Coffee Break: Things to do in DC
Madison Shimoda | Life | Comments (0)
You’ve settled in to your new digs in DC. You have realized your internship is boring/tedious/awesome/confusing. But you’re not 21 and you’re already bored with DC. More…
Obama’s Troubling Civil Liberties Record
Charlie Sprague | News, Opinion | Comments (2)
The Obama administration wisely made a rhetorical shift when it replaced the phrase “War on Terror” with “overseas contingency operations”. Not only does a “war on” anything sound like a trite government campaign, More…
Randomizing Democracy in the Golden State
Patrick Atwater | News, Opinion | Comments (1)
The Constitutional Convention movement seems sadly to be coalescing around selecting delegates by lot from the jury pool.(1) This idea seems stupid on its face. More…
Coffee Break: Happily Ever After?
Madison Shimoda | Arts & Culture | Comments (0)
Ever wondered what happened to Disney princesses after the “happily ever after all” at the end of each tale? Ever caught yourself humming “Some day my prince would come?” More…
Space Robots Play with Megan Fox
Carl Peaslee | Arts & Culture | Comments (7)
I’ll make no excuses on Michael Bay’s behalf. Revenge of the Fallen is a loud, flashy, juvenile, crude, and dumb two hour car commercial. From the rate of camera angle changes, the film looks as though it were edited by a coked out thirteen year old with ADHD and early onset sex addiction. More…
A CMCer at OSHA?
Charles Johnson | Opinion | Comments (29)
At Claremont McKenna, we salute those who join the civil service. This tradition stems from CMC's founding when our first president, George C. S. Benson dreamed of creating men of action, thought, and enterprise, who would direct the administrative state ... More »
California’s Political Horizon
Patrick Atwater | Opinion | Comments (2)
Leaving Sacramento for the first time last weekend, my initial suspicion was confirmed: this is just a small blip in the vast expanse of the Central Valley. As I rode the train, downtown faded seamlessly into a depressing suburbia, ... More »
New Priorities for Combatting Global Warming?
Charlie Sprague | Opinion | Comments (15)
The green movement seems to be finally well entrenched in the U.S. political system. For CMC's Environmental Crusaders and like-minded people such as myself , this is undoubtedly a good thing. More »
Hope I’m This Cool When I Graduate
Emily Meinhardt | Life | Comments (1)
Forget the feature articles--the most interesting part of CMC magazine is definitely the Class Notes section, where alums write in to tell their classmates what they're up to these days. More »
Bet My Summer Job is Weirder Than Yours
Carl Peaslee | Humor, Life | Comments (3)
I'm currently working as an intern at a Minneapolis dot com and as a manny, but as I contemplate how to repay my parents for my next semester at CMC, I've begun to scrounge the wider Minneapolis area for odd ... More »
Saturday Night in Portland
Alex Mitchell | Humor | Comments (0)
I have been racking my spongy dilapidated brain for things I dislike enough to write about. The thing is, I am not a hater. There are things I dislike, but I try my best in real life to respectfully let ... More »
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No, we don't want to share our every thought with you, but some "stories"--links, videos, updates, and notices--are too short for articles but really should be shared. The latest are above. So bear with us... and enjoy.
- Latin Stickler on A CMCer at OSHA?: "Here you go my fine man. http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lha/Latin_..."
- Simon Shogry on A CMCer at OSHA?: "The term "declension" refers to the inflection of nouns and adjectives..."
- Charles C. Johnson on A CMCer at OSHA?: "@Simon Shogry, I agree Simon! Forget those poor people. It's not l..."
- Simon Shogry on A CMCer at OSHA?: "I'm so pleased to see a (somewhat) lively debate of Latin grace the me..."
- Commercio on A CMCer at OSHA?: "Wow, "there can be no debate." This is the internet, after all. Don'..."
- @ commercio on A CMCer at OSHA?: "That would be fine and dandy if the verb were crescint, the 3rd person..."
5Cene
Hub Horror Stories...
Am I the only one who thinks the Hub is run by a ...
Relive Mr. Stag 2009...
...if you think you can handle it. Enjoy nearing two hours of milk chugging, salsa dancing, ...
Senior Superlatives 2009...
Awards Night is great and all, but ASCMC has the prizes seniors really want (e.g. ...
Arts & Culture
Coffee Break: Working for the Weeking-NY...
Many CMCers find themselves in NYC for the summer. If you're around, check ...
Do Dat What?...
I hate 87% of mainstream rap. Hate it like Scripps hates intolerance. If you don’t hate ...
8:27 Procrastination: TED.com… A V...
Recently, a friend of mine who is graduating in 11 days got me hooked onto ...
Humor
CMCNation: The Prank Feud...
Revelation... our graduates have a great sense of humor. We spotted this great ...
Your Last Final: Year in Review, Multipl...
Were you paying attention this year, or were you stuck in Ryal Lab writing your year-long ...
Look what you’ve done to me, CMC!...
After being here for only one year, CMC has done the unthinkable. When I ...
Life
Coffee Break: Starbucks Secret Menu...
Tired of the same old Double Tall Non-fat Extra hot caramel macchiato? Try ...
Coffee Break: How to ask the IT guy to h...
As part of our summer edition, The Forum will be bringing you a new series called ...
You, on the internet....
A few weeks ago, I finally clinched that elusive summer job. And if you're wondering: ...
News
Coffee Break: FMyInternship.com...
So you managed to snag an internship this summer, despite our failing economy ...
Andyshak No Longer Heading Residential L...
We've learned that Ethan Andyshak (CMC '06) will no longer serve as CMC's Director of Residential ...
Layoffs at CMC...
The administration is now turning to employee costs in its ongoing struggle to deal with ...
Opinion
Like it in the Ath More...
If you're like me, you really like it in the Ath (notwithstanding this ...
The Economic Argument for Euthanasia...
America has serious health care problems, and as Paul Krugman makes clear in a recent column, ...
California’s Sisyphean Storm...
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the UC system is one of ...


