Jon Huntsman to speak at Claremont McKenna in November
Continuing a string of high-profile political figures visiting Claremont McKenna’s campus, Jon Huntsman will be speaking at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum this November.
Continuing a string of high-profile political figures visiting Claremont McKenna’s campus, Jon Huntsman will be speaking at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum this November.
Robert Gates, who recently retired after serving as Secretary of Defense under both the Bush and Obama administrations, will speak at Claremont McKenna’s Athenaeum on April 4th.
Highlights and observations of the events surrounding Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Claremont McKenna College from Port Side staffers who covered the evening.
Condoleezza Rice will appear today at Claremont McKenna College. Her talk was moved from its original location at the Athenaeum to Ducey Gymnasium due to security concerns. Students, faculty, and others in the Claremont community have organized a protest. The Port Side will cover the events live.
The organizers of today’s “Unwelcoming Condoleezza Rice” protest at Claremont McKenna College contacted the Port Side in hopes of clarifying their intentions and the tactics for the demonstration.
Claremont McKenna’s Athenaeum Fellows Jake Petzold CMC ’12 and Clare Riva CMC ’13 have written an open letter to the campus community concerning tomorrow’s Condoleezza Rice event.
Ducey Gym, even with the “new backdrop” and floor seating Huang promises, is not the Athenaeum. It’s extremely unfortunate that the CMC administration is overreacting to the peaceful demonstrations, and did not even consult the Athenaeum staff in its decision to move the event.
The organizers of Wednesday night’s “Unwelcoming Condoleezza Rice” protest have released their plans for a counter-education protest. Hopefully, their peaceful intentions will prevent Claremont from becoming another site of a protest turned ugly.
After the 2008 Karl Rove protest, a group of Pitzer students is planning one for Condoleezza Rice with less confrontational tactics.
On October 19-21, Claremont McKenna College will hold a centenary festival in honor of Czeslaw Milosz, one of the most influential literary figures of the twenty century.
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