Words by Maya Olson PZ ’25 and Spencer Wu-Chin PZ ’28 Graphic by Thea Riley PZ ’28, Ash Dirks SC ’28, Ginny O’Marah PZ ’28, Willa Umansky PZ ’27 As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought about methods of resistance, and how to both build support and find joy in such times — the answer we kept coming to, in Guevarian fashion: love. So, we asked … Continue reading Love in the Time of Trump
By Oscar Ponteri CM ’27 Graphic by Ginny O’Marah SC ’28 I remember it vaguely. At first, it was just one isolated TikTok slandering skinny jeans, but soon, more and more started popping up, taking aim at side parts, boomerangs, and then, the crying-laughing emoji. A young woman—maybe a few years older than me—nodded her head along to some viral sound, pointing to a caption … Continue reading 2025 Is the Year of the Crying-Laughing Emoji
By Stella Seid PZ ‘26 We’re all familiar with the cringy avoidance of eye contact when one crosses paths with a Tinder match in the dining hall. It’s practically a rite of passage — so common, in fact, that I’m surprised there isn’t a protocol for it in orientation. Maybe that’s a lesson we are bound to learn the hard way: if you dare to … Continue reading Are we going to let Datamatch perpetuate the 5C dating loop?
By Sophie Myers PZ ’27 Before getting into the meat of this argument, and all of the nuances and stakes involved, a quick preface: I, the author, am writing as a Pitzer student who cares deeply about leftist causes, and admires leftist activism. I believe in the power of grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and student protest. I have also both engaged in various student organizing … Continue reading Why as leftists we owe it to the world to vote for Harris
By Nozomi Shima PZ ’25 You know the drill. AMC Stubs A-List. $26 a month. Up to three movies a week. Makes up for itself by watching two movies a month. And most importantly, certified cinephile badge: acquired. After coming back from studying abroad in Denmark, where I experienced a miserable lack of AMC theaters (it’s the American Multi-Cinema), I was thirsty for the theater. … Continue reading Back on the A-List
Photos and words by Maya Olson PZ ‘25 One signature fixture of Mead is its communality — murals in each staircase and most balconies, shared courtyards and windows facing each other, and of course, towels, posters, and remnants of student life hanging from balconies. My own suite, for example, has consistently had up to five towels hanging at a time off our very public, Mounds-facing … Continue reading OPINION: Pitzer’s Hypocrisy is Increasingly Evident; Student Repression pointed out at Mead Action for Solidarity with Palestine
By Anonymous I was scrolling through Instagram when Haverim’s most recent Instagram post befell my eyes and I felt shock echo through me as fear crept into my throat. As a Jewish student, it felt as though they were speaking directly to me, telling me that my classmates shared the same bigoted beliefs as the anti-Jewish propaganda of the Dark Ages. However, while scrolling through … Continue reading How blurring the line between antisemitism and anti-zionism is dangerous
By Ben Lauren PZ ’25 Just before students returned to campus this fall, Pomona College announced their new “enhanced safety program,” requiring ID cards to access buildings, outright banning encampments, continuing their crusade against masked protestors and most significantly, adding five new Campus Safety officers to be on constant patrol throughout the college. For Pomona, these changes are all about “safety” and according to them, … Continue reading How one hour at Campus Safety made me an abolitionist
Cameron Macdonald PZ ’25, Fia Powers PZ ’25 and Wynne Chase PZ ’26 are finding a solution to the trauma, health risk, food insecurity and a general lack of care for communities through the work of Huerta Del Valle. Huerta Del Valle is alleviating community stress through the simple, yet vital, role of community gardens. Continue reading Huerta del Valle: The Inland Empire’s path to a green communal paradise
By Ivy Rockmore PZ ’27 When I first decided to apply to Pitzer College, I was drawn in by its core values. Of all five, the one that stood out most to me was social responsibility. The idea that my institution would be responsible for protecting me was foreign to me: I grew up as a transgender woman in the red state of Texas. I … Continue reading Pitzer overlooks trans housing accommodations
