Posts Tagged ‘pomona’

CMCers Coming Back from Studying Abroad Assigned Housing

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Ethan Andyshack sent out the e-mails today.

Some were placed in Stark, Fawcett, Phillips, Beckett, Marks… and some are on Pomona’s campus (south campus).

Post a comment if you hear any funny stories.

Claremont McKenna and the 5C Princeton Review Rankings

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Everyone loves rankings, especially Pam Gann.  Stay tuned for US News Rankings in late August!  What would our lives mean without these things?

Claremont McKenna College
Rank List
#15      Best Campus Food
#2        Best Career/Job Placement Services
#11      Dorms Like Palaces
#4        Happiest Students
#13      Lots of Beer
#18      Lots of Race/Class Interaction
#11      Most Politically Active Students
#11      Most Accessible Professors
#5        School Runs Like Butter
#10      Students Happy with Financial Aid
#15      Best Classroom Experience
#5        Best Quality of Life

Why are we on the race/class interaction list?  See our humble neighbors below…  (couldn’t ask for more appropriate from Scripps or Pitzer)

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Journalism Industry in a State of Crisis

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Prominent activist and media critic Robert McChesney made a notable speech at Pomona College last week in front of community members of the Claremont Colleges. McChesney, a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, addressed the weakening of the journalism industry and the social implications of its current “state of crisis,” a notion that has become “conventional wisdom” among press scholars.

“Journalism is the heart of democracy,” said McChesney, who went on to declare that a well-informed public is imperative to the success of a free society.

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