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.
Tag: Public Health
OPINION: Pomona’s fire response left students unprotected. Here’s what needs to change.
It’s fire season in Southern California as most Claremont Colleges students know. With a fire to the north, east and south, Claremont sits on the side of a triangle of fires. The air quality on campus was unhealthy for many days, but what did the Colleges do to protect their students’ health? Not enough, argues Scott Gowdy PO ’28.
OPINION: On this World Malaria Day, none of us are healthy until everyone is healthy
Malaria has had an incredible impact on millions of lives, but it continues to lack recognition on a global scale. MaryAnn Ngozi Obidike CGU ’24 calls attention to the public health crisis in light of World Malaria Day.
5Cs face a crossroads on masking rules
As Pomona College relaxed its mask mandate for indoor meetings and Pitzer College lifted its outdoor masking requirement last Friday, students and community members were divided on how much farther, if at all, the schools should continue to roll back their face covering guidelines.
OPINION: Forcing unvaccinated students to Oasis endangers public health
The Pomona College administration is ignoring basic public health guidance by forcing students with medical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccination to move to the Oasis apartments and bundling them together in shared spaces, writes guest columnist Gabe Schuhl PO ‘25.
California public health officials release college reopening guidance; Mudd ‘cautiously optimistic’ students will return
The California Department of Public Health released interim guidance allowing institutions of higher education to reopen if local conditions allow.
OPINION: Returning to campus this fall would be so much worse than you think
Harvey Mudd College’s potential plans for fall reopening shocked many. But of all the colleges’ plans, Mudd’s are the best bet to avoid disaster.
OPINION: Resist the temptation to moralize COVID-19
COVID-19 is a pandemic. Blaming sick people for their illness doesn’t help anyone and feeds into a long history of prejudice and ableism.
OPINION: Anti-vaxxers are a public health crisis
People refusing to vaccinate themselves and their children has lead to measles outbreaks all over the country. There’s no reason this had to happen and there should be no tolerating it, either.