Claremont Independent

While standing in line at Huntley Bookstore during the first week of school, I saw a CMC upperclassman peering into the basket of a nearby freshman. "Why are you buying all those books?" said the junior, surveying the selection of Candide, the Bhagavad-Gita, and Sense and Sensibility.… Post the First Comment

This past September, CMC received its largest foundation grant since the college's beginnings in 1946. The $20 million gift, given to the college by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be selectively disbursed as scholarships to future incoming students who will double major in a science and a non-science and who have demonstrated both financial need and academic excellence.… Post the First Comment

Interrogation about your past mental health. Misleading medical information. "Gaydar" testing. Sound bizarre? Absolutely. Unfortunately, this is the treatment to which CMC freshmen were subjected on Sunday, September 2, during an orientation-week presentation titled "Life, Sex, and Relationships" - emphasis on the sex.… 1 Comment

Like all children of the 1990s, I danced to Bono's songs and never questioned the wisdom of his policies. Many, including those who brought him to speak at Bridges Auditorium, seem stuck on his celebrity and unwilling to explore the net effect of his various programs.… 12 Comments

Do race retreats like those taken by OBSA, Chicano/Latino group, and Asian American Advisory Board promote integration or segregation on the 5-C campuses? While I could wax about why these retreats are flawed, I decided that my words could never capture the range of emotions felt by the students who experience these retreats.… 2 Comments

It was the easily one of the most hotly anticipated congressional testimonies in the years of the Bush Administration. General David Petraeus, along with U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, had finally returned from the scorching sands of Iraq to plunge headfirst into the political maelstrom of Capitol Hill.… 1 Comment

9/28/07 After yesterday's announcement that Claremont McKenna College would receive a $200 million private grant to create a graduate program in finance, the Claremont Independent obtained a letter written by the literature department to President Gann expressing concern over the use of the grant money.… Post the First Comment

Novelist and essayist Gore Vidal made a much-anticipated appearance at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum this month. Vidal, a contemporary political critic and internationally renowned author of a number of books on American culture, lent his renowned liberal skepticism for a broadly ranged discussion facilitated by CMC Professor James Morrison.… Post the First Comment

On Bagley Gardens, shrouded behind a dark green tarp, CMC expands. Every day another completed wall of cinderblocks heralds the future growth of Claremont McKenna College. Students, alumni, faculty, and the administration continue to hold competing opinions on the expansion and the construction of the new dorm.… 1 Comment