CMC Currents: Claremont McKenna College's E-Newsletter / November 29, 2012

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Winter sports season is here, but recognition for Claremont McKenna College and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps fall student-athletes continued to roll in after a season in which four sports––women's and men's cross country, men's water polo and men's soccer––earned SCIAC regular-season or tournament championships. In seven fall sports, CMS totaled 27 All-SCIAC selections––11 women, 16 men––and two Athlete of the Year selections. Also, in the season's first fall Learfield Sports Director's Cup Standings released Nov. 21, CMS ranked eighth nationally and first in the SCIAC. The final fall standings are scheduled to be released Dec. 19. The Director's Cup is a program honoring institutions maintaining a broad-based program, achieving success in many sports––men's and women's.
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The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies Presents Paul Krassner at the Ath
When Paul Krassner, the founder and editor of The Realist, was called the father of the underground press in America, he demanded a paternity test. But Krassner is not merely irreverent. For more than half a century, he has not only tested but often defined the limits of public discourse and imprinted his style of irreverence on the American social and political landscape. The New York Times once described Krassner as "an expert at ferreting out hypocrisy from the more solemn crannies of American culture." The satirist, comedian and author was a guest last night at the Athenaeum.
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Monsters Calling Home Braces to Rock the Troubadour
The Troubadour nightclub in West Hollywood is the birthplace of legendary musical careers. Elton John, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Van Morrison and countless others established themselves––and launched their future fame––in its tiny, intimate venue in front of audiences of a few hundred people crowded between the bar and the stage. Now add Monsters Calling Home to that list: The alt-rock band started by CMC's Alex Hwang '08 will headline a performance at the Troubadour at 8 p.m. Dec. 4.
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Professor Emeritus John Roth Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
John K. Roth, the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at CMC, has been honored with the Holocaust Educational Foundation's Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Holocaust Studies and Research. Making the presentation at the Foundation's 2012 Lessons and Legacies Conference at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., was CMC professor (and Roth's longtime colleague) Jonathan Petropoulos, the John V. Croul Professor of European History at CMC.
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CMC Alumnus Discusses Log Cabin Endorsement of Romney
The GOP has long attracted a male demographic––gay and straight––who back the Party's "small government, big military" message. But one group often underestimated in the political landscape is the lesbian population. Casey Pick '06 of the Log Cabin Republicans discussed, during a recent appearance on MSNBC, why her constituency supported Mitt Romney.
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CMS Serves Up a Class Act
The NCAA has announced the selection of Claremont McKenna's Biszantz Family Tennis Center as the host site for the 2014 Division III Men's and Women's Tennis Championships. The tournament will be held May 19-24, 2014 and marks the third time that CMS has hosted the event. CMS, which the NCAA called a "tremendous host in the past," held the men's championship in 2009 and the combined men's and women's championships in 2011.
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Delegation from Yale National University of Singapore Visits A delegation from the inaugural faculty of the Yale-National University of Singapore College (Yale NUS) visited The Claremont Colleges on Nov. 15-16 to observe and discuss science instruction with the community's faculty. The schedule included classroom observations, lab tours and meetings with faculty at the W.M. Keck Science Department, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and Pomona colleges, plus a visit to the Bernard Field Station. Full Story Just the Fundamentals Earlier this fall, the Athenas basketball team hosted a free youth basketball clinic, assisting local children, some as young as 3, in the basics, including layups, dribbling and defense. In the end, it proved to be a rewarding experience for the Athenas and the young participants. Full Story Model UN Wins More Awards Following the honor of the "Best Small Delegation" award at Harvard University's WorldMUN conference in Vancouver last year, the CMC Model UN team is off to another great start, placing impressively well in back-to-back competitions this fall. Full Story CMCAA New York Volunteers with Project Renewal On a recent Saturday, the CMCAA New York Chapter joined Project Renewal to help prep and serve food to men at the Third Street Shelter. Joanna Stanberry '05, director of communications at Project Renewal, helped organize this event for alumni in New York. Project Renewal is an organization that provides resources and outreach to New York City's homeless men and women. View Photos		Cross Country Shows Well at NCAA Championships Year in and year out, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's and men's cross country teams have established themselves as one of the top programs in the SCIAC's West Region, and on a national scale. With a combined 32 SCIAC titles––20 women's, 12 men's––the teams have produced runners who have been successful on the national scene on numerous occasions. And we're quite happy to report that the 2012 season was no different. Full Story Studying for Finals Week Is Already Under Way Thanksgiving break has ended and finals are looming. This semester's grades hinge on these last three weeks. With temperatures dipping consistently lower, students have been drawn to curling up in the Reading Room and the library to study. We've also seen them scouting for quiet spots in the Village, where a cup of coffee and an easy lunch are nearby. Appointments for office hours are in high demand, and we've noticed lines at The Motley going out the doors—a sign of students desperate for caffeine? Yes, Claremont students are on the grind. Full Story Balkan Conflicts Hold Clear Lessons on Intervention in Syria In a recent op-ed for The Christian Science Monitor, Professor P. Edward Haley writes: "As policymakers in Europe, the United States, the Gulf states, Turkey, and the Arab League search for ways to resolve the conflict in Syria, they should consider what the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo have to teach about outside intervention. The main lesson? Do it—to stop the killing." Full Story


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