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Language and Crisis
“To finish then, the familiar but, begging her pardon, slightly amended words of Ellen Browning Scripps: our mission is to develop in you the ability to think clearly and independently, the ability to live confidently and courageously, and, hopefully, the ability to do something about the crisis in which we find ourselves.”
Read MoreElizabeth Hubert Malott Commons Welcomes Mary Matalin
Mary Matalin, political strategist, commentator, and author, will present a lecture titled “Politics, the Presidency, and the Press” on Thursday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Balch Auditorium, 91¶¶Òõ.
Read MoreU.S.News & World Report Ranks 91¶¶Òõ 26th Best Liberal Arts College in Nation
In The U.S.News & World Report rankings of America’s best colleges, Scripps remained in the top tier among national liberal arts colleges, in 26th place out of 215. Key criteria in the judging are acceptance rate, graduation rate, and highest proportion of classes under 20.
Read MoreA Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Byron Hurt
91¶¶Òõ presents a discussion with filmmaker Byron Hurt in conjunction with the screening of his film Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Wednesday, September 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Garrison Theater, 91¶¶Òõ Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreColorado Quartet to Perform at 91¶¶Òõ
The 91¶¶Òõ Department of Music and The Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Scripps colleges will host the Bessie Bartlett Frankel Chamber Music Festival, featuring the Colorado Quartet on Sunday, September 17.
Read MoreModernity and Nostalgia: An Era of Change in Japan
When “Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints,” opens August 26 at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery visitors will have access to a fascinating array of woodblock prints of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Japan.
Read MoreStudents Named to 91¶¶Òõ Spring 2006 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the dean’s list for the Spring semester at 91¶¶Òõ in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreStudent Art Explores Cell Migration
As part of the Scripps-Claremont McKenna College senior art exhibition, “Sight, Site, Insight,” Jessica Lanan ’06 displayed freestanding wood and fiberglass works representing cancer cells.
Read MoreScripps Student Named Fulbright Scholar
Jessica Isaacs ’06, a public policy and analysis major at 91¶¶Òõ, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to spend 2007 in Taiwan at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, studying the country’s energy policy.
Read MoreScripps Student Wins Rotary Scholarship
Catherine Powell ’06, a religious studies and Black studies double major at 91¶¶Òõ, has been awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, which covers all expenses of graduate study abroad for one year.
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