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TSL announces spring 2023 editorial board
Hannah Weaver SC ’24, Averi Sullivan PO ’23 and Gerrit Punt PO ’24 have officially taken over TSL as the newspaper’s editorial board for the spring 2023 semester. The trio was selected at the close of the fall 2022 semester and will help guide the paper for the next five months. Weaver, named editor-in-chief, previously served as an arts & culture associate and columnist last semester.
Meet TSL’s fall 2022 editorial board
Jenna McMurtry PO ’24, Larkin Barnard-Bahn SC ’24 and Mena Bova SC ’24 have been selected to lead TSL’s editorial board for the fall 2022 semester. Having officially taken the helm when the spring semester came to a close, the trio will lead the paper over the summer and throughout the fall. McMurtry, named editor-in-chief, served as a news editor for the past two semesters. Before that, she was a staff news writer for a year.
Original student musical ‘You’re The Shit’ celebrates self-love
For students, anxiety about their place in school and the world are par for the course. Impostor syndrome lurks in questions like “am I good enough for this?” and “do I deserve to be here?” “You’re The Shit,” Spotlight Musical Theatre’s latest student production, grapples with these worries and answers them with a resounding “yes” — you are smart enough. Yes, you deserve to be here. It tackles imposter syndrome head-on, celebrating students and reaffirming their worth.
Sontag Shakespeare Festival presents an ode to Shakespeare fests of yore
Students performed the “Twelfth Night” at the Sontag Greek Theater Shakespeare Festival on March 26th. (Emma Jensen • The Student Life) The 16th century world may feel leagues away from modern life, but Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” shows that the two may not be as different as they seem — crushes, love, drinking and pranks are features of both college life and the play.
Amelia Huchley SC ’23 hopes CCO Concerto Competition win is first step to making it in the world of opera
Amelia Huchley SC ’23 performs at her junior recital on Nov. 12. (Courtesy: Anne Harley) Vocalist Amelia Huchley SC ’23 made history this past Saturday when she and pianist Catherine Wu HM ’22 won the annual Claremont Concert Orchestra (CCO) Concerto Competition. While students have participated in the competition for years, this is the first time in over a decade a vocalist has won. With Huchley’s historic win, that status quo has been broken, opening up new possibilities for future competitors.
Kayla Alcorcha named The Student Life’s editor-in-chief for fall 2021 semester
The new editorial board assumed its position the evening of May 9. (Courtesy from left to right: Jasper Davidoff, Kayla Alcorcha and Claire DuMont) On May 9 at 11:59 p.m., a new editorial board officially took over TSL for the upcoming summer and fall 2021 semester. Kayla Alcorcha SC ’24 was selected as editor-in-chief of TSL for the upcoming semester.
Despite rolling online, 5C Science Bus connects young students with experience in STEM
(Mariana Duran • The Student Life) The weekend before the Claremont Colleges announced they were sending students home in March 2020, Pomona Unified School District elementary students joined with 5C student volunteers for Science Day, an annual event hosted by the 5C Science Bus full of “experiments, demonstrations and fun,” according to the club’s website. Now, over a year later, the club has hosted Science Day again — but for the first time, it was completely virtual.
‘I feel like I made the right decision’: 5C students look back on their gap years, leaves of absence
(Clare Martin • The Student Life) Throughout high school, Beia Giebel SC ’25 never planned on taking a gap year. Even with the initial summer announcement that the 5Cs would be going online, she still was on the fence about whether to enroll or defer. It wasn’t until she attended a Zoom get-together for a class she was considering taking that she felt like her decision became clear. “It just felt very stilted and awkward [to] Zoom in from my room, and it was kind of a defining moment for me.
Lynne Thompson SC ’72 speaks on her journey from lawyer to LA poet laureate
Scripps Board of Trustees Chair Lynne Thompson SC ‘72 is LA’s new poet laureate. (Courtesy: Lynne Thompson) Scripps College Chair of the Board of Trustees Lynne Thompson SC ’72 was on her landline phone with a friend when she saw her cell light up and two small words appear: “poet laureate.” Not thinking much of it, she went to check the email. To her great surprise, the email contained big news — she was to be named the poet laureate of Los Angeles for 2021.
Michael Waters PO ’20 molds senior thesis on queer foster families into New Yorker feature
Michael Waters PO ’20 wrote his senior thesis about the history of queer foster families in the United States. (Courtesy: Michael Waters) Outside the confines of the common school and workday, 6 a.m. can feel like a time of opportunities and possibilities, a time when anything can happen as the sun crosses the horizon. For Michael Waters PO ’20, 6 a.m. brought an equally opportune phone call that delivered big news: His paper had just been approved to be published by The New Yorker.
Pomona emeritus professor Lorn Foster talks history of the Black church on PBS panel
Pastor Eddie Anderson and Pomona College Emeritus Professor of Politics Dr. Lorn Foster discuss the history of the African-American church in Los Angeles. (Courtesy: PBS SoCal) The African American church in the United States has always been more than a church: It is an act of resistance, a place of music and a vehicle for social change. This was the crux of a panel hosted by Pomona College emeritus professor of politics Dr. Lorn Foster on Feb. 24.
5C student actors and crew reimagine theater with virtual productions
5C student actors, stage crew members and directors are finding new ways to rehearse and develop their virtual productions. (Courtesy: Giovanni Ortega) As the age-old saying goes, the show must go on — for 5C student actors in spring productions during a remote semester, this means that they are now the ones in charge of their own lights, camera and action.
5C Art for Liberation catalyzes mutual aid by platforming local artists
5C Art for Liberation is an Instagram page featuring art pieces created by 5C students. (Courtesy: Sydney Nemetz) Crochet fruit earrings, embroidered T-shirts and polymer clay pendants are just some of the pieces created by 5C students showcased on 5C Art for Liberation, a collaborative Instagram page showcasing a wide array of works while supporting local community funds and organizations.
Slack channels and 24/7 Zooms: A look inside TSL’s virtual newsroom
TSL senior staff members meet over Zoom for a weekly meeting and check in. (Talia Bernstein • The Student Life) From in-person production nights in Pomona College’s Walker Lounge to online production nights on a Zoom room that’s accessible 24/7, much has changed about The Student Life’s newsroom from spring 2020 to fall 2020. One thing has remained the same, however: TSL’s commitment to producing a weekly newspaper (or, in this case, newsletter) and keeping the 7C community informed.
Preview: Zoom sets the stage for 5C talent show
(Crystal Yang • The Student Life) On Oct. 24 at 6 p.m. PDT, the Pomona Events Committee will turn Zoom screens into a virtual stage for 5C student performers. To participate in the 5C-wide talent show, students can either submit pre-recorded videos of themselves performing a talent or perform it live, and 5C community members can watch the show live or watch a recording afterwards.
Claremont EMS club combines passion for health with community outreach
The student-run CCEMS club sewed and donated over 500 masks to hospitals across the United States. (Courtesy: CCEMS) For the majority of the members of the Claremont Colleges Emergency Medical Services club, there was no way to predict just how essential doctors would become in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The whirlwind of the last six months hasn’t stopped CCEMS, whose members are using their passion for medicine and health to help those affected by the pandemic.
5C dance students perform “Moving Together” by Emily Daudwalder, from all around the world
(Mariana Durán • The Student Life) In an oxymoronic dilemma, 5C dance students are learning how to create synchrony while being hundreds and thousands of miles away from one another and split across time zones. This semester, with dance classes fully online, 258 dance students are learning how to do so, according to a TSL analysis of campus portals. Emily Dauwalder PZ ’20 is one such dance student working on creating unity in dance from afar.
The Student Life
As daily lives are disrupted, research has shown that there is currently an increase in distress in Americans across the country. Physically and socially distanced from those they care about, many find themselves struggling with maintaining their mental health amidst an unprecedented pandemic. In March 2020, Lily Cornell Silver SC ’22 was struggling with similar issues.
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