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Arts & Culture Features Front Page 
April 29, 2021 11:37 pmMay 3, 2021 7:38 pm

5C Muslim students speak on rewards, institutional challenges of Ramadan amid a pandemic

By Sofia Ahmed and Oluyemisi Bolonduro 6217 Views Accommodations, Chaplains, Community, Fasting, Holidays, Iftar, Islam, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Ramadan, Religion, Religious Accommodations, Virtual, Virtual Social Life, Virtual Year

On top of pandemic restrictions, Muslim students observing Ramadan must navigate finals during the holiday. While all 5Cs offer accommodations to students who ask, some Muslim students argue it’s not enough.

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Arts & Culture Columns Food 
April 22, 2021 11:03 pm

Foodie fantasies: Date-ing made delicious

By Maryam Khan 3466 Views Date Recipe, Date Recipes, Dates, Fasting, Food, Iftar, Islam, Muslim, Ramadan

Dates, a traditional food used to break the daily fast during Ramadan, are a tasty treat for all, food columnist Maryam Khan SC ’23 writes.

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During room draw this past week for fall 2026 housing, students at Pomona College have reported trading and bidding for housing selection times — including thousand-dollar bids and internship offers. This follows the college’s decision to demolish the Oldenborg Center in May and subsequently reduce on-campus housing. 

“I heard about a ton of instances of people bribing people — with money, with tickets to sports games, with internships,” Celeste Garton PO ’27 said. “Just the fact that that was even part of the conversation was ridiculous.”

Taking down Oldenborg, a 120-bed language residence hall, is part of the college’s $125 million Center for Global Engagement (CGE) project to replace the dorm, dining facility and language center. CGE is set to open in fall 2028 and, once completed, will house 200 students. 

Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Cassie Sundberg
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During room draw this past week for fall 2026 housing, students at Pomona College have reported trading and bidding for housing selection times — including thousand-dollar bids and internship offers. This follows the college’s decision to demolish the Oldenborg Center in May and subsequently reduce on-campus housing. 

“I heard about a ton of instances of people bribing people — with money, with tickets to sports games, with internships,” Celeste Garton PO ’27 said. “Just the fact that that was even part of the conversation was ridiculous.”

Taking down Oldenborg, a 120-bed language residence hall, is part of the college’s $125 million Center for Global Engagement (CGE) project to replace the dorm, dining facility and language center. CGE is set to open in fall 2028 and, once completed, will house 200 students. 

Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Cassie Sundberg
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During room draw this past week for fall 2026 housing, students at Pomona College have reported trading and bidding for housing selection times — including thousand-dollar bids and internship offers. This follows the college’s decision to demolish the Oldenborg Center in May and subsequently reduce on-campus housing. “I heard about a ton of instances of people bribing people — with money, with tickets to sports games, with internships,” Celeste Garton PO ’27 said. “Just the fact that that was even part of the conversation was ridiculous.” Taking down Oldenborg, a 120-bed language residence hall, is part of the college’s $125 million Center for Global Engagement (CGE) project to replace the dorm, dining facility and language center. CGE is set to open in fall 2028 and, once completed, will house 200 students. Words by Bianca Mirica | Graphic by Cassie Sundberg Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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This week at TSL:

News covered the first Claremont Police Commission meeting since Diego Rio’s homicide, along with updates to an administrative role at Motley Coffeehouse that have sparked controversy.

Sports highlighted the recent success of the ski and snowboard team and featured a story arguing that the dedication required to be a Division III athlete deserves greater institutional support.

Opinions examined the decline of urban spaces and explored how to process political grief.

In Arts & Culture, we covered Laura Field’s talk on her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, and featured a review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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This week at TSL: News covered the first Claremont Police Commission meeting since Diego Rio’s homicide, along with updates to an administrative role at Motley Coffeehouse that have sparked controversy. Sports highlighted the recent success of the ski and snowboard team and featured a story arguing that the dedication required to be a Division III athlete deserves greater institutional support. Opinions examined the decline of urban spaces and explored how to process political grief. In Arts & Culture, we covered Laura Field’s talk on her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, and featured a review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Filmed & edited by Bianca Mirica and Isabella Leyton | Read more at the link in our bio.
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For many sports fans around the world, the spectator experience is an added perk to enjoy the players and teams they love. It may even be why one turns on Tennis Channel and re-watches the highlights like Federer vs Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final, or the angry meltdown of Serena Williams in her 2018 U.S. Open Final against Naomi Osaka. However, Katie Fullerton SC ’28 argues that for many tennis fans, watching the sport is more stressful than playing it. 

“Even Williams, the greatest player of all time, stumbled under the immense pressure that defines tennis,” Fullerton writes. “No wonder my history teacher nearly tore her hair out watching Williams. She was not just reacting to forehands, but to a live demonstration of pressure and resilience.”

Others view tennis not as a sport of fine margins, but as practice for forgiving your own mistakes. Katia Kriakova SC ’28 picked up a racket in January after reading Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid over winter break. She decided that if a fictional retired champion could rebuild herself, she could at least try a Thursday beginner clinic. She went in expecting chaos and a steep learning curve, but since then, she has been pleasantly surprised. 

“I always leave feeling refreshed and energized,” Kriakova said. “I made a new very close friend, and we love to play just for the fun of it.”

Words by Katharine Fullerton | Graphic by Shixiao Yu
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For many sports fans around the world, the spectator experience is an added perk to enjoy the players and teams they love. It may even be why one turns on Tennis Channel and re-watches the highlights like Federer vs Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final, or the angry meltdown of Serena Williams in her 2018 U.S. Open Final against Naomi Osaka. However, Katie Fullerton SC ’28 argues that for many tennis fans, watching the sport is more stressful than playing it. “Even Williams, the greatest player of all time, stumbled under the immense pressure that defines tennis,” Fullerton writes. “No wonder my history teacher nearly tore her hair out watching Williams. She was not just reacting to forehands, but to a live demonstration of pressure and resilience.” Others view tennis not as a sport of fine margins, but as practice for forgiving your own mistakes. Katia Kriakova SC ’28 picked up a racket in January after reading Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid over winter break. She decided that if a fictional retired champion could rebuild herself, she could at least try a Thursday beginner clinic. She went in expecting chaos and a steep learning curve, but since then, she has been pleasantly surprised. “I always leave feeling refreshed and energized,” Kriakova said. “I made a new very close friend, and we love to play just for the fun of it.” Words by Katharine Fullerton | Graphic by Shixiao Yu Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Coming to Pomona College, current first-years did not know that majoring in cognitive science would require winning a lottery. This academic year, Pomona’s Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department started limiting the number of students who can major in cognitive science. 

Interest in the once small major has tripled over the last ten years, while faculty size has stagnated. For the past two years, requests to the Faculty Position Advisory Committee for additional faculty positions have been denied by administration. 

Words by Vivian Fan | Photo by Maggie Zhang
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Coming to Pomona College, current first-years did not know that majoring in cognitive science would require winning a lottery. This academic year, Pomona’s Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department started limiting the number of students who can major in cognitive science. 

Interest in the once small major has tripled over the last ten years, while faculty size has stagnated. For the past two years, requests to the Faculty Position Advisory Committee for additional faculty positions have been denied by administration. 

Words by Vivian Fan | Photo by Maggie Zhang
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Coming to Pomona College, current first-years did not know that majoring in cognitive science would require winning a lottery. This academic year, Pomona’s Linguistics and Cognitive Science Department started limiting the number of students who can major in cognitive science. Interest in the once small major has tripled over the last ten years, while faculty size has stagnated. For the past two years, requests to the Faculty Position Advisory Committee for additional faculty positions have been denied by administration. Words by Vivian Fan | Photo by Maggie Zhang Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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The world feels like it’s ending every day, but you can find civic empowerment in the way you choose to honor your political grief.

“We have no reason to trust anything above our individuality, no reason to hear any organization out or trust that any institution has good faith,” writes Celeste Cariker PZ ’28. “But still, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the progress we want to see in this nation to be resilient in the face of disappointment, to compose ourselves for the sake of organization and lead lives of joy as a mode of resistance.”

Words by: Celeste Cariker | Graphic by: PJ James
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The world feels like it’s ending every day, but you can find civic empowerment in the way you choose to honor your political grief.

“We have no reason to trust anything above our individuality, no reason to hear any organization out or trust that any institution has good faith,” writes Celeste Cariker PZ ’28. “But still, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the progress we want to see in this nation to be resilient in the face of disappointment, to compose ourselves for the sake of organization and lead lives of joy as a mode of resistance.”

Words by: Celeste Cariker | Graphic by: PJ James
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The world feels like it’s ending every day, but you can find civic empowerment in the way you choose to honor your political grief. “We have no reason to trust anything above our individuality, no reason to hear any organization out or trust that any institution has good faith,” writes Celeste Cariker PZ ’28. “But still, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the progress we want to see in this nation to be resilient in the face of disappointment, to compose ourselves for the sake of organization and lead lives of joy as a mode of resistance.” Words by: Celeste Cariker | Graphic by: PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Interrogating the architecture of belief, Laura K. Field examines the ideological ecosystem of MAGA and what sustains its internal coherence. Tracing the emotional and intellectual scaffolding behind the movement, she reveals how narratives of identity, grievance, and loyalty intertwine to shape political reality.

Field suggests that understanding these belief systems is not about endorsement, but about clarity. “If we fail to take these ideas seriously,” she implies, “we risk misunderstanding the forces that continue to shape American political life.”

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Interrogating the architecture of belief, Laura K. Field examines the ideological ecosystem of MAGA and what sustains its internal coherence. Tracing the emotional and intellectual scaffolding behind the movement, she reveals how narratives of identity, grievance, and loyalty intertwine to shape political reality. Field suggests that understanding these belief systems is not about endorsement, but about clarity. “If we fail to take these ideas seriously,” she implies, “we risk misunderstanding the forces that continue to shape American political life.” Words by Irikaa Mehrotra | Photo courtesy of Jonathan Hernandez Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Last Thursday the Claremont Police Commission held their first meeting since the homicide of Diego Rios. Claremont community members — including many 5C students — spoke out during public comment seeking accountability and reform from the city. 

The Commission did not respond to demands or suggestions from speakers throughout the meeting.

“I was really disheartened by [the Commission’s] choice to not respond to the many, many comments of concern, of smart suggestions for steps forward made by community members and to instead continue with business as normal,” attendee Clare Reimers-Hejnal SC ’26 said.

Words by Quinn Bolster | Photo by Maggie Zhang
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
Last Thursday the Claremont Police Commission held their first meeting since the homicide of Diego Rios. Claremont community members — including many 5C students — spoke out during public comment seeking accountability and reform from the city. 

The Commission did not respond to demands or suggestions from speakers throughout the meeting.

“I was really disheartened by [the Commission’s] choice to not respond to the many, many comments of concern, of smart suggestions for steps forward made by community members and to instead continue with business as normal,” attendee Clare Reimers-Hejnal SC ’26 said.

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Last Thursday the Claremont Police Commission held their first meeting since the homicide of Diego Rios. Claremont community members — including many 5C students — spoke out during public comment seeking accountability and reform from the city. The Commission did not respond to demands or suggestions from speakers throughout the meeting. “I was really disheartened by [the Commission’s] choice to not respond to the many, many comments of concern, of smart suggestions for steps forward made by community members and to instead continue with business as normal,” attendee Clare Reimers-Hejnal SC ’26 said. Words by Quinn Bolster | Photo by Maggie Zhang Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Over spring break, the 5C Ski and Snowboard Team brought home two trophies from the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships that took place at Lake Placid, New York. On March 19, the women’s team placed first in slopestyle, and on March 21, they earned third overall for freeski.
“Our women’s freestyle team always has success every year because they really push themselves and they do great,” captain Asher Wolf PZ ’28 said. “Lanie Pidwell [PZ ’27] has been doing great; she’s one of our best freestyle athletes, and she got fifth overall at nationals for freestyle. She did a backflip in big air, which is crazy.”
As a West Coast team, entirely student-run, traveling to New York for nationals posed a number of difficulties, from booking flights to adapting to new snow styles. It is the constant adaptation and malleability required that make skiing such a joy for captain Will Sedo HM ’26.
“One of the things that keeps ski racing so interesting, in my mind, is that every day is a new condition on the hill,” Sedo said. “Every single day and every single hour you’re out there, it changes a little bit, and you have new conditions to have to respond to almost simultaneously as you’re racing down the hill. That’s what makes it such an intellectually interesting sport for me.”

Words by Anne Reardon | Photo courtesy of Claremont Ski & Snowboard Team
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
Over spring break, the 5C Ski and Snowboard Team brought home two trophies from the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships that took place at Lake Placid, New York. On March 19, the women’s team placed first in slopestyle, and on March 21, they earned third overall for freeski.
“Our women’s freestyle team always has success every year because they really push themselves and they do great,” captain Asher Wolf PZ ’28 said. “Lanie Pidwell [PZ ’27] has been doing great; she’s one of our best freestyle athletes, and she got fifth overall at nationals for freestyle. She did a backflip in big air, which is crazy.”
As a West Coast team, entirely student-run, traveling to New York for nationals posed a number of difficulties, from booking flights to adapting to new snow styles. It is the constant adaptation and malleability required that make skiing such a joy for captain Will Sedo HM ’26.
“One of the things that keeps ski racing so interesting, in my mind, is that every day is a new condition on the hill,” Sedo said. “Every single day and every single hour you’re out there, it changes a little bit, and you have new conditions to have to respond to almost simultaneously as you’re racing down the hill. That’s what makes it such an intellectually interesting sport for me.”

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Over spring break, the 5C Ski and Snowboard Team brought home two trophies from the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard National Championships that took place at Lake Placid, New York. On March 19, the women’s team placed first in slopestyle, and on March 21, they earned third overall for freeski. “Our women’s freestyle team always has success every year because they really push themselves and they do great,” captain Asher Wolf PZ ’28 said. “Lanie Pidwell [PZ ’27] has been doing great; she’s one of our best freestyle athletes, and she got fifth overall at nationals for freestyle. She did a backflip in big air, which is crazy.” As a West Coast team, entirely student-run, traveling to New York for nationals posed a number of difficulties, from booking flights to adapting to new snow styles. It is the constant adaptation and malleability required that make skiing such a joy for captain Will Sedo HM ’26. “One of the things that keeps ski racing so interesting, in my mind, is that every day is a new condition on the hill,” Sedo said. “Every single day and every single hour you’re out there, it changes a little bit, and you have new conditions to have to respond to almost simultaneously as you’re racing down the hill. That’s what makes it such an intellectually interesting sport for me.” Words by Anne Reardon | Photo courtesy of Claremont Ski & Snowboard Team Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Exploring the Cold War and its effects now, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition “Atomic Dragons” at the Pitzer Art Galleries. From her previous readings in her curation class, she was instantly tethered to Judtih Dancoff’s work. 

Judith Dancoff narrates her own experiences of her father working on the Manhattan Project with Oppenheimer. Rollins describes the letters between Dancoff’s father and Oppenheimer in the piece, “The Dancoff Factor,” where they are a “window into their relationship with each other and their work. It was work that slowly killed them, but quickly destroyed the lives of so many.” 

Rollins highlights, “Although this exhibition is coming to a close, its message should not.” She continues, “We should continue to listen to these stories, to understand them and not repeat previous mistakes that have rippled throughout generations.”

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Exploring the Cold War and its effects now, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition “Atomic Dragons” at the Pitzer Art Galleries. From her previous readings in her curation class, she was instantly tethered to Judtih Dancoff’s work. 

Judith Dancoff narrates her own experiences of her father working on the Manhattan Project with Oppenheimer. Rollins describes the letters between Dancoff’s father and Oppenheimer in the piece, “The Dancoff Factor,” where they are a “window into their relationship with each other and their work. It was work that slowly killed them, but quickly destroyed the lives of so many.” 

Rollins highlights, “Although this exhibition is coming to a close, its message should not.” She continues, “We should continue to listen to these stories, to understand them and not repeat previous mistakes that have rippled throughout generations.”

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Exploring the Cold War and its effects now, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on the exhibition “Atomic Dragons” at the Pitzer Art Galleries. From her previous readings in her curation class, she was instantly tethered to Judtih Dancoff’s work. Judith Dancoff narrates her own experiences of her father working on the Manhattan Project with Oppenheimer. Rollins describes the letters between Dancoff’s father and Oppenheimer in the piece, “The Dancoff Factor,” where they are a “window into their relationship with each other and their work. It was work that slowly killed them, but quickly destroyed the lives of so many.” Rollins highlights, “Although this exhibition is coming to a close, its message should not.” She continues, “We should continue to listen to these stories, to understand them and not repeat previous mistakes that have rippled throughout generations.” Words & graphic by Meiya Rollins | Read the full story at thw link in our bio.
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