You don’t need to really panic if you can’t feel your toes after five minutes of walking. Or if you can only see the colour white all around you. Visiting Hunza in the winter will feel like a dream when you live in sub-zero temperatures and wake up to fresh blankets of snow every morning. Here are five reasons to (responsibly) travel to Hunza this winter: Hunza’s beauty this time of the year is unparalleled to anything you may have seen before. From a crowded Karimabad bazaar set against

Scripps College bought the McAlister Center for Religious Activities and its surrounding property for $7.1 million in February, transferring ownership from The Claremont Colleges Services to the college. Future use of the building and land is “yet to be determined,”Scripps Special Projects Manager Celeste Day-Drake relayed via Scripps spokesperson Rachael Warecki. Scripps is currently leasing part of the McAlister Center’s property back to TCCS for ongoing use by the Office of the Chaplains. T

Multiple 5C students living in or who recently visited the Inland Empire area near campus have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email sent out to students living in southern California this semester. The students who tested positive, at least some of whom attend Claremont McKenna College, notified administrators, Dean of Students Dianna Graves and Sharon Basso, vice president of student affairs, said in the email. It’s unclear exactly how many total students have tested positive, w

Students at Pomona College and Pitzer College were confused and frustrated when they learned in July that their ability to work college sponsored jobs would be curbed by restrictions on hours. Before adjusting to a slightly more lenient limit, Pomona Dean of Students Avis Hinkson announced in a July 17 email that the school would limit students to “one job or 6-8 hours of remote employment per week” to ensure that “as many full-time Pomona students as possible are able to secure remote campus e

Natasha Mavalvala is standing on the upper floor of the H. J. Behrana agiari in Karachi’s Saddar, singing hymns for the souls of the departed. Her audience is a camera, recording her recitations of the Humbandagi prayer. The hall, which used to be packed with Parsis, echoes with her solo voice. The coronavirus pandemic has forced Parsis to turn to technology to conduct the annual communal prayers. Even with social distancing, as many Parsis are elderly, the general consensus was that it would b

When Claremont McKenna College announced July 1 that it would close The Children’s School for the 2020-2021 school year due to coronavirus concerns, many parents reacted to the news with frustration, confusion and concern for what the fall could hold for their families. The Children’s School, a preschool and daycare that has been a unique part of the Claremont Colleges since it was opened in 1936, typically enrolls 70 children between the ages of 2 to 5. It is located just south of CMC’s senior

As colleges across the country start to make definitive plans for the fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidelines that could drastically change campus life to help limit and slow the spread of coronavirus. Although it’s still unclear whether 5C students will return to campus next semester, LA County is potentially days away from allowing colleges and universities to reopen. The CDC guidelines — which are recommendations, not requirements — categorize aspects of

Scripps’ faculty is set to vote Thursday on a slew of possible changes to the school’s spring 2020 grading policy, including a proposed universal A policy. However, Scripps College President Lara Tiedens and Dean of Faculty Amy Marcus-Newhall warned faculty Tuesday that if the universal A policy was passed, the administrators would ask the school’s board of trustees to block the change. In early April, the school implemented a new grading policy allowing students to opt into a pass/fail grade

As the global coronavirus pandemic worsens and millions face unemployment, students at the 5Cs have been hit with internship cancellations, funding cuts and rescinded job offers. Some graduating seniors were in the midst of finalizing their job offers with companies when they were told their potential employers would stop hiring until the global pandemic allowed things to go back to normal. Maria Lew SC ’20 was applying to be a chemist on a research team at a pharmaceutical company when she re

As the Chinese government comes under intense scrutiny over its handling of the spread of COVID-19, national news outlets have turned to Claremont McKenna College professor of government Minxin Pei for insight into the government’s inner workings. Pei appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered last month to share his analysis on the situation in China, and is a frequent commentator on NPR programs, as well as in BBC News. He’s also been quoted and published opinions articles in other outlets, incl