against tough opposition. Currently sitting third place in their division, the “Pears” are seeking to win the league, something which would grant them automatic access to the Aztec Cup.
Following a rise in COVID-19 cases, Pomona College updates policies
In an email sent to the Pomona College community on Monday, Jan. 26, Dean Avis Hinkson announced multiple updates to the college’s COVID-19 policy in accordance with new guidelines issued by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The guidelines reflect updates to the recommended isolation period for asymptomatic and
OPINION: Pomona’s quarantine policies leave room for error
Maggie McBride PO ‘23 argues that Pomona’s isolation policies are contradictory, inconsistent, and put students’ health at risk.
New multimedia exhibits at Pitzer Galleries see the past through today’s lens
Britt Ransom’s “Arise and Seek” and Maya Gurantz’s “The Plague Archives” put creative innovartion on thrilling display this past weekend.
OPINION: The ‘Claremont Cold’ calls for new sanitary habits
The “Claremont Cold” is making its rounds — but we can defeat it by re-instituting our pandemic-era sanitary habits, argues Carter Soe PZ ’26.
Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer require post-break COVID-19 testing; Scripps institutes random testing
As 5C students made a return to Claremont following fall break, some colleges also brought back temporary COVID-19 testing requirements. Students at Pomona College, Harvey Mudd College and Pitzer College are required to test for COVID-19 upon returning from fall break, according to emails from both colleges.
OPINION: Professors, please reconsider your sick policies
Students with sicknesses other than COVID are often overlooked. Professors should revisit their sick policies if they truly care, argues Anna Tolkien CMC ’24.
EDITORIAL BOARD: The 5Cs need to find a COVID policy that is here for all of us
The significant reduction of the 5Cs’ COVID-19 dashboards is an unnecessary cut to make, writes the Editorial Board, and denies community members vital information.