Claremont Independent

Schools that begin banning songs end up banning people. So seems to be the lesson from Pomona College, where this semester saw the banning of David Daleiden CMC '11 and Kyle Kinneberg CMC '09 for having the temerity to film Serena Josel, a pro-choice speaker, and for asking tough questions of her employer, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA.… 5 Comments

Harvard and Princeton graduate, entrepreneur, former CEO of eBay, billionaire, wife, mother, and possibly California's next governor. Meg Whitman, a very accomplished lady of many titles, recently spoke at Scripps' Balch auditorium as an invited guest of the Drucker Institute and Drucker School of Management.… Post the First Comment

I thought I could write this article before I even attended the Lewis Black show at Bridges on February 20th. I imagined the title saying something like "Lewis Black: Nothing but Bush" or "Someone Needs a New Job Now That Bush is Back in Texas." I would have gone on to write about how Lewis Black's career hinged on his Dubya rants, and now that Forty-Three was not providing any new fodder, Black might as well quit comedy.… Post the First Comment

In the last issue of The Claremont Independent, we noted that Claremont McKenna had taken a "hiatus" from QuestBridge, a program that places high-achieving, low-income students with selective colleges. Students successfully matched with a college receive full scholarships.… Post the First Comment