Ben Lauren

2 months ago | tsl.news | Ben Lauren

During my sophomore spring, my high school best friend and I — both sports editors of our respective campus papers at the time — compared our processes for reporting on games. As a Division I journalist, he viewed the action from the private media section and had to filter his post-game questions through the team’s PR manager.

Oct 4, 2024 | tsl.news | Ben Lauren

Sitting atop a silver Corvette convertible, flying a miniature Team USA flag and donning the red and white colors of her alma mater, Claremont High School (CHS), Olympic bronze medalist Brittany Brown waved to a cheering crowd of families and aspiring Olympians at Claremont City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 2. As the mini motorcade of Claremont police took her up Foothill Boulevard and escorted her to CHS, Brown was welcomed by the howl of the Wolfpack into the open arms of the city where it all began.

Sep 20, 2024 | tsl.news | Ben Lauren

Just before students returned to campus this fall, Pomona College announced their new “enhanced safety program” requiring ID cards to access buildings, outright banning encampments, continuing their crusade against masked protestors and most significantly, adding five new Campus Safety officers to be on constant patrol throughout the college.

Sep 13, 2024 | tsl.news | Ben Lauren

Following one of the most intense years of student activism in the history of the Claremont Colleges and college campuses nationwide, Ansley Washburn SC ’26, June Hsu PO ’25 and Tania Azhang PZ ’25 will be taking charge as The Student Life’s (TSL) Editorial Board for the fall 2024 semester. Enthused about their staff and dreaming up innovative ideas, they are working together to cultivate a positive community both inside and outside of the newsroom.

May 16, 2024 | tsl.news | Ben Lauren

On Thursday, May 9, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced they filed two federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, suing both Occidental and Pomona College on grounds of rising antisemitism on their campuses since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.