The Student Life

6 days ago | tsl.news | Will Dunham

Luke Brown recently published an opinion piece outlining their dissatisfaction with their disqualification from the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) presidential race, claiming ASPC has “a malicious disdain for being challenged, and [a] questionable practice of disqualification.” As the current elections commissioner and member of the elections committee, I find it necessary to correct the inaccurate statements in candidate Luke Brown’s opinion piece and provide transparency for...

2 weeks ago | tsl.news | Patrick McDowell

With students at the 5Cs beginning to submit their financial aid applications and federal funding for higher education growing increasingly uncertain under the Trump administration, many students have begun to question how their aid packages might be affected. The Claremont Colleges frequently rank among the most expensive colleges in the U.S. All 5Cs boast a tuition fee of at least $60,000 annually and a total cost of attendance averaging around $90,000.

2 weeks ago | tsl.news | Luke Brown

This election, you did not need to vote for the president. Specifically, the president of the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC). There was only one candidate. You could not write anybody in. There was no opposition. That is what the ASPC’s ballot told you. The reason that the race was uncontested is that I was disqualified. You maybe would not have written my name, “Luke Brown,” in the write-in space, but because of ASPC, you could not write anything in.

3 weeks ago | tsl.news | Charlotte Renner

Two weeks ago, one of the biggest sporting events in the country kicked off. I’m not a huge college basketball fan, but I tune in for the men’s and women’s NCAA March Madness tournaments every year and get extremely invested in my poorly researched brackets. This year, however, I missed out on the 63 women’s games because I don’t have ESPN2. Four different networks are streaming the men’s tournament this year: TruTV, CBS, TNT and TBS.

1 month ago | tsl.news | Macy Puckett |Patrick McDowell

President Donald Trump threatened to freeze federal funding for colleges and universities that allow “illegal protests” in a Truth Social post March 4, leaving members of the campus community concerned that the 5Cs might be a target. Penalties for student “agitators” include imprisonment, expulsion and deportation.