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Tag: voting registration

Photo of students interacting at CMC's voting carnival
Arts & Culture Features 
October 10, 2024 11:06 pmOctober 10, 2024 11:45 pm

Voting Carnival sparks civic engagement ahead of 2024 election

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The Voting Carnival, held on Oct. 9 on Parents Field, featured games, food and voter registration assistance to engage students ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Organized by Every Vote Counts Claremont, Kravis Lab and CIVES, the event aimed to educate students about voter registration and the absentee ballot process.

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  • OPINION: Did yesterday’s march truly support Jane Doe?
  • 7C community rallies against sexual assault in solidarity with Cornell’s Jane Doe
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Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns with her cultural column, “Rooted and Restless,” to explore what China’s stray cats reveal about the society around them. 

Drawing on her memories of seeing stray cats everywhere in Shanghai and the stories of the three cats her family took in, Lu examines how animal welfare is shaped by social structures, cultural attitudes and even misogyny. 

“They were not ‘adopted’ in the American sense of the word, but they were found on the streets,” Lu writes. 

From the historical opinion towards animals in China to the misogyny directed at the people who protect them, her column asks what the treatment of strays can tell us about vulnerability and care.

Words by Rochelle Lu | Graphic by Shixiao Yu
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Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns with her cultural column, “Rooted and Restless,” to explore what China’s stray cats reveal about the society around them. Drawing on her memories of seeing stray cats everywhere in Shanghai and the stories of the three cats her family took in, Lu examines how animal welfare is shaped by social structures, cultural attitudes and even misogyny. “They were not ‘adopted’ in the American sense of the word, but they were found on the streets,” Lu writes. From the historical opinion towards animals in China to the misogyny directed at the people who protect them, her column asks what the treatment of strays can tell us about vulnerability and care. Words by Rochelle Lu | Graphic by Shixiao Yu Read more at the link in our bio.
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This fall, Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) athletics implemented new trainings titled “A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth” aimed at cultivating an anti-racist culture and strengthening department-wide community. A Long Talk focuses on the simple formula that “information plus empathy equals action.” 

“It's a real simple formula of connecting the dots between people who might have a good heart, but might not know about a bunch of stuff,” founder Kyle Williams said in an interview with TSL. “Or they might have read a book and got some information, but they don't have the passion behind them to want to go do something. And so what we do is keep connecting the dots with people like that and put them in a community to do this work together.”

Dr. Danielle Lynch, the new director of athletics for P-P said that that the impact A Long Talk has goes well beyond just reforming anti-racist standards, emphasizing that the anti-racism training offers athletes and staff a “shared language” that carries over into their every day interactions.

“What I value just as much is what it does for community more broadly,” Lynch wrote in an email correspondence with TSL. “Teams are built on trust, and trust comes from people feeling seen and being willing to tell each other the truth. How we create space, who we invite into the conversation, and whether people feel safe enough to be honest are not soft skills. They are the work.”

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This fall, Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) athletics implemented new trainings titled “A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth” aimed at cultivating an anti-racist culture and strengthening department-wide community. A Long Talk focuses on the simple formula that “information plus empathy equals action.” “It's a real simple formula of connecting the dots between people who might have a good heart, but might not know about a bunch of stuff,” founder Kyle Williams said in an interview with TSL. “Or they might have read a book and got some information, but they don't have the passion behind them to want to go do something. And so what we do is keep connecting the dots with people like that and put them in a community to do this work together.” Dr. Danielle Lynch, the new director of athletics for P-P said that that the impact A Long Talk has goes well beyond just reforming anti-racist standards, emphasizing that the anti-racism training offers athletes and staff a “shared language” that carries over into their every day interactions. “What I value just as much is what it does for community more broadly,” Lynch wrote in an email correspondence with TSL. “Teams are built on trust, and trust comes from people feeling seen and being willing to tell each other the truth. How we create space, who we invite into the conversation, and whether people feel safe enough to be honest are not soft skills. They are the work.” Words by Zachary LeBlanc | Graphic by Melinda Qerushi Read more at the link in our bio.
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Here’s what you missed across the 5Cs this week 🎥
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Welcome back to What’s Happening at the Claremont Colleges! Here’s what you missed across the 5Cs this week 🎥
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Milk & Honey reopened on Tuesday, Oct 6. Pomona Dining Services previously shut down the student-run boba shop on Sept. 10, sparking student outcry and renewed debate over Dining Services’ decisionmaking and labor practices. 

Starting at 7:15 p.m., the shop — which operates out of Café 47 — was packed with students and filled with animated chatter. Students arrived early to queue for drinks, in a line that trailed out the door and across the courtyard. 

“It's important to emphasize how incredible it is that we as Milk & Honey baristas and the student body managed to bring back Milk & Honey and have such a successful opening,” Milk & Honey co-manager Dora Wang PO ’27 said. “But at the same time, emphasize how this is a milestone rather than an end goal.”

Words by Nadia Hsu, Siena Giacoma and Ananya Vinay| Photo by Dora Wang
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Milk & Honey reopened on Tuesday, Oct 6. Pomona Dining Services previously shut down the student-run boba shop on Sept. 10, sparking student outcry and renewed debate over Dining Services’ decisionmaking and labor practices. Starting at 7:15 p.m., the shop — which operates out of Café 47 — was packed with students and filled with animated chatter. Students arrived early to queue for drinks, in a line that trailed out the door and across the courtyard. “It's important to emphasize how incredible it is that we as Milk & Honey baristas and the student body managed to bring back Milk & Honey and have such a successful opening,” Milk & Honey co-manager Dora Wang PO ’27 said. “But at the same time, emphasize how this is a milestone rather than an end goal.” Words by Nadia Hsu, Siena Giacoma and Ananya Vinay| Photo by Dora Wang Read more at the link in our bio.
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Multiple leftist student groups across the 7Cs collaborated on a “Week of Action” from Oct. 5 to 9, organizing a series of events including teach-ins, poetry readings, a 10:07 a.m. walkout and additional programming. The events marked three years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, with student organizers protesting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, as declared by the UN.

“This upcoming week not only marks the beginning of the most recent escalation of the genocide against the Palestinian people, it is a time for us to honor their struggle by remaining steadfast in our commitment to fight for Palestinian liberation and confront our institutions’ complicity in the ongoing genocide,” Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) wrote in a Sept. 30 Instagram post announcing the week’s events. 

Amid tensions between the college administrations and certain student organizations advocating for Palestinian liberation, students raised concerns over some of the programming and questioned its choice of timing. 

Words by Madeleine Farr, Audrey Green and Cloud Morgan Clark | Photo by Madeleine Farr
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Multiple leftist student groups across the 7Cs collaborated on a “Week of Action” from Oct. 5 to 9, organizing a series of events including teach-ins, poetry readings, a 10:07 a.m. walkout and additional programming. The events marked three years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, with student organizers protesting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, as declared by the UN. “This upcoming week not only marks the beginning of the most recent escalation of the genocide against the Palestinian people, it is a time for us to honor their struggle by remaining steadfast in our commitment to fight for Palestinian liberation and confront our institutions’ complicity in the ongoing genocide,” Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) wrote in a Sept. 30 Instagram post announcing the week’s events. Amid tensions between the college administrations and certain student organizations advocating for Palestinian liberation, students raised concerns over some of the programming and questioned its choice of timing. Words by Madeleine Farr, Audrey Green and Cloud Morgan Clark | Photo by Madeleine Farr Read more at the link in our bio.
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About 150 community members across the 7Cs gathered at Scripps College’s Elm Tree Lawn Thursday at 1 p.m. and marched to Pomona College’s Walker Beach to rally against sexual violence in the wake of drugging and sexual assault allegations at Cornell University. 

Co-organizers Don James (DJ) Basilico PO ’27 and Stephanie Li PZ ’28 brought together several student organizations, advocacy groups and Title IX Coordinators to spread awareness about sexual violence on college campuses and to protest the Cornell Administration. Li said she organized the rally to stand with the Cornell plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed last month, and every survivor of sexual violence.

“I wanted to send a message to Jane Doe to tell her that we, as the Claremont College Consortium, support her,” Li said. “I wanted to send a message to Cornell that this is what a proper administration that supports its survivors looks like.”

The EmPOWER Center, a violence prevention and advocacy center, aims to support all 7C members by offering bystander intervention training and support hours. The CMC and Pomona advocates both have a 24-hour hotline. CGU and KGI students can reach their advocates by hotline as well. Scripps Advocates operate an anonymous non-emergency “warmline,” which operates from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day of the school year. HMC, Pitzer and Scripps Advocates all have support hours by appointment or drop-in. 

Words by Caprice Bielby and Nicole Teh | Photo by Gabi Ricciardi
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About 150 community members across the 7Cs gathered at Scripps College’s Elm Tree Lawn Thursday at 1 p.m. and marched to Pomona College’s Walker Beach to rally against sexual violence in the wake of drugging and sexual assault allegations at Cornell University. Co-organizers Don James (DJ) Basilico PO ’27 and Stephanie Li PZ ’28 brought together several student organizations, advocacy groups and Title IX Coordinators to spread awareness about sexual violence on college campuses and to protest the Cornell Administration. Li said she organized the rally to stand with the Cornell plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed last month, and every survivor of sexual violence. “I wanted to send a message to Jane Doe to tell her that we, as the Claremont College Consortium, support her,” Li said. “I wanted to send a message to Cornell that this is what a proper administration that supports its survivors looks like.” The EmPOWER Center, a violence prevention and advocacy center, aims to support all 7C members by offering bystander intervention training and support hours. The CMC and Pomona advocates both have a 24-hour hotline. CGU and KGI students can reach their advocates by hotline as well. Scripps Advocates operate an anonymous non-emergency “warmline,” which operates from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. every day of the school year. HMC, Pitzer and Scripps Advocates all have support hours by appointment or drop-in. Words by Caprice Bielby and Nicole Teh | Photo by Gabi Ricciardi Read more at the link in our bio.
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Claremont Hillel hosted Rom El-Hai, a survivor of the Hamas-led attack on the Nova Music Festival, for a memorial service on Thursday to mark the three-year anniversary of Oct. 7. El-Hai spoke about his experience during and after the attacks to a group of around 30 5C students and community members on Oct. 8 at the Hillel house. 

“It’s incredibly powerful,” Interim Director of Claremont Hillel Jeanine Borland Mann said. “Each story is unique and different, and what’s powerful to me is how many lives have been changed because of this event. And that’s why I think these are so important to hear and to continue to hear their stories, to remember and also learn about the importance of building bridges and working with others, and working to create peace.”

Words by Charlotte Renner | Photo Courtesy of Claremont Hillel
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Claremont Hillel hosted Rom El-Hai, a survivor of the Hamas-led attack on the Nova Music Festival, for a memorial service on Thursday to mark the three-year anniversary of Oct. 7. El-Hai spoke about his experience during and after the attacks to a group of around 30 5C students and community members on Oct. 8 at the Hillel house. “It’s incredibly powerful,” Interim Director of Claremont Hillel Jeanine Borland Mann said. “Each story is unique and different, and what’s powerful to me is how many lives have been changed because of this event. And that’s why I think these are so important to hear and to continue to hear their stories, to remember and also learn about the importance of building bridges and working with others, and working to create peace.” Words by Charlotte Renner | Photo Courtesy of Claremont Hillel Read more at the link in our bio.
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As the new school year gets underway, a new group of student body presidents is stepping into leadership roles across the 5Cs, each bringing their own priorities and ideas for the year ahead.

From increasing student engagement and rebuilding campus communities to advocating for shared governance and transparency, the presidents at Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Pomona are looking to make their mark on their campuses.

“I really want to bridge a connection between the student body and the senate,” Pitzer Senate President Amirah Haque PZ ’27 said.

As they balance student government with life outside of their leadership roles, the presidents are also finding time to highlight the people, places and events that make their campuses home.

Words by Noah Brewster | Photo courtesy of Giselle Lai
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As the new school year gets underway, a new group of student body presidents is stepping into leadership roles across the 5Cs, each bringing their own priorities and ideas for the year ahead. From increasing student engagement and rebuilding campus communities to advocating for shared governance and transparency, the presidents at Harvey Mudd, Scripps, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Pomona are looking to make their mark on their campuses. “I really want to bridge a connection between the student body and the senate,” Pitzer Senate President Amirah Haque PZ ’27 said. As they balance student government with life outside of their leadership roles, the presidents are also finding time to highlight the people, places and events that make their campuses home. Words by Noah Brewster | Photo courtesy of Giselle Lai Read more at the link in our bio.
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Uncovering a long-lost legacy, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on her summer research on the artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont in 1935. Rollins describes how she felt disconnected from Claremont compared to her hometown, Memphis. Yet, she discovered that they may not be so different after all.

She began learning more about how Claremont became a hub for artists of Mexican heritage to teach and perform at Padua Hills Theatre. During Sánchez Flores’s time at Padua, he worked on many projects, ranging from paintings to plays. 

“Behind her are stylized rolling hills lined with fences decorated with crosses,” Rollins writes regarding one of his paintings. “What makes this painting my favorite is that, from our view, we are the ones she is offering to. We are all a part of Sánchez Flores’s work, a part of his home, even if we might be the dead in this painting.”

Words by Meiya Rollins | Graphic by Gael Guerrero
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Uncovering a long-lost legacy, Meiya Rollins PO ’29 reflects on her summer research on the artist Francisco Sánchez Flores and his time in Claremont in 1935. Rollins describes how she felt disconnected from Claremont compared to her hometown, Memphis. Yet, she discovered that they may not be so different after all. She began learning more about how Claremont became a hub for artists of Mexican heritage to teach and perform at Padua Hills Theatre. During Sánchez Flores’s time at Padua, he worked on many projects, ranging from paintings to plays. “Behind her are stylized rolling hills lined with fences decorated with crosses,” Rollins writes regarding one of his paintings. “What makes this painting my favorite is that, from our view, we are the ones she is offering to. We are all a part of Sánchez Flores’s work, a part of his home, even if we might be the dead in this painting.” Words by Meiya Rollins | Graphic by Gael Guerrero Read more at the link in our bio.
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