By Willa Umansky PZ ’27 Salcido’s father worked at Pitzer for a number of years and he recently started working after his father’s retirement. He expressed his excitement about continuing the family legacy. What show are you binging?“Naked and Afraid” What is your go-to snack when you get home from work?Fruit. watermelon, oranges, and cantaloupe. Who is your favorite musician right now?Jelly Roll. What is … Continue reading Four questions: Dominic Salcido, senior maintenance mechanic

Dear Clementine,I’ve been getting with this senior since September – no strings attached. Like seriously so casual, never during the week and we don’t really text intermittently. HOWEVER, I’m starting to realize we know a lot about each other, get along well, fight together well, have sex together well, etc. I don’t know how to approach our impending doomed end. We have a few more … Continue reading Intimate Inquiries

By Eli Heart PZ ’26 If you, like me, have spent a considerable amount of time appreciating the murals that surround our beautiful campus, you may wonder which was the first mural, why it was made, and how the mural-making culture at Pitzer College began. In this series, I will document murals on campus in no particular order to provide the student body with more … Continue reading Mural spotlight: Serpent Mural by Yando Rios and Mead mural by Aaron Rhodes and Darci Raphael

By Ben Connolly PZ ‘26 On June 15th, 1996, roughly 100,000 people gathered at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for the first Tibetan Freedom Concert. The show was organized by the Beastie Boys to raise money and awareness for the genocide of Tibetan Buddihsts following the occupation and annexation of the region in 1950-1951. Amid the annexation, “in October 1950, El Salvador responded to … Continue reading A reflection on the Tibetan Freedom Concert

Words by Wynne Chase PZ ’26, photos by Wynne & Ashe West-Lewis PZ ’26 Have you ever looked at the lovable bungalow home nestled into the garden on campus and wondered to yourself “what is your story?” Luckily, over the summer, I read the 61 page document on the inception of Pitzer College’s Grove House as we know it today. I wrote this in order … Continue reading A Brief History of the Grove House

By Celina Steinberg PZ ’27 and Willa Umansky PZ ’27 On March 6, Pitzer Visiting Assistant Professor marilyn grell-brisk organized an open mic night in the Grove House with the help of student volunteers in her organizational studies praxis course “Black People in the Inland Empire.” With the additional sponsorship of Pitzer’s Community Engagement Center, The Writing Center, and the Teaching & Learning & Campus … Continue reading Mic check! Pitzer talents take the stage before spring break

Intersectionality isn’t just important to the queer liberation movement and for the safety of all queer people, it is vital. Simply put, there is no queer movement or safety without the consideration, involvement, and prioritization of people of color. The same systems that police the movements… Continue reading Black Queer Trailblazers: Past and Present

By Willa Umansky PZ ’27 Hello my Dear Friends!  Oh how rainy it’s been! Hopefully when your eyes see thispage we know sun again.  But as I craft this column for youtonight,know that the rain has broughtPitzer much plight.I’m sure you remember,dearest future dweller,for it was just last weekthat the sky shed tears in suchsheets.If you don’t remember becausethe return to warmth has wipedyour mind,here’s a … Continue reading February Campus Couture Chronicles

Words and photo by Willa Umansky PZ ’27 What TV show are you watching right now?Bandan: Soap operas. I’m always watching soap operas.  What’s your go-to snack when you get home from work?Bandan: Peanut butter, for sure. I can’t cook *laughter* Follow up question, chunky or smooth?Bandan: Chunky, for sure. Always SKIPPY® . Who is your favorite singer?Bandan: I like a lot of singers. Ooh, … Continue reading Five questions: Sal Bandan, maintenance technician III