On Friday March 1, editors from the CMC Forum, Claremont Independent, Claremont Port Side, and The Student Life  delivered an open letter to CMC President Pamela Gann opposing recent changes to the college’s student media policy. (Full Disclosure: I myself signed.) President Gann responded just before 5pm on March 4 with the following email: Dear Caroline, Marina,...

This fall, I tried to write an opinion piece on why I think “follow your passion” is bad career advice. I saved three different drafts on my U:drive under a variety of mature titles such as “Why ‘Follow Your Passion’ Sucks” and “Passion to Profit and Other Bad Career Advice.”  I quit a few weeks in, realizing it was...

When you’re a twenty-something woman, it’s hard to imagine yourself as a functioning adult—much less a wife or a mother. But this month’s Atlantic challenged college-aged women to do just that. The July/August issue featured a provocative cover piece by Princeton professor and former Foreign Service diplomat Anne Marie Slaughter. The piece, titled “Why Women...

On May 4, CMC’s campus played host to a pack of special guests. No, it was not another Accepted Students Day; this time, the guests were way more snuggly. Students were invited to take a break from studying for finals and play with a small group of puppies gathered outside of Collins Dining Hall. The event was run by ASCMC Student Life Chair Mohammad Abdul-Rahim...

On April 17, 2012, Claremont McKenna College formally released an external investigative report on the SAT data scandal first discovered in early January. The 25-page report, which the Board of Trustees commissioned in late January, is available publicly on the College’s website and outlines in detail the findings of law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP. The independent...