By Ivy Rockmore PZ ’27 On Feb. 3 Pitzer College’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted the second edition of PZ Black Flea, gathering student artists, organizers, and shoppers to uplift and empower the Black creative community on campus. The vibrant flea market provided a space specifically for Black students at Pitzer and Black vendors from across the state to sell artwork, vintage clothing, crafts, and … Continue reading Pitzer BSU hosts second PZ Black Flea marketplace

By: Jack Paradis PZ ’26 If you’re like me, your morning routine was completely turned on its head when Pitzer College’s trademark coffee shop, the Pit-Stop Café, stopped accepting meal swipes last fall. I ran out of flex money in, like, early October. To be fair, we get 160 flex dollars for the 16 meal plan, and at $6 for a bagel and a coffee, … Continue reading Why doesn’t the Pit-Stop take meal swipes anymore?

By Ainslee Archibald PZ ’25 What if, instead of limiting yourself to Pitzer students via student-talk, you could buy and sell with students across the Claremont Colleges through a 5C-exclusive platform? That’s the goal of Dormplex, an online marketplace for college students launched by Noah Leopold PZ ’25 last semester. Dormplex launched as a test website last November. Now, Leopold and his co-founders are working … Continue reading PZ Junior co-founds Dormplex app to provide 5C’s with digital marketplace

By Rachel Rowlee PZ ’25 Isabelle Thacker joined the Pitzer community when her husband, Strom C. Thacker took office on July 1st, 2023. She spoke with The Outback through an email exchange on her experience at Pitzer thus far, her career as an attorney, and how she hopes to engage with the Pitzer community.  Thacker, who previously worked as a supervising attorney at The Legal … Continue reading An Introduction to Isabelle Thacker: Her Hopes, Her Experiences and Observations

On February 5., Pitzer College invited president and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs council, Salam Al-Marayati, and CEO of the New Israel Fund, Daniel Sokatch, to speak as part of Pitzer’s Presidential Initiative on Constructive Dialogue. The event was moderated by President Strom Thacker and was moved to Zoom from its original location in Benson Auditorium due to hazardous weather conditions. The two speakers … Continue reading How do we engage?: Salam Al- Marayati and Daniel Sokatch speak on student discourse of Israel and Palestine

On Sunday, Feb. 11, the Pitzer College Student Senate passed Resolution 60-R-5 calling on the administration to suspend the college’s direct enrollment study abroad program with the University of Haifa in Israel. The resolution, which passed with a vote of 34:1 with no abstinences, cites solidarity with Palestine and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The resolution will now move on to the College … Continue reading ‘No academic freedom for anyone until there is academic freedom for everyone,’: Pitzer Student Senate passes ‘Suspend Haifa’

By Maya Olson PZ ’25 During our short years at Pitzer, we often neglect to build true relationships with the members of the community who keep it running— the staff. It is a disappointment to our community that we often act as though our institution solely serves a purpose for students, when in reality, so many of our basic needs are fulfilled by the dedicated … Continue reading 5 Questions Column

By Luca Rudenstine PZ ’26 On November 29th at 9:45 am, 5C students gathered on Marston Quad at Pomona College in all-black to prepare for a day of actions as a part of an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People “to demand an end to the siege in Gaza” and “Shut It Down! for Palestine.” The students were adorned in Keffiyehs and carried … Continue reading 5C students create vigil for Palestinian Children and Die-In for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Words and Photos by Maya Olson PZ ’25 On Thursday, November 9th, 5C students answered a “global call to action” for Palestine and escalated their demands for Pomona College’s divestment from Israel and US weapons manufacturers as part of a day of actions titled, “Shut Pom Down for Palestine”. Students held a sit-in in front of Alexander Hall at Pomona College in the morning and … Continue reading 5C Students “Shut Pom Down for Palestine” in an Escalation for Divestment