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Music

‘It’s 2016 Somewhere’: My Montgomery Origin Story and His Skyrocketing Career

Belen Yudess ’25 Social Media Manager *To my roommates, teammates, friends, Instagram followers, and GJW residents who use the bathroom during my

April 28, 2022

Scripps

Malott Maze Leaves Students With Eating Disorders Feeling Lost

Beth Gardner ’25 Guest Writer Content warning: discussion of disordered eating. I will begin by admitting that I stole the phrasing of

April 28, 2022

Writing

Declaring my Major: Dread and Delight

Ellen Hu ’24 Editor-in-Chief On March 29 I officially declared a double major in environmental analysis and media studies. As I dropped

April 19, 2022

5Cs

“Scissoring”: Collaboration Puts This Play A Cut Above

Jihae Oh CMC ‘24 Staff Writer Over the weekend of April 8, Pomona College’s Seaver Theatre put on “Scissoring”; the work skillfully

April 19, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

The Batman: A Mystery Well Worth 176 Minutes of Your Day

Anne Friedman ’25 Staff Writer Editor’s note: contains spoilers for The Batman Everyone loves a good superhero movie, and The Batman didn’t

April 19, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Eloise and Penelope in Season Two of “Bridgerton” Put Real Friendships Center Stage

Lauren Marler ’24 Staff Writer Editor’s note: includes spoilers for season 2 of Bridgerton The much-awaited second season of Bridgerton came out

April 19, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Turning Red Turns the Narrative

Ellen Wang ‘25 Copy Editor Intern Editor’s note: contains spoilers for Turning Red This one’s for the Chinese daughters with the world

April 19, 2022

Writing

Browsing Room Brawl: Ranking Our Study Spaces

Alyssa Leong ’23 Design Editor Located in every residential hall, Scripps’ browsing rooms are part of the campus’ history and an essential

April 19, 2022

Writing

The Ultimate Scripps Housing How-To

Kendall Lowery ’22 Editor-in-Chief In a cruel calibration of calendars, it just so happens that the chaos of housing draw, course registration

April 19, 2022

Writing

I’m Stuck in the Scripps Bubble and I Hope This Gets Me Out

Belen Yudess ’25 and Ellen Hu ’24 Social Media Manager and Editor- in-Chief The other day I was talking with one of

April 3, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

For Some Reason, I watched the New Ice Age Movie

Eleanor Dunn ‘24 Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Contains spoilers for The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild As I sat down to

April 3, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Toxicity in Wattpad Stories and the Genre of Fanfiction

Anne Friedman ’25 Staff Writer There are two kinds of people: those who had their Wattpad phase and those who lie about

April 3, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

Netflix Needs To Be Stopped

Alyssa Wend ‘24 Copy Editor It’s a trend we’ve all witnessed in young adult content: the main character girl falls in love

April 2, 2022

Music

OSTs: The Musical Adventure You Should Experience

Isabel Li ’25 Staff Writer As someone who does not enjoy conventional pop music and instead prefers lyricless orchestral soundtracks, I am

April 2, 2022

Writing

Energy Vortices, The Institute of Mentalphysics, and a Spiritual Woodstock: the Surprising History of Joshua Tree

Ella Boyd ’22 Guest Writer Joshua Tree, a national park located about two hours east of Claremont, is a popular weekend destination

March 12, 2022

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