Service-less? I Care to Disagree

Service-less? I Care to Disagree

Two weeks ago, the Forum published Anna Pan’s article on Jumpstart and Pitzer’s service-learning requirement, and let’s just say I disagreed. When I was...

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Summer of Scattered Stags and Athenas

Summer of Scattered Stags and Athenas

CMCers are homogenous in that we all tend to have a work-hard-play-hard mentality, a predilection for critical thought, and strong but well-informed opinions. What...

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Dean Taylor: A Life Around the Ballfield

Dean Taylor: A Life Around the Ballfield

With only a month left until graduation, the  Claremont Colleges’ Class of 2011 will soon be off into the real world. Looking at the seniors, we see a bunch of...

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Ask the Nightcap: The Ver(non)dict

Ask the Nightcap: The Ver(non)dict

Dearest Nightcap Squad, When 2010 closed and the Angels record read 80-82 in the paper, I accepted that it wasn’t our year. From the walk-off leg-snap to Scott...

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Captain and Cash

Captain and Cash

Let me preface this article with a quick statement: Derek Jeter is a damned good baseball player. That often gets lost in these “Jeter’s next contract”...

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The Zack Track

The Zack Track

If you’re sick of hearing about Cliff Lee, clap your hands. Okay, now that I just made everyone and their mother and Nick Swisher lose at Simon Says, let’s...

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MLB is Singing ‘Skipper to My Lou’

MLB is Singing ‘Skipper to My Lou’

When Joe Torre told the press he is stepping down as the Dodgers’ manager, there was a whole bunch of the typical make-a-non-story-a-story nonsense that the sports...

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MLB’s September Faces

MLB’s September Faces

A lot of people don’t really appreciate the whole 40-man roster expansion that happens each September. For those of you who aren’t in “the know” or have...

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