Bridging the Political Divide

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Alumni on both sides of the aisle offer solutions


How do we, as Americans, work together to create political and social change in a highly polarized climate? Perhaps it can start with a good faith conversation about what unites us.

Scholars Win Spirit Award

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QuestBridge scholars express thanks for scholarships in a video that makes the CMC Planner a media star

Believe it or not, the beloved CMC planner became a media star, featured in a CMC-student-produced video that won the national QuestBridge Spirit Day Award.

The annual contest challenges students from colleges and universities across the nation—such as USC, Penn, and Northwestern—to show what the QuestBridge scholarship program has meant to them via a photo or video.

Maroon and Gold to the Core

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Chris Brandt ’85 P’14 P’18 says CMC Athletics changed his life

The only thing sweeter than savoring the highest highs of victory as a college athlete? Seeing your son extend those triumphs even further. For Chris Brandt ’85 P’14 P’18, his time as a basketball player and golfer influenced everything about his CMC experience—and beyond.

1988: SCIAC All-Sports Trophy Sweep

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The 1987-88 year was a first, as CMS won all three SCIAC All-Sports trophies

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic department has made a habit of placing bulk orders for SCIAC trophies. The Stags and Athenas have won 343 SCIAC titles, almost 100 more than any other SCIAC institution, despite getting a late start with their first year coming in 1958-59, more than 40 years after the Bulldogs, Poets, Tigers and Sagehens were up and running.

1954: Football and Track Find a Home

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The new complex became home to football and men's track and field

By 1954, Claremont Men’s College student-athletes had been competing with Pomona in athletics for seven years, but the wheels were already visibly in motion to allow CMC to split from the Sagehens and form its own athletic department on the North side of Sixth Street.