Tania Azhang

Nov 21, 2024 | claremont-courier.com | Tania Azhang

by Tania AzhangPomona College students Daniel Velazquez and Francisco Villaseñor, who were suspended for the academic year for their participation in an October 7 demonstration in Carnegie Hall, held a November 15 press conference in El Barrio Park. Some 50 students attended the event.

Nov 8, 2024 | tsl.news | Tania Azhang

For those of us who grew up with Donald Trump, Nov. 6 was a reminder of waking up to his presidential nomination in 2016 — flashbacks of panic on social media, followed by years of #MeToo stickers, women’s marches and pussy hats flooding our Instagram feed. Today there’s a similar deluge of infographics, Robert Frost quotes and Twitter posts as we reel from the election results. Our generation has, unfortunately, become desensitized to this media frenzy.

Oct 25, 2024 | tsl.news | Tania Azhang

With cloudy gray skies and autumn neigh, students flocked to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum on Oct. 16 for Michelle Dowd PZ ’90’s talk “What I Learned from Foraging (And Surviving a Family Cult).” A Pitzer College alumna, Dowd is a writer and professor of journalism, with contributions in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and TIME Magazine.

Sep 20, 2024 | tsl.news | Tania Azhang |Adam Akins

“Get your f***in’ ass up and work,” goes the proverb of the wisewoman Kim Kardashian. “It seems like no one wants to work these days.” Kim’s interview led to quite a lot of backlash. Some might even say she got canceled for it. But guess what? She’s still a billionaire and we’re the losers scrolling on Twitter. Our generation, unlike Ms. Kardashian’s, fears that posting an opinion as curt as hers would spell social demise.

Apr 26, 2024 | tsl.news | Tania Azhang

A few weeks ago, a Pitzer College friend of mine visited me in Paris from Scotland. We discussed the study abroad semester wrapping up and how much we’ve learned while abroad. Ultimately, we both came to the same conclusion: Anyone who decides against studying abroad is an idiot. Before the juniors who decided to stay on campus get all up in arms, I want to clarify that we’re JOKING. Please calm down. There are many reasons one might or might not choose to study abroad.