OPINION: Fans should not separate politics and professional sports because doing so leads to stagnancy in social and political change, writes Phillip Kong PO ’24.
Tag: Protest
Scripps drops Sodexo, announces Bon Appétit as new dining services provider
In a victory for student activists, Scripps College is dropping Sodexo in favor of Bon Appetit to handle its dining services.
Sodexo presentation at Scripps met with student protest, dining staff support
Student activists turned out Tuesday to protest a presentation by Sodexo, Scripps College’s controversial food service provider, which is hoping to renew its contract with the school.
Claremont joins global climate strike warning of environmental crisis
Hundreds of people in Claremont participated in Friday’s global climate strike, which aimed to bring awareness to the environmental crisis.
Mudd to revise Core Math curriculum: Two years after campus protests, first major change from review designed to decrease workload
The class of 2023 will be the first to experience Harvey Mudd College’s new pilot Core Math curriculum, which was modified after student protests over excessive workloads in 2017.
Protest over termination of DACA scholarship draws more than 200 students
On March 12, more than 200 Pitzer students mobilized to protest the college’s decision to withhold scholarship money from a DACA student.
Pomona plans to revive program funding off-campus therapy co-pays
Pomona College plans to implement new off-campus therapy policies that would cover students’ co-pays, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson announced.
As students pressure Scripps to drop Sodexo, president announces dining services committee
Scripps College’s contract with Sodexo, a food services company that operates prisons in other countries, is set to expire in 2020, and students have been putting pressure on the administration to not renew its contract. More than 40 students protested the school’s involvement with the French multinational company outside Malott
‘Just not enough’: Pomona students rally for improved mental health care
More than 100 students rallied at Pomona College’s Smith Campus Center on Monday to demand that the Pomona administration improve services for students with mental health issues, especially students from marginalized communities. The rally was organized by a coalition of 5C student groups under the name Students for an Accountable
OPINION: I’m an environmentalist, and I’m pro-local fracking
I was the president of my high school environmental club. When I said I wouldn’t be attending an anti-fracking march we had been invited to because I was pro-local fracking, half of the club members refused to speak to me for the rest of the month. I’m aware of the