The Motley Coffeehouse Archives

Members of the Claremont Community hard at work inside the Motley Coffeehouse at Scripps College

By Joelle Rudolf and Ava Fleisher 910 Views Administration, advisor, Ava Fleisher, Emily Weiss, Joelle Rudolf, Laila Hannum, Scripps College, Stacey Miller, supervisor, The Motley, The Motley Coffeehouse, Zoe Isabelle

The Motley Coffeehouse, a historically student-run cafe and popular event space at Scripps College, will undergo administrative changes beginning summer 2026 — potentially jeopardizing its entirely student-run business model, Motley staff said.

Stacey Miller, The Motley’s current administrative advisor, announced at an all-staff meeting March 8 that she will be taking on new responsibilities as a supervisor to the coffeehouse, alongside the Scripps Store.

Multiple Motley employees said they felt “blindsided” by this change.

Arts & Culture Features Uncategorized

October 10, 2025 3:30 am

Mapping the history and future of the BDS movement with Shaheen Nassar’s presentation of “Beyond Recognition”

By Adam Akins and Claire Welch 1099 Views 5C Asian American Advisory Board, 7C South West Asian and North African (SWANA) club, Adam Akins, BDS movement, Claire Welch, Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies, Irvine 11, Israel-Hamas war, Junee Manandhar, Lena Abed, Michael Oren, Oct 7, Pitzer Center for Asian Pacific American Students, Pomona’s Asian American Resources Center, Saif El Mosalami, Scripps’ Anthropology Department, Shaheen Nassar, The Motley Coffeehouse

On Oct. 7, the two year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, several organisations including 7C SWANA hosted guest speaker Shaheen Nassar, a member of the “Irvine 11,” for a talk at the Motley Coffeehouse titled “Beyond Recognition.” Over 100 students crowded into the Motley at 3pm to listen as Nassar detailed the historical context for the current situation in Gaza, and spoke to other issues including the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) Movement.

Drawing of students walking around with yerba mate

Arts & Culture Features

November 5, 2021 12:29 amNovember 5, 2021 1:02 am

Yerb your enthusiasm: 5C students run on Yerba Mate

By Luisa Fernanda Echeverria Bedoya 5967 Views Argentina, Brazil, Caffeine, Coffee, Coop, Coop Store, Guayakí, Motley Coffeehouse, Paraguay, Pit Stop, The Motley, The Motley Coffeehouse, Uruguay, Yerba Mate

Walking around the 5Cs, you’re bound to spot a student sipping from a yellow Guayakí Yerba Mate can. So what has made this infusion drink rival coffee’s popularity among caffeine-seeking students?

Two people work behind a counter and take orders for drinks from a long line of people.

Arts & Culture Front Page

September 27, 2019 12:43 amOctober 1, 2019 12:47 am

The Motley Coffeehouse celebrates its 45th anniversary

By Simran Sachdeva 4309 Views Coffee, Motley, Scripps College, The Motley, The Motley Coffeehouse

At the Motley Coffeehouse’s 45th anniversary celebration and opening, staff and students acknowledged the history of the student-run establishment with themed drinks.

students study in the motley, sitting on couches. The walls are brick

News Scripps College

May 2, 2019 11:06 pm

Scripps to remodel Motley, purchase bus with 2019-20 budget

By Jaimie Ding 7269 Views Budget, Bus, Motley, Motley Coffeehouse, Renovation, Sagecoach, Scripps College, Solar, Solar Panels, Solar Power, The Motley Coffeehouse

Scripps announced a number of projects planned in the 2019-2020 budget, including adding solar panels, increasing accessibility, buying a bus and remodeling the Motley Coffeehouse.

Arts & Culture

February 28, 2019 8:25 pm

What your mama didn’t tell you: A body positivity discussion for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

By Yasmin Elqutami 4851 Views Body Love, Body Positivity, Eating Disorders, Gloria Lucas, Nalgona Positivity Pride, NEDA, NEDA Week, Scripps Eating Disorder Alliance, SEDA, TFH, The Motley Coffeehouse, Tiernan Field House

Gloria Lucas, activist and Nalgona Positivity Pride founder, hosted “Eating Disorders and Body Love: The Things Mama Didn’t Tell You.”

Arts & Culture Front Page

February 15, 2019 11:40 amFebruary 15, 2019 12:27 pm

Student bakers donut disappoint at the Great Motley Bake Off

By Catherine Ward 3015 Views Bake Off, Baking, Competition, Desserts, Food, Great British Baking Show, Scripps College, The Motley Coffeehouse

Student bakers gathered at the Motley Coffeehouse on Feb. 8, primed to wow their peers with their culinary skills at the biannual Motley Student Bake Off. A crowd of student samplers showed up before noon, and the line stretched all the way around Seal Court for the duration of the

Arts & Culture

February 9, 2018 12:30 amJuly 15, 2019 7:15 pm

Scripps’ Motley Coffeehouse Reopens With Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’

By Yijie Wang 3614 Views 0 Comment The Motley Coffeehouse

Chocolate star-shaped cookies, colorful candies, colorful balloons, and an oil painting similar to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” all constituted Scripps College Motley Coffeehouse’ post-impressionist theme for their opening celebration on Feb. 1. More than 20 people lined up to get their “Starry Night” drink — a hot chocolate with

Arts & Culture

September 29, 2017 2:33 amJuly 15, 2019 7:19 pm

Motley Bakers Rise to the Occasion

By Jaimie Ding 2456 Views 0 Comment The Motley Coffeehouse

A long line stretched out the doors of the Scripps College’s Motley Coffeehouse on Friday, Sept. 22, as students waited patiently to try baked goods their classmates had prepared for the coffee shop’s biannual bake-off. Their task? To determine what tasty treats the Motley would be selling this semester. “It’s a