U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra will speak in commemoration of Cesar Chavez at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27 at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. The lecture is free and open to the public on a first-come basis. Co…

CMC Trustee Peter Barker '70 has been elected Chair of the CMC Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2002. Chair-elect Barker will succeed Robert J. Lowe '62, whose term as Chair of the Board of Trustees ends on June 30,…

When asked what he would change if he were “king for a day,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Lopez '74 said he would alter attitudes about juvenile law. Although regarded as the “Siberia of the legal community”…

CMS swimmer Suzy Nicoletti ended her college swim career with a dream-come-true win on Saturday, during the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in Oxford, Ohio. Nicoletti, who had just missed winning the…

The stakes can be life or death. Are our juries acting prudently? The United States judicial system assumes that jurors are able to critically analyze testimonies when forming their decisions. But when psychological exp…

When Charles Johnson, who will deliver the keynote address on Thursday, March 14 at the tribute to Dr. Ricardo Quinones, captured the National Book Award for his novel Middle Passage, he became the first African America…

Congressman David Dreier '75, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, came back to CMC on Feb. 19 for a day of class meetings and student and faculty visits, followed Feb. 20 with a lecture in downtown Los Angeles for th…

More than 480 parents and friends of CMC students gathered on campus Feb. 16-18 for the annual Parents Weekend. This three-day event featured eight seminars given by CMC faculty and staff, an address from President Gann…

Claremont McKenna College students Sarah Awad, Cameron Pinckney, and Carolyn Staples have won prizes for their work in the 2002 Undergraduate Student Poster Session, a major event of the joint annual meeting of the Amer…

The Freeman Foundation has granted $2 million to Claremont McKenna and Pitzer colleges to support new initiatives in Asian Studies over a four-year period, especially toward the development of new courses in the politic…