Some of you may have noticed a slight site redesign, along with an advertisement for Amazon.com on the right side of this page.  Although we normally wouldn’t cheapen the Forum by posting advertising, Amazon.com is offering us roughly 6% commission on each purchase made after someone clicks on that ad… money that goes straight to ASCMC activities like TNCs, club funding, and student life activities.  It applies to anything at Amazon: used books, new books, blenders, refrigerators, etc.

Michael Wilner broke the story at the CI:

“At its annual retreat this week in Newport Beach, Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees opted to replace student loans with scholarship grants, joining a small group of elite colleges who can afford to do so. Current students returning to CMC in the Fall will have grants in place of loans, and all packages will henceforth be strictly scholarship and grant money.”

Basically, current loans must still be paid off, but in the future, all aid packages will include no loans, just grants.