You’re stressed. You just got out of class, and you had an exam that makes eternal damnation seem like child’s play. To make matters worse, nature’s calling. No, you don’t need to go to the bathroom, and no, you’re not on your period. You’re horny, and your significant other is currently...

The Pomona College Museum of Art recently has come under media scrutiny for displaying replicas of sculptures created by artist Jack Goldstein. The replicas are a component of Part Two of the museum's series It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973, which focuses on art...

Ukellective is a new Claremont Colleges group dedicated to playing the ukulele. Founded by Eliza Longnecker PO ’14 and Adam Buchholz PO ’12, Ukellective strives to unite the ukulele players across the colleges and to diversify music culture on campus. Both Longnecker and Buchholz feel...

If you thought preschoolers were the crème de la crop de la contagious, you’ve obviously never spent much time on a college campus, because there is literally always something going around here. And why shouldn’t there be? We share library books and couch space and the elliptical machines and...

Being David W. Oxtoby has got to be exhausting. On your left you're deflecting charges that you are a stooge for 1 percent power broker types, and on your right you're entertaining those power brokers to convince them to donate money for the people on the left....

As the weather warms and my mind turns longingly to summer, free time and gaming, I find myself pondering the fate of the gaming industry. Longtime readers of this column will no doubt be aware that this is hardly a noteworthy activity for me, as I always seem to be ruminating on...

Scripps College's Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery opened Jan. 21 Clay's Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968, a piece that highlights the redirection of ceramics as demonstrated through the distinct styles of artists Mason, Price and Voulkos.Clay's Tectonic Shift...

Didn’t get any flowers this past Tuesday? Had to console yourself with fistfuls of Sweethearts candies from the Frary swipe desk instead? Maybe you should have logged into the latest Internet venture of Jesse Pollak PO '15, an online matchmaking application called LikeSecret.com that launched...

I decided to take my first foray into the L.A. Thai food scene this past weekend, and the experience confirmed my long-held suspicion that I had delayed this trip for far too long. For a while, it felt like it was acceptable to fend off a Thai craving with the likes of Bua Thai, but I hardened...

My Week with Marilyn serves as a painful reminder that films like The Artist and actresses like Marilyn Monroe are few and far between, and that audiences are too often treated to over-budgeted, aggrandized E! True Hollywood Story-style flicks instead. Where The Artist’s portrayal of an...

Natasha Kraus SC '15 embodies SoCal’s effortless, comfortable style, but makes sure to put her own spin on it. Instead of choosing to don the typical short shorts, flip flops and crop tops, Kraus draws inspiration from earlier eras, focusing on timeless, vintage pieces. Hailing from Mission...

Quito, Ecuador  Ian Gallogly is studying abroad in Ecuador during the Spring 2012 semester with the School for International Training's (SIT) Culture & Development program. He left the U.S. Jan. 29 and is currently living with a family in Los Chillos, a suburban valley southeast of...

Pitzer-based band The Sweet Nothings performed an acoustic show at The Shakedown Café’s spring semester opening Feb. 5.The Shakedown Café, Pitzer’s student-run organic eatery located in the Gold Student Union, provides students with local and organic produce and is committed to...

Pop singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey (or LDR, as she is often referred to online) has been slowly rising to recognition since mid-2011, generating attention on YouTube and the general blogosphere and provoking heated Internet debate. Twenty-five-year-old Del Rey (born Elizabeth Grant) released her...

I’ll be straight: from my perspective, this is the time of year when things are beginning to look a little less rosy. We finish our first semester in a last-dash blaze of passionate productivity, are met with a month to reflect on what we’ve learned, and return to school with renewed...

Fox's New Girl is a single-camera comedy starring Zooey Deschanel as Jess, a rather odd woman who is forced to move in with three guys (all with various strange quirks) due to a bad break-up with your run-of-the-mill "a-hole who never deserved such a nice girl.” The show follows Jess as she...

Nearly a year after its Earth Day groundbreaking in April last year, Greenspace is nearing completion. Local non-profit Uncommon Good is constructing the eco-friendly building to be used as office space. The Greenspace structure is is made up of Superadobe, a...

Saturday, Feb. 4, Scripps's Family Queer/Straight Alliance welcomed author and activist Francesca Lia Block to speak to the Claremont Colleges community. Sponsored by the Scripps College Writing and Gender/Women’s Studies Departments as well as the Queer Resource Center, Block spent the...

Today’s question is one of daunting proportions: “Describe video game homebrew culture and its connections to software piracy in approximately 800 words.” I’ve just wasted 24 of those words. Let’s not waste any more.Video game piracy is a hot-button issue no matter how you slice it. Gamers...

It’s no unknown fact that America’s favorite pastime is baseball. As a result, it's also no surprise to see that America’s favorite pastime has encroached upon its second favorite pastime: sex. We’ve all heard about the infamous “bases.” Our “base system” has proven to be an effective and...

Next month, a dance form that has crossed cultures and continents will finally make its way to the Claremont Colleges. As part of Sanskriti, a cultural show sponsored by Ekta, the South Asian Student Association, Jessica Kaushal PO ’14 and Jasjeet Virk CM ’13 are organizing and choreographing a...

From events at Pitzer’s Grove House to Friday Band Night at Scripps’s Motley Coffeehouse and a cappella performances all across the Claremont Colleges, the 5Cs celebrate a multitude of musical genres. However, a band of first-years recently found that the colleges don’t represent music from...

Not knowing about a party isn’t something one can blame on an invitation “lost in the mail” anymore. In fact, because the 5C party scene is open to all students, the invitation is implied. So when the weekend comes, why are some students still left in the dark about where to go after dark? Each...

In a previous issue, I lauded Chung King as the best Sichuan restaurant in town. I may have jumped the gun. In retrospect, it was a bit of an outrageous claim considering I had been to maybe three Sichuan restaurants in San Gabriel before I stumbled upon that gem. I have been to the...

Although it hardly ever happens this early in the year, it’s time to stash your winter coats and oversized sweaters—spring is here. And with a new season comes a wardrobe update. For spring 2012, leave behind your sheer fabric, lace tops, maxi dresses, and high-to-low skirts, because bright...

See this film. See it now. See it in theaters. The Artist is a film (and I use the term “film” deliberately) about the Hollywood of our collective fantasies, the ideal Hollywood, the dream factory—a place that does not and never has existed, but that, nonetheless, we all...

Tempted as I am to revert to my characteristic post-break existential crisis mode and take this moment to wax poetic about the significance of all that pesky undefined negative space carved out by our college careers, I’m going to allow you silent reflection on our recent monthlong hiatus while I...

As a normal human being, I have partaken in my fair share of what I like to call “sex gossip.” You know, the I-just-did-something-naughty-with-a-hot-person-and-now-I’m-going-to-tell-my-bestfriend gossip. However, among these tantalizing stories, one element tends to be horrifyingly common. When I...

Pitzer’s Lenzner Family Art Gallery hosted the opening reception of Vanitas, an exhibit by Long Beach-based artist Matthew Ohm on Jan. 21. Ohm’s project is the sixth edition of the Lenzner Gallery’s Emerging Artist Series, which has been in progress for the past four years. The series showcases...

Now that the new releases are taking a break for a few months, I’ve had some time to kick back, relax, and play a game that utterly disappointed me in nearly every major category that can be used to judge a video game. There’s hardly any point in beating around the bush about its identity...

That Saturday Group, or TSG, is the club behind your weekly Chirps announcements for events like cookie decorating, bingo, pumpkin carving, laser tag, and scavenger hunts. As its name suggests, That Saturday Group is a campus-funded activities group that provides free entertainment every Saturday...

“Do you want to split a cookie?” “That is so not okay.” “Like, I’m not even joking right now.” "Take these chips away from me!” These are just a few of the notable one-lines of the YouTube sensation“Sh*t Girls Say,” which debuted in mid-December of 2011 and racked up millions...

On Friday December 2 the 5C Criminal Justice Network is hosting their annual crafts fair. The event is in support of the L.A.-based non-profit organization Get on the Bus. “Every year for Mothers’ and Fathers’ Day [Get on the Bus] raises money and organizes trips for kids to visit their...

The Pomona College Museum of Art will host the opening reception of the second installation of the year-long “It Happened At Pomona” exhibit tomorrow from 5-7 p.m. “Part 2: Helene Winer at Pomona” is an exhibition focusing on the artwork Winer curated while she was the Gallery Director of the...

If you are at all inspired by the current spirit of social activism present in our country and in our local community, I implore you to see Slavery/Women/Writing, onstage this weekend at the Broad Center on Pitzer’s campus and next weekend at Pomona’s Seaver Theater. It lasts less than an hour,...

Apparently, shows vaguely about fairy tales are very in right now. Two new shows, Grimm and Once Upon a Time, both provide twists on the classic fairy tale stories. Both try to merge old stories with the real world, but they find varying success in their clarity and quality. ABC’s Once Upon a...

Ah, gimmicks. You gamers out there probably know exactly what I’m talking about. “Gimmick” has become somewhat of a dirty word in the gaming scene as of late, usually referring to a game that relies on a cheap trick or whiz-bang mechanic to create the entire gameplay experience. Games of this...

Creativity abounds in the upcoming fall dance concert, In the Works, presented at Pendleton Dance Center this weekend. The concert is a collaborative effort between the Scripps and Pomona dance departments, but the works in the show are choreographed and performed by students who hail from all of...

My final fall semester at Pomona has been plagued with hysterical bouts of regret: Why didn’t I take an art class? Why didn’t I learn a new language? Why didn’t I plant something at the farm? But at some point I realized that all this time spent regretting was time I could spend actually doing...

The Muppets! (NOT Breaking Dawn, sorry, just couldn’t do it.) A tiny theater in Alpine, Texas with my family on Thanksgiving weekend surrounded by small children and parents—both the best and the worst setting for this Muppets revival. Judging by the near silence of the children and the...

My dearest readers! This is to be our last sojourn together. I know, I know. Your fingers now clutch these flimsy pages just as your heart convulses a little in your chest. I, too, will miss you.For my last article, I would like to cover a topic that I have been asked in person. I have been...

On Nov. 21, The 5Cs Out Loud, a writing club, presented Poetics, a free spoken word poetry event open to all in the Claremont community. Poetics featured artists Conney Williams, Artistic Director at non-profit gallery The World Stage and Coordinator of Anansi Writers’ Workshop in L.A., and Javon...

What is it about these micro-breaks that makes for such darn good TSL fodder? You’d think the whole not-being-in-school thing wouldn’t really have a place in the school paper, but there’s something about the negative space between the long stretches we spend here on campus that helps to better...

What happens when eight opinionated Pomona seniors decide to unleash their perspectives on popular culture into the blogosphere? The result is a compilation of sharp, analytical and eloquent tirades on Robyn, Bon Iver, Modern Family, and everything in between.Launched early this November, the...

Scripps’s Vita Nova Lecture Hall was transformed into an intimate concert hall, complete with blankets, hot cider and Donut Man donuts, on Nov. 11 before folk bands Penny Dreadful and Spectre performed for an event hosted by Scripps Live Arts (SLA). The event was originally intended to take place...

Infidelity abounds in There’s One In Every Marriage, on stage this weekend at Seaver Theater. Focusing on the amorous hijinks of well-to-do bourgeois Parisian society, this farce by French playwright Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) sets out to make you laugh—a lot. And it does. Over the course of two...

Capes, though they're the ultimate chic cold-weather clothing, might make the uninformed think of superheroes or vampires. And yes, while vampires and superheroes are quite popular nowadays (Twilight, Green Lantern, Iron Man, anyone?), the fashion cape puts all those costumes to shame. You might...

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, the exhibit “Walking L.A.” opened at Pomona's Smith Campus Center (SCC) Gallery. The exhibit is part of the senior thesis project of Zoe Carlberg PO ’12 and features a series of 84 pen and pencil sketches that document her 60-mile walk through Los Angeles County. Carlberg,...

It's that time again. That magic season of red and green, elves and saints, trees and presents is, like the Polar Express, poised to drag us relentlessly on a rollercoaster of emotions and stress. It is never slowing, never breathing, and never stopping until we lay prostrate to our last penny at...

Four scholars from different disciplines gathered in Edmunds Ballroom for the discussion “Sex and Sensibility” Nov. 11 to share their perspectives on human sexuality. Panelists included Andrew Lear, an NYU professor, historian of sexuality, and former Pomona professor; Simon LeVay, retired...

Dear readers, it's that time of the week again. That time when I sit and try to come up with a topic that is general enough that it is of interest to a good number of y’all (sorry scat fetish column, I know you’ve been patient) but specific and unique enough that what I am saying can be exciting...

On Nov. 11 acclaimed comedian James Davis swanked back into the dim lights of Doms Lounge. The occasion was Comedy Nite, hosted by Soca and BLOC. Opening acts of the night included Hollywood’s Olivia Harewood and a sprinkling of comedians from the Claremont Colleges.Throughout his act, Davis was...

Clint Eastwood’s newest film, J. Edgar, written by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the legendary J. Edgar Hoover, aspires to be a sympathetic, humanizing character study of Hoover’s life and a warning against paranoid power-mongering disguised behind the call of...

In the minds of Americans, at least, no dish is as essential to Vietnamese cuisine as pho, the savory beef noodle soup that is often the principal factor in the judgment of any Vietnamese restaurant. The pho restaurants in Los Angeles have maintained the dish’s integrity, and finding a good bowl...

I tell you, some things are just too easy in college. This is not usually the line I take in my column. For the most part, I use this space as a public sounding board for freaking out about those trivial trials and tribulations that regularly pepper my waking existence here at the Claremont...

The Hindu Society, Ekta (the 5C South Asian Club), and the Office of the Chaplains held a celebration of Diwali at the McAlister Center Nov. 12. Diwali is an annual Hindu festival, often referred to as the "festival of lights," which celebrates the homecoming of Lord Rama after fourteen years in...

If you didn’t have enough reason to feel old already, ruminate on this fact for awhile: Sonic the Hedgehog turns 20 years old this year. That’s right, Sega’s most successful response to Nintendo’s Mario franchise has reached the two-decade mark, but has the franchise gotten wiser with age? The...

At 3 p.m. on Nov. 13, the unique and haunting tones of the acclaimed Tuvan throat singing group Chirgilchin will resonate through Pomona College’s Bridges Hall of Music. The four-member group hails from the small Russian province of Tuva, which is located just north of Western Mongolia. They are...

A concealed disease. Crazy yelling at the office. A cold, dead marriage. Aides screwing in a stairwell. Ears in a box. Basically, all of the good political drama clichés can be found in "Boss," a new Starz series that can be watched online at Starz.com. The show is about Chicago mayor Tom Kane...

This week’s column is inspired by current events, and by a nascent sense of social agency and responsibility, one which I can honestly say I have never felt before. As such, this column is deeply personal, and writing it has prompted some real introspection. How can theater and performance...

This Saturday the Claremont Colleges will host their first Taizé service at 4 p.m. in Scripps’s Toll Living Room. Taizé is a Christian worship style that was founded in France by Brother Roger, who sought an inclusive community that devoted itself to simplicity and contemplative worship,...

Fall (or possibly winter) has hit Claremont once again, and what better way to warm up then to dance to some amazing reggae music this weekend at Pitzer’s 10th Annual Reggae Festival? The festival will begin this Saturday, Nov. 12, on the Pitzer Mounds at 5 p.m. and will run until 1 a.m. The day...

Someone’s got to say it: Sontag and Pomona Hall, which will always and forever be B-Hall (B for beta), have killed Pomona’s campus culture. Or its North Campus culture, at least. In the interest of full disclosure I’ll admit that I was not fortunate enough to snag a room in this LEED-Platinum...

Dear readers, I am having a hard time coming up with something to write about this week. As much as I feel like talking more and more about sex toys, I feel like I cannot continue to burden you with those pontifications.So I am taking the beginning of this column to, once again, encourage you to...

The hobby of producing personal electronic music has been around for less than a decade. The Macbook Laptops of the late 90's that had the computing power large enough to handle multi-bit programs such as Logic, Sonar, Cubase, and Ableton Live brought the raw energy of production-power Digital...

Physics collided with art at the Nov. 4 Art After Hours, which took place outside of the Pomona College Museum of Art. This was the final Art After Hours of the semester. Rebecca McGrew, senior curator at the museum, explained the origin of the project and the connection between the two subjects...

On Nov. 4, KSPC organized a special hip-hop edition of Groove at the Grove House at Pitzer College by inviting several artists from off-campus and a 5C group.Despite the cold weather and the highly popular SCAMFest happening the same evening, Groove at the Grove proved to be a successful event....

They say that life is a cycle. By “they,” I mean the good men and women of the Cliché Machine (it’s like the War Machine, only more persistent and more effectual in driving the US economy). By “cycle,” I guess they mean that our time here on Earth is relentlessly governed by a set of patterns....

On Nov. 12 from 1-7 p.m., the Athenafest punk rock music festival will be held at Scripps College on Bowling Green Lawn. Athenafest will feature bands from L.A., Orange County, the Inland Empire, and Pomona College. The festival is a benefit concert that will raise money for Rock ‘n Roll Camp for...

Impeccably designed clothing at affordable prices? Yes please, sign me up. While designers are sadly still charging an arm and a leg for original pieces, affordable retailers like Target and H&M provide the fashion-obsessed with designer collections that we can feasibly purchase. Starting...

In my rather chaotic exploration of all things sexy, I have bounced around a lot of topics. However, I recently realized that I have skirted around one of the most central, formative, and important things of all things sexy. Really, I should have just started talking about masturbation from the...

Provocative title, I know. I’m in rant mode, and there’s a lot to say, so let’s dive right in with the requisite history.In 1983, the American home video game market experienced a massive crash, which some at the time claimed would be the death of the video game industry. The crash occurred...

On a dark Thursday night at Pomona’s Museum of Art, students covered in scars and fake blood swarmed. If it sounds like a scene from a horror movie, that’s because it was. Last week’s Art After Hours was co-hosted by the club Studio 47, which helped people live their dream of starring in a...

Although Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850 and is set in the 17th century, its ideas remain shockingly relevant today. Like many classics, its timeless story has inspired many modern adaptations. One such variation, much more colorfully named than the original, is...

The 16th Southern California A Cappella Music Festival (SCAMFest) tonight, Nov. 4, promises to be “electric,” according to Anna Brill CM ’13 of the 9th Street Hooligans, one of the Claremont Colleges' eight a cappella groups who will be performing at the annual show.Twelve a cappella groups are...

Through Dec. 11, 2011, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery is displaying Serendipity: Paul Soldner, Artist and Provocateur. Paul Soldner (1924–2011) was an influential teacher at Scripps College, but the exhibit also presents the many other facets of his life. The exhibit attempts to reveal to...

This weekend, unless you have not yet seen Drive or have an all-consuming passion for the voice of Antonio Banderas emanating from the body of an animated orange cat, I would recommend that you stay on campus, save some money, and watch True Grit (2010) in a 35-millimeter print at Rose Hills...

The Back Abbey, located in our very own Claremont, has generated some noise as a top L.A. burger spot. The ongoing debate over the best L.A. burger is serious, so claims that The Back Abbey is among the elite burger joints is quite an assertion. Some students contend that The Back Abbey does not...

Iron-fisted Sentinels of West Dorm They told us we couldn’t get in without an ID, and they were right. Gone were the days of simply hopping over the six-odd-foot fence and landing with a soft thump in a human puddle of pleasure-seekers-gone-too-far-to-care, of slipping through an unattended gap...

Last Friday, Albert Chang PO ’14 held 'CODA: An Evening of Magic, Mentalism, and Music' in the Pomona SCC Social Room. Chang began performing magic in middle school, and several years later, began to perform mentalism.When Chang was in elementary school, his father bought him a magic set. He...

Students of the Claremont Colleges had a wild time at Music at the Motley, presented by Scripps Live Arts and KSPC Oct. 22. Scripps Live Arts is a club that focuses on bringing cool music groups to the 5Cs and on exposing students to a various kinds of music.Proper Portions, a band of Pitzer...

It’s that time of the year again. Like first-years in college, new shows have arrived, tried to find their place, and made a few mistakes along the way. Now some of them must face elimination.In the last few weeks, networks have made decisions about, as us Jewish people said on the recent holy...

Hello Readers! I hope y’all had wonderful, relaxing, and ever so exciting fall breaks. But I have missed you, as I hope you have missed me! I have missed being able to pontificate on whatever sex-related topic I was thinking extra hard about that particular week. This week, I was considering...

It’s Halloween-time, and I’m officially getting scared. Let’s be real for a second: you all know that it’s not the ghosts and ghouls that have got me wigged. It doesn’t take a statistician to know that the number of froshpeople who have been transported in the past two months because of...

You’re pretty sure that the DJ has used the same base beat for the last three songs. You’re dressed as a worm, so you actually only have one dance move. You realize that you only wanted to dance with the person in the coffee mug costume so that you could say you were on “Dancing with the...

Like almost all schools, Pomona requires theater majors to serve on a production crew (lighting, costumes, makeup, etc.). It’s an instructive experience. When you crew a show, you see it a lot—around ten times, not to mention countless pieces of scenes in between. While this can get a bit...

Ten minutes before the start of their performance at Scripps Band Night at the Motley last Friday, yOya’s keyboard player, Noah Dietterich, began warming up with a classic: “The Circle of Life”. Guitarist Alex Pfender looked on from offstage, nodding to event organizer Eden Olson SC ’12 in...

Nintendo certainly knows how to throw a party, and never has this been more evident than it was last Friday night at the Legend of Zelda: 25th Anniversary Concert. The second video game symphony performance to grace L.A.’s social scene in so many months, this gala evening occurred right at the...

A fifties-style tea parlor, complete with frilly linens, flowered wallpaper and hostesses donning cinched-waist skirts, is not where one would expect to find a group of 5C students discussing contemporary feminist issues. This is just one of many expectations that artists Caitlin Rueter and...

Can humor ever be offensive or threatening? Where do we draw the line between what is funny and what is insensitive? Do our jokes ever liberate or empower us? Pomona's Women’s Union held a student panel discussion Oct. 26 called “Am I Allowed to Say That!?” which examined these questions and...

Unsuspecting diners in Frary eagerly looked up from their meals, some stricken with fear, others with anticipation, as the loaded opening chords of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” echoed through the grand dining room. A courageous student rose from his seat at a long table and began staggering...

The Monikers, a four-piece band hailing from Boston, recently debuted a five track EP entitled Taliesin West. Peter Chiman PO ’12, The Monikers's guitarist, began playing with bassist Tim Marchetta-Wood and singer/songwriter Francis Anderson in high school. Drummer Erica Warner joined the band...

On Oct. 21 the RAs of Harwood Court organized Harwood Coffeehouse, an open mic event that was held in Harwood Lounge. Harwood Coffeehouse began in spring of 2010, and has been held monthly ever since. Performances at the event included music, poetry recitations, and craft displays. “I was pleased...

Wilco’s new album, The Whole Love, is an experimental alternative indie folk rock electronic amalgamation that sounds like an incoherent failure of their 2001 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. However, newer Wilco albums, as well as experimental albums in general, will be seen as failures when compared...

Browsing the Internet is a huge part of writing this column. Although I rarely write about a game I have never played, I rely on the Internet to supply me with all the incredibly useless trivia that often makes it into this column. While browsing, it is nearly impossible to escape the infinite...

Sleepy Feet, a band of students from Pitzer College, played at Art After Hours Oct. 13 and has appeared at many other venues this semester. Before and during the show, attendees were able to enjoy snacks and paint their own canvas creations, and I was able to have a unique talk with the band...

It seems to me, in my infinite wisdom (the wisdom of froshpeople, the only true wisdom), that few things in this world are more enigmatic than Fall Break. The awkward child of the late summer holidays and the as-yet unrealized Thanksgiving vacation, Fall Break seeks to present itself as a...

HARD Haunted Mansion (popularly known as HARD Fest) is a two-day electronic music festival held annually during Halloween in LA. This year it is being held in the Shrine Expo Hall in downtown L.A. on Oct. 28 and 29.The event, though widely attended by all fans of electronic and DJ music, has an...

This bi-weekly column might soon fall prey to my basest desires, ceasing all pretense of film analysis and devoting itself instead to the cause of Ryan Gosling fandom. When did he become the street fight-resolving, sultry-eyed, feminist hero of our time, and where was I? That said, Gosling, if...

When one is passing through Koreatown, it is almost a crime not to experience at least one of the Korean eateries there. I happened to be in L.A.’s Korean sector at midnight on a Saturday, but the rule still applied, so I considered my options for Korean barbecue.There is no better place in the...

With Halloween drawing nearer, I’m sure more than a few of you are scrambling to find costumes. You could go to the Halloween pop-up store in Montclair and purchase an itchy costume titled with an awkward pun, but where’s the originality in that? And really, spending 50 bucks on a poorly-made...

An eclectic sound escaped Doms Lounge Oct. 6—Pet Sounds to be exact. The Committee for Campus Life and Activities (CCLA), which was recently renamed the Pomona Events Committee (PEC), combined forces with the Musicians Coalition to present Album Covers, a monthly tribute to the classic form of...

When Harvey Mudd senior Lowell came out on National Coming Out Day in 2008, it was a coincidence. A picture of him with his high school’s Gay Straight Alliance appeared in the newspaper on that Oct. 11, and when his mom asked him about it, Lowell told her he was gay.Four years later, Lowell (who...

Before she even opens her mouth, Judy Chicago draws her audience’s attention. Purple seems to be a theme for her: from her fuchsia hair to her purple scarf and purple glittery sneakers, Chicago looks like the kind of person you want to walk up to and talk to. However, if you do, don’t let her...

As fall break approaches, 5C students have put on their thinking caps to plan the ideal four-day mid-semester vacation. Many students have exciting trips planned for fall break.With Joshua Tree National Park and the San Gabriel Mountains so close to Claremont, camping and hiking are favorable...

Last week, the Pomona Theater Department put on Frozen, a 1998 play by Byrony Lavery, under the direction of Theater Professor Betty Bernhard. Frozen centers around the rape and murder of 10-year-old Rhona and charts the evolution of the three main characters’ personal lives and handling of the...

With international recognition of the Claremont Colleges on the rise every year, more students from around the world are vying for a spot at 5Cs, and Admissions Officers are noticing. Last year alone, the Claremont Colleges had a total of 728 enrolled international students, a figure that has...

Open through Dec. 9th, Pitzer College’s newest art exhibit entitled Synthetic Ritual is a must-see. Combining artists from around Los Angeles as well as from around the world, the exhibit consists of an amalgamation of media, from installations to constant-loop videos. At first glance, the...

Well hello y’all! I’m super excited for my column this week because I get to answer some questions from real live actual readers. These questions are especially awesome because they are not things that I would have thought to write about otherwise. But yes, I do still have opinions on them. I...

Everyone stop what you’re doing right now. Just stop, and start watching "The Hour," a six-episode miniseries on the BBC that is everything that television has the potential to be."The Hour," which can be found on Netflix since unfortunately we are not in England, is about a 1950's news show...

*Yawn* As a representative sample of the “serious gamer” breed, I believe my guttural utterance speaks for us all in terms of the general level of enthusiasm that has pervaded the gaming industry for the past six months. Progress, it feels, has been absolutely nonexistent since E3 occurred back...

In 2004, independent music producer Mark Johnson began a project that he thought could change the world for the better. Johnson picked up a camera and set off around the world, grabbing astoundingly true-to-life footage of musicians playing their culturally diverse interpretations of the same...

“Chinese Food” is a gross simplification of the diverse range of cuisines of the world’s most populated country. The people of China have fine-tuned what I consider some of the best food the world has to offer, and none more so than the people in China’s Sichuan province. Everyone has had Chinese...

Last weekend the 5C student theatre troupe Bottom Line Theatre (BLT) put on the 24-hour Play Festival, where students write, direct, act in, rehearse and perform plays within twenty-four hours. The festival began at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, and plays were performed on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 8...

Rhodessa Jones’s solo dance and theater performance, Life on the Swerve: Observations from that Place Where the World Weeps, was performed Oct. 5 at Garrison Theater at Scripps. The show is the culmination of years of Jones’s work with incarcerated women around the world, specifically in...

On Sept. 29, spoken word artists from Hollywood came to CMC’s McKenna Auditorium to share some of their poems. “Spoken word can be anything that’s uttered in the microphone... If the audience can see that you’re genuine with your words, I’d like to think they’d like to listen to that,” spoken...

5C professors knowledge is a resource that some students rarely have a chance to experience beyond the topic of their coursework. Here we give professors the opportunity to apply their knowledge to our daily lives by sharing their thoughts on trends and events that affect our generation. Dubstep...

To those who long for the days of Bogart and Eastwood (the squinting-into-the-Spanish-sun, cigar-chomping Eastwood, not the travesty that he is today), look no further than Drive; your hero has returned. With local box offices full of ridiculous-looking action/thriller movies (yes, you, Killer...

Even now that I’m in college and getting my mind blown on the daily, inside the classroom and out, it’s the simple passage of time that really gets me. The Spanish Inquisition is one thing, but you really never expect the midterm mark to come so soon, especially not when you’re a freshman and it...

Dear readers, I would like to put forward a proposal. I would like to assert that the act of sex—any act of sex—is not synonymous with seeking orgasm. Popular culture, media, and pornography (as they are wont to do) have perpetuated the simple belief that the orgasm is everything to sex. Of...

What do you think of when you hear the word vest? Maybe you’re like “Pshh, vests? And let my arms be cold? No, thank you.” Or maybe you just think of the ugly holiday sweater vests that your great Aunt Mildred wears to family gatherings. Yuck, don’t you put that thing near my closet. But, you...

In these past few weekends, a lot of smashing has taken place. No, I’m not talking about destruction of physical objects, or about “getting smashed,” as is a common weekend pastime for some. I’m talking about Super Smash Bros., a fighting video game for which two tournaments were held these past...

Without a Box, the 5C improv group, is beginning a new year of unique performances."We're really excited about this year because it's different... People are going to see a new Without a Box," said producer Jason Blagman PZ '12. Without a Box will be moving away from the format of last year's...

It's been a busy couple of weeks for the Claremont gaming scene, but before we jack in, power up, and immerse ourselves in our electronic heaven again, I must say one thing. To the combined forces of the Asian American Mentoring Program (AAMP), Asian Pacific Islander Sponsor Program at Mudd...

I guess one column ago is too soon to do an “In Remembrance of Columns Past,” but I did promise a continuation of last week’s treatise on the less utilitarian aspects of the sex toy. I just wanted to try a snappy name.I said that I would talk about why anyone would ever need to use a sex toy, and...

When it comes to street snack food, one can make a good argument that India’s chaat reigns supreme. When it came time to write about chaat, the LA food community’s consensus was that the chaat at Jay Bharat and Surati Farsan Mart, half a block away from each other, are the two to try. Chaat...

Nothing in this life quite compares to the first few weeks at the Claremont Colleges. We've got your stimulating conversation, we've got your perpetual sunshine, and, like any self-respecting institution of higher education, we've got your party scene. From what I've seen, I can only imagine that...

What’s that? Gob from Arrested Development is now married to that girl from Married with Children? And her boss is that chick from Bridesmaids? What could go wrong!Unfortunately for the new NBC comedy Up All Night, a lot of things. Despite a great cast, a sweet concept, and an SNL alum creator,...

ProfessorDibs.com, launched in April 2011 by Pitzer College alums Michael Goldberg PZ ’10 and Noah Taubman PZ ’10, is a website that provides students with deals customized exclusively for the Claremont Colleges. A service similar to popular deal-of-the-day websites like Groupon and Living...

Carlos Motta came out to his family and friends as gay by the time he was 18, but he soon realized he didn’t know anything about the gay community or its history that would help further his understanding of his sexuality. He described that he wasn’t aware he could be gay “beyond the bedroom.”...

In the world of gaming, playing against friends in a multiplayer setting is not a new concept. However, the ability to enter into competition with some of the best gamers in the world—no $10,000 prizes, no new cars, no requirements to survive a 35-seed national tournament—has also begun to appear...

Well, I was expecting worse. Though The Help, directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett’s novel of the same name, is by large a feel good, “white people weren’t all bad,” fried-chicken-lickin’ film, it was made with good intentions. I would never, however, argue that the creator’s...

Howdy everyone, and welcome to my second week! I must confess that I am already incredibly infatuated with all of you and need to take a moment to psychically send you love beams, hearts, and kittens through all the airwaves.Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get down to business, shall...

Welcome, TSL readers, to the theatre column. This space will normally be dedicated to reviewing theater/performance pieces at the 5Cs. Though there is an inherent element of critique in reviewing, the goal of this column is not to criticize. Rather, it’s to support performance at the 5Cs as much...

For those confused by the article’s title, Freeline Skates are (well!) skates, and can best be described as a cross between roller skates and skateboards. They come as a pair and each skate is a metal plate with two wheels attached at the plate’s base.These skates are a recent invention that...

New entries for the ever-lengthening list of "Things I Didn't Anticipate Before Going to College": the sheer volume of rice and beans I have consumed since arriving on campus, the literally stackable nature of the library stacks, and the spectacular failure that was my first English assignment. ...

"Take off your pants!” exclaimed the guitarist and singer of Sleepy Feet at the beginning of his set Saturday at PB&J, Pomona's relatively new arts and entertainment space. He then proceeded to take off his pants, seeming to expect everyone in the audience to do the same. There was an awkward...

Dear patrons and readers, That’s right, we’re back! And on an official student-run newspaper, no less! Believe us, we never thought this would happen either, especially after being almost shut down entirely over brand dispute and forced into a lonesome hiatus. Hopefully TSL has won us some new...

Professor Candida Jaquez of Scripps College has been dreaming of having Mariachi Mujer 2000, an internationally renowned ensemble, perform in Claremont. That dream was finally realized at Garrison Theater on September 20th.Mariachi Mujer 2000 is an acclaimed ensemble who perform traditional...

For a lot of women at the 5Cs, the words "fashion" and "casual" are synonymous. Obviously, the motto "Fashion is Pain" doesn't fly here. Just in the first few weeks of the semester, I have witnessed several skirts slightly smaller than a postage stamp and a multitude of revealing crop-tops, not...

Pomona Junior Michelle Kretsch’s dorm talks to her. No, she’s not crazy, though she does imagine things.“Stand at your door and think,” Kretsch said. “Conceptualize.” During this process of conceptualization, Kretsch gives her room a voice.“If you have a poster, if you have a blanket, if you have...

Art After Hours held its grand opening last Thursday, where attendees painted mini-canvases provided at the event and visited exhibitions at the Pomona College Museum of Art.Gavin Turek, Scripps College graduate, opened the show. Turek and TOKiMONSTA (musician Jennifer Lee) performed their...

"Memory… is the vital organ of reality," claims the narrator J.J. in the prologue to Joanna Biggar's novel, That Paris Year. Biggar, a member of Pomona's Class of 1964, used her own recollections of her junior year abroad at the Sorbonne in Paris as she crafted the book, indulging in what she...

Tanks have been invading our campus: Manifesting as the go-to party outfit topper, the new club t-shirt and the ultimate homemade fashion trend and comfortable answer to the scorching days of sunny Southern California. They are worn proudly by both men and women of all the 5Cs.To some, tanks have...

When I called for reservations at an oddly-named Chinese restaurant in Rosemead, the first words I heard were ni hao ("hello" in Mandarin), which is generally a good sign of authenticity. JTYH did not disappoint in this respect.I...

For a video gamer, music is one of the most defining elements of the playing experience. Music is especially important in gaming because it is always there, looping infinitely in the background, enhancing...

It’s a good thing we’re all getting a college degree, because we will need it to understand the new HBO series Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones’s ten-episode season concluded in June, but its fans continue to rave about the series. The HBO series...

Howdy to the specific subsection of the 5Cs that reads The Student Life! I am your new anonymous sex columnist. I begin with a gentle promise: I am not here to goad you into anything. We are here to start slow and easy. No sex positions, acts, or fun...

It's 1 a.m. on a Saturday night, and a group of friends are wandering the gallery rooms of the Pomona College Museum of Art. And no, they didn't break into the museum. It's currently open 24/7. "It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los...

For future reference, don’t be afraid that people you’ve only just met will think you’re gross if you ask them to slather your lower back in sunscreen for you, because chances are they’re going to think you’re a hell of a lot grosser – and...

Pomona sophomore Claire Dickey doesn’t like to wear shoes. But before you ask why, Dickey has a question for you: Why do you wear shoes? "Walking is what your feet are meant for," Dickey said. Dickey grew up in...

Have you ever had the urge to lie face down across a staircase? A rooftop? Perhaps across the aisle of a grocery store? Suppress these desires no longer because now is the time to join the growing trend of planking. Plankers across the world are expressing...

Every year, non-local Claremont College students are faced with a dilemma: where should they keep their things over the summer? A panoply of options are available, but researching and deciding between them can be a chore.Last year, Pomona charged students for summer storage for the first time,...

“There’s something magical that happens with a movie on a big screen,” says Vince Turner, the director of the Claremont 5 Second Film Festival, which screened at the Laemmle Theater Thursday night. “Something that draws you in. No matter how good the movie actually...

“Yonkers” – Tyler The CreatorToward the end of 2010, after years of getting dragged around on a leash by the synthesized excesses of T-Pain and Rihanna’s plastic pop, hip-hop’s future seemed frightfully uncertain. Thankfully, Kanye West’s My Beautiful...

This column is the last in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries have been widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying...

It’s a bit of a challenge to parse out where Fleet Foxes fit in the spectrum of contemporary indie music. Nowadays, you’ve got your laptop-toting, 8-bit bedroom projects (Panda Bear, James Blake, tUnE-yArDs), your fuzzed-out surf rock pioneers (No Age, Wavves, Girls, Best Coast),...

In figuring out which restaurant to make the final destination of my Claremont collegiate career, I had to think deeply about the ways in which the dining scene of the world has evolved since I transferred from middle-of-nowhere Ohio to southern California after my freshman year. As improved as...

What is the worth of open, honest communication between couples in committed relationships? Not much, said Tender Buttons in last week’s edition of "Tender Buttons Ruins Lives." A tender reader expressed concern after “stumbling upon” some choice pornographic...

A blonde and austere teenage girl with a bow and arrow stalks a reindeer in the snowy wilderness; she shoots one and lands it between the reindeer’s ribs. The reindeer runs away, quickly at first, before slowing down, stumbling, and finally falling down. The girl pulls out a handgun, says,...

The last five years have been kind to Aziz Ansari. He hosted the MTV movie awards last year, holds a major supporting role on Parks and Recreation (arguably the best show on NBC’s Thursday night lineup), and is touring his second hour of stand-up, the follow-up to his popular debut...

For senior Liz Robinson, the future seems pretty set, at least for the next few years. As an International Relations and Philosophy major at CMC, Robinson is pursuing a career in law, starting with law school in the fall. “I’ve wanted to become a lawyer since the 5th grade,”...

Every year, around the third or fourth week in April, Coachella provides an oasis of sensory delights for those resilient enough to endure the desert’s sweltering temperatures. Music fans from across the country and the world make the pilgrimage to the Inland Empire’s Coachella...

This column is the fourth in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, serving as an extension of the writers' accompanying...

With the amount of exclamation points on the menu at Eureka!, Claremont’s new gastropub sets a high bar for itself.Although it's only a little over two weeks old, the place is already as hopping as the Back Abbey, its obvious rival in this now gastropub-rich village. However, Eureka!...

With blue wristbands still ornamenting proud wrists across the 5Cs and stories from Indio dominating lunchtime conversations, those of us who weren’t lucky enough to make it to the behemoth that is Coachella may be starting to get a little annoyed. We’ve started to sigh at the name...

If you don't know Jessie Yu, I would venture to say that you probably should. She has an infectious sense of excitement that is hard to escape, and makes it incredibly difficult to be bored around her. I feel that this attitude extends into the way she dresses; the vibrant clothing I often...

Last Saturday, I had the immense pleasure of seeing the 5C theater department’s production of Pomona alumnus George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum. Held in Pomona’s Allen Theater, the play seized the audience from moment one and did not let go until the last player had left...

To most students he is Gabriel Chandler, Assistant Professor of Statistics at Pomona College. A growing number, however, know him also as a member of Above/Below, an eight-piece free-form jazz group featuring the novel hip-hop stylings of one MC Stat—a.k.a. Professor Chandler.I use the...

This upcoming weekend, the twelfth annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival returns again to Indio, California. For those of us resourceful enough to snag a pass in those precious few days before passes sold out—or the especially resourceful few who shelled out upwards of $500 on...

“You smoke cigarettes?” she asked.“Yeah,” I replied. “So?”Wait. I started the story all wrong. For you to really understand this exchange between this girl—a first-year who shall remain nameless—and myself, also a first-semester freshman at...

It's been a while since I've photographed anyone as sharply dressed as John Wick. The styles that I see around the 5Cs run a wide gamut, but it's not very often that I see someone who clothes themselves in more traditional menswear. It may be because it can be seen as stodgy, too...

This column is the third in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying...

The most daunting part of Claremont McKenna’s annual International Festival is deciding what in the world to eat. Everywhere you look, something begs to be devoured—dishes you've never even heard of before or usually can't get anywhere other than some hole-in-the-wall...

Soccer, tango, beef. It’s the golden triangle of Argentina’s culture: Tango halls cover the massive capital Buenos Aires, soccer legends are known simply by their last names, and beef is the meat of choice. Beef for lunch. Beef for dinner. It’s the pride of the...

Maggie Murphy SC '11 is wasting no time in following her interests after graduation. Murphy's passion for education led her to apply to Teach for America (TFA), and she was accepted into next year's Corps. It's certainly not a low-pressure job and will push her into the real...

Dear Tender Buttons,I know this isn’t exactly new territory or anything… but I found some porn on my boyfriend’s computer. Before you say anything, no, I wasn’t snooping. He did a very poor job of hiding it and well, yeah, I don’t exactly like what I saw....

Do you know what's better than April? Gaypril! Come join the Queer Resource Center of the Claremont Colleges to celebrate the plurality of sexualities and genders of your peers and the 5C community! Check with the QRC for a full listing of events, online at...

This column is the second in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying...

What’s there to say about The Vagina Monologues that hasn’t already been said? By this point, Eve Ensler’s play has transcended the stage and become a global phenomenon, with its annual performances fundraising for women’s anti-violence groups across the world, and the...

Despite the fact that ASCMC lost $25,000, the fireworks from LMFAO’s performance last Saturday put Katy Perry to shame.The hip-hop duo, party-music favorites of "Shots" and "Yes" fame, gave a phenomenal concert last Saturday night at Pomona's Big Bridges...

It's a little shocking how sushi has wiggled its way into the heart of America. The most expensive restaurant in the country is a sushi bar in New York; celebrities flock to hip L.A. spots where the actresses at the tables are thinner than the slices of hamachi. The most popular nights at...

Director Duncan Jones earned a lot of goodwill among sci-fi fans and cinephiles for the quiet and intense Sam Rockwell vehicle, Moon, two years ago. Dark thoughtfulness isn’t his modus operandi in his new film, Source Code, but he trades that in for something nearly as valuable: frenetic,...

Students entering Frank Dining Hall on Wednesday evening were greeted by a cornucopia of produce and four teams cutting, slicing, sautéing, blending, stirring, and frying—all for ASPC Food Committee’s Iron Frank event. Just as in the hit TV show “Iron Chef,” the...

I have lived with Kate this year and had the pleasure of watching her style develop over the school year. While there are definitely those stylistic stand-outs that catch my eye in an instant, there is something to be said about style that takes time to observe and understand in all of its...

Stick five characters in a room with nothing to do but talk to each other, and problems will inevitably arise. This simple storytelling philosophy propels the narrative of Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation in an oblique and unpredictable way, and director Lauren Rosenfield PO...

Toward the end of 2010, already a fairly healthy year for music releases in general, Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy presented a brilliant, bombastic redefinition of hip-hop and R&B, capping off a decade that saw both genres occasionally mired in uncertainty. At the...

In 2000, thousands of Bolivian citizens stormed the streets of Cochabamba to protest the attempted privatization of the city’s water supply. The fighting between the protesters and the police intensified to the point where the city was shut down for four days and Bolivia’s president declared a...

In some ways, The Strokes reshaped the way bands rose to fame. From their modest inception in New York City’s prep school scene to their now legendary debut Is This It, The Strokes skated a fine line between cultivating their image as the poster-boys of “New York cool” and breathing new life into...

This column is the first in a Life&Style series exploring the study abroad experiences of students from around the 5Cs. The entries will be widely varying in style and topic depending on each student's particular perspective, and serve as an extension of the writers' accompanying study abroad...

Before I introduce the topic of this week’s column, tender readers, allow me to share a lovely anecdote. It may surprise and/or horrify you to know that professors weigh in on the content of the sex column! A professor informed me that writing about technique without stressing the importance of...

Name: Becka DeSmidt College: Pomona Hometown: San Francisco, CA At a time when other seniors are gearing up for world travels, gap years, volunteerism, and a little self-exploration time post-graduation, Pomona senior Becka DeSmidt is not. From early in her senior year, she was certain that...

Friday: Queer Faculty Symposium Series: Our Bodies in Reverse (poetry) 4:30-5:30 PM, QRC (PO) Without a Box Performance: "Moople Syrup" 8:00-9:30PM, Benson Auditorium, Avery Hall (PZ) Saturday: SAC Birthday Party with Das Racist & Hood Internet 9:00PM-1:00AM, Brant Clock Tower...

The sheen of their luscious hair catches your eye from across the dining hall. Their slim jeans outline their rounded hips, their brow furrowed in adorable thought, their lips pursed. Your eyes meet for a tantalizing instant. You look away. As you walk to class, you wonder: was it coincidence or...

There are so many great things to say about Natalie Orenstein. While many of the people that I have featured in the past were previously strangers to me, I lived next to Natalie last year and still spend a good deal of time with her. So to finally be able to hear her speak about the sense of...

On February 10, 2011, a YouTube user with the moniker “trizzy66” uploaded a music video for a song called “Friday” by a teenage girl named Rebecca Black. Produced by ARK Music Factory, a Los Angeles-based independent record label and entertainment channel, “Friday” managed to attract 30 million...

Over the summer of 2010, the blog Hipster Runoff identified a new genre known as “chillwave” and “glo-fi,”—both of which sound like Williamsburg hip-hop alter-egos—introducing one of the first musical movements defined less by geographic birthplace than...

Over the summer of 2010, the blog Hipster Runoff identified a new genre known as “chillwave” and “glo-fi,”—both of which sound like Williamsburg hip-hop alter-egos—introducing one of the first musical movements defined less by geographic birthplace than...

The Adjustment Bureau, a George Nolfi-penned adaptation of the Philip K. Dick short story “Adjustment Team,” toys with some intriguing existential notions. But, par for the course in high-concept Hollywood films, it dispenses too neatly and easily with the complications of its...

It seems that Erica Reiss PO ’13 has become a bit of an icon around campus. She has a distinct presence, made all the more apparent when she decided to shave her head earlier this year (and as these photos show, it’s growing in wonderfully). After hearing her name come up in...

“Worker,” an installment by James Gilbert and Jennifer Vanderpool, focuses on the lives of Los Angeles garment workers. The piece will be on display at Pitzer’s Lenzner Gallery until March 25.

Mexico’s a danger zone, and you’ve already been to Joshua Tree, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and the rest of the usual spring break suspects. Well, go to Vegas again! Then, embark on another adventure with your gambling winnings. Whether you have a long afternoon to spare or all the...

Our college town has certainly grown up. In Claremont, home to some 7,000 or so college students, there are two wine bars, one gourmet cheese shop, a jazz and fondue club, and a dream gastropub for a Belgian beer connoisseur. A dive bar for cheap PBR or Coors Light? Not in this Village. Our...

Judging from the quiet hum of approval heard around campus, the good readers of The Student Life appear to have enjoyed last week’s column. Kudos, me. Can’t get enough of more non-normative sex acts? I encourage my tender readers to attend “FANTASTISCHE! A Queer Burlesque...

If you’re like me, you didn’t make any spring break plans and are now stuck hanging out in Claremont all week. And, if you’re like me, and have rarely ventured outside of the Claremont bubble, then what better time is there to discover what’s been right around the corner...

No one envies the daunting task of trying to recreate an event like Smiley 80s, especially on paper. Along with Harwood Halloween, Pomona’s biggest party of the spring semester stands out as one of those fleeting moments in our college’s nightlife that practically disappears from...

Rating: 4.5 (out of 5)Early last year, the blogosphere began lighting up with chatter concerning a 20-year-old Londoner named James Blake, whose home-recorded compositions kept finding their way onto British radio. Via a three-song EP entitled The Bells Sketch, Blake introduced the world to a...

I greatly respect Tim for the simple yet well-executed outfit that he’s wearing in these pictures. He shows a welcome lack of fussiness, instead wearing the kind of outfit that I think would make a flattering uniform for anyone: fitted plaid shirt, well-cut khakis, and a solid pair of...

In Saturday’s final showdown, the last remaining humans battled to become the first human team to win HvZ. Sam Kaplan PO ‘14 leads a group of brain-hungry zombies, but Thomas Mooney-Myers PO ‘13 (depicted) bursts into an impromptu rendition of Aragorn’s battle speech...

The Kind Midwesterner archetype is an endlessly fruitful comedic target for films, as the Coen brothers’ Fargo showed so unforgettably in 1996. Their unflappable pleasantness and refreshing lack of blasé detachment serve to make them the ideal unself-conscious goofs, around which...

Marie-Anne Cantin, arguably the queen of the cheese world, runs a fromagerie palace in Paris that smells of the most pungent rocquefort—and is situated in a cave made of cheese. It is impossible to leave Chez Cantin without ten pounds of Brie and chevre in your grasp and reeking of their...

Note: This week’s sex column contains more explicit material than columns printed in the past. We encourage you to assess your own comfort level with sexually graphic content before reading. Dear Tender Buttons, I’m comfortable with the vaginal sex I’ve been having with my...

For Harvey Mudd senior Neal Pisenti, a career in academia seems like the right fit. Though the thought of leaving college in less than a semester is “slightly frightening” for him, he may not have to leave college after all—in fact, he is thinking of becoming a professor. ...

The Martha Graham Dance Company performed for 2,400 lucky ticket-holders in a packed Bridges Auditorium on Tuesday, Mar. 1. Renowned by TIME Magazine as “Dancer of the Century,” Martha Graham (1894-1991) was one of the most influential modern dance choreographers, developing a unique...

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera proudly and firmly asserts its bleak view of existence throughout its three acts, outright rejecting the notion that people are essentially good. Its principles are either at the margins of society, or act like they ought to be....

I remember the days when the term “blogging” brought up connotations of techno-hermits spilling their latest mercurial fascinations and complaints on the Internet. In David Fincher’s The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-girlfriend eloquently accuses him of fitting...

Sandwiching Oscar weekend, two films nominated for Best Documentary Feature came to Pomona last week as part of the college’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Film Festival People |Places|Spaces. In a very strong year for documentaries, Gasland and Waste Land edged out Oscar-winner Inside Job with...

Slipping out a day early, Radiohead’s eighth album The King of Limbs was released last Friday to considerably less hype than In Rainbows three years before. With a flat $9 price for download, Radiohead abandoned the pay-what-you-want model, and the album’s release came only four...

LM Ellzey SC ‘13 and I both hold the belief that fashion provides a good medium for projecting oneself, despite unsupported claims of its shallowness. “In the same way I would use a symbol in writing, I try to use outfits or articles of clothing as symbols,” said LM. She...

2010 kicked off a new decade of music with remarkable panache, laying significant groundwork for new bands, sub-genres, and avenues of music distribution while marking the end of an era for many musicians whose work defined the last decade. LCD Soundsystem called it quits, Gorillaz shifted from...

Will Canon, the director of the South By Southwest (SXSW) Audience Award-winning film Brotherhood, told me that a good movie is one that can make audiences laugh, scream, or cry. His favorites accomplish all of those at once. Canon has crafted Brotherhood with that type of multi-dimensional...

Tender Buttons received feedback from last week’s column re: gay virgins and passive aggressive manipulations. One commenter accused Tender Buttons of trivializing “a person’s right to ask their potential sexual partner to get tested,” citing other, non-needle ways a...

While I was studying in Paris last spring, a French friend of mine asked if we should get a group together for brunch at Le Pain Quotidien. Normally, with chain restaurants so ubiquitous that their websites have a “choose a country” option, I would stick up my nose in disgust at the...

Pitzer student from Portland, Oregon For Pitzer senior Keenan Ferar, second semester seems more like a step into the real world than a fleeting end to college life. As a senior who technically graduated last semester, Ferar is living at the Pitzer co-op, working two internships, and auditing...

I’ll come right out and say it: Flappers isn’t “cool”... yet. It is a comedy club (strike one, arguably) with clichéd 1980s comedy boom-themed décor and an inexplicably 1920s-themed name (strike two), it doesn’t have a liquor license (strike three) or...

Improv is hard. Think if you’ve ever genuinely amused anyone who told you to “say something funny.” Well, improv is a group of people being told to “act something funny” about a random topic that they don’t even get to choose. This is why people take classes....

It’s hard to go a day without reading or hearing about China. With one of the fastest growing economies in the world and a staggeringly powerful government, China gets plenty of attention when it comes to big, global issues. But besides all the initiatives and figures, the...

As February transitions into March, we reach that electrifying time of year when America’s crowning institution of mainstream myth-making, Hollywood, holds its grandiose commemoration of all images fair-skinned and beautiful: the Oscars. Held for the last 82 years to celebrate excellence in...

With its five seasons finally concluded after last week’s finale, it is safe to say that Friday Night Lights (“FNL”) is about much more than football. Case in point from the finale: as the quarterback launches a long, spiraling, slow-motion pass into the brisk Texas night, the...

Rating: 3/5Standout Tracks:"QUI++ING," "Drugs"Sophia, the sophomore album of Daniel and the Dragon (comprised of CMC students Dan Evans ’12 and Kris Brown ’11 and Pitzer’s Jacob Moss ’13) borrows its namesake from the newborn daughter of Evans’ best friend. In...

Returning to campus after studying abroad, Scripps students usually expect to settle down in a spacious single in one of the college’s eight dorms. This year, however, many of these students got a rude awakening: due to over-enrollement of the freshman class and a greater number of...

This upcoming weekend, Pomona hosts its annual celebration of that time-honored junior high school tradition: showing your parents where you learn things! Not only does the college provide opportunities for our loving guardians to meet professors, attend faculty lectures, and sit in on actual...

Texas barbeque is all about the beef. Beef brisket or beef ribs, it doesn’t matter: your beef is grilled with the sauce on the side, because the beef is the focus of your meal. An outstanding barbequed brisket can be so tender, a plastic spoon could cut through it. While the brisket at...

This week’s column is unabashedly homosexual in flavor and content. Tender Buttons makes no apologies, and I urge readers to celebrate the plurality of sexualities found around the 5Cs. Even more frightening: we’re talking about virgins this week, tender readers. Pop in your...

Pomona Environmental Analysis major from Chicago, IllinoisFor Pomona senior Zak Feldman, post-graduation entails a gap year and then plans to attend medical school. However, it wasn’t always that simple. Feldman, an Environmental Analysis major, made the decision to pursue his interest...

Rating: 2.5/5Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu—the well-known Mexican director of such films as Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel—doesn’t stray too far from his recognizable pattern of dour emotional intensity with his new film, Biutiful. Javier Bardem stars as Uxbal, a black market...

Rating: **** (out of 5)Standout Tracks: "Pharaohs & Pyramids," "Take Me Over"Nowadays, the type of music that Australia’s Cut Copy makes—glitzy, 80s-flavored electronic dance pop—seems to motivate an entire generation of contemporary bands intent on trading their guitars for...

The newest news is that the ‘90s are the new ‘80s. This makes sense, because the ‘80s actually made a comeback more than ten years ago. Instead of beautified workout attire, the ‘90s offer geometric patterns along with bold prints, cropped shirts, and other strange,...

Best changes: Blackened Mahi Mahi Salad Expo, Italian Ices at snack, Cinnamon-Maple Chocolate Chunk Cookies, Flavored Mashed Potatoes, Real AvocadosWorst Changes: Sushi-less Tuesdays, Israeli Couscous and Stuffed Tomato Everydays, and "Meatless Mondays," for those of us omnivores.As freshmen,...

We all rely on TNC and Pub to get our Wednesday and Thursday night grind on: they churn out the radio-ready pop and hip hop most of us expect from college parties. But as Janak Tull PZ ’13 observed, “Lots of events at the Claremont Colleges are big on playing Top 40, while a lot of...

For a small city like Claremont, the number of Italian restaurants—none of them named the Olive Garden!—we have to choose from is fairly astounding. We could be in San Gimignano for the sheer quantity of Italian food, except the freeways and Indian Hill don’t look much like...

“Tender Buttons” is the name of Gertrude Stein’s 1912 masterpiece, a collection of poems derided as nonsensical by some and praised for breathtaking sensuality by others. Stein would host gatherings in her renowned Paris salon for her favorite ex-pats and other intellectuals,...

Humor and fine art are not often seen as particularly cooperative. Yet the 67th Scripps College Ceramic Annual, “Making Fun,” proves true to its name with inspiring results. Curated by Tim Berg, a professor of Ceramics at Pitzer, the show jokes, mocks, and embraces whimsy and...

This article is the first in a Life&Style series which will focus on a different 5C senior each week. As the semester marches steadily towards May, we hope to reveal the changing emotions and efforts of the senior class in planning their future, and the possibilities, questions, and plans which...

Move over, Paris, you useless, sniveling, chain-smoking, disdainful bunch of pencil-mustached aesthetes: Claremont is officially the most romantic city in the world. According to a press release that the City of Claremont posted on PRNewswire.com, our very own “lush, European...

By now you’ve already heard the tragic news: Coachella tickets have sold out. Last year, some 225,000 flocked to Indio, California to take part in the sun-drenched revelry. Jay-Z, Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, and even Thom Yorke made it out for the fun. And what else could you call it? People...

Rating: ***** (out of 5)Standout Tracks: "Blame Game," "All of the Lights," "Monster"Over the last decade, no musical personality has dominated headlines more than Kanye West, whose ambitious artistic output throughout the years has only shaped a small part of his complicated dynamic with the...

The sleek, minimalistic, almost foreign way Emily Miner presents herself creates an effect that goes a bit beyond how she simply “looks.” While everyone who has been featured in our past columns has evoked some certain “mood” , Emily makes hers the focal point of her...

As we seclude ourselves in the toasty warm work caves we call our dorm rooms to cram for finals, our one glimpse of hope—winter break—seems at times unattainable, given the sheer volume of studying and writing necessary to reach it. Yet the holidays are fast approaching, and...

The moment diners set foot in the Bazaar by Jose Andres at the impossibly hip SLS Hotel in West Hollywood, an ordinary evening becomes surreal. The taste of liquefied olives mingles with an Alice in Wonderland-esque décor of mismatched chairs and vibrant colors, exuding a...

Talking openly about sex in a public forum is quite a recent phenomenon. People have trouble talking to even their closest friends and loved ones about sex, so it’s not surprising that reading or conversing about penises and perversions can make people uncomfortable. But considering how...

Impossible to avoid, the “Great Recession” that began in December of 2007 still permeates nearly every aspect of our current American lifestyle. For some, this simply means spending less at the supermarket. For others, it’s the loss of a house after months or years of...

You’re watching the final episode of Freaks and Geeks, the Judd Apatow-produced television series that began airing on NBC in Sept. 1999 and was cancelled by the end of March 2000. As it ends on a gorgeously melancholy note—I won’t spoil what actually happens—and the scene...

I remember the fateful day so clearly: Thursday, Nov 18. I woke up extra early, rasping “Accio alarm clock!” as I peered at our quiet Muggle campus outside my window. The premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was seventeen long hours away at that point, but the zing...

I deactivated my Facebook at the start of the semester. I understand that this has disappointed many people. Every day people ask if my profile has disappeared or been hijacked, or if (gasp) they’ve been blocked from viewing it. I truly cannot walk outside without a bevy of Scripps students...

Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade is by far the most visually and conceptually ambitious production that 5C theater has mounted in the Allen Theater black box. Audiences should be prepared for absolute chaos—screaming dirty actors, flickering spotlights, and an electric air of sexual tension....

Now that we’re no longer of Hogwarts age, you might expect us college students to be beyond the Harry Potter craze. Happily, this couldn’t be farther from the truth: Harrymania is alive and well, as evidenced by the hundreds of 5C students who attended the premiere last night or plan...

As Claremont arbitrarily decides that fall must arrive at some point or another, its accompanying fashion trends have begun to emerge on campus, a few of which have been noted or exemplified by the astute guys and gals we’ve featured right here in our column. I’m going to try to...

Ever had a bikini or Brazilian wax? It’s not for the modest or the faint of heart. You pay between $40 and $90 for a stranger to strip you naked below the waist and manipulate your legs like a ragdoll into revealing positions that some people wouldn’t do even for their significant...

For any mid-range, indie-credible artist nowadays, cutting a live album seems particularly bold. Bands such as Wilco and My Morning Jacket—who imbue their more concise studio compositions with an extended-jam aesthetic in the live setting—rely on their respective cult followings...

Sandwiched between a New York pizzeria and a Shell gas station, most people probably miss Inka Trails unless they’re driving at a bumper-to-bumper crawl. This is a shame. There on Foothill Boulevard, just shy of the westernmost border of Claremont, resides the home to the narrowest...

Master of horror Stephen King’s latest work Full Dark, No Stars (Scribner) is not for the faint of heart. Neither, however, is it for someone looking for a classic King novel filled with ghosts, vampires, aliens, and other fantastical things that go bump in the night. Following in the...

I recently became aware that I have been seriously neglecting my television quota. There are so many new shows I just haven’t seen, and I don’t feel knowledgable talking TV today. I knew something had to change, so I decided to abandon all my other more pressing obligations and spend...

About three weeks ago, David and Tricia Kelly opened Nectar Clothing in the Claremont Village in the hope of providing affordable yet stylish clothing to the Claremont public. This is the third clothing store the Kellys have opened; they started off with a designer boutique in Redlands called...

If you like Mad Men, The Sopranos, and Six Feet Under Sometimes watching TV is like savoring a steak, and sometimes it’s like shoving store-bought cupcakes into your mouth. Boardwalk Empire is like a pile of Kobe beef showered in flecks of gold. This relatively new offering from HBO,...

The folks at Pomona’s Information Technology Services thoroughly enjoy their jobs. Sure, sitting at a help desk, responding to e-mails, and fixing computers and printers may sound unglamorous (and for some of us, downright boring), but for ITS-ers, the satisfaction of work well...

“Monster” – Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj Take a bare-bones electro pump beat, filter out the higher frequencies so it sounds sedated, throw in a bizarre, Coen brothers-esque cast of hip-hop buzz-names, and what do you get? The fall’s best...

This November, the CCLA and Scripps Live Arts Committees, along with KSPC, are sponsoring “Music Month on the 5Cs,” a series of concerts across the Claremont Colleges occurring weekly until Thanksgiving Break. Along with free admission and a fairly awesome lineup of both independent...

Sarah Sedky makes a point to dress presentably and to find clothes that flatter her. It makes sense that clothes should somehow match the people wearing them, but paying particular attention to this detail yields a comfortable, effortless style that avoids seeming contrived or unnatural. And...

When I was in high school, “a cappella” conjured up images of sweater-clad coeds merrily singing showtunes under an ivy arch. And while at some stuffy East Coast colleges this may be the case, here in SoCal a cappella means a big bright stage, skintight black dresses, and (as USC so...

She walked up to the stage, a red apple and an orange persimmon in hand, and placed them gently atop the wooden microphone stand. Alice Waters, celebrated as the founder of the organic movement, a world-renowned chef, restaurant owner, humanitarian, and activist, carried with her from Northern...

We’re nearing the end of the semester, and we’ve talked about a lot of sex. But with only one narrow column a week, a lot of the great things you all tell me about sex haven’t yet made it into print. So (with papers and deadlines looming) here’s a little taste of the...

I have never dined at a restaurant suffering from more of an identity crisis than the year-old Christophe’s in downtown Upland. Far, far away from that In-N-Out-laden and Tropical Lei’d stretch of Foothill Boulevard that 5C students know as Upland, there is such a place as downtown,...

Our PomonaOur Pomona is a reworked 5C course search engine created by Joseph Long PO ’14. The site is vastly superior to the search engine Pomona students have been forced to use—until now—on my.pomona.edu. Pomona’s version is slow, clunky, and generally painful to use. If...

Before dress rehearsal last Tuesday night, DNA director Laura Steinroeder SC ’13 seemed to be everywhere at once: playing with the lights, retrieving a box of props, greeting actors as they entered Seaver Theater’s intimate Larch Studio, and allaying their concerns about their...

Deadspin.com is the most popular and influential sports blog on the internet. Deadspin reports news that ESPN isn’t allowed to cover. You may have heard that it broke the Brett Favre “sexting” story all the way back on Aug. 4 of this year.While ESPN won’t touch a story...

Chris Fiorello PO ‘11 looks damn classy without looking snobby or overdressed. In accomplishing this, he’s threaded one hell of a needle as far as I’m concerned. “The things we put on our body are the most pronounced expressions of who we are or who we want to be,”...

For most students, next year feels light years away. For freshmen, thoughts of graduation are more likely to recall high school. But for this year’s 5C seniors, real life is on the horizon. With the employment market so dismal, many seniors have to plan ahead earlier then most would expect....

Feeling a little let down now that Halloween’s over? Exhausted after the last midterm push? Then spend a cozy afternoon satisfying your fall apple-picking nostalgia with this so-easy-you-can-do-it-in-your-dorm-room recipe for everyone’s favorite fall treat: candy apples. Ingredients:...

Talk about hipsters has become more and more common in recent years. This doesn’t mean that we didn’t know who they were before—we understood what they looked like and how they carried themselves. Something always itched at the back of our minds whenever we spoke to the owner of...

There is certainly no shortage of places around L.A. County to sample Mexican cuisine. Trucks roam the valley by the hundreds, dispensing al pastor tacos sliced freshly off the trampo spit, Mom-and-Pop, hole-in-the-wall institutions fill diners with carne asada burritos and chicken enchiladas,...

We are drawn toward learning about sex from a very early age. I’m sure you have childhood memories of playing doctor, looking at naked pictures in medical books, checking yourself out in the mirror, or looking up dirty words in the dictionary. Kids become aware of their penises and vaginas...

I saw a whole lot of Snookis on Halloween, but no matter how high your pouf or how tight your skirt, I bet you didn’t hold a candle to the original. The Snookster and her shrill, well-oiled fellow castmates of Jersey Shore produce hours of vapid, ridiculous, endlessly compelling...

Belle and Sebastian inhabits a particular niche in the canon of popular music, situated perfectly between mainstream accessibility and artistic independence. Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland, Belle and Sebastian is the brainchild of Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David, whose variety of lulled,...

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, the Woody Allen film released last Friday, fits neatly into the director’s existing oeuvre. Its opening credits feature Allen’s standard white-on-black text against a jazz-infused rendition of “When You Wish Upon a Star”; the soundtrack...

Without a Box, the 5C improvisational and experimental theater troupe, gave its second performance of the year last Friday night to a packed auditorium of anxious and cheery students. “Eye to Eye with the Belly of the Beast” featured the performers Kathryn Mgrublian CM...

Deadspin.com is the most popular – and most influential – sports blog on the Internet. Deadspin reports the news that ESPN isn’t allowed to cover. You may have heard that it broke the Brett Favre sexting story – all the way back on Aug. 4. While ESPN won’t touch a...

The mustiness of a good used book—unappealing to some—is always comforting for me, especially on less-than-sunny Claremont days. In our college environment chock-full of students with their noses pressed to the inside of impersonal textbooks, a good used book goes a long way in...

Chino, California is best known as the hometown of Ryan from The O.C., or perhaps as the agricultural area responsible for the pleasant smell of fertilizers (reminiscent of Limburger cheese) to which Claremont students wake up approximately once a month. Although the town is a mere...

One of the simplest and most exciting ways to add some spark to your sex life is to get down in a new place. At the 5Cs, we’re lucky enough to live on a large campus with beautiful palm trees, soft grass, mountain views, lots of buildings, and warm weather year-round. I’ve heard many...

It has been four months, five days, and nine and a half hours since the Lost finale. Apparently, at this stage of the grieving process, I’m supposed to be feeling “acceptance” and “hope.” That’s kind of true. I’ve “accepted” that my most...

Halloween is in just a couple of days, and for college students, the celebrations have already started and will continue in full force until Monday morning. Haven’t been invited by a Mudder or a Scrippsie to Trick or Drink? Not looking forward to another year of trying to make it into...

My good friend Nick, a sophomore at Pomona, is no stranger to the term “dressing up.” He pulls out his three-piece pinstripe suit whenever he feels like it, whether it’s a special occasion or not. That’s something that I really respect about him: he always puts his...

Rating: ****/5Los Angeles foursome Warpaint embraces musical collaboration with a charming sense of playfulness that feels refreshing given the indie world’s overt knack for pretension. While bands like the National and Grizzly Bear produce prim, bowtie n’ cardigan pop intended...

The Best Local Places to Find a Last Minute Getup... As Halloween quickly approaches, those of us who did not stuff our college suitcases with costume options will be happy to know that the 5Cs have a multitude of shopping choices nearby. Whether you’re willing to drop the cash for a...

While abroad in Europe last spring, I was fortunate to eat my way through many of the continent’s grand capital cities, which just so happen to be some of the world’s premier gastronomic destinations. Nothing can beat a few tapas and the Prado in Madrid, gelato and the Colosseum...

Magazines, scrambled cable, free websites, HBO and Cinemax at night—porn is plentiful and accessible to anyone who is curious. In fourth grade, during snack time, some of the boys in my class went to a porn website on the school computers while we surrounded them, giggled, and enjoyed. A...

The protagonist in Philip Roth’s latest novel, Nemesis, seems to become the American anti-hero: without giving too much away, instead of fighting in the war, he runs away, he gives up. But during at least one part of the novel, Mr. Cantor is the hero for all—including his...

Too lazy to wake up early for bands we had never heard before, my friends and I left for the Treasure Island Music Festival, located within the bay between San Francisco and Berkeley, in time to catch the latter two-thirds of the acts. We scuffled to the BART station and from our stop to AT&T...

Rating: **1/2 (out of 5) Contemporary rock n’ roll lost its nascent romance the day the Internet replaced CDs as music’s primary vehicle of distribution. A generation of go-getting vinyl hounds once flipped burgers and mowed lawns to afford an hour of recording time for that...

The long, flowing dresses that provide the foundation for Bethany Okada’s HM ‘13 style feel oddly at home at Harvey Mudd College, where nerdiness supposedly runs rampant. It’s not often you run into a chemistry major who likens her style to that of “Gossip Girl”...

Located in downtown Los Angeles, Bottega Louie stands out in a mostly industrial neighborhood, surrounded by vacant businesses. Its gilded entrance and grand décor are impressive to say the least: the outside looks like an Americanized Ladurée (the famed French patisserie) painted a...

Rating: **** out of 5 Key Tracks: Grenade, The Other Side, Marry YouCo-writing and singing on Travie McCoy’s “Billionaire” and B.o.B’s “Nothing on You” and dishing out his much-loved single “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars has been having a great...

When you’ve got midterms coming up and every waking minute is scheduled for studying or paper-writing, it’s tough to set aside an hour of “me time” for your favorite show. How can you possibly satisfy your brain’s craving for mindless pleasure? Try out one of these...

The statement “You can talk to anybody on the Internet” carries with it two distinct connotations. The Internet age has brought about—along with countless other positive changes—an unprecedented ease of communication, allowing families and friends to maintain bonds across...

Across the country, the reddening foliage signals the beginning of autumn, the waning days before months of snowfall, and the commencement of that time when each month requires yet another layer of clothing to protect against fall’s crispness and winter’s biting winds. Yet here in...

“I wish I orgasmed more easily from intercourse.” “It makes me feel inadequate.” “I don’t last very long in bed, which is frustrating.” Statements like these from anonymous 5C students are oh-so-rare when we talk about sex with our friends. After all,...

I first heard about The Open Door in Monterey Park through a food blog, and after looking it up on Yelp to find rave reviews, decided it was a must-visit. When I asked a friend to go with me, she said, “Yeah, then we can go to the Aquarium!” Wrong Monterey, but I digress. Monterey...

Emily Radler PO ‘12 has a strikingly androgynous look, and it comes from a genuine place. “It’s important to me that how I look reflects how I feel,” she said. “It’s especially a gender thing; I have a masculine style because I feel that way.” ...

The stage opened with two swathes of red silk hanging down. A male dancer came onstage, then a female, whose appearance was remarkable both because of her muscular arms and her lack of legs. As music played, the two began to dance together, wrapping themselves up in the silks, swinging each...

The stage opened with two swathes of red silk hanging down. A male dancer came onstage, then a female, whose appearance was remarkable both because of her muscular arms and her lack of legs. As music played, the two began to dance together, wrapping themselves up in the silks, swinging each...

Rating: ***1/2 out of 5Last February, music blogs and news outlets alike began reporting on a South African rap group called Die Antwoord (“The Answer” in Afrikaans) whose otherworldly brand of self-styled “Zef” (“redneck” in Afrikaans) hip-hop had become so...

Today marks the (unofficial) beginning of fall break, and for many of you, a flurry of planes, trains, and automobiles will be taking you far away from dear old Claremont. Yet for those of you who are staying on campus, celebrate those few extra days of freedom and indulge in the local...

Rating: *****Last Monday was Lil’ Wayne’s birthday, but the rap star didn’t celebrate it by licking lollipops or swigging Patrn. Weezy, confined in Rikers Island for weapons charges, nonetheless found a way to celebrate by digitally releasing I Am Not a Human Being, his ninth...

The Social Network is perhaps the most publicized movie of the season, judging by the advertisements I’ve seen everywhere—from buses and billboards to pop-ups on the Internet. Like Facebook, the film doesn’t lack controversy or gossip. The biopic follows the founding and...

Do you remember your first orgasm; the euphoria that rushed over your body, leaving you feeling ultimate relaxation and satisfaction? Maybe you didn’t realize then that you would probably end up chasing this feeling like a drug. People go so far as to stick their penises in warm apple pie...

Rating: *1/2The artist up for review this week hardly needs an introduction. Any words I put together to encapsulate Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. feel appropriately hollow; how does one begin to define the self-proclaimed “best rapper alive?” Arguably the most ubiquitous musical...

It’s pretty hard to dislike John Legend. He’s everyone’s musician—smart but soulful, contemporary but somehow vintage, and he writes the kind of music that teenagers can sing along to with their grandparents. Maybe for this very reason, I’ve never had a particular...

The barren winter landscape that sets the stage for the Pomona College Department of Theater and Dance’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman establishes an icy tone that pervades the entire production. Against a stark background and a stage sprinkled with white snow,...

As Ari Mygatt PO ‘13 explained, her motivation for caring about style simply derives from “an appreciation for things that look nice. It’s not about sex appeal or trying to attract guys. I’m excited to wear things I buy and have. I’m pumped for variety.” For...

Sandwiched between Honduras and Costa Rica, halfway between the southern tip of Mexico and the northernmost point of Colombia in South America, Nicaragua is smack-dab in the middle of Central America. However, to find a restaurant in the L.A. area that specializes in the cuisine of Nicaragua,...

Breakfasts at Frary are getting uncomfortable. Whenever I see a blood orange, I get this sexy urge to slice into it and spill juice all over the table. Then I want to stick pins into my bacon and dump my toast into my coffee, letting it sink to the bottom of the mug where the cops won’t...

Although the protagonist in A Curable Romantic by Joseph Skibell is, indeed, a romantic in the usual sense of the word—his three marriages engender multiple tales of heartache and lust—he is also a romantic in his attitude toward the world in general: nave and searching for meaning. ...

The Buffalo Inn sits along historic Route 66, that magnificent stretch of road now known as Foothill Boulevard, just beyond the eastern border of L.A. County. Located in the ever-so-scenic town of Upland, it’s actually as close to the 5Cs miles-wise as the Claremont Village. Yet...

The threesome: “the pinnacle of masculine sexual achievement,” “better in theory than in practice,” or “unnatural and disgusting”? From what I’ve always heard, the threesome seems like an overwhelmingly popular fantasy; that is, an experience to check...

A colorful crowd of Pomona first-years gathered in front of Frank Dining Hall last Friday evening in search of their soulmates. Or, at least, in search of the dates in compatible costumes chosen by their roommates. These freshman were participating in the annual Committee for Campus Life and...

Aspiring student filmmakers, director Matt Reeves has advice for you. “The surest way to learn filmmaking is to do it. The surest way to get what you want made is to be passionate and incredibly tenacious,” he said. “Write and make movies in any way you can. With the...

Craving some deep-fried, Sodexho-free food, I Metrolink-ed my way to the Fairplex grounds Saturday afternoon just in time for the final week of the famous L.A. County Fair. Essentially a jetliner-sized parking lot crammed with noise, cloying aromas, and makeshift booths, the fair draws a...

Every time I interview somebody, I hope I can identify him or her when we’re both present at our meeting place. It’s almost an unreasonable hope—to identify someone I’ve never seen before—but a lot of the time I look like an interviewer, holding a notebook and pen...

Following the breakout success of 2008’s Microcastle and Weird Era Cont., the Atlanta-based foursome Deerhunter’s fourth effort, Halcyon Digest, takes no drastic shifts in direction but nonetheless delivers concise, sharply-written new material from a band mastering its niche in the...

Bottom Line Theater sponsored “Claremont Idol” last Saturday night in order to draw attention to the student-run 5C theater group. The “American Idol”-esque event’s organizers rated it a success, as the competition drew a crowd of about 60 to 70 student performers...

The Motley Coffeehouse held its first ever “Bake-Off” Friday, Sept. 24. The event was organized by Marian Miller SC ‘13, the Motley Sustainability and Networking Manager, as a new way to find student bakers for Scripps’ student-run coffee shop. Miller said that, in the...

It’s been less than a minute since I watched the conclusion of Mad Men’s most recent episode, and I’m already itching for a vodka tonic and a Lucky Strike. AMC’s sharp yet atmospheric period drama is as addictive as the vices it so often features. Tonight, ruminating on...

Whether you’re a first-year prancing off to ID 1 or a senior crumbling under the weight of the future, chances are you’re missing your favorite television show right now. While Pomona College is busy molding us into fine young citizens of the world, Liz Lemon’s getting lettuce...

As a Motley barista, I spend more time between the glitter-clad brick walls of that coffeehouse than I’d like to admit. But once in a while my leisure needs go beyond the urge to consume hot chai and discuss queer theory on velvety chaise lounges, so I head to the Hub for a game of pool or...

How do you improve upon the typical high school romantic comedy formula? Add references to an oppressive Puritanical society, of course.In the latest film from director Will Gluck, Easy A, Emma Stone plays Olive, an anonymous good girl who transforms into her high school’s resident whore...

Saturday night saw L.A.’s legendary Hollywood Bowl fill to capacity as 2009’s biggest breakthrough act, Phoenix—joined by fellow indie-cred crews Grizzly Bear and Girls—launched its upcoming fall tour in career-defining fanfare. Over 17,000 of L.A.’s most...

I turned 21 while abroad in France, so, having enjoyed lenient European drinking laws for months beforehand, my monumental birthday leap into the bar world wasn’t that special. The real moment I realized I had come of age was the final night of August, my first night in Claremont this year,...

Welcome to the infamous sex column. Some of you like to read about sex to compare yourselves to others, some to experience the exploits of your peers, to be shocked, or maybe to get off. This semester, I want you to read this column to be prompted to think about your own experiences and opinions...

Mastering everything mainstream, the first two albums released by Los Angeles-based Maroon 5 were smash-hit, multi-platinum records filled with intoxicatingly catchy melodies. With six singles claiming spots on the Top 40 and three Grammy Awards including Best New Artist, the band was in its...

The Pomona College Museum of Art launched the new weekly event Art After Hours, established to make art a more prominent aspect of campus life, on Sept. 2nd. Every Thursday night, museum hours are extended to 11 p.m. with live bands and DJs for entertainment, and free food and drinks for...

Pitzer’s Groove at the Grove concert series kicked off last Friday night with a Rubik’s Cube-themed party, a beer garden, and performances by Sleepy Feet, Sporagmos, and Jake and the Weary Millions. A good turnout from all 5Cs, eclectic music, and hardy partiers made for a solid night...

Sam Cheney PO ‘12 has a uniquely nonchalant attitude toward fashion: don’t stress over keeping up-to-date or trendy, but focus on developing a sense of what works for you. Q: How has the atmosphere at the 5Cs shaped your style? A: I wear things like snowboots and coats and gloves...

Like the variety of films presented, the crowd at the City of Lights, City of Angels (COL-COA) Film Festival was an eclectic mixture—the young and the old, college students dressed down and adults dressed up, and fleeting whispers in both French and English.The annual French film festival...

At first, James Murphy wanted us to believe he didn’t care. Nowhere was this cynicism more apparent than in the legendary Losing My Edge. In typical post-modern bravado, Murphy lamented popular music’s devolution from a budding art form to a commodity appropriated as fashion. The kids...

It’s easy to be critical of “Parenthood.” The show is unoriginal, unrealistic, and ambitious in all the wrong ways. It’s also easy to watch “Parenthood” without being critical at all: It’s intriguing, light, and often enough, poignant....

How do we accept what we need to change about ourselves without hating ourselves, and how can we love ourselves without becoming egocentric and cocky?To live a happy and fulfilling life, we need both self-appreciation and self-improvement. However, there are elements of both that we must be wary...

So I just turned 21. As the saying goes, “With great power comes great responsibility.” To be more precise, I spent most of the weekend trying to not be hung over. (I still can’t get over the thrill of being carded, whipping out my ID, and bursting, “Yes! Contrary to my...

My story had all the makings of a Lifetime cautionary tale. Raised Catholic in Texas, by the time I hit college I was still entirely in possession of that greatest of conservative euphemisms: my virginity. My treasure, my precious gift, my stalwart ship. All my life, my virginity had been placed...

Every day—whether it’s in class, at a café, or walking through one of Paris’s spectacular gardens—someone in my study abroad program inevitably poses the question: How do Parisians stay so fit?It is an excellent question, since food is the lifeline of this city like...

On Tuesday, the Pomona Student Union sponsored “The Hook-Up Culture: Why We Don’t Date,” a panel discussion held in Edmunds Ballroom. Wilfred McClay, a historian from Pepperdine University; Roger Friedland, a cultural sociologist from UC-Santa Barbara; and Pomona Professor of...

In March 1973, Czech astronomer Lubo Kohoutek made the first sighting of a long-period comet glamorized as the “Comet of the Century” by TIME Magazine, and feared by some as a sign of the apocalypse. The following year, when the comet—now bearing the surname of its...

As a child, my father would often talk about one of his favorite TV shows from his youth: Doctor Who. The show first began in November of 1963, and though it was a BBC creation, it became a huge hit both in and outside of the United Kingdom. Because of my father’s love for the show, I was...

By the time I got to the final page of Yann Martel’s latest book, Beatrice and Virgil, published earlier this month, there were chills running down my spine. Famous for his award-winning novel Life of Pi, Martel has once again created a clever page-turner, addressing a multitude of...

I’ll admit it, I really was not expecting much from Date Night, written by Josh Klausner and directed by Shawn Levy. The trailer looked like a bizarre cross between “The Office” and Get Smart. Steve Carell is a very funny guy, but he is notoriously inconsistent. I mean really,...

If you’re in the mood for some dessert, need a place to study, or just want to get off campus for a change of pace, Fruizen is the perfect place to go. The dessert shop is located just north of Pitzer, at the corner of Claremont and Foothill. It offers free Wi-Fi, clean, comfortable...

Let’s face it, there are very few hip restaurants with quality menus and decent pricing in the Village. I can count the cool restaurants that people actually want to go to on one hand: Back Abbey, Viva Madrid, and La Picoletta. The rest I habitually disparage as places for alter cockers....

The text message has become a critical social tool for everyday life. However, many fail to realize that there is proper messaging etiquette to be exercised when communicating via text. For instance, some might use a few too many winky-face emoticons; others may carry on marathon texting...

In the scheme of nationally popular American festivals, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival typically occupies the prudent, conventional territory of a post-wardrobe malfunction Superbowl halftime show, cautiously enlisting as its headliners the legends of decades past. These names include...

Russell Peters put on a great show at Bridges Auditorium on Saturday, Apr. 17, getting lots of laughs from an audience that included a large number of fans from outside the 5Cs as well as students. The show occurred just before Peters embarked on his Green Card Tour, starting in Boston and then...

Friday, April 16NO-CHELLASouth Lawn, Pomona5 p.m. to 1 a.mAnnual Scripps Dance ConcertGarrison Theater, Scripps8 to 10 p.m.Saturday, April 17Senior RecitalBalch Auditorium, Scripps4 to 5 p.m.6th Annual Human Symphony at the Claremont CollegesWalker Beach, Pomona3 to 5:30 p.m.Blackout!Edmunds...

In March 2006, Earl Greyhound, a then-unknown three-piece act from Brooklyn, released their debut LP, “Soft Targets.” A collection of ten tunes born from the dregs and dynamics of ’70s guitar-driven hard rock, the record demonstrated the band’s uncanny ability to blend...

Dear Rev,I’ve been hooking up with this girl for about a month and really like her. The other day she decided we should cut it off, and I came to terms with it. But then she came back two days later and told me she had made a huge mistake and wanted to be in a relationship. What should I...

Fox’s “Glee” returned this week after a four-month hiatus, shattering its previous viewer numbers. The mid-season break was a risky move for the new show, as audiences might have lost interest during the long gap. However, the suspense created by the break may actually have...

I entered college as a virgin, having never had a boyfriend and having only kissed one boy. And now, with only a month until the school year is over, I leave with 12 hookups (in this case meaning making out and hand play), two of which included sex. I guess I should also mention that I was drunk...

If you have ever met a Vietnamese person, or even just talked to a college student, chances are you’ve heard of pho, a decadent, filling, and obscenely cheap noodle soup unlike any other. Clear, delicately spiced, savory beef stock, fresh rice noodles, onions, cilantro, slices of every...

Here in Claremont, the arrival of spring does not bear any significant change in temperature, but it brings a feeling of much-needed renewal. After four months of the same old “winter” clothing, a few newly inspired pieces of spring fashion are refreshing. Fashion this spring explores...

Take it from a senior, where you live matters. Do you want to be happy? Then pick a good room. The following is a guide to the Pomona College dorms.Oldenborg: This is the best dorm on campus. While undeniably ugly on the outside, appearances can be deceiving. Huge L-shaped singles with...

No-Chella began as a joke among KSPC staff. In response to Coachella only selling full, three-day passes this year (for $369, not including tax and fees), they joked that they should just hold an alternative called “No-Chella” on Mount Baldy. Just four weeks ago, said Mandy Marcus PO...

As finals and end-of-semester projects draw closer and closer, one drink has become a favorite across all five campuses: coffee. Available in a variety of forms (latte, mocha, black) and desired for its caffeine content, coffee is a vital survival tool for most college students. But where is the...

Last weekend, I made my big-screen debut. Or, rather, my hands did. It may have only been for a few seconds, but nonetheless I now can point to the new Miley Cyrus movie and say, “Oh yeah, I was in that.”The Last Song premiered this past weekend at number four, holding its own during...

I watched Memento the other day. To be honest, it didn’t really do it for me. Anything in reverse just makes me a little disoriented, and I hate feeling like I’m not in control. There’s an order in which I expect certain things to unfold, and when they don’t, I often need...

Concept albums often operate in ambiguous, unpredictable musical territory. On one hand, a record loosely unified by instrumental, compositional, or lyrical themes gives renewed meaning to the construction of an album, imbuing it with renewed artistic integrity and a purpose beyond the simple...

As soon as you turn onto Sycamore Road in Beverly Hills, everything changes. The harsh orange glare of street lights disappears. The concrete, urban landscape transforms into a quietly wooded neighborhood, sharply rising as you drive a spiral path up a hill. “So where exactly is...

Crazymaking blew my mind. Sensory overload doesn’t even begin to describe it. For two hours, I was watching a guy do Tai Chi, listening to traditional Hawaiian drum and chant echo down from the balcony, absorbing a wild, fiery kaleidoscope of a screen projection, and, all the while, losing...

Visiting Professor Tom Hayden is a former student activist who helped organize Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the 1960s, wrote the organization’s manifesto, the Port Huron statement, and later served as a state assemblyman and senator for California. According to Mark Golub,...

Sarah Roh PO ’12 was recently featured on Pomona College’s website for her collaboration with Chemistry Professor Dan O’Leary on illustrations for the Journal of Organic Chemistry. The project was the first time that her manga-style drawings were published in a professional...

This film’s premise alone was sufficient to make me curious enough to buy a ticket the day it came out in theaters. The movie unfolds around Catherine (Julianne Moore), a middle-aged woman with a seemingly-perfect wealthy suburban life and family, who suspects her husband David (Liam...

When I first arrived on campus in the fall of 2008, I already had a reputation. Of course, it was a very small reputation, and fortunately, it had nothing to do with being a slutty prospie. Yet by the time move-in day arrived, I had plenty of friends waiting for me at college. How did I become...

“When I think of hostels, all I think of is the movie,” was most people’s response when I explained that my roommate, Willa Oddleifson SC ’13 and I would be staying in a hostel in Santa Monica for three nights during spring break.This was not the most encouraging picture,...

Five years ago, Wesleyan graduates Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden introduced themselves as The Management, a project dabbling in just the sort of playful, synth-flavored psychedelic pop that made for radio-friendly success in both underground and mainstream music circles. We know them...

Alice in Wonderland is Tim Burton’s delightfully quirky take on Lewis Carroll’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The plot centers around the ventures of 19-year-old Alice, played by Mia Wasikowska, who has just the right balance of naivete...

Sex. What is sex? I don’t know. But I sure would like to.When I came to college I thought I might finally get my opportunity to learn. I had always been too nervous to talk to girls in high school, but this was it. A new beginning. A new me. After the first party I went to, however, my...

Editor’s Note: The views and opinions expressed in the following article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Editorial Board of The Student Life. The piece, which appeared as a review in the Life & Style section of the paper, provides...

After reading an article in Vanity Fair about the new Umami Burger truck that has hit the streets of Los Angeles, I decided to make the trek to one of the chain’s restaurants. Umami Burger focuses on the taste of “umami,” a phenomenon that requires some explanation. Before...

“Women love to talk about their vaginas, they do. They really do. Mainly because no one’s ever asked them before.” This is the premise of the Vagina Monologues, written by Eve Ensler and comprised of a series of interviews with women from incredibly diverse backgrounds. On the...

For any hip-hop artist nowadays, mastering the art of live performance is considerably difficult. Merely shouting one’s own verses over a prerecorded track does not make for a completely compelling hip-hop show. Part of what makes live music so captivating is the potential for the...

From Mar. 4 - 7, The Notebook of Trigorin played on the Main Stage of Pomona College’s Seaver Theatre. Written by Tennessee Williams in 1981, the play is a free adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. Focusing on the two male principles, Trigorin and Constantine, Williams...

There are two Middle Eastern restaurants and hookah bars right next to each other on North Garey Avenue in Pomona. From the outside, they look exactly the same: red neon signs, lush enclosed patios, and local college students with laptops and hookahs.But only one of them has sparkly black...

As I approached Bridges Auditorium last Friday night, I had no idea what was in store for me. I had been told I might get to interview Lupe Fiasco’s opening act, B.o.B, on his upcoming album, “The Adventures of Bobby Ray.” However, I had already been warned by his publicist,...

There are five rules in Jodi Picoult’s latest page-turner, House Rules, but two are repeated the most. Rule #2 is “Tell the truth,” and Rule #5 is “Take care of your brother: he’s the only one you’ve got.” Rules themselves are an important theme in the...

Gorillaz, the British, Grammy-winning, virtual band that is the brain child of Blur’s Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, has achieved international renown with a genre-transcending sound that combines elements of hip-hop, R&B, electronic and alternative music. Collaborating...

Dear The Rev,Lately, I’ve been dating a guy that I’ve been really into for quite a while. But I keep getting nervous that I might like him more than he likes me. Sometimes, I think I might even love him. But I could never tell him that because I’m way too scared. I know I should...

“The Marriage Ref” teaches us that when settling marital issues, the wife is always right. NBC’s new reality show features real couples in each episode. Unable to solve their own disputes, they turn to a rotating panel of three celebrity judges (in the pilot episode, Jerry...

Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, spoke at Garrison Theater on Tuesday. The talk was part of Scripps College’s Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision. Levy’s speech drew on her experience interviewing and researching...

It is ironic that the coy, flirtatious talk that amps up the attraction and seals the deal can become unnecessary, even a deal-breaker, after a certain point. After all, as soon as you stumble back to a cutie’s room you just want to shut up and do the deed, right? Well…it depends....

Need a caffeine buzz? L.A. is full of unique coffee shops where you can pick up your favorite drink. Here’s a look at three local spots that are definitely worth the try. Intelligentsia: Of all the standout coffee places I have been to in the world, Intelligentsia is the best hands down....

Four years after winning the Academy Award for directing The Departed, Martin Scorsese returns with Shutter Island, which once again stars Leonardo DiCaprio. Trailers for the movie aired last year, anticipating a fall release date, but Paramount could not afford to release the film until this...

During those long, dull days of winter break, I watch a lot of Country Music Television. I used to disdain the channel until I caught one magical hour of “I Want to be a High School Cheerleader Again,” and from then on I was hooked on CMT’s country-fried, reality-soaked...

Have you ever believed that you’re some reincarnation of your previous self? Do you have memories and flashbacks that don’t connect with who you are and what you have done in your present lifetime? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Fox’s new paranormal-crime...

The atmosphere introduced in the first few songs of the Local Natives’ debut album “Gorilla Manor” reeks of that familiar indie sound we have come to love over the years: luscious, multi-layered vocal harmonies swirling through waves of feathery, lyrical guitars. Add in some...

There is a wide variety of musical acts coming to the LA area this spring. From Jay-Z to Willie Nelson, there are numerous chances for you to see your favorite band live. If you happen to be staying in Claremont over spring break, you are in luck because the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is playing...

When millions of people worldwide are watching you, you seem naturally to become much more aware of appearances. The Winter Olympics in Vancouver this year have proven this rule. Suddenly the world is fascinated with the Norwegian curling team’s choice of pants, Shaun White’s...

No plans for spring break? Here are some interesting places you could go, either for the day or for the whole week, to escape the Claremont bubble. If you’re in the mood to head South, catch a train at LA’s Union Station and take it down the coast to San Diego, a city with plenty to...

When I first descended the stairs into the Helen Pashigan exhibit at the Pomona College Museum, I felt like I was entering a forest of acrylic trees rather than an art gallery. There were no paintings, no sculptures, and no human images. Instead, there were six tall pillars colored white, grey,...

Last week, we took a look at two student-run businesses, the challenges they faced, and the keys to their success. Alex Berman CMC ’12 and Charlie Walton CMC ’12 run a tutoring business in which they contract out college students as tutors for elementary and high school kids; Daniel...

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) is displaying “Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years” for its 30th birthday. According to the MOCA, the exhibit “contains more than 500 artworks by over 200 artists.” Armed with only moderate knowledge and...

LA’s public spaces are currently plastered with advertisements for How To Make It In America--HBO’s newest show which boasts an eclectic group of characters, an ambitious title, and a heavy marketing campaign. Considering the critical and commercial acclaim so many of their shows...

I heard Beach House for the first time as the opening act to Grizzly Bear. I had never heard of them before and had not even known the name of the opening band to Grizzly Bear before the show. And so I had to form my opinion of them right then and there with nothing to influence me. I felt oddly...

Dear Rev,I hooked up with a friend last weekend because I was bored, but almost immediately I realized that it wasn’t working and that I wanted it to end. After an uninspired and uneventful hour or so, they left. How do I get out of this situation without awkwardness?I’m going to...

Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids is a fascinating and beautiful journey into the Bohemian world of New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. Told in the first person, the novel centers on Smith’s relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.Having only known Smith as a 1970s poet and...

In honor of Mardi Gras, the Saints’ Super Bowl win, and my lingering connection to New Orleans, it was high time for me to find a Cajun or Creole restaurant in the Inland Empire. As I discovered, that’s relatively hard to do.In every strip mall, there are numerous Korean and Mexican...

Wall hangings and floor decor confront the viewer as they enter the main room of the Nichols Gallery. Each of the six pieces is the work of a featured artist in the exhibit, unique not only because of their materials but also because of their messages. The exhibit is labeled “Capitalism in...

For an insightful glimpse into the mysteries of love and relationships, Gary Marshall’s Valentine’s Day is a must see. From the producers that made Love Actually comes a film that similarly challenges our conceptions of romance and the possibility for human connection in today’s...

The Port-au-Prince that Edwidge Danticat returned to last month was not the city of her childhood. The images of the loss were startling: her grammar school a heap of fractured cement, tents huddled among the ruins, and her cousin Maxo lying dead, his neighbors digging through the rubble around...

Dear Rev,I’m really interested in this guy—the only problem is that one of my best friends used to get with him, and they have a confusing and emotional history. I know he’s interested in me, too, but I’m pretty sure that my friend isn’t going to approve, and she...

Yeasayer is one of those bands that is always difficult to describe to other people. Very generally, the group is often labeled as “experimental pop,” but one reviewer on Amazon.com goes as far as to call it “an eclectic, genre-bending journey into pop, rock, Middle Eastern and...

If any band wants to become legitimately popular, they have to feed into that “I’m-cool-as-hell-for-listening-to-this” feeling that today’s music fans seem to gravitate toward. Rap does it great. Pop does a decent job, too. But anything innovative doesn’t work...

We all know that women’s bodies are objectified and overrepresented in the media. But why the exclusive focus on the “fairer sex?” I know it wasn’t always that way, and the Greek sculptors agree with me. So does Michelangelo. So, in this semester’s first sex column,...

Here’s firm warning to anyone seeking authentic Thai cuisine: You won’t find it at Bua Thai in the Village. I discovered this the moment our first appetizer, the Bua Thong, came out. The Bua Thong is a deep-fried won-ton filled with crab meat and cream cheese, with a sweet-and-sour...

If you were busy last Saturday night, you missed a beautiful piano concert given by Margaret and Karl Kohn in Bridges Hall of Music. The couple played together seamlessly—not surprising after 60 years of practice. Margaret Kohn, born in Boston, and Karl Kohn, born in Vienna, met and began...

The 10-minute play festival is an event held annually to showcase plays written and directed by 5-C students. Five plays were selected by committee and performed Friday, Feb. 12 in Dom’s Lounge, in accordance with year’s prompt, “Do contorted views of reality affect your...

Move over, Twitter. There’s a new social networking site in town, and its name is ChatRoulette. For all you n00bz out there, ChatRoulette.com allows site visitors to experience the interpersonal phenomenon known as “stranger chat,” in which a conversation takes place between two...

As soon as I sat down with Alex Berman CMC ’12, Charlie Walton CMC ’12, and Daniel Black CMC ’11, it was all business. These gentlemen are unusually focused for college students, especially within the “Claremont bubble” of a distractingly sunny Southern California...

Despite all the hype, Up In The Air ended up underwhelming me. Jason Reitman’s most recent film, Up In the Air, focuses on the life of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), whose job is to fly around the country to fire people while briefly nursing their emotions. Though the premise is relevant to...

They’re an integral component of your party-going experience at the 5Cs, but their talent is often overlooked on campus. Meet student DJs Andrew Strait PO ’10, Evan Stalker PO ’10 and Kim Katz SC ’10, whose playlists keep our bodies moving and our energy level high. These...

There’s going to be a Fiasco in Claremont. A Lupe Fiasco.The “Superstar” himself is coming down to Pomona College next month for what is sure to be one of the most epic hip-hop performances the 5Cs have ever seen. On Friday, March 5, the Grammy winner will take the stage at...

Howdy! I’m the Rev.Hopefully, starting now, you will be reading my advice column every week in TSL. In it, I’ll advise as best I can people just like us on questions they have in their lives. This, I realize, is a very intimate relationship, so we better start it off on a solid...

The lineup for the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival boasts the same diverse range it has become famous for, from Jay-Z to, well, any of those bands neither you nor I but assumedly someone we know listens to. Yet this year feels different for the range of genres represented in the...

The writers at ABC have done it again. This season of “Lost” will be as captivating, shocking, and confusing as the past five seasons.The sixth and final season, began with a two part premiere, kicking off with unexpected turns of events and plenty of action, leaving this viewer...

“Scatterbrained” is probably the best word for this year’s spring fashion. With everything from heart appliques to thigh-high slits, New York Fashion Week established that fashion is in the eye of the wearer this spring. Here is a look at some fun new styles that are prevalent...

We’ve got a situation: Valentine’s Day. It’s in two days, and you still don’t have a date. No one’s picking up the phone, and you’re losing the numbers game. But sometimes that’s just how the Shore goes. You know that whatever your Valentine’s...

A male figure stands naked on a red, barren rock that is broken in jagged concentric circles centered on the primordial earth beneath his feet. The spotlight resting on his head renders him alone, isolated, and a polystyrene screen encloses his world. This is Walter McConnell’s...

On the back of Craig Nova’s latest novel, The Informer, bold yellow letters claim that this is “a story of a time and place like our own.” Seeing as the book takes place in Berlin during the Weimar Republic of the 1930s, I cracked open the book a skeptic. As I became familiar...

Andy Warhol famously said, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” The current exhibit at the Pomona College Museum of Art explores Warhol’s vision in today’s world of video phones and papparazzi. Carrie Dedon PO’10 recently curated the...

Although the “frigid” Southern California winter season doesn’t leave much desire for anything beyond warm beverages and comfort food, I consider ice cream a foundation of edible comfort. Even better is ice cream framed between two cookies: the ice cream sandwich. I have...

A few days ago, I was standing behind a woman wearing a T-shirt bearing a picture of Cupid with an X over him. It read, “When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, fat toddler coming at me with a weapon.” The shirt was positively heinous, but that’s...

As I will be spending the next few months eating croissants and brie in a small town called Paris that knows a little about food, I have been thinking about what I consider my favorite part of the Los Angeles dining scene. In a day and age characterized by Wal-Mart and Olive Garden, these...

1runw1thvampslol: OMG did u see the nu twilite lolBiteme47: You mean the movie about teenagers who glare intensely at each other with no meaning to their interactions unless you know the books by heart?1runw1thvampslol: YAY EDWARD CULLEN!!!!!11Biteme47: Clearly this movie is immune to criticism....

Did you know that the average American produces 1,609 pounds of trash per year? Or that even though the U.S. makes up only 5 percent of the world’s population, we generate 40 percent of the world’s waste? So think twice before you toss that beer can into the trash (no matter how...

It’s hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner and it’s time to start figuring out the perfect gifts for your loved ones. Out of gift ideas? Here are some suggestions to help you brainstorm:To start off, gift cards are always an option when you’re unsure about...

The Druids and Bottom Line Theatre (BLT), the two 5C theatre clubs, have a history in Claremont that goes back further than anyone can remember. The Druids, to the confusion of many new members, are not actually related to the shadowy priests of ancient Ireland. Rather, they act as liaisons...

From Nov. 19 to 22, the 5-C Department of Theatre and Dance presented Shakespeare’s Richard II. First performed in 1595, the show tells the story of the events leading to King Richard II being deposed by Henry Bolingbroke, who later becomes King Henry IV. The fifth of Shakespeare’s...

Every year, the Claremont McKenna College theatre group, Under the Lights, puts on a collection of one-act plays directed and performed by 5-C students. This year, the performance was comprised of six one-acts involving comedy, drama, and some absurdity. It was clear that the theatre group was...

Friday, December 4Lecture:Occupation in the Age of ObamaRose Hills Theatre, Pomona1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.The Claremont Concert Choir and Chamber Choir:Holiday Choral Concert featuring Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of CarolsClaremont United Church of Christ, Congregational, 233 Harrison St.8:00...

If I were to judge a TV show by its premise, plotlines, or protagonist, I’d have never watched “The Middle.”But moment after moment, “The Middle” sparks with quirky, zany comedy. It is the story of the Hecks, a middle-class Indiana family, that is three parts rah,...

This semester is winding down, but KSPC does not stop! Tune in to the station online for a taste of Claremont while you are away. If you have never listened before, take advantage of your newfound free time and get acquainted with the huge variety of music that the station offers. Did you know...

Forget the threesome and the affair, the real scandal in this season’s “Gossip Girl” was Jenny’s flat-as-her-affect hair at cotillion. That episode redeemed itself, however, when the season’s greatest fashion moment came in the form of a background singer’s...

Why is femininity admirable, but feminism threatening? A quick glance through any issue of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, or Marie Claire will reveal hundreds of airbrushed models with flawless skin, flawless hair, and flawless bodies, enticing you to buy a product that will make you flawless as well....

Stepping into the unusually cold air and onto the corner of Highland Park’s York Boulevard and Avenue 50, I have my orders: go look at the other art. It is the Northeast Los Angeles Art Walk, and my secretly-cosmopolitan Pomona companion is an intern at a gallery here. I’ve come along...

An Education should serve as such to any filmmaker looking to respectfully illustrate a May-December romance.Actually, the romance between 16-year-old Jenny and 30-something David falls more squarely into Lolita territory, but director Lone Scherfig and writer Nick Hornby artfully steer the film...

“Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India’s Comics” is one of the newest exhibitions on display at the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art (LACMA). Located on the fourth level of the Ahmanson Building, the exhibition features a selection of comics, as well as...

Did you know that you can give your partner genital herpes even if you don’t have it? This happens because there are two strains of the herpes virus. Herpes simplex 1 is the virus that causes cold sores, and herpes simplex 2 is the virus that is typically associated with genital herpes. By...

I have never received a hand job. Unfortunately, I probably know what you’re thinking. “Stephan, that’s because no one wants to give you a handjob.” Touché, reader.Let me rephrase: hypothetically, if someone (hopefully a human girl) were to offer me a handjob, I...

Friday, November 20Transgender Spirituality and Performance:Choreographies of Body/Faith/DesireRose Hills Theater, Pomona4:30-6:30 p.m.Richard IISeaver Theater, Pomona8 p.m.Sanskriti:The Annual South Asian Cultural EventBig Bridges, Pomona5-9 p.m.Without a BoxMary Pickford Auditorium, CMC9-10:30...

On Nov. 11, comedian Sarah Haskins discussed depictions of women in the media with Pomona Media Studies Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick as part of the PSU hosted event, “All Women Love Yogurt, Right?” Haskins, who stars in infoMania’s “Target Women” segment on...

I never order chicken at a restaurant—ever. It’s always the same boring bird marinated in various herbs with a spritz of lemon juice, and it spends far too long spinning in the rotisserie, sucking out all the juices the chicken originally had. Until recently, I had only eaten four...

For all the metaphor surrounding her name, Precious Jones doesn’t seem to mean much to the creators of this eponymous film. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire has been exhaustively hyped as an intense viewing experience, a tale of grit and redemption. In many ways,...

On Nov. 13 and 14, Bottom Line Theater and Without A Box presented “6. Keep it cute or put it on mute, a neo-futurist play” at the Seaver Theater studios.In keeping with the neo-futurist themes of the play, there were no characters or setting. The actors told true stories about...

It’s easy to be hard on “Parks and Recreation.”It’s a mockumentary about the day-to-day shenanigans of the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, a fictional bastion of bureaucracy and small-town Midwestern life. The show was co-created by “The...

The year: 1997. Age: eight. I am in New Orleans with my dad, halfway through our road trip from Texas to Florida. Time: 10 p.m. Wearing my pink Pretty Pony T-shirt, I suddenly proclaim “Dad, I’ve always wanted to rollerblade on Bourbon Street at night.” Resolute, I grab my Lisa...

How far can a 5C student ID go towards saving you a few end-of-the-semester flex dollars? Laemmle Theater is a mainstay for offering discounts to Claremont College students; they’re one of many stores in the Village that do. Here’s how your ID can get you deals* that satisfy a...

Located just east of the Harvard Square Café, The Grove Vintage is a fresh new arrival to the Village. The vintage shop fills the space previously occupied by Backwoods Vintage. But the Grove is no Backwoods; its sparkle and variety are more than enough to merit the trek into town.I was...

We all know the Claremont Village. Small and quaint, with countless shops running up and down the side streets, it is home to residents and students alike. For students, the Village can be a welcome relief from the, at times, high energy pace of the Claremont Colleges. In catering to the large...

We’ve all been in this situation. You just went clubbing in West Hollywood, or just landed at LAX at midnight, or just went to Dodger Stadium and a Dodger Dog simply didn’t do the job. You’re stuck in Los Angeles at a late hour, and waiting another 40 minutes to eat in Claremont...

KSPC hosted its second blowout concert of the semester last Thursday, Nov. 5, featuring Pitzer student project Magical Mistakes as well as Oakland’s Faun Fables as part of the first concert of music month. The show had something for fans of a couple different genres, featuring both...

Friday, November 13Friday Noon Concert Series12:15 - 1 p.m.Balch Auditorium, ScrippsSnowstock6:30 - 10 p.m.Rose Hills Theatre, PomonaKeep it Cute or Put it on Mute: A Neo Futurist Play7:30 p.m.Seaver Theater, PomonaSaturday, November 14Festival Del Cuatro6:30 - 9 p.m.Scripps Performing Arts...

Our generation, more than any other, is concerned with sustainability and eco-friendly practices. Our interest in the environment’s well-being extends to all aspects of our lives, from simple recycling to more significant lifestyle changes such as biking instead of driving.It should come as...

John: Only you can decide what to believe.But listen. When director Olatunde Osunsanmi was five years old, he had a bright red toy firetruck. Oh! how he loved it. He would run along the streets where he lived shouting, “Look! Look at my beautiful firetruck!” But one day someone,...

I joined over 1,000 members of the 5-C community flooding through the doors of Pomona’s Big Bridges Auditorium last Friday. Like everyone else in that throng, I was anticipating the 14th annual Southern California a Cappella Music Festival (SCAMFest); I, and I suspect most of the other...

Twenty-one years old and completing his senior year at Duke University, Mike Posner is just a regular college-going guy. That is, aside from the fact that he’s a singer, songwriter, and producer, has brought out two mixtapes in one year, and has signed a label deal with J Records.When...

Javelin, an electronic duo from New York, and the one-man act Lucky Dragons played in Walker Lounge on Nov. 4, hosted by CCLA Live Arts.The stage was filled with instruments including magic sticks—actual sticks plugged into the mixer—rocks, cymbals on sticks, mini gongs, and a...

“Museum” is an awfully depressing word. Maybe it’s the way your lips seem to stick together as you say the first and last syllables or perhaps the fact that it resembles another unpleasant word—mausoleum—but the second I hear that word my brain instantly annihilates...

We’ve all been in this situation. You just went clubbing in West Hollywood, or just landed at LAX at midnight, or just went to Dodger Stadium and a Dodger Dog simply didn’t do the job. You’re stuck in Los Angeles at a late hour, and waiting another 40 minutes to eat in Claremont...

I first heard about La Piccoletta from a good friend who always takes his girlfriend there for Valentine’s Day dinner. For a city of somewhat small size, Claremont has a surprisingly large number of Italian restaurants, yet I had never heard of this place after more than a semester of...

This weekend, a friend and I were making plaster casts of our breasts at an event at the Motley. She remarked that, of all her friends, I was the most comfortable and confident with my own sexuality. Her comment made me realize that sexual self-confidence is not universal. Many women learn that...

Although the Red Cross Club—and its monthly publications posted in bathroom stalls across campus—seem to be ubiquitous, it has not always been so.According to Doug Farquhar PO ’10, the history of the club is a “feel-good story,” a tale of ascension from “humble...

There is no denying it: we live in a big desert.Stand in the middle of Marston Quad or the Scripps campus one morning, and what do you see? A sweeping landscape of crisp, emerald blades of grass? Flowers, bushes, and sparkling fountains? Rows of orange trees whose fruits are sweetened by the...

November is music month. This is not some official, government-declared distinction. In actuality, November is, among many other things, National Novel-Writing Month, Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, American Diabetes Month, and even the month dedicated to souls in purgatory by the Roman...

I first heard about La Piccoletta from a good friend who always takes his girlfriend there for Valentine’s Day dinner. For a city of somewhat small size, Claremont has a surprisingly large number of Italian restaurants, yet I had never heard of this place after more than a semester of...

Friday,November 06Friday Noon Concert Series:Balch Auditorium, Scripps12:15 p.m.-1:00 p.m.SCAM FestBig Bridges Auditorium, Pomona7:30 p.m.-9:30p.m.Neon PartySCC Social Room,Pomona10 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.Saturday, November 07Pitzer Reggae FestivalPitzer Mounds,Pitzer4:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.Mike Posner...

On The Spectrum (OTS), founded by Julie Lapidus SC ’11, is a new 5-C club for students who want to spread awareness for autism—the fastest-growing developmental disability.As described in the group’s mission statement, OTS is “committed to helping children with any of the...

The stadium lights of Dillon High School no longer shine upon Coach Eric Taylor. Gone is the glitz of a state championship, college scouts, and star running backs. On a tattered, neglected field, an untrained band of young men now stands before him.This season on “Friday Night...

Rachel Mayeri’s installation “Primate Cinema” is the newest exhibition of the Project Series at the Pomona College Museum of Art. This is the eleventh year that the museum has run Project Series, a program that brings Southern California artists to Pomona College.In her...

Not often is a work of nonfiction containing the ideal tragic tale of a modern-day hero presented to the public, simply because it is generally acknowledged that perfect heroes and tearfully tragic lives do not exist. However, Jon Krakauer’s latest novel, Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of...

This is a serious movie.In surreal dream sequences and the drug-addled misadventures of a bar mitzvah boy, audiences can escape the painful uncertainties that A Serious Man provokes. But to describe the Cohen brothers’ new film as a “black comedy” is to ignore how successfully...

I am sure that all of you have mixed feelings about the Girl Talk concert last Saturday. Everyone seemed to be complaining about the pushing and shoving, being trampled and squashed. Excuse me, you went to a concert in a parking lot full of drunk college kids—why would you not expect such...

Lauren Berger became the “intern queen” after completing 15 internships during her four years of college. Today she uses her experience to educate students on how to get their dream internship. Lauren’s work has appeared in Los Angeles Business Journal, E! News Online, New York...

Dear Agony is the latest release from the alternative rock-metal band Breaking Benjamin. Bringing the band to a total of four studio albums, Dear Agony continues where the boys left off from their success with Phobia in August 2006. Phobia was the band’s major breakthrough album, boasting...

From Ghostbusters and The Sixth Sense, to Casper and Patrick Swayze, ghosts and ghost stories are a significant part of popular culture, turning up in movies, books, and urban legends. With Halloween just a day away, it’s only appropriate to share some ghost stories of our own. Pomona and...

For many people, sex is the most intimate and personal act in their lives. Love is a prerequisite to lovemaking for many people, and even the more promiscuous among us probably think that sex is a fairly private thing. But instead of confining your sex life to the bedroom, there are plenty of...

When staring down a creamy lobe of seared foie gras, what is the one ingredient that would best compliment this already unhealthy appetizer? Or what could add a salty dimension to a chocolate dessert besides a sprinkle of sea salt? Or what goes best with duck tongues and kale?In the minds of Jon...

Zombieland, directed by Hollywood upstart Ruben Fleicher, premiered in theaters Oct. 2. The film depicts the last survivors of a “zombie apocalypse.” These unlikely heroes take a road trip across the country, hoping to find sanctuary from the undead hordes.John: If you can get past...

As I stand outside the Los Angeles Improv on a cold, rainy day, my heart is pounding with nervous dread. I stuff a tattered, crumpled-up piece of paper with my most precious comedic tidbits into my pocket and pull out a cigarette from the pack I just bought to look cool while standing in front of...

Rachel Smith PO ’11 holds a great deal of power over the music you hear at KSPC. Smith, a media studies major, sifts through dozens of CDs each week in order to find those worthy of KSPC airplay and from there, one guesses, widespread fame. According to Smith, there are three main parts to...

NBC’s “30 Rock” is proving how much it deserved its five Emmys, three Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild awards from last season. The fourth season starts off as strong as ever with all the comedy and quirkiness we’ve come to expect. The show has always done well...

Friday,October 30Meet the Musicians:Steel Strings & Break Beats Fall 2009 TourBlue Room, Frank Dining Hall, Pomona12 p.m.CommunityOrganizing 101With members of Steel Strings & Break BeatsQueer Resource Center, Pomona4 p.m.Crowd-Rocking Hip hop and Folk-Punk for LiberationThe Grove House, Pitzer10...

If you did not attend the first annual5-C Music Festivalthis past weekend, you should definitely make a note to go next year. It’s hard to call the festival a complete success, because it lacked one major factor necessary for success at these kinds of events—attendance. However, the...

What do Madonna, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, and Shakira have in common, apart from their ability to do that back-of-throat ululation with their voices? They are the four richest women in the music industry.How did Shakira get to the top with such legendary female artists?Shakira said she is...

Friday,October 23KSPC & Studio 47 Present:Basement Tapes Release Party/VIDEOFLOWDoms Lounge9 p.m. - 1 a.m.Secrets in a Democracy:Speaker: Dana Priest, Pulitzer Prize Winning JournalistGarrison Theater, Scripps7:30 p.m.Saturday,October 245-C Music Festival Featuring The Cool KidsParents Field,...

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks will surely be a treasure for a very specific audience. The story of a young girl discovering who she really is and what she values in life, combined with romance, tragedy, family drama, and Christianity, is heartening, sappy, and did draw some tears.However, the...

Sandwiched between puzzled young children and stoic parents, I found myself similarly deflated after viewing Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic, Where the Wild Things Are. Dazzling visuals dress up sentimental stock characters; occasionally witty dialogue sails over the...

Have you ever dreamed of being a music journalist? Do you read Rolling Stone religiously? Have you seen Almost Famous one too many times? Do you just like to listen to CDs? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, KSPC has an activity for you.KSPC always needs volunteers to...

Oral sex, according to former American President and my close personal friend Bill Clinton, is not really sex. Regardless of how you feel about this particular perspective, it’s clear that there is a great deal of difference in how people view oral sex versus vaginal intercourse.Over my...

I had driven by Euro Café at least two dozen times en route to Vons for groceries before noticing that it was more than just another strip mall eatery. The café is in an isolated location off of Mills Avenue, just before Baseline Road. If you’re going to Vons from any of the...

Guess what freshmen? You have some new classmates that you might want to meet. Yes, you have heard correctly, the irreplaceable characters of CW’s “Gossip Girl” have now entered the drama-filled domain of college. Though they are in New York City and not the sunny town of...

Apple’s slogan “An app for everything” isn’t far off the mark. There really is an app for almost everything. Below are 15 great apps for college students, whether you are craving food or trying to solve that math problem.Old necessitiesUrbanSpoon (free)Perfect for: hungry...

At the age of 14, William Kamkwamba realized his vision. A vision that began in the midst of a devastating famine in Malawi that claimed nearly 10,000 lives, it was a vision that changed Kamkwamba’s life forever.Kamkwamba built a windmill. Unable to afford the fees for school, he educated...

For all you wandering, aimless stragglers rejected from the OTL trips that were full within an hour of being posted, have no fear. Fall break is the perfect opportunity to explore the millions of places to go in Claremont, Los Angeles, and Southern California.Drained from all those midterms, many...

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) is by itself unremarkable: it is barely three millimeters in length, a poor vector for disease and incapable of biting or stinging. It is, however, taking over the world.The largest known megacolony of Argentine ants stretches more than 6,000...

In the ’60s, a band was defined not only by how many albums they sold, but by how many people came out to see them live. If the Gym Class Heroes concert at Big Bridges on Sunday was to be judged by that metric, it could only be described as dismal.The concert began on time. The Curious Case...

Have you ever lain in bed at night and wondered what kind of man Vince Vaughn is? Is he the horn-dog, the cynic, the psychopath? When Vaughn sees a child sitting alone in a crowded playground, does he cry a single tear? What is Vaughn’s spirit animal?Couples Retreat is a movie about Vaughn...

Malan Noodle Shop, located in one of the thousands of nondescript mini-malls that dot the San Gabriel Valley, is a paradise for noodle aficionados. Before even choosing what to have with your noodles (and a meal here would be pointless without noodles) you must choose the noodle size and shape....

Abi Weber PO ’11 moonlights as an Americana DJ every Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Though KSPC plays all kinds of underground music, Americana is an oft-misunderstood genre, and its presence on KSPC is frequently ignored.“Some people get scared away from Americana because (a) they...

When I was growing up, my main source of enjoyment was playing with toys. My family didn’t buy a lot of electronics and the TV was rarely on. I didn’t have siblings, and none of my friends lived nearby. Toys were a great source of childhood amusement and remain a great source of...

Leaves are on the ground, the nights are getting chilly—and before we all know it, it will be Halloween. Halloween costumes can be expensive, though, and tend to leave you with random articles of clothing you won’t wear again. To solve this problem, here are some suggestions to help...

By day, Jonathan Ames is a neurotic, pot-addicted, alcoholic writer. His girlfriend just dumped him (for being a neurotic, pot-addicted alcoholic). He wrote a successful novel, but is now plagued by writer’s block. He spends his days bored and depressed, sipping white wine, which he tells...

Last weekend, the theater department presented professor Tom Leabhart’s “A Quartet of One Act Plays.” The plays were “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, “Overtones” by Alice Gerstenberg, “Misreadings” by Neena Berber, and “Poof!” by Lynn...

It’s getting cold outside, so you’re going to need a nice, fuzzy pillow. I will show you how to make a quick and easy pillow cover and even create a fringe without any sewing involved. Trust me, you can never go wrong with fringe.Materials Needed:A throw pillow, preferably square and...

When you think of the Honnold/Mudd Library, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the thousands of books, the rows upon rows of metal shelves, and, of course, that eerie silence. Luckily for 5-C students, Honnold/Mudd has just opened a new café, located on the first floor of the Honnold...

Mention the word “summer” to any college student, and images of beaches, late-night pool parties, ice cream, and sleeping in are likely to come to mind. For many 5-C students, however, summer was spent hard at work participating in fascinating and engaging internships in a variety of...

Have you found yourself standing in an inch of gray water, pinched between four sweaty bodies, with mounds of sticky foam raining down upon you? Have you spent yet another drunken night at the Coop, eating your sixth mozzarella stick while waiting for the foosball table to open up? Have you ever...

A few pounds heavier and bereft of his usual face scruff, Michael Moore still manages to be an imposing figure as he waddles with purpose into the lives of unsuspecting business executives. His new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, doggedly pursues the meat of an American disaster in true...

Most music buffs turn their noses up at Paramore. And why wouldn’t they? Paramore comes off as just another bubble gum punk band that sounds too immature to be taken seriously. Brand New Eyes, the band’s latest album, is not too different from their previous two albums. They still...

You can’t start a sex column by talking about your own threesome experience. People will think you’re just a conceited jerk trying to publish embellished stories about your sexual escapades—not that this is a terribly inaccurate assessment. We could, on the other hand, start the...

Making you wait a long time to hear my opinion is the only appropriate way to write a review of Viva Madrid, the boisterous tapas, paella, and sangria hot spot in the village. Viva Madrid is like Los Angeles traffic: very occasionally you get lucky and there is no wait, and sometimes the wait can...

Looking for a chance to see some fresh musical acts and get off campus? Be sure to check out all the concerts coming up this month.The Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival is next weekend, Oct. 10 and 11.Tickets to this so-called “rootsicana newgrassy folkadelic experience” are $50 for...

Finally, a show with some wiggle room. “Modern Family,” a comedy about three generations of the Pritchett clan, tackles parenthood, childhood, and coupledom with humor, poignancy, and refreshingly little desperation. With charming interpretations of family dynamics and skillful use of...

The Department of Theatre and Dance presents director Tom Leabhart’s A Quartet of One Act Plays, including “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, “Overtones” by Alice Gerstenberg, “Misreadings” by Neena Berber, and “Poof!” by Lynn Nottage.In...

Friday, October 9TwentyEight: A second-year MFA ExhibitionHosted by the CGU Art Department.East and Peggy Phelps GalleriesThe Friday Boot- CARE-A-OKIEHosted by Sigma Tau and Challah for HungerDoms Lounge8 p.m. - 1 a.m.CCLA MovieThe Big LebowskiRose Hills7 p.m. and 10 p.m.Saturday, October 10A...

The Museum of Neon Art (MONA) is a 28-year-old non-profit art institution hidden in the posh section of downtown Los Angeles. The current exhibition showcases pre-neon signs, “quackery devices,” a vintage postcard collection, and neon signs reminiscent of Las Vegas.The MONA is a very...

Tired of your usual time-wasting Web sites like F My Life or Texts From Last Night? Here are some lesser-known but noteworthy blogs and Web sites to spice up your day.(Warning – some of these sites contain explicit content, just so ya know.)There, I Fixed It.(thereifixedit.com)The classic...

I am not normally a big Jay-Z fan, and am definitely not a fan of the previous Blueprint releases. I couldn’t understand why Jay-Z would add another chapter to the series, instead of making a sequel to The Black Album. However, the forty-year-old rap legend obviously knew what he was doing...

Trap doors. Videos projected onto walls and ceilings. Doors operated by remote control. It sounds like something out of a spy movie, but all of this can be found on the 5Cs, in the dorm rooms of the super-innovative.Let’s take a step back. Band posters, photographs, bulletin boards, printed...

It’s hard to be a supermodel. The sex! The vanity! The backstabbing! The crime! The tabloids! Everyone is jealous of you, and sometimes, you need to just snort a few lines of cocaine. Is that the sad sound of the world’s smallest violin? “The Beautiful Life”—or...

The 5Cs boast several intense rivalries that cause constant debate among students. There is, of course, the Sagehens vs. Stags rivalry as well as non-athletic hostilities like TNC or Pub? The Coop or the Mudd Hole at 1 a.m? However, I would argue that the most intense rivalry right now among...

After seeing a screening of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,John Krasinski’s directorial debut, I had the remarkable opportunity to sit down with Krasinski for a brief interview of his own. I was truly honored by his candor and inspired by his strength in making this film. Read on to...

During the course of her year-long travels across Italy, India, and Indonesia—a physical, emotional, and spiritual journey chronicled in her best-selling book, Eat, Pray, Love—author Elizabeth Gilbert received a lot of advice. Gilbert’s favorite piece of wisdom was from a man...

You’ve probably heard of Backspacer, Pearl Jam’s latest hit album, from the new commercial for Target. The band used this opportunity to launch their first single from the album, “The Fixer,” which was an instant success. The upbeat, catchy, and perfectly arranged rock...

This is a strange review for me to write, having had the privilege to hear directorJohn Krasinskispeak about the process and goals of the movie. Receiving such a thorough and fascinating context directly after viewing Brief Interviews with Hideous Men had its pros and cons—I was able to...

Claremont Climax ChallengeWe all have goals and, if you’re like us, around 95 percent of those goals involve 20+ vaginas (AWESOME). Sexual goals—or perhaps more specifically sexual quests—provide us with a fun, (and generally, but not always) free way to entertain ourselves or...

Many people know Woody Guthrie’s song, “This Land Is Your Land.” Most of us sang it in grade school, with our eyes raised to the American flag and our hearts bursting with juvenile pride for our country. The majority of us, however, remain nave to the fact that before entering...

Paying homage to the late David Foster Wallace’s legacy as a writer and teacher, actor-directorJohn Krasinskispoke to a crowd of 200 Pomona College students Tuesday night at the first Los Angeles-area screening of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.A longtime fan of Wallace’s work,...

Friday, October 2 Crafts FairSeal Court, Scripps, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Without a BoxCome to Without a Box’s first show of the year.Balch Auditorium, Scripps, 8 - 9:45 p.m.The Friday BootHosted by Sigma Tau.Doms Lounge, 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.Saturday, October 3CCLA MovieThe Big Lebowski.Rose Hills, 8...

Curious about all the new gadgets on the market? Here is an overview of some of the best new toys out there.MusiciPod nano G5Stats: The new nano, released two weeks ago, retains all the great features of the previous models, but now comes with an FM radio, a bigger screen, and a video...

Some call it a “Green Revolution.” Or, as members of the far right fondly put it, “the return of those damn hippies.” Many simply consider it a fad that has crept into popularity, like riding scooters or being “emo.” Whatever you want to call it, there is no...

Hello, friends! Welcome back to another edition of the (long-absent) KSPC corner. This week, I will teach you a very important skill: how to win free concert tickets. Concerts are some of the best things on earth, but they also cost money, which makes us sad. However, KSPC gives away concert...

If one could simply download dinner, grocery stores would crash and burn. With the Internet bringing new music and unlimited songs to our fingertips, people certainly aren’t buying albums with the same gusto as they did when the vinyl record, eight-track or CD were first released. Music is...

Did you know that 44 percent of Pomona students attempt anal sex in their first two years of college? Or that giving oral sex can reduce your risk of getting osteoporosis? We’ll discuss these and other statistics I made up in our weekly column, and if you’re curious about G-spots,...

Friday, September 25thLevitt on the Lawn Concert SeriesHead to Scripps for dinner on the lawn and live bluegrass music from The Lovell Sisters.Bowling Green Lawn (SC), 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.CCLA Movie: Pulp FictionRose Hills (PO), 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.QRC Middle School Dance Party“Come re-live...

While perusing the Laemmle’s cinematic offerings for fall 2009, I was not at all surprised to find myself most excited for dumb, rip-roaring fare like Jennifer’s Body. I have come to detest cleverness in movies; I have been drowning in it since the meteoric rise of the Indie genre...

The food world is experiencing a pop-culture renaissance like never before. Chef and author Anthony Bourdain is as famous as any rock star, Julia Child’s Mastering The Art of French Cooking is once again a New York Times bestseller 48 years after its first printing, and even college...

When I heard that Megan Fox was starring in Jennifer’s Body as Jennifer, I was inspired by the associative property to review this film.Fox’s body graces the screen in the role of a demonic high school cheerleader with an “insatiable hunger for boys.” As Jennifer seduces,...

Before attending the Joseph Beuys exhibition at theLos Angeles County Museum of Art(LACMA), I knew little about him. My conception of him was that of a man who spent most of his life in Germany creating sculptures and performance pieces. In reality, Beuys was more than just an artist. He believed...

Move over, Zac Efron. “Glee,” a glitzy new musical comedy, is taking over the made-for-TV-musical genre, shredding the rulebook in the process. The story of McKinley High School’s rag-tag glee club’s quest for stardom and social acceptance, “Glee” valiantly...

The current recession is affecting every nook and cranny of American life, even reaching the fashion industry elite. This cannot come as a surprise, given the obvious negative effects on fashion shows—profit declines leading to slashed salaries, designers cutting after-parties, and a host...

After the excitement of freshman year and the new-found independence of college life wears off, many students ask how they can continue their search for that sense of personal growth and fulfillment that one gains from conquering a new environment. Here at the Claremont Colleges, studying abroad...

“Rise up and take the power back, it’s time that the fat cats had a heart attack.” Muse has returned with their new upbeat three-suite album, The Resistance. In the style of their major hits “Starlight” and “Super Massive Black Hole,” their latest album...

Pitzer’s mounds were transformed from quiet and relaxing to bustling and loud last weekend, Apr. 24-25 for Kohoutek, its annual music festival. Kohoutek was started in 1973 to celebrate the Kohoutek Comet, discovered in 1973 by Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek, and the event honored its...

Whether you’re a graduating senior or somewhere in your middle years of college, summer means freedom. And you simply can’t have an epic summer if it doesn’t include that American classic, the road trip. We’ve mapped out some of our favorite routes, along with suggestions...

For those of you that weren’t present at CMC’s Parents Field early Saturday night, you missed a stunning demonstration of patriotism. Led by three figures disguised as two former presidents and our current Secretary of State, 350 or so extravagantly costumed students joined a...

For the dozens of students who will be living on Pomona’s campus this summer, a major concern is finding food to sustain them through hours of research and other academic activities. Even if you are on the summer meal plan, you still have to survive the weekends without prepared food, so...

The sound of Ira Glass’s nasal voice—his initially off-putting cadence as he says his usual “so here’s a story…of a guy…”—now puts me at ease when I listen to “This American Life” each week. The weekly hour-long Chicago Public Radio...

Where the World is HeadedThis post is considerably less “Things I Actually Know” and much more “My Opinion on How it all Comes Together.” That said, I sincerely believe that the world has hit the reset button. You can point to the maturing of grassroots activism and...

As the semester draws to an end, I looked back on past articles and noticed that—as much as I talked about sex and relationships—I neglected to touch upon one area that, while being relevant for some people on campus, is often ignored. Many people make assumptions about sex, and the...

This week in our series on life and careers after Pomona, we have the stories of alumni who pursued a career in teaching at the university level. The accounts and advice of these four graduates should prove helpful for any current students interested in becoming a professor.“I had a pretty...

With final paper, group project, and thesis deadlines right around the corner, it’s definitely the most important time of the semester to ensure that you have a steady supply of caffeine running through your bloodstream. Unfortunately, however, many of us have pathetically low amounts of...

The San Gabriel River is 75 miles long, beginning in the San Gabriel Mountains and ending in the ocean at Seal Beach. The river acts as a geographical divide and flows through coastal, desert, and mountainous habitats. Recently, Ashwin Balakrishnan PO ‘09 decided to document the river and...

As actors offered daggers and pleaded with each spectator, the audience faced the tough decision of determining the faith of two characters in the culmination of Kkloc, presented by the Bottom Line Theatre at the Allen Theatre on Fri., Apr. 17 and Sat., Apr. 18. The production, a retelling of the...

At the “Scripps Dances” concert last Fri. and Sat., Apr. 17 and 18, students from all 5Cs performed a variety of student, faculty, and guest-choreographed dance pieces. Choreographers included Sydney Freggiaro SC ‘09 and Julia Cost SC ‘09, who presented their senior...

The 5-C Criminal Justice Network (CJN), a group of student activists, recently helped create the California Institution for Women (CIW) Garden Project, a sustainable organic garden.Although the CIW is located just 35 minutes from the 5Cs, few students or faculty were even aware of its existence...

We’re coming up on that time of the year—when the weather warms up, the clothes come off...and the work piles up. People are sunbathing left and right, half-naked hotties are heating up the basketball and volleyball courts; but all of them go unnoticed when final papers, projects, and...

I have worked in a variety of corporate cultures—big firms, small startups, restaurants, Congressional offices, and IT support desks. There are some habits which I have found to be extremely valuable across the board (or, at least, habits that I appreciated in others and tried to develop...

Friday, April 17Haruna Tanaka Udaka PI ‘00 and Tatsushige Udaka will lecture on the history and elements of Noh, a type of Japanese classical musical theater. Noon to 1 p.m. in Oldenborg Dining Hall.CCLA Movie: Memento. In this smart thriller, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) is obsessed with...

This week in our series on life and careers after Pomona, we have the stories of alumni who pursued careers in psychology. These accounts and advice should prove helpful for current students who aspire to a career in mental health.James Clark PO ’72 remembers wanting to be just like one of...

I remember having to take the Bem Test—a questionnaire that measures how well you fit into your traditional gender role —for a class last semester, and being really confused and shocked by the results. The test measures the extent to which one is feminine, nearly feminine,...

TV on the Radio’s unique brand of alternative rock lit up the Glass House with hip hop, jazz, and electronic influences keeping the audience on its toes Tuesday. They played at the Glass House as part of their tour to promote their latest album, “Dear Science,” released last...

Learning a new language is always a challenge, but luckily for the workers at Pomona, there is the ESL Student/Worker Program. The program, now in its fourth year, pairs students with workers who are learning or improving their English as a second language and conversation skills, and it is run...

I can still remember how terrifying my first job hunt was—and this was back in 2005, when unemployment was under five percent! I’ll put your mind at ease: You’re going to be fine. I don’t know a single Pomona kid who isn’t doing, or on their way to doing, something...

With live music, dance, and authentic cuisine from 27 countries, the Claremont Colleges celebrated the 31st International Festival on Apr. 11. The North Quad at CMC filled early in the day with students and participants from I-Place, the colleges’ international organization. Booths...

Comet Kohoutek was discovered by Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek in March 1973. As the comet soared through space, it caused quite a stir down on earth. The scientists and astronomers of the day overestimated the comet’s ability to put on a magnificent display upon entrance into the solar...

Looking for a chance to get off campus and see some local art, but without venturing all the way into LA? You’re in luck—twice a month, the Pomona Arts Colony offers the Pomona Art Walk, a free event that gives visitors a chance to explore the art galleries and other artsy shops in...

Nestled among the musty industrial complexes of Farmingdale, New York, the actual Adventureland doesn’t so much glitter with whimsy as it pulses dully in the summer heat. I grew up less than a mile away from its creaky gates and was aware of its overt air of decay from young childhood....

As the semester winds down and graduation approaches, many of us are bombarded by the questions of soon-to-be visiting relatives. Many of our families want to meticulously plan every detail of their trip to see us graduate, including where to stay, what to wear, what car to rent, and most...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the New York-based rock trio, quickly made a name for themselves, with their signature bare-bones, punk-influenced sound, touring alongside the similarly raw-sounding White Stripes as well as New York mainstay indie rocker The Strokes, in the early 2000s. “It’s...

I remember when I was 14 and reading Seventeen Magazine (yes, I was quite the rebel back then), and a bunch of people, mostly mothers, had gotten their panties in a twist over one issue’s colorful cartoon depiction of a vagina. They said it was vulgar and tasteless, as well as inappropriate...

This week in our series on life and careers after Pomona, we have the stories of alumni who went into the legal profession. The advice and experiences of these five Pomona grads and current attorneys could prove helpful for current students looking to work in law.Christopher Young PO ’89...

I have always loved being at Pomona. I love the weather, the classes, the parties. But most of all, I love the people. So when the day came to turn in my study abroad contract, I was still sitting at my desk, staring at the Cambridge forms in front of me while 5 p.m. crept closer and...

A modern recreation of the campfire tradition, a theater comprised of neighbors, intimacy, and stories—this is how Playback Theatre was described to the audience at the Pomona College’s Allen Theater on Saturday, Apr. 4. The spectators were few, barely enough to fill the seats on one...

Honestly, I don’t think my hopes of seeing Michael Phelps at Kickback Jack’s (formerly BC Café) on Sunday morning were too unrealistic —this is probably one of the few restaurants in America where he could easily consume his daily 12,000 calories in one sitting....