Dear Clementine… I recently got involved in a steamy situationship with a mutual friend and am unsure what to do now that our passion has subsided. This was an experience of first-semester passion, and the two of us want to focus on our studies during the spring semester. The problem is, our situation may have gotten out to a couple of people in our friend … Continue reading Intimate Inquiries
By Tara Malhotra PZ ‘27 Congratulations, America; you have the most Olympic gold! Throughout my childhood and adolescence, I always looked forward to the leap years – not because of the 29th day in February, but because of the Summer Olympics. Ethnically Indian, I would yearn to see Team India win medals, only to have my hopes shattered: even in the most recent 2020 Tokyo … Continue reading America, Here is Why You Have the Most Olympic Gold: You’re Wealthy
By Anonymous PZ ’26 As I pack for break, a growing mass of sweaters, thick denim, and warm garments pile up at my ankles. These layers will eventually make it in my suitcase and act as armor when I face my family this holiday season. “Family,” my 27-person group chat of uncles, nieces, and grandparents, was once an extremely active chat filled with baby photos, … Continue reading A Holiday Guide to Talking About Palestine With Your Zionist Family
By Rhyus Goldman PZ ’26
“What happened to Keith? Keith LaMar is a death row prisoner who was wrongfully convicted in the state of Ohio. On January 13th, 2027, the state intends to execute him, even though he has maintained his innocence for nearly three decades, all while being held in indefinite solitary confinement,” reads LaMar’s website. Continue reading A Reflection on the Benefit Concert for Keith LaMar, a Death Row Prisoner
By Alexandria Nyx PZ ’26
On Friday, September 29th, I found a sticky note tacked on to the flyer for my exhibition which reads, “LGBTQ+ is a choice you made when you were too young to know there were other choices.” Continue reading “Dear Asshole”: Open Letter to Recent Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate at the HIVE
Pitzer’s bannered and flaunted arboreal symbol, an emblematic chaperone of the beautiful proverb, “Provida Futuri,” is all too often fertilized by distorted evidence and administrative incompetence. On Tuesday April 6, an executive decision was made and the Free Wall message, “from the river to the sea,” a message accompanied by a painted heart and Palestinian flag, was painted over in an act of suppression. The … Continue reading OPINION: Pitzer Administration Ineptly Censors Pro-Palestinian Message on Free Wall
By Sadie Wyatt PZ ‘25 If you’ve been on any form of social media — particularly Twitter— during any Sunday night in the past month and a half, you may have seen #SuccessionHBO, #Shiv, #Kendall, #Roman or any number of similar hashtags trending, without fail. There is a reason for this: the final season of HBO Max’s hit drama show “Succession”, which premiered on March … Continue reading OPINION: HBO’s “Succession” is Rewriting the Rules of Streaming– and Making History in the Process
By Alexandria Nyx PZ ‘26 By using a one size fits all approach for financial aid, Pitzer abandons the needs of its students in areas like housing and travel. As well as, the core values it uses as selling points to entice students to attend the institution. Speaking as one of the students affected by this, it’s especially contradictory with some of the main tenets … Continue reading Opinion: One Size Does Not Fit All
By: Jack Friedman The United Nations gives all people the fundamental right to self-determination. It’s undeniable that this right is violated in various places across the world. However, many have the assumption that “First-World” countries like the ones in the European Union are free countries that respect people’s rights. Not the case. In the prominent country of Spain there’s a fight for self-determination you’ve probably … Continue reading You Need to Support Catalan Independence: A Fight from Freedom in “One of the Freest Countries in the World”
By: Lizbeth Valdivia-Jauregui The constant failure of the federal government to provide access to healthy affordable options to low-income communities forces the establishment of urban community gardens in areas that are needed the most. This form of collective resistance stems from a long history of food insecurity and poverty. In California, specifically the Inland Empire, vacant lots have been left behind with industrial waste that … Continue reading From Vacant Lifeless Lots to Blossoming Community Gardens Filled with Resistance
