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Photo Essay: Monte Carlo 2019
ASCMC's annual Monte Carlo was in full swing on Saturday as students from across the 5Cs donned their fanciest attire and danced to the...
Jocelyn Song
Oct 14, 20191 min read


Under Review: The Laymen
The tagline for Zane Tolchinsky ‘20 and Samy Vilenski ‘20’s new podcast, The Laymen, strikes a chord for the knowledge-hungry and...
Rachel Keady
Oct 8, 20192 min read


ASCMC’s Major Budget Changes:
Elimination of Paid Ticketing, Implementation of ASCMC Endowment, and What it Means for 5C Students On September 22, 2019, The Forum...
Grace Kelleher
Oct 7, 20194 min read


Photo Essay: Toga Party 2019
Claremont McKenna College’s annual Toga party was in full swing last Saturday as students from across the 5C’s dressed up in pillowcases...
Jocelyn Song and Luca Khalsa
Oct 6, 20191 min read


Class of 2023: First-Year Class President Candidate Statements
It's nerve-racking being a freshman. Everything's new to you and all of a sudden you feel like a small fish in a large pond. It's...
The Forum
Sep 29, 20197 min read


Introducing the 2019-2020 Editorial Board!
Tanya Kotecha ‘20 Editor in Chief Tanya Kotecha is an Economics major at CMC. She’s not really sure where she’s from after growing up in...
Maya Shah
Sep 24, 20195 min read


Removing Barriers to Entry: How and Why ASCMC Eliminated Paid Ticketing
In working towards the goal of making our college more inclusive, I’m proud to share that the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna...
Dina Rosin
Sep 22, 20193 min read


CMC’s New Public Policy Major in a Nutshell
“CMC’s mission … is to support faculty and student scholarship that contribute to intellectual vitality and the understanding of public...
The Forum
Sep 13, 20193 min read


Fall Hiring is Too Early
For all the first years who are nervous about their Claremont McKenna College journey, I want you to know that when I started at CMC, I...
Laleh Ahmad
Sep 9, 20198 min read


Student Body President Dina Rosin's Welcome Speech to CMC Families
Class of 2023, and the friends and families that are joining us here today, I am so excited to welcome you to Claremont McKenna College....
The Forum
Aug 30, 20193 min read


Incoming Freshmen Starter Pack!
Going to college is full of mixed feelings - excitement, nervousness, and fear of the unknown. The Forum is here to help you ease that...
Gauri Taneja
Jul 26, 20197 min read


An Update on CMC’s New Science Department
The plan for an independent science department at CMC is “moving full-steam ahead,” with the administration expected to reach financial...
The Forum
May 29, 20192 min read


Senior Superlatives 2019!
No graduating class would be complete without a list of seniors winning fun awards outside the realm of academics. Who in the class has...
The Forum
May 25, 20192 min read


Class of 2019: Six-Word Memoirs
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." Ernest Hemingway told his readers an entire story in six short words, and decades later we are asking...
The Forum
May 23, 20194 min read


A Trip Down Memory Lane
Alumni weekend festivities brought to campus a nostalgic air of celebration. Campus buzzed with alum reminiscing on their days spent...
Mrinalini Bhushan
May 2, 20191 min read


Call to CMC Board of Trustees: Adopt a 2030 Carbon Neutrality Target
For CMC to continue its mission of leadership and guidance in the face of climate change, it should shift the date of its carbon...
Sam Becker and Andrew Badjan
Apr 15, 20193 min read


One Billion Butterflies: A Claremont Migration Story
If you walked through campus last week, you might have noticed hundreds of orange butterflies that dart and bop and skitter past the Hub,...
Bhavika Anandpura
Mar 18, 20194 min read


Introducing the 2019-2020 RAs!
The Resident Assistants for the new year have just been announced, and they will be starting their RAships after Spring Break. The room...
Bhavika Anandpura
Mar 15, 201912 min read


Arthur Brooks and CMC: A Match Made in an Executive Boardroom
“Politics is about the free competition of ideas,” says the man wielding $20 million worth of Koch Brothers funding and the commencement...
Joshua Scal
Mar 8, 20192 min read


She May Have Dated Her FYG, But That Doesn’t Mean You Should
On March 3, 2019, The Forum published an article titled “I’m Dating My FYG, and that’s OK.” I question how much the rest of our community...
Anonymous
Mar 7, 20193 min read
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