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May 5, 2011

2011 Reunion Weekend

The 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú 2011 Reunion Weekend drew raves and record crowds last weekend as more than 400 alumnae descended on campus. Reunion, which ran April 28-May 1, included receptions for the various classes, a 5k fun run, wine tasting, and art gallery receptions.

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May 4, 2011

Contemporary Intersex Activism

Melissa Cober’s thesis focuses on the memoirs of Herculine Barbin, a famous 19th-century French hermaphrodite who struggled with his/her identity “despite living in a society that implicitly suggests that s/he, by definition, should not have one.”

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May 3, 2011

Eliminating education inequality

Courtney Wai’s senior thesis is the result of equal parts serendipity and humanitarian intervention.

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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Presents “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968”

As a participant in the largest collaborative art exhibit ever undertaken in Southern California, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú will present “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968,” from January 21–April 4, 2012.

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May 2, 2011

The Importance of Community

Laura Nolan ’11 investigates community in her Senior Thesis – from the students of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú to neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.

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The People’s Choice

To his surprise (and thinly-veiled embarrassment), Matthew Delmont was met by a crowd of students, staff, faculty, and alumnae as they cheered his selection as 2010-2011 Professor of the Year.

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April 22, 2011

Vox Populi

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú students use the written word to nurture dialog on campus – no matter the subject.

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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú to Present The Claremont Concert Orchestra and The Concert Choir

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s department of music and the Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ús will present a spring performance by The Claremont Concert Orchestra and The Concert Choir on April 30, 2011.

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April 21, 2011

A “Mudder” at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú

When Joan Rechtin Lincoln ’49 was a student at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, she called herself a “mudder.” As Harvey Mudd College, directly north of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, was yet to be established, this meant but one thing: Joan loved to get her hands on the messy substances in the College’s ceramic studio.

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April 20, 2011

Claremont Colleges Presidents to Discuss the Future of Higher Education

Presidents Lori Bettison-Varga, David Oxtoby, and Laura Skandera Trombley—of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, Pomona College, and Pitzer College, respectively—will give their perspectives on the future of higher education in 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s Malott Commons, Hampton Room, on Wednesday, April 27, at 12 noon. The event is free and open to the public.

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