The Queer Resource Center (QRC) of the Claremont Colleges has hired Ebony Williams as Programming Director, a new position that will involve organizing events and acting as a liaison between the QRC and student groups at the 5Cs. Williams was selected by a committee of students from the 5Cs,...

A Pitzer College Climate Action Plan released April 9 includes recommendations for reducing the school’s greenhouse gas emissions. The study, which was conducted and written by student interns and a hired consultant, found that the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions comes from...

Admissions officers at the Claremont Colleges estimate that the number of prospective students visiting campus has increased this year, although most schools do not record numbers of visitors.    Pomona Admissions Officer Samantha Jones PO ’10 said that she has seen the number of visitors rise...

Pomona College is considering a variety of strategies to help close a dining services budget shortfall, including a change to the default meal plan, said Dean of Campus Life Ric Townes.      “There’s a huge financial gap between the money taken in to run the program and the costs to run the...

After being restricted to Claremont McKenna College students and registered guests for more than a year, CMC's Thursday Night Club (TNC) party will soon be open to all 5C students.        Alexandra Cooke CM ‘14, Associated Students of CMC Dorm Affairs Chair, said that she would like to see one...

The boycott on Pomona’s dining halls last semester brought to attention workers’ compensation and, by extension, how students’ meal plans contribute to dining operations.There is not always a direct connection between the meal plans, where students eat, and...

Over the next year and a half, several Pomona College offices and student centers will be moving locations. The Career Development Office (CDO), Business Office, Real Estate Office, Human Resources Office and Writing Center will all be relocated, Assistant Vice President and Director of the...

Two Pomona College faculty members were appointed to prestigious professorship positions Feb. 28. The Board of Trustees approved recommendations for the appointments of Zayn Kassam to the John Knox McLean Religion Professorship and Stephen V. Marks to the Elden Smith Economics Professorship.    ...

For members of Occupy Claremont, the ordinance passed by the Claremont City Council that would effectively remove them from City Hall is not an eviction. It is a chance for celebration.       Occupy Claremont will remove the tents by Feb. 25, but will maintain a human presence in front of City...

The Claremont Colleges have been at the forefront of national ranking news in the past year, eliciting controversy as well as celebration. In September 2011, Scripps under-reported several statistics to the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), causing Scripps to...

For Phillip Greene, a homeless man raised in Claremont, the city's Occupy movement was more than a few tents in front of City Hall. It was a place where he could receive shelter and food, and a community of which he was an integral part until he died on Jan. 24.        Claremont community...

According to Vice President of Student Affairs, Jim Marchant, the construction of Pitzer College’s Phase II residence halls is more than halfway finished and will be done by the end of June. “We’re past all the design. We’re about 75 to 80 percent through construction,” Marchant said....

Spearheaded by several Pitzer College students and members of the community, the international Occupy movement has found a footing in Claremont. Occupy Claremont, which draws support from both 5C students and Claremont residents, set up tents outside Claremont City Hall Nov. 20 and held its first...

Scripps College recently renamed its Office of Public Relations the Office of Communication and Marketing and hired two new staff members for the office as part of the school's 2007 Strategic Plan, which was designed in part to increase the school's presence on the national level.According to...

Students interested in the interdisciplinary 5C Environmental Analysis (EA) major will soon have the chance to focus on hands-on sustainability, as Pitzer College is hiring a faculty member to teach sustainability-based design and studio classes. Over the past week, candidates Deike Peters, Lance...

Michael Ceraso PZ ’13 is not your typical college student. For one, he is a couple years older than most of his fellow students. He has also devoted the last five years to political campaigns and the encouragement of political change, working with environmental organizations and on President...

Students at the 5Cs may be used to eating tomatoes and bananas every day at the dining halls, but some students are raising awareness that serving such exotic foods is an injustice. Caitlin Watkins PZ ’13 said that providing local food, as several institutions in the 5Cs already do, might mean...

Last Friday, Albert Chang PO ’14 held 'CODA: An Evening of Magic, Mentalism, and Music' in the Pomona SCC Social Room. Chang began performing magic in middle school, and several years later, began to perform mentalism.When Chang was in elementary school, his father bought him a magic set. He...

Class-based affirmative action was the topic of debate last week at a well-attended event sponsored by the Pomona Student Union (PSU), a self-described nonpartisan student organization committed to raising the level of open and honest dialogue on campus.The event, "The Price of Admission:...

Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum underwent a major renovation this summer—its first since the building was built in 1982. The Athenaeum, known to students as the "Ath," is a conference and academic center on CMC's campus that houses a dining room, lounges, and guest...

Beginning this year, Pitzer will offer an interdisciplinary program in Secular Studies, which will focus on the study of non-religious people and their ideas, history, movements, politics, and culture. Secular Studies counts in the "Field Group B" category of academic programs, a status that...

Mary Raymond, Pomona College's new Associate Dean of Students and Director of the Career Development Office (CDO), has come to campus with a passion for career development in liberal arts education.As the director of the CDO, Raymond said she plans to “build upon... the core” of the...