Gingers: The Next Campus Civil Rights Struggle

Gingers: The Next Campus Civil Rights Struggle

To my fellow gingers: Rejoice! For we have achieved a great victory, possibly the greatest, milestone of our species. This past week, one of our own, Christina Hendricks,...

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Is It Time To Fire Dean David “Fid” Castro?

Is It Time To Fire Dean David “Fid” Castro?

By every account, the answer is a resounding “yes.” First, there was his handling of the banning of David Daleiden CMC ’11 and Kyle Kinneberg CMC ’09 from...

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What Sustainability Means for CMC

What Sustainability Means for CMC

In a recent email to the entire college, President Pamela Gann listed eight items that the Board of Trustees had agreed to review in May. Number eight was the seemingly...

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The Debate Forgot Our History

The Debate Forgot Our History

I attended the student debate last night and have to say that I was a bit disappointed with what I heard.

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An Open Letter on Dating to My Fellow CMCers

An Open Letter on Dating to My Fellow CMCers

Dear CMC, Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about why it is that so few people at the Claremont Colleges go on dates. It has always struck me as odd that I’ve...

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Reading Rose Friedman on the Road to Serfdom

Reading Rose Friedman on the Road to Serfdom

Rose Friedman passed away this week, following her last husband, Milton, of 68 years, into that blue beyond. Her ashes are to be scattered across the ocean, where...

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That’s the Way It Shouldn’t Be

That’s the Way It Shouldn’t Be

If it is often said that newspapers are the first draft of history, then the nightly press is the clearing of the throat. Much responsibility falls to get the tone...

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A CMCer at OSHA?

A CMCer at OSHA?

At Claremont McKenna, we salute those who join the civil service. This tradition stems from CMC’s founding when our first president, George C. S. Benson dreamed...

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Like it in the Ath More

Like it in the Ath More

If you’re like me, you really like it in the Ath (notwithstanding this lackluster past semester). And what’s not to like? Good(-ish) food, the company...

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eBaying CMC

eBaying CMC

In every downturn, there are opportunities. So seems to be the take away from CMC alum, Jonathan Rosenberg’s (CMC ’83) talk at the Athenaeum in which he talked...

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