Pop culture columnist Anna Tolkien CM ’24 reviews the authenticity of the world of academia presented in Netflix’s “The Chair.”
Tag: Student Activism
Film philosophy: ‘Love, Death & Robots’ values individual change over unrealistic goals
The episode “Pop Squad” from “Love, Death & Robots” asserts that we are responsible for individual-level change when societal change is unfeasible, argues TV columnist Simone Bogedal PO ’24.
Students advocate for expanded COVID-19 stimulus relief
COVID-19 Aid for All, a group founded by 5C students, is lobbying for broader inclusion in the next federal stimulus bill.
Many Pomona students’ housing petitions rejected, organizers say
A coalition of Pomona College students organizing as #HomelessAtPomona say that many petitions to remain on campus have been rejected.
Scripps to work toward carbon commitment
After massive student protest in the fall 2019 semester, Scripps College will become the final 5C to develop a climate action plan.
Know Your Rights Claremont — creating safe spaces and empowering the local immigrant community
5C students are reviving Know Your Rights Claremont, collaborating with local activists to organize educational clinics about immigrant rights.
Students rally to urge Scripps to sign carbon commitment
Over 100 students demonstrated at Scripps College on Friday, asking the school to join the other 5Cs in signing a carbon commitment.
Students to protest, demand Scripps sign climate commitment
A student demonstration calling for Scripps College to sign onto a national “carbon commitment” — a climate pledge signed by the other four Claremont Colleges and 329 other colleges and universities nationwide — will take place on Friday.
5C students attend Los Angeles #MeToo Survivors’ March
Scripps Student Organizers, a group of approximately 20 Scripps College and 5C students interested in campus organizing, coordinated for 5C students to attend the #MeToo Survivors’ March in Los Angeles Nov. 10. #MeToo March International is an “organization and movement of intersectional feminism for the 99 percent … dedicated [to]
Students counter Westboro Baptist Church picketers with ‘Celebration of Diversity’
About 100 students gathered at Pomona College’s Marston Quadrangle for a “Celebration of Diversity” event the morning of Nov. 12 in response to the Westboro Baptist Church’s planned picketing on Pomona’s campus, according to Marylou Ferry, Pomona’s spokesperson. One of the “Celebration of Diversity” organizers, Rowan Macy PO ’22, said