First-generation students make up between 9.6-20 percent of the student body at each of the 5Cs. Amidst national legislation targeting DEI enrollment and threatening already-vulnerable students, Maya Zhan PO ’26 unpacks first-generation students’ spaces and experiences.
Tag: DEI
OPINION: Contemporary art must put individual before identity
As contemporary art shifts its focus from form to identity, does it still challenge the viewer, or has it become a closed loop of self-referential politics? Elias Diwan PO ’25 argues that contemporary art’s fixation on representation has turned inclusion into a substitute for communication, sidelining quality and meaningful engagement with the work itself.
“The New Code”: Creating more tables in tech at the Ath
On Feb. 3, Mancini spoke with Ryan Patel about the necessity of improving diversity in the technology industry at CMC’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Since 2011, Black Girls Code has supported girls of color in tech through workshops, after-school programs, camps and mentorship. Throughout her talk, Mancini emphasized the importance of authenticity and building a supportive, encouraging team.
Dear Roommate: Who am I if not my race?
Having recently joined the Asian American Mentor Program, advice columnist Ellie Chi PO ’28 reflects on affinity groups and the nuances of belonging.
OPINION: Eliminating test scores is not the answer to educational equity
As the nation’s leading educational institutions start to reinstitute testing, the Claremont Colleges have remained stalwart, extending test optional policies until the 2027 admission cycle. Eric Lu, PO ’28 argues that testing now arises as an opportunity for equity through standardization.
Highlighting Black Athleticism: First-year Black athletes share their experiences on 5C Varsity teams
To celebrate Black History Month, TSL interviewed three students about their first-year experiences as Black athletes on 5C varsity teams.
John McWhorter on Wokeism and linguistic prescriptivism
John McWhorter, New York Times columnist and Columbia University linguistics professor, spoke at the Athenaeum on Jan. 26 about linguistic prescriptivism, a phenomenon in which people create terms like “Latinx” and “BIPOC.” He argued that such terms do not effectively produce social change.