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Sunday, 27 Claremont College students posed nude on Marston
Quad spelling out the word "PEACE!" to protest any
potential war against Iraq. |
Students Disrobe to Disarm
By Peter Skipper
Contributing Writer
At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, 27 students from the Claremont Colleges
formed the word "PEACE!" with their naked bodies on the
grass of Marston Quad, and took a picture. The students were all
women. The photograph is part of a growing war protest movement
known as Baring Witness. The picture was taken on a Sunday morning
in an effort to avoid gawking crowds, but a few spectators were
inevitable. "There was a group of older women doing calisthenics
[that morning]," explained Bree Ullman '05, co-founder of Disrobe
to Disarm along with Shari Sjogren '05, and co-organizer of the
protest. "Somebody asked what we were doing; we told them and
they were very supportive."
5-C Students Perceive
CPD Racial Profiling
By Caleb Oken-berg
Staff Writer
Four years after Claremont Police officers shot and killed Irvin
Landrum Jr., an 18-year-old African American, at a routine traffic
stop, there remains a perception on campus that the Claremont Police
Department (CDP) engages in racial profiling.
Castañeda Comes
to Claremont Colleges
By Adam Myers
Staff Writer
The relationship between the United States and Mexico is headed
down a new path, albeit slowly, according to Dr. Jorge Castañeda,
Mexico's foreign minister from January 2001 until January 2003.
Castañeda was this year's speaker at the sixth annual Avery
Lecture, sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute. His speech was
dynamic and interesting, impressing many of those who attended.
Victims Speak to Reclaim
the Night
By Conor O'Rourke
News Associate
As Molly Anderson SC '03 described the wounds she has carried for
six years from being raped at age 16, the message of Take Back the
Night became clear to many listeners. "It's about shouting
out to people, saying, 'We want to feel safe here! Are you with
us?'" said Natalie Egnatchik PZ '03.
Hundreds Walk Out to Oppose
Possible War in Iraq
By Jenny Mertz-Shea
News Associate
Some brandished big hand-painted signs and marched up front, hollering
"What do we want? PEACE! When do we want it? NOW!" Still
others trailed quietly towards the back, clearly bemused by their
more energetic colleagues, but firm in their resolve to be part
of the protest.
City Council Elections
Bring Change
By Jeff Horwitz
Staff Writer
Candidates Peter Yao, Sandy Baldonado, and Jackie McHenry won seats
on Claremont's city council last night, emerging as the top three
finishers in a seven-person race focused heavily on the issues of
city development, diversity, and openness in local government proceedings.
Faculty Discusses Racial
Privacy Initiative
By Susan Hoang
Staff Writer
A large crowd gathered Tuesday in Rose Hills Theater to listen to
a panel of speakers address "The Importance of Discussing Race
in the Twenty-First Century" as it relates to the Racial Privacy
Initiative.
Senators Press For Longer
Library Hours
By Susan Hoang
Staff Writer
ASPC North Campus Representative Cory Forsyth '03 has begun a quest
to extend the operating hours of Honnold Library.
Forsyth and Residence Halls and Food Commissioner
Evan Sirc '03 have been working together to investigate the feasibility
of extended hours at the library, including the financial implications.
Their goal is to move the library's closing time from midnight to
2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 8 p.m. to midnight Fridays
and Saturdays.
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