CSWA Holds Delegation at Founder’s Day Breakfast

By Maya Olson PZ ’25 On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Claremont Student Worker Alliance (CSWA) members delegated at Pitzer’s Founder’s Day Community Breakfast with Interim President Jill Klein. CSWA members expressed frustration at the firing of three Bon Appetit workers who supported union efforts. CSWA demanded that Pitzer re-hire the workers after UNITE HERE! Local 11 filed an Unlawful Labor Practice on their behalf on February … Continue reading CSWA Holds Delegation at Founder’s Day Breakfast

theoutbackstaffFebruary 23, 2023February 23, 2023Leave a comment

Culture, Podcasts

Rose Portillo: An Oral History

Rose Portillo, born November 7, 1953 is an actress and educator. Her repertoire includes Zoot Suit (1981), …and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994), and Seis Manos (2019). She is an adjunct professor at Pomona College, where she founded and continues to lead the Theater with Young Audiences program. Uriah Celaya ‘22 is from San Fernando, CA. He loves vegan baking, dyeing hair, scrapbooking, … Continue reading Rose Portillo: An Oral History

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Culture

The 5Cs of Divestment: Change, Coalition, Conflict, Criticism, and Censorship

By: Casey Xu and Emme Laundry On October 14th, 2021, students across the 5Cs demonstrated in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders protecting their sacred headwaters, Wedzin Kwa, from being drilled by the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project funded by Claremont McKenna College trustees Henry Kravis CM ’67 and George Roberts CM ’66. Roughly fifty students stood in the quad by the Cube and the Kravis Center … Continue reading The 5Cs of Divestment: Change, Coalition, Conflict, Criticism, and Censorship

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News

Claremont Community Prepares for Students’ Return

After over a year of distance learning, all 5 of the Claremont Colleges have announced their intention to reopen in the Fall. Although there will be some changes to ensure a safe return to campus, many community members anticipate that students’ return will return a sense of normalcy to the colleges and broader Claremont community. In preparation for a return to campus a Covid-19 taskforce … Continue reading Claremont Community Prepares for Students’ Return

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Opinion, Opinions

Democracy, Old and New: How Mutual Aid Can Point the Way Forward

We live in what is increasingly seen as a time of decay, decline, and injustice. In spite of clear statistical data showing majority support for progressive reform, we find ourselves forced to choose between a moderate presidential candidate (one with quite a record of racism and imperialism) and a sheer monster (We can celebrate that we’ve defeated the monster, but the moderate doesn’t inspire me … Continue reading Democracy, Old and New: How Mutual Aid Can Point the Way Forward

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News

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

December 11, 2020October 23, 2022Leave a comment

Culture

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

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Culture

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

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