The heavy rainstorms that hit California came down heavily on the 5C area on Sunday, Feb. 4 and stayed through Tuesday, Feb. 6. During this period, Claremont received an uncharacteristically high 7.93 inches of rain that resulted in significant consequences for the 5Cs. From Mount Baldy temporarily closing its ski
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Collins east entrance floods after underground pipe damage
Claremont McKenna College’s Collins Dining Hall experienced partial flooding Monday morning after an underground hot water pipe broke. The flooding at Collins affected the east lobby and caused the dish room to be temporarily disabled, Erin Watkins, associate vice president for finance and treasurer, told the CMC community in an
Pitzer’s Ecuador study abroad program continues despite record-breaking floods
Even as unprecedented flooding and landslides devastated Quito earlier this month, Pitzer College students studying abroad in Ecuador continue to integrate themselves in the community and learn about the political and social situation in the city.
Seriously, science: Recent Midwestern flooding leaves devastation in its tracks, affects 5C students’ hometowns
Stories of recent flooding in the Midwest have made headlines across the country, and the disaster has affected 5C students.
Scripps students evacuated after toilets flood dorm rooms
About 35 Scripps students were moved to temporary housing for a week after two toilets flooded their dorms early Saturday morning.
Beckett Hall sewage leak forces 25 students to relocate
Zubin Jotwani CM ’20 woke up in Beckett Hall at Claremont McKenna College around 8 a.m. Nov. 26. to the sound of professional sanitation cleaners vacuuming the sewage water that had flooded his dorm room. “I put my feet on the ground and there was an [inch] of water,” he