LA Zoning Laws: Disastrous for its Economy and the Climate
BY THEODORE SIASAT IMAGE COURTESY OF DAVID McNEW -- GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA Getting around Los Angeles without a car is incredibly...
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Nathaniel Weisberg
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Don't Ban Haifa
It’s a symbolic posture that would accomplish nothing other than increasing our own ignorance of what’s really happening there.
Claremont SJP
Apr 21, 20234 min read
SJP Response to Forum Writer
BY CLAREMONT SJP “If you want to stop Netenyahuism from growing, you have to fight to liberate the Palestinians. You have to fight to...
Chloe "Fio" Wibawa
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Indonesia’s Capital Relocation Plan Poses an Alarming Threat to its People and the Environment
BY CHLOE "FIO" WIBAWA IMAGE COURTESY OF NEXTZEN Indonesia’s plan to begin moving its capital city 1000 miles away from Jakarta by 2024 is...
Olivia Carusi
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Tunisia’s Civil Unrest Continues Amid Presidential Power Grabs
BY OLIVIA CARUSI IMAGE COURTESY OF ZOUBEIR SOUISSI AT REUTERS Protests have spread in Tunisia as resident Kais Saied continues to...
Desmond Mantle
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Changes Needed for Classifying Race in America
BY DESMOND MANTLE IMAGE COURTESY OF CNN Over the course of the past two months, I have contemplated a deeply personal issue: my racial...
Caroline Bullock
Apr 21, 20234 min read
The Best 5C Sports Team You've Never Heard of?
In early April, even playing in the National Championship was not an option for the Claremont Foxes Rugby team, but somehow, by the end...
Henry Long
Nov 12, 20213 min read
LA County Should Allow Colleges to Roll Back Unnecessarily Restrictive COVID-19 Policies
Colleges must pioneer the return to normalcy.
The Forum
Sep 22, 202113 min read
Class of 2025: First-Year Class President Candidate Statements
It's that time of year again and if you've walked by Collins this week, you've seen the banners that signal campaigns for First Year...
Molly Luce
Sep 1, 202115 min read
Introducing the 2021-2022 RAs!
Celebrate the first three weeks of classes with us by learning some new details about your RAs! ALEXAN KENDRY Marisa Mestichella...
David Ying
May 6, 20214 min read
Class of 2021: Senior Superlatives
August of 2017, it was a perfect 85-degree day. The dry California dessert glistening as the airplane landed in Ontario. A student...
David Ying
May 4, 20214 min read
Class of 2021: Six Word Memoirs
Following the tradition established by Claremont McKenna seniors many years before us, the Class of 2021 presents its six-word memoirs....
Miriam Farah and Theodore Siasat
Feb 11, 20213 min read
CMC Considers Adding a Racial-Ethnic Understanding GE
CMC is considering adding a new general education (GE) requirement related to “racial-ethnic understanding.” It would prepare students...
Anonymous
Feb 1, 20212 min read
An Open Letter to Students Moving to Claremont in the Spring
At the time of writing this, Los Angeles has zero percent I.C.U. capacity. Roughly 1 in 5 people in Los Angeles County have been infected...
Flora Li
Jan 15, 20213 min read
NYT Journalist Michael Shear ‘90 Joined Miriam Farah ‘23 on CMC Conversations
CMC alumnus and White House correspondent for The New York Times Michael Shear ’90 spoke about his college life and professional...
Simran Arora
Nov 4, 20203 min read
If Stags Could Menstruate
“Clearly, menstruation would become an enviable, worthy, masculine event: Men would brag about how long and how much. Young boys would...
The Forum
Sep 27, 20209 min read
Class of 2024: First-Year Class President Candidate Statements
It's nerve-racking being a freshman, especially in this pandemic. Everything about CMC and remote learning is new for you. It's...
The Forum
Sep 26, 20203 min read
Introducing the 2020-2021 Editorial Board!
We're proud to introduce the members of our Editorial Board. The new editors are enthusiastic about a variety of topics, and hope to...
Gauri Taneja
May 21, 20203 min read
Class of 2020: Six Word Memoirs
Continuing a CMC tradition that started in 2012, The Forum asks graduating seniors to reflect on their time in Claremont and write a...
Gauri Taneja
May 16, 202018 min read
CMC 2020 Mark the Moment
The Class of 2020 marked today’s important date with a zoom call to celebrate and commemorate their transformative time at CMC. Some...
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