Maggie McBride PO ‘23 argues that Pomona’s isolation policies are contradictory, inconsistent, and put students’ health at risk.
Tag: COVID-19
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.
5C dashboards diverge as early cases surge at Harvey Mudd, Pomona
As the first week of classes draws to a close, the 5Cs have taken a varied approach to providing test data as COVID-19 cases fluctuate across the consortium.
Weekly mandatory tests out, vending machine in: a look at this fall’s COVID-19 guidelines
COVID-19 case counts weren’t the only thing to fluctuate last year — administrative policies and access to testing across the 5Cs did as well.
Pomona, Harvey Mudd announce some COVID-19 guidelines for fall move-in, amid a summer surge in cases
With just over five weeks until students return to campus, Pomona College announced some of its COVID-19 guidelines going into the fall semester. The announcement comes on the heel’s of last week’s surge in cases among the college’s faculty and staff.
SHS over-counted COVID-19 cases on campus during the spring surge
TCCS confirmed this week that SHS over-reported the number of COVID-19 cases at the 5Cs in recent weeks, leading to inconsistent dashboard numbers.