Something different happened recently at the Athenaeum. The venue, which has hosted political heavy-hitters, literary lights, and distinguished men and women from all over the world, was rocking in rhythm. Last Wednesda…
“What did you do—I mean, you must’ve done something to get invited to this thing?” asked the airport shuttle driver transporting me to the 2000 New Year’s Renaissance Weekend policy wonk retreat at Hilton Head. I suspec…
Award-winning novelist Jamaica Kincaid, the Josephine Olp Weeks Chair and professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College, has published See Now Then: A Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), her first in 10 ye…
The big, Wednesday, Jan. 23 basketball game between the Stags and the Sagehens not only drew a capacity crowd, but notice from a local reporter, who called the game "round one in the best basketball rivalry in the Inlan…
Dear Members of the CMC Community, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Gregory Hess informed me today that he has accepted the Presidency of Wabash College. He will assume his duties as the 16th…
The 2013 flu season is here, and is predicted to be severe. Dr. Jennie Ho from Student Health Services offers the following information on staying healthy, as well as what to do if you are feeling under the weather. Inf…
Ready for every adventure: Tamar Kaplan '14 in South America. Credit: Kaplan family Family and friends gathered on a sunny, cold day to say the most difficult kind of goodbye: to a beautiful young person with a bright s…
That headline is, well, just a little bit misleading. Bestselling writer Jonathan Franzen, author of the novels “The Corrections” and “Freedom,” wasn’t angry during his well-attended Wednesday night dinner lecture at th…
For three days earlier this month (Jan. 16 through Jan. 18), for a few hours each day, the Los Angeles County Fire and Sheriff's departments, in conjunction with the Claremont Police Department, conducted a large-scal…
Join professors Audrey Bilger (pictured) and Lisa Cody for birthday cake at the Ath (Freeberg room) on Monday, Jan. 28, from 3-5 p.m., honoring the 200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice. Guests are invited to bring c…