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Newsroom (page 195)
All the Blog’s a Stage
Scripps students aren’t afraid to share their opinions with the world—and are doing so, one blog post at a time.
Read MoreWriting Across Genres: A Reading of Memoir and Poetry
Meghan O’Rourke is the author of The Long Goodbye (Riverhead), a memoir about grief, and the poetry collections Once and Halflife (W.W. Norton). A former poetry editor for The Paris Review, she is also a culture critic for Slate magazine and a founding editor of the web site Double X.
Read More“The Life of a Composer When Composers did not Really Exist”
Alejandro Planchart, professor emeritus of music at the University of California at Santa Barbara, lectures on the evolving concept of the composer in the 15th and 16th centuries at 7:30 pm on Jan. 29 in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This free event is open to the public.
Read MoreAcclaimed Conceptual Artist Edgar Heap of Birds Examines “Indigenous Voices of Survival Through Public Art”
Edgar Heap of Birds, professor of Native American studies at the University of Oklahoma, lectures on how indigenous voices express themselves through public art on Jan. 23 at noon in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, 345 E. 9th St. This free event is open to the public.
Read MoreScripps College to Participate in Emergency Drill with L.A. County First Responders
Los Angeles County Fire Department, in coordination with the Claremont Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, will conduct an active shooter drill at Scripps College on January 16, 17, and 18 between 7:00-11:00am, at the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreScripps College’s 7th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program Presents: An Evening with Charles Krauthammer
Scripps College presents an evening with Charles Krauthammer as part of the 7th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program. Krauthammer will comment on current events at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 in Scripps College’s Performing Arts Center, Garrison Theater. The event is free and open to the public.
Read More“Denatured Nature” The 69th Scripps College Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramics Annual–the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States–opens for its 69th consecutive year on Jan. 26 and continues through April 7. Titled “Denatured Nature,” this Ceramic Annual highlights work from emerging artists as well as celebrated masters in the field of ceramics.
Read MoreAthletes of a Different Breed
The feeling of the unknown, the edgy jitters accompanying a solo moment, anxiously awaiting judgment — these are just a few of the emotions running through a rider as she urges her horse forward into the ring to represent her team. Yet the members of The Claremont Colleges’ Equestrian Show Team can’t wait to get into the ring.
Read MoreOpen Line of Conversation
Director of Scripps College Academy Kelly Hewitt and Kristie Hernandez ’13 were both interviewed October 14 for CBS Radio’s public affairs program ‘Open Line.’ The segments aired recently across Los Angeles, but now you can listen online as well!
Read MoreScripps College Alumna Selected for Prestigious California State Legislative Fellowship
Naima Ford ’06 has been selected to serve as a 2012-13 Capital Fellow, one of the nation’s most prestigious legislative fellowship programs. As an Assembly Fellow in Sacramento, Ford will gain valuable experience working for 11 months as a full-time professional legislative staff member in the California state legislature.
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