Community members of the Claremont Colleges came together at the Pomona College Smith Campus Center for the Veterans Day Breakfast Nov. 12 from 8-9:30 a.m. to celebrate veteran students, staff, and faculty. The event, sponsored by the President’s Office, is in its second year, with plans to become an annual
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Scripps Student Flutes For The Moon, Joins Air Force Band
Just after graduating high school, Chantal Balta SC ’21 received a call from her private flute teacher. The Air National Guard’s band, a federal military reserve section of the United States Air Force, was holding auditions for flute players. There were three spots open, and Balta was invited. It was
Pomona Needs to Focus on Veterans
One of the first things I set up in my room this past August was a poster. It is a small black-and-white image of five U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy Corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima in 1945. It is one of the most