5Cs largely lift mask mandates, testing requirements

As summer comes to Claremont, mask mandates and testing requirements are, for the most part, ending. Earlier this week, the 5Cs announced changes to COVID-19 policies for those on campus during break.

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Honnold Mudd Library staff to unionize after successful election

A majority of Honnold Mudd Library staff have voted in favor of unionization, according to a March 23 statement from the California Federation of Teachers, which is representing the 7C library workers.

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Honnold Mudd Library staff voting on unionization

Staff at the 7Cs’ Honnold Mudd Library are deciding by secret ballot whether to form a union after at least 30 percent of approximately 40 eligible employees expressed interest. The California Federation of Teachers filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board filed a petition to represent the staff, according to a Feb. 9 statement from The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS). 

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Outdoor classes experience turbulence amid persistent plane noise

Interference from planes flying overhead has made outdoor classes tricky, especially when students are also muffled by wearing masks.

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‘A ticking time bomb’: Social Security numbers of 7C employees, students kept on at-risk server for years

Claremont Colleges students’ and employees’ Social Security numbers were stored on an outdated server with a “critical vulnerability.”

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External reviewers brought in to assess Monsour as wait times climb to a month

It’s been yet another semester of month-long waits and patient complaints, and now a panel of outside specialists is on campus to evaluate Monsour Counseling and Psychological Services.

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