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Tag: JT Bard

Pomona-Pitzer Sports 
September 12, 2025 12:31 am

New era, same pride: Pomona-Pitzer unveils new logo

By Jake Creelan 1645 Views Charlie Treene, Ella Bowers, Jake Creelan, JT Bard, logo, Pomona-Pitzer Athletics, Rebrand

Keep your eyes peeled, because a brand new Cecil has hatched. On August 1st, the Pomona-Pitzer Athletics Department launched a new P-P logo, a reworked Sagehen design and an updated Cecil – marking a new era for P-P Athletics.

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  • 5Cs After Dark: Hot, horny, and hesitant
  • OPINION: In Iran, bombs are democracy’s death sentence
  • Pomona and Pitzer move from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in Anti-Defamation League Rankings; Scripps maintains failing grade
  • Pomona approves $125 million investment plan for new Center for Global Engagement; students express housing concerns
  • OPINION: Gun rights are women’s rights

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Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns this week with a deeply personal column on her different names—tracing her journey from her given Chinese name to its romanized form, and eventually to an anglicized version shaped by social expectation.

“[Rochelle] turned out to be an almost perfect phonetic echo of ‘Ruosia,’ but retained none of Ruosia’s meaning. A Google search revealed that ‘Rochelle’ means ‘little rock’ in French,” she writes.

Through reflection and nuance, Lu explores what it means to carry multiple names with a multicultural background, how the choice may never really be yours, but how you can make the most out of what you were given.

Words by Rochelle Lu | Visual by Shixiao Yu
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns this week with a deeply personal column on her different names—tracing her journey from her given Chinese name to its romanized form, and eventually to an anglicized version shaped by social expectation.

“[Rochelle] turned out to be an almost perfect phonetic echo of ‘Ruosia,’ but retained none of Ruosia’s meaning. A Google search revealed that ‘Rochelle’ means ‘little rock’ in French,” she writes.

Through reflection and nuance, Lu explores what it means to carry multiple names with a multicultural background, how the choice may never really be yours, but how you can make the most out of what you were given.

Words by Rochelle Lu | Visual by Shixiao Yu
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns this week with a deeply personal column on her different names—tracing her journey from her given Chinese name to its romanized form, and eventually to an anglicized version shaped by social expectation. “[Rochelle] turned out to be an almost perfect phonetic echo of ‘Ruosia,’ but retained none of Ruosia’s meaning. A Google search revealed that ‘Rochelle’ means ‘little rock’ in French,” she writes. Through reflection and nuance, Lu explores what it means to carry multiple names with a multicultural background, how the choice may never really be yours, but how you can make the most out of what you were given. Words by Rochelle Lu | Visual by Shixiao Yu Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Does your “situationship” have a fear of commitment? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 have definitely been in your shoes, so they’re tackling everything from dating labels to casual flings this week in their column, “5Cs After Dark.” 

“If chalant men have no fans, then I’m dead,” Giacoma writes. “I can’t operate in a world of half-measures and vague promises.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan & Siena Giacoma | Visual by Meiya Rollins
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
Does your “situationship” have a fear of commitment? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 have definitely been in your shoes, so they’re tackling everything from dating labels to casual flings this week in their column, “5Cs After Dark.” 

“If chalant men have no fans, then I’m dead,” Giacoma writes. “I can’t operate in a world of half-measures and vague promises.”

Words by Arianna Kaplan & Siena Giacoma | Visual by Meiya Rollins
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Does your “situationship” have a fear of commitment? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 have definitely been in your shoes, so they’re tackling everything from dating labels to casual flings this week in their column, “5Cs After Dark.” “If chalant men have no fans, then I’m dead,” Giacoma writes. “I can’t operate in a world of half-measures and vague promises.” Words by Arianna Kaplan & Siena Giacoma | Visual by Meiya Rollins Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr confirmed in an announcement last month that the college’s Board of Trustees approved a $125 million investment plan for the Center for Global Engagement (CGE), the facility that will replace Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, a residential complex and dining hall where students learn and practice foreign languages. 

College officials said they will adjust for the temporary decrease in housing after Oldenborg is demolished and before the CGE is completed. 

“After more than 60 years, the Oldenborg Center was beginning to show its age, and could not be meaningfully renovated given the methods used in its construction,” Jeff Roth, Vice President Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Pomona College wrote in an email to TSL. “The building would not be able to sustain the interactions, engagements, learning experiences and programming, for coming generations.”

Words by Noah Brewster | Photo by Maggie Zhang
Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr confirmed in an announcement last month that the college’s Board of Trustees approved a $125 million investment plan for the Center for Global Engagement (CGE), the facility that will replace Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, a residential complex and dining hall where students learn and practice foreign languages. 

College officials said they will adjust for the temporary decrease in housing after Oldenborg is demolished and before the CGE is completed. 

“After more than 60 years, the Oldenborg Center was beginning to show its age, and could not be meaningfully renovated given the methods used in its construction,” Jeff Roth, Vice President Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Pomona College wrote in an email to TSL. “The building would not be able to sustain the interactions, engagements, learning experiences and programming, for coming generations.”

Words by Noah Brewster | Photo by Maggie Zhang
Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
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Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr confirmed in an announcement last month that the college’s Board of Trustees approved a $125 million investment plan for the Center for Global Engagement (CGE), the facility that will replace Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, a residential complex and dining hall where students learn and practice foreign languages. College officials said they will adjust for the temporary decrease in housing after Oldenborg is demolished and before the CGE is completed. “After more than 60 years, the Oldenborg Center was beginning to show its age, and could not be meaningfully renovated given the methods used in its construction,” Jeff Roth, Vice President Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Pomona College wrote in an email to TSL. “The building would not be able to sustain the interactions, engagements, learning experiences and programming, for coming generations.” Words by Noah Brewster | Photo by Maggie Zhang Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
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Claremont McKenna College’s Model United Nations (CMCMUN) team is now a seven-time Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) champion after winning Best Small Group Delegation at this year’s conference in Peru over Spring Break. 

CMCMUN took home a first-place title at HNMUN last year and was ranked the 4th best North American MUN team in the 2024-25 school year by Best Delegate, a Model UN-centered education company. 

“CMC’s team is unique in that we all dedicate time to the activity solely through the club and voluntary participation–there’s no academic credit, class, or substantive faculty support involved,” Samuel Johnson-Saeger CM ’26, one of the trip’s organizers, wrote in an email to TSL. “I think that means that the team members we draw, especially for WorldMUN, are both incredibly passionate about and talented at the activity.”

Words by Charlotte Hahm & Illa Bell | Photo courtesy of CMCMUN
Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
Claremont McKenna College’s Model United Nations (CMCMUN) team is now a seven-time Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) champion after winning Best Small Group Delegation at this year’s conference in Peru over Spring Break. 

CMCMUN took home a first-place title at HNMUN last year and was ranked the 4th best North American MUN team in the 2024-25 school year by Best Delegate, a Model UN-centered education company. 

“CMC’s team is unique in that we all dedicate time to the activity solely through the club and voluntary participation–there’s no academic credit, class, or substantive faculty support involved,” Samuel Johnson-Saeger CM ’26, one of the trip’s organizers, wrote in an email to TSL. “I think that means that the team members we draw, especially for WorldMUN, are both incredibly passionate about and talented at the activity.”

Words by Charlotte Hahm & Illa Bell | Photo courtesy of CMCMUN
Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
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Claremont McKenna College’s Model United Nations (CMCMUN) team is now a seven-time Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) champion after winning Best Small Group Delegation at this year’s conference in Peru over Spring Break. CMCMUN took home a first-place title at HNMUN last year and was ranked the 4th best North American MUN team in the 2024-25 school year by Best Delegate, a Model UN-centered education company. “CMC’s team is unique in that we all dedicate time to the activity solely through the club and voluntary participation–there’s no academic credit, class, or substantive faculty support involved,” Samuel Johnson-Saeger CM ’26, one of the trip’s organizers, wrote in an email to TSL. “I think that means that the team members we draw, especially for WorldMUN, are both incredibly passionate about and talented at the activity.” Words by Charlotte Hahm & Illa Bell | Photo courtesy of CMCMUN Raed the full story at the link in our bio.
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) upgraded Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ rankings from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in their 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last month, while Scripps College received an ‘F’ grade again and Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges remained unranked.

While rankings can gauge campus climate, Executive Director of Claremont Hillel Dr. Bethany Slater said evaluating Jewish safety on campus should be considered more holistically.

“We wouldn’t reduce the experience of Jewish students to a single letter grade — it’s far more complex and deeply personal than that,” she wrote in an email statement to TSL.

Words by Chloe Kiparsky & Kahani Malhotra | Graphic by Shixiao Yu
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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) upgraded Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ rankings from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in their 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last month, while Scripps College received an ‘F’ grade again and Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges remained unranked. While rankings can gauge campus climate, Executive Director of Claremont Hillel Dr. Bethany Slater said evaluating Jewish safety on campus should be considered more holistically. “We wouldn’t reduce the experience of Jewish students to a single letter grade — it’s far more complex and deeply personal than that,” she wrote in an email statement to TSL. Words by Chloe Kiparsky & Kahani Malhotra | Graphic by Shixiao Yu Reac the full story at the link in our bio.
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America’s attempt to bear democracy in Iran is dangerously ill-informed. The destruction we impose abroad only threatens Iranians’ own autonomy and resistance against the regime.

“Because the state has enlisted itself to regulate morality and behavior, any deviation from the imposed social order is an inherent form of dissent,” writes Leili Kamali PO ’29. “As the war goes on, the biggest setback of all goes unrecognized – by bombing Iran, Trump is destroying and devaluing a decades-long movement of defiance that Iranians have been building all by themselves. “

Words by Leili Kamali | Graphic by PJ James
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
America’s attempt to bear democracy in Iran is dangerously ill-informed. The destruction we impose abroad only threatens Iranians’ own autonomy and resistance against the regime.

“Because the state has enlisted itself to regulate morality and behavior, any deviation from the imposed social order is an inherent form of dissent,” writes Leili Kamali PO ’29. “As the war goes on, the biggest setback of all goes unrecognized – by bombing Iran, Trump is destroying and devaluing a decades-long movement of defiance that Iranians have been building all by themselves. “

Words by Leili Kamali | Graphic by PJ James
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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America’s attempt to bear democracy in Iran is dangerously ill-informed. The destruction we impose abroad only threatens Iranians’ own autonomy and resistance against the regime. “Because the state has enlisted itself to regulate morality and behavior, any deviation from the imposed social order is an inherent form of dissent,” writes Leili Kamali PO ’29. “As the war goes on, the biggest setback of all goes unrecognized – by bombing Iran, Trump is destroying and devaluing a decades-long movement of defiance that Iranians have been building all by themselves. “ Words by Leili Kamali | Graphic by PJ James Read the full story at the link in our bio.
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While drag faces mounting attacks across the country, Claremont students proved the art form is alive, messy and louder than ever. Friday, Feb. 20, the Claremont Drag Club’s Bad Romance: Kiki & Tea event transformed The Motley into a night of unapologetic queer joy as drag performers danced to Lady Gaga hits, cheered on by students waving dollar bills.

Filmed by Zoe Chin, edited by Isabella Leyton.
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While drag faces mounting attacks across the country, Claremont students proved the art form is alive, messy and louder than ever. Friday, Feb. 20, the Claremont Drag Club’s Bad Romance: Kiki & Tea event transformed The Motley into a night of unapologetic queer joy as drag performers danced to Lady Gaga hits, cheered on by students waving dollar bills. Filmed by Zoe Chin, edited by Isabella Leyton.
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On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty, and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” As they took in the new exhibition, attendees listened attentively to American composer Ken Vandermark, who performed saxophone and clarinet compositions.

This video shows behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition, in which Isabella Leyton and Sylvie Simmons capture the various works by these artists while interviewing student attendees and Benton Museum staff about the new exhibitions.

Filmed and edited by Isabella Leyton.
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On Feb. 28, the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College welcomed 7C students, faculty, and community members for the opening reception of the new exhibits “The Meditative Object” and “John Sparagana: Interference Patterns.” As they took in the new exhibition, attendees listened attentively to American composer Ken Vandermark, who performed saxophone and clarinet compositions. This video shows behind-the-scenes footage of the exhibition, in which Isabella Leyton and Sylvie Simmons capture the various works by these artists while interviewing student attendees and Benton Museum staff about the new exhibitions. Filmed and edited by Isabella Leyton.
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At Pomona’s BSU town hall, students spoke publicly about experiences of racism in academic, social, and campus spaces, describing what they said is a broader pattern shaping the campus environment. The event drew hundreds from across the Claremont Colleges and surrounding community.

“I learned that we are not alone,” Pherell Washington PO ’29 said. “There are so many different people, not just Black individuals, but so many allies.”

The event highlighted ongoing concerns around institutional response and the need for clear, measurable action in addressing these concerns.

Video by Bianca Mirica & Sakeenah Abraham | Edited by Bianca Mirica
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At Pomona’s BSU town hall, students spoke publicly about experiences of racism in academic, social, and campus spaces, describing what they said is a broader pattern shaping the campus environment. The event drew hundreds from across the Claremont Colleges and surrounding community. “I learned that we are not alone,” Pherell Washington PO ’29 said. “There are so many different people, not just Black individuals, but so many allies.” The event highlighted ongoing concerns around institutional response and the need for clear, measurable action in addressing these concerns. Video by Bianca Mirica & Sakeenah Abraham | Edited by Bianca Mirica
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