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The Resident Assistants for the new year have just been announced, and they will be starting their RAships after Spring Break. The room draw process will take place shortly after that. Check out these profiles to meet your new RAs! Appleby - Martha Baker Hello friends! My name is Martha Baker and I am from Denver, Colorado. My two younger brothers are my favorite humans and inspire my highly energetic, goofy and situationally-competitive personality. We were raised on skis an

“Politics is about the free competition of ideas,” says the man wielding $20 million worth of Koch Brothers funding and the commencement speech microphone. Money talks, and it speaks loudly at Claremont McKenna College. It speaks at the Athenaeum, it speaks through a professor’s voice, it speaks over the loudspeaker at the $70 million Roberts Sports Pavilion. It purses its lips when students ask about mental health resources or a more diverse faculty. People surprised about t

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 can learn from this example. While I cannot speak to the dynamics of the author’s relationship—only she knows her own truth—it would be a disservice to the community not to acknowledge the other side of the story: power-imbalanced relationships that have made my peers’ and my experience at CMC worse. The author’s relationship is the excepti

The term for ASCMC members runs from Spring Break to Spring Break, which means that it is time to elect the new Executive Board! Students have started campaigning across the school for the seven open positions. Voting will be held online on Thursday March 7. Tune in to the livestream of Snack Speeches Wednesday night on The Forum Facebook page! You can get a glimpse of the candidates’ platforms in their statements below. PRESIDENT Maxwell Knowles Presidential Candidate Throug

A First Year Guide has the potential to be one of the most important sources of mentorship for a CMC first year student. They lead first years throughout their Week of Orientation Adventures (WOA) trips, and then continue to serve as mentors in the year to come. Within that capacity, a FYG should provide a non-threatening and open environment for first years. A FYG should be a confidant for a first year, someone they trust without question. So what happens if this mentor-ment

CMC President and Vice Presidents spoke to parents in a live stream Thursday afternoon regarding support for students after the passing of Jeremy Peterson and Eric Cramer. Questions were answered by President Hiram Chodosh, Vice President of Student Affairs Sharon Basso, Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Nyree Gray, and Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students Dianna Graves. Dean Basso outlined four themes to discuss: 1) Health and Wellness 2) Substanc

Students received the following emails Tuesday and Wednesday regarding the death of Eric Cramer. Cramer entered CMC with the class of 2018. He died exactly one week after Jeremy Peterson, another student in the same class. RE: Our Saddest Loss Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: Our student Eric Cramer died earlier today in his room in Beckett Hall. Words cannot express my deepest sadness. We must endure this all together. We are still awaiting the coroner’s determination of

After sprinting through pouring rain, I arrived drenched, but nevertheless ready for my first Athenaeum lunch of the semester: the celebration of Professor John Farrell’s installation as the Waldo W. Neikirk Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. Eager to learn more about “Literature and Utopia,” as his talk was titled, I sat at a table surrounded by Professor Farrell’s gushing past-students. Over salmon and salad, we talked books, classes, and expectations for

As of July 1, 2019, Professor Emily Wiley will take on the role of Associate Dean of the Faculty for the curriculum previously held by Professor Lee Skinner. As a Professor of Biology at the Keck Science Department since joining in 2002, Wiley has taught a wide range of introductory through advanced courses in areas related to molecular biology, including interdisciplinary team-taught courses in Biology-Chemistry, previously Biology-Chemistry-Physics, and non-major courses in

Although 100 days didn’t exactly take place with 100 days left (87…but who’s counting), the class of 2019 still danced the night away! Check out some photos of the event courtesy of Krystal Sung ‘19.

Anticipating being bored as winter break dragged on, a couple of friends and I planned a road trip for the last week of break. The plan...

We are all well-accustomed to the presence of Public Safety officers on our campus. Not many students, though, know the story behind these familiar faces in uniform. Just like us, they are all here for a reason, filled with passion and love for the Claremont McKenna College community. After spending a few hours with our PSOs filled with subtle jokes, interesting stories and endless laughter, I have come to know our officers for their quirks, their hobbies and, to put it very

'Gesamtkunstwerk,' a term inspired by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, refers to the total embodiment of dynamic human experience in a singular body of art. While applying to all mediums, including architecture and film, the term is predominantly associated with classical music. Richard Wagner, an influential proponent of this theory, espoused the virtues of traditional composition; to him, music represented the highest form of emotional expression. However, the r

The following email was sent to the CMC community around noon Tuesday, February 19. RE: VERY SAD NEWS “Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: We are very sad to inform you of the death of our student, Jeremy Peterson. Jeremy was found dead in his room early this morning. We are in contact with Jeremy’s family and have conveyed our deepest condolences on behalf of the CMC community. We will continue to support the Peterson family in every way. We also want to assure members of ou

When I arrived at Claremont McKenna College my first year, I felt the way many students feel when they get to college: overwhelmed. But as I settled into my new home in Fawcett 503, I soon found an abundance of things I loved about living at CMC: an amazing roommate, a quick two minute walk to 6 a.m. cross country practice, a prime view of the sunset every night from the fifth floor, and the quiet study space just a few floors down. Yet, as my highly anticipated and idealized

ASCMC officially kicked off the first ever “Affinity for Love” Week on Sunday. Affinity clubs on campus collaborated to create a week celebrating love and inclusivity, including Black Students Association, QuestBridge, Asian Pacific American Mentoring Program, ¡Mi Gente! and 1 Gen. Salomé Lefort ‘21, ASCMC Diversity Inclusion Chair, spearheaded the effort with unused funds from a Kravis Lab retreat last semester for affinity groups. Lefort said she had been wanting to create

If you were recently hired or have been thinking about working on campus, it is necessary that you familiarize yourself with Payroll. Payroll, a part of CMC’s Office of Treasurer, manages everything related to student employment: employee/supervisor information, the amount paid to employees during a pay period, all the records of the wages and totals for the year, etc. The Payroll office is located in Bauer South B31, and is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am-noon and 1:0

“Cases and Controversies: Pivotal Legal Questions of Our Times” Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 As the senior legal analyst for CNN, staff writer for The New Yorker and Supreme Court aficionado, Jeffrey Toobin had a lot to say. On a general level, Mr. Toobin gave a very engaging talk. He’s clearly comfortable in front of crowds and definitely had the audience laughing throughout the talk. Many times that laughter could be attributed to how unapologetic and unrestrained he was in his

I began my endeavor into recreational writing––first penning news articles and then poems––during my junior year of high school. Shortly after I began, I started sharing my work through my school’s literary magazine and newspaper. I continued publishing until I went abroad my junior year of college to Bali, Indonesia in the fall of 2017. Before my jettison into Indonesia, I recognized Bali as a vacation hotspot but knew nothing else of the country or island: not that it is th

Happy holiday season CMC! As we make our way through the best time of the year, I’m sure you don’t have time to think about much other...