Few economics electives are as popular as Economics of Sports at Pomona College. This spring, Professor Marisa Cameron, an avid football fan herself, is teaching two sections of the upper-division elective. From using data analytics to calculate player value to learning the history of free agency, students like Tara Kamshad PO ’28 use sports as an accessible gateway to the world of economics.
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Claremont Characters: Miriam Akhmetshin always delivers
In the latest and last entry of her column, Ila Assegaf profiles Miriam Akhmetshin SC ’26, an art history and economics major who recently completed training to be a doula.
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.
Fall 2024 pre-registration in review
Upwards of 14,000 permission to enroll requests were submitted by 5C students as they registered for the over 2000 courses that will be offered Fall 2024.
The Barber of Little Rock: Reviving the Lifeblood of Communities
The consequences of a segregated economy remain ever present in the discriminatory financial institutions of today. The documentary The Barber of Little Rock was screened at Pitzer College on February 20, featuring the story of Arlo Washington, the founder of People’s Trust, a community bank. It discusses his efforts to combat the racial wealth gap by increasing access to financial services, where he has the only bank within 10 miles of his neighborhood.
Washington sees capital as the lifeblood of a community and aims to revive the lifeblood of his home by providing small loans and grants to those in need.
CMC mistakenly offers admitted students $40,000 scholarship awards
When 306 of this year’s first-year applicants to Claremont McKenna College opened their admissions letters on March 24, they got the good news they were hoping for — and even more. But the joy from a $10,000 annual scholarship wouldn’t last long.
Pomona economics professor Niree Kodaverdian expresses creativity through art, modeling
What do art, economics and fashion modeling have in common? Let full-time artist and Pomona College professor Niree Kodaverdian paint you a picture.
Pomona econ prof to co-chair CA Governor’s economic council
Pomona College economics professor Fernando Lozano will serve as co-chair of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new Council of Economic Advisors.
OPINION: Let’s give post offices another job
Post offices used to provide banking and financial services to the areas they served. To help low-income Americans, let’s bring that back.
OPINION: The worst distraction in the history of presidents, maybe ever
It may come as no surprise that I’m not really a fan of presidents, generally. If I had to choose, I’d say my favorite one was that guy who died of the sniffles 30 days into his term because he wouldn’t put on a raincoat at his inauguration. That’s my