SPRING 2021 FINAL PROJECTS: Animale by Diana Vicezar

What is Animale? Animale is a mobile app for students aged 8-10 to learn about speciesism and animal rights. It was created to teach students the meaning, examples, and implications of speciesism, as well as provide them with information about the animal rights movement and how they can get involved in promoting the equal consideration of all the species. In addition, Animale provides basic information … Continue reading SPRING 2021 FINAL PROJECTS: Animale by Diana Vicezar

Students Seed Ideas for Redesign of Pitzer Garden

Co-written by Callie Radecki PZ ’22, Tommy Shenoi PZ ’24, Claire Manning PZ ’22, and Anthony Shing PZ ’24. This past Earth Day, Pitzer announced the Revitalization of the Student Garden. A committee of students, faculty, and staff have worked throughout the semester to improve the space with the funds provided by a donor to purchase a new chicken coop, raised garden beds, and student … Continue reading Students Seed Ideas for Redesign of Pitzer Garden

Pitzer Community Reacts to Removal of Mead Hall Murals

On February 11th, 2021, the Office of Student Affairs sent out an email informing the Pitzer community of renovations made to Mead Hall. While the residence hall benefitted from some much needed renovations, such as upgraded air conditioning and heater units as well as repainted faucets and sinks in the suite restrooms, it lost some of its murals in the process. Murals that were not … Continue reading Pitzer Community Reacts to Removal of Mead Hall Murals

Meet the Pitzer Student Senate Executive Board Candidates

From Feb. 21 to Mar. 7, Pitzer College’s Student Senate will hold elections for the upcoming fall semester’s executive board positions. Although candidates are facing various difficulties with virtual campaigns, all have goals they wish to accomplish next semester, regardless if Pitzer is online or in-person. Get to know the Pitzer College Executive Board candidates’ goals here.  President Kaila Teague (PZ ‘22)  During the school … Continue reading Meet the Pitzer Student Senate Executive Board Candidates

The Public Menu: Interview with Ivan Brehm, owner of Nouri

Welcome to the Public Menu!A podcast series that introduces you to the political and economic lenses of food industry professionals around the world. Highlighting the perspective of food industry leaders and workers not only offers underheard voices a seat at the table but is sure to leave you with food for thought. Created by Kristina Linder SCR ’21, Thomas Martinez PZ ’22, Jessica Mei SCR … Continue reading The Public Menu: Interview with Ivan Brehm, owner of Nouri

The Claremont Mental Health Initiative

The Claremont Mental Health Initiative is a 7C student-led project dedicated to improving access to mental health resources at the 7C’s and beyond. We started in 2018 and have grown to 180+ members on Facebook, and spent the past couple of years developing and implementing a survey with help from the heads of Monsour, faculty, and students across the colleges. The survey received over 300 … Continue reading The Claremont Mental Health Initiative

Wealth Distributions Maps

For a CMC Linear Algebra class, Aaron Scher PZ ’22, Daniel Abalusi PZ ’22, Yilin Li PZ ’22, and Seiji Akera PZ ’23 studied wealth distributions across the US. Above are a couple images they generated that they wanted to share. The first two maps show the income distribution in the United States based on 32,000 zip codes. The students used MATLAB to generate these … Continue reading Wealth Distributions Maps

Student Organizers Speak: Elections and Social Change

In the aftermath of the presidential election, student organizers reflect on their political involvement and how to continue the fight for social change. For some, the focus remains on electing progressive candidates, for others this means taking a more local approach and investing in the practice of Mutual Aid.  President of 5C Democrats, Nevada Lee SC ‘22 described her reaction to Joe Biden and Kamala … Continue reading Student Organizers Speak: Elections and Social Change

I Left Behind My Books

I left swimming to the mermaids. God (Freud) made us all half-man, conjoined legs, and sterilized by  sex-ed explanations of the human race. On Sunday  I left baptism to nameless sirens: uvulas wrung dry.  (The salt sours their lungs as seafoam  guzzles from their throats). Moans stretch their lips until wry like a Doxen’s snout. Dusk’s drunk fishers see bitches without bones  honed to sharpen … Continue reading I Left Behind My Books