April 17, 2014

April 17, 2014

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By Lucy Altman-Newell ‘17 Staff Writer very year, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues is performed in hundreds of countries around the world. According to the V-Day Claremont Colleges Facebook group, “The award-winning play is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word [“vagina”], countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, The Vagina Monologues has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.” From April 3rd to April 5th, 5C students performed the series of fifteen monologues revolving around (cisgender) women and their vaginas in Benson Auditorium at Pitzer College.

The performances were regarded as a huge success. Benson was packed full, with students lining the back wall of the auditorium.

Informational tables with representatives from House of Ruth, a local organization that assists women and children who have endured domestic violence, and to which the proceeds from the 5C performances of “The Vagina Monologues” went, were present both before and after each performance to answer questions and to provide any necessary support. The actresses — coming from Scripps, Pitzer, Pomona, Mudd, CMC, and the wider, local community — were brilliant, taking the breathless audience through the emotional highs and lows of the Monologues.

But what was perhaps most interesting was the openness with which the performers and producers spoke about critiques of Eve Ensler’s “Monologues,” both before the auditorium cleared, and

Inside This Issue:

The Monologue Dialogues will take place on Friday, April 26 from 7-9 p.m. on the Miss America Steps.

For more information contact family@scrippscollege.edu.

in the Q&A period after the official end of the show. At the end of each performance, co-producer Rachel Kipnes (Pitzer ’14) took time to address the recognized, inherent limitations of the show as written

by Eve Ensler — primarily, that while The Vagina Monologues does give a voice to some individuals, it is a very limited group. Co-producer Robin Brody (Pitzer ’15) and directors Emery Lieverman-Auerbach ’14 and Eden Olsen ’14 joined in, explaining that they recognize that the Monologues doesn’t address queer bodies at all, and that the fact that Eve Ensler is a white, educated, upper-middle-class woman is very transparent, especially as many of the monologues are written as white voices: “This is violent and offensive to people who don’t see themselves here [in the narrow group of people for whom Ensler provides a voice].” Kipnes explained during the Q&A period that although there are severe limitations within The Vagina Monologues that need to be addressed, it is important that voices are heard, and that those that are not heard are recognized. Because the Monologues is well-known, it draws a crowd. If even a quarter of the crowd hears her statement at the end of each performance expressing the problems with the show, she explained, that’s doing something important. It’s spreading

awareness. As she announced at the end of the performance, The Monologue Dialogues is the event to go to, as it deals directly with the voices who do not receive attention in Ensler’s play.

The Monologue Dialogues: Amplifying Unheard Narratives is a 7C event which will take place on Friday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m. on the Miss America Steps of Scripps College. According to Claire Hirschberg ’15, who has been heavily involved in the organization of the event, the Dialogues “is a part of Family’s GAYpril events and will be a mic night event where people can share poems, songs, monologues, collaborative performances, and any other self-expression someone wants to bring to our stage. We recognize that our event stands in contrast to The Vagina Monologues.

However, our goal is not to exist in opposition to the play, as we recognize that for many people it’s a powerful and significant performance. In putting on The Monologue Dialogues, we are trying to create a different type of space; one where marginalized narratives are centralized, and one in which self-expression is welcomed, allowing the contextualization of each person’s story.” The Dialogues recognizes that womanhood is not based on the vagina, and

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By Alex Washburn Guest Contributor n an effort to raise awareness about the Red Cross’ outdated policies regarding certain populations and donating blood and promote national change to those policies, there will be a student demonstration called We’re All Somebody’s Type on April 22 at the Red Cross blood drive at the Smith Campus Center.

Throughout the duration of the blood drive 12-6 p.m., we will be offering free confidential HIV testing, a letter writing campaign, and a photography project to further convey to the FDA that there are many supportive individuals from these communities that should not be banned from giving blood.

The early 1980s represented the height of the AIDS crisis in the United States. Scientists and public health officials were only just beginning to understand what the disease was and how it was being spread, and as news and rumors about it also spread, the public began to panic.

Early reports of the first victims of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Karposi’s sarcoma (two of several opportunistic infections that indicate an AIDS diagnosis) showed that the disease was appearing in gay men and intravenous drug users.

Government organizations and scientific institutions did not look too much into these cases, however, because they were considered to be part of groups at risk of contracting AIDS, and were already being systematically neglected and denied the biomedical research, resources, and care that they needed.

It was only when non-using, heterosexual individuals began showing symptoms of these strange diseases after receiving blood transfusions that anyone started paying attention. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center continued on page 2

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2 • News

Scripps Celebrates Student Employee Achievements during National Student Employment Week

By Lesley Bonds Career Counselor/Student Employment Coordinator

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ith over 600 student employee positions on campus each year, Scripps simply could not operate without the support of the many students who spend their time outside of the classroom welcoming visitors to campus, supporting faculty research and serving perfectly-brewed coffee to community members. In celebration of the accomplishments of our student employees, Scripps College is excited to participate in National Student Employment Week (NSEW) in line with the National Student Employment Association (NSEA).

Scripps began participating in 2010, but the program has since grown and we are excited to recognize a Scripps College Student Employee of the Year for the second time in the history of the program on campus.

In early February, I sent a call for nominations to the campus community. While glowing nominations rolled in from raving supervisors, I convened a committee of faculty, staff and alumnae to review the nominations blindly and select a group of finalists based on the following criteria, as defined by NSEA: 1. Reliability, 2. Quality of Work, 3. Initiative, 4. Professionalism, 5. Uniqueness of Contribution, and 6. Commitment to Inclusivity and Community The committee was impressed by all nominations, but found the work of several senior nominees particularly compelling. The Scripps College Student Employee of the Year Finalists are as follows:

1. Brianne Imada ’14: Tutor Coordinator, Academic Resources and Services 2. Eden Olsen ’14: Assistant Head Manager, The Motley Coffeehouse 3. Emily Simmons ’14: Office Assistant, The Dance Department 4. Jade Ulrich ’14: Senior Mentor, Scripps College Academy Words like thoughtful, energetic, dependable, flexible, mature, genuine, proactive, and meticulous were strewn among the nominations for these students.

Supervisors were impressed by the quality of work their student employees produced, and expressed equal appreciation for the characteristics that make these students such special members of the teams in their respective offices.

Each finalist exhibits the skills, qualities and characteristics that define great employees, but the committee ultimately selected Emily Simmons ‘14 as the Scripps College Student Employee of the Year.

Emily was nominated three separate times for her work in The Dance Department, which speaks volumes to the respect she has earned through her work ethic, professionalism, and service.

Of Emily’s contributions, nominators say she exhibits “grace, warmth, and excellent judgment.” One nominator described her as “thoroughly professional” and even says that Emily is the only person she could imagine filling the big shoes a professional administrative assistant would leave behind should the need arise.

Nominators say that Emily’s quiet leadership, perseverance to succeed and initiative will be

sorely missed next year after she has graduated.

Congratulations to Emily for earning this incredible honor.

While National Student Employment Week provides a unique opportunity for faculty and staff at Scripps to recognize student employees, it is also my hope that students will recognize their peers and coworkers for helping to shape their experience.

I hope students will also use this time as an opportunity to reflect on their own employment experiences at the College. To all student employees, thank you for the good work that you do and for your commitment to Scripps College.

Emily Simmons ‘14 was named Scripps College Student Employee of the Year. Photo courtesy of Lesley Bonds.

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escapes the limitation found in “The Vagina Monologues” that the monologues are not necessarily the stories of the actors performing them, by inviting 7C community members to shape and share their

own narratives.

Felicia Agrelius ’17, Claire Hirschberg ’15, and Danie Diamond ’15, who have been central in leading Family in organizing this event, would like to make clear that the Dialogues is not a followup for the “Monologues,” nor is

it in opposition to it; rather, the Dialogues is an alternative space, a re-centering. Those interested in participating can make submissions up until April 26 by signing up on the Facebook Group, “The Monologue Dialogues: Call for Submissions!”

Every narrative is important.

Between the 5C production of The Vagina Monologues and the upcoming Monologue Dialogues event, April in Claremont will have heard quite a few. With so many different perspectives being voiced and shared, this is a truly fantastic thing.

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for Disease Control (CDC) began working together to determine what they could do on a national level that would quell people’s fears and control the inevitable spread of HIV into the larger population. In 1973, they imposed the first blood donation ban on any man who had ever had sex with another man since 1977. This was intended to prevent anyone from that population from infecting the larger blood supply with the socalled “gay cancer”. The term used to describe this population was “men who have sex with men,” or “MSM,” which was carefully constructed to describe the behavior that put the individuals at risk and put the least connotative stigma on the population through that label.

Thirty-one years later, the ban still stands. But why? We have made incredible advancements in the science and medicine surrounding HIV/AIDS, and while it is still a pervasive problem worldwide, we are so much better equipped to handle it than we were during that time. We now know that the opportunistic infections are caused by infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and

that that virus is spread through the exchange of bodily fluids like blood, semen/pre-ejaculate, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. We now have incredibly accurate, rapid testing technology that can detect minute amounts of virus in a person’s body, and they are just one part of a whole barrage of tests performed on a blood specimen before it is given to a new patient in a transfusion. If everyone’s blood is comprehensively tested and deemed safe for transfusion regardless of who they are or what behaviors they engage in, why are we continuing to restrict populations on the principle that they might have HIV? The answer is stigma. While the term “MSM” was created in an effort focus on the risk behavior rather than the sexual orientation or ‘lifestyle’, the ban effectively tells these populations that their blood (and their willingness to sacrifice to help others) are not wanted. Rather than imposing a lifetime ban that excludes people and further perpetuates stigma against them, screening processes should be modified so that they focus on a person’s individual risk rather than their sexual orientation.

According to the Red Cross, 41,000 blood donations are needed daily, but only 10% of the 38% of the population that is eligible to donate blood actually does. There is a dire need for blood donations, but the FDA is really only hurting itself (and everyone else) by unnecessarily limiting its donation populations. If they are going to ensure that the blood is safe to donate no matter what, and there are hundreds of thousands of individuals willing to step up and donate, why should we continue to restrict them? It is high time to move away from the panicked moralism of the AIDS crisis and towards blood donation policies that are practical, non-discriminatory, and based on actual risk behaviors rather than stigma about sexual orientation.

For more information, check out the We’re All Somebody’s Type event on Facebook, or email at benjamin.kersten@ pomona.edu.

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Opinions & Editorials • 3

SAS ANNOUNCES SPRING FLING

The Scripps Voice

Francesca Simmons ’14 Guest Contributor

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ey Scripps! Our second annual Spring Fling will be held from Thursday, April 24 to Sunday, April 27, 2014. Spring Fling is a weekend-long collection of Scripps-sponsored programming spearheaded by SAS. The inaugural Spring Fling began in April of 2013, and included multiple events over the weekend. he 2013 Spring Fling was cohosted by multiple Scripps students affiliated with various groups on campus, and we hope to do the same this year!

The 2014 Spring Fling theme will be “Sailing the Scripps Sea,” and kicks off with the Staff Appreciation party on Thursday, April 24. The Staff Appreciation party is a surprise party for the student-voted Staff

Editor-in-Chief Megan Petersen Advisor Sam Haynes Design Editors Elizabeth Lee Jessica Lin Elena Pinsker

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Copy Editors Ashley Minnis-Lemley Alexandra Vallas Photo Editor Emily Morris

member of the year, where we as students thank the honored staff member for all that they have done for us this year. There will be tons of yummy goodies, so make sure to attend!

The next anchor event during Spring Fling will be the annual A-Team carnival on Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. “All Aboard the U.S.S. A-Team,” and spend a night enjoying all the luxuries of a cruise ship with A-Team. They’ll have inflatables, games, crafts, and tons of food (including kettle corn)! The carnival will be held on the Field House field, so come out and enjoy the night.

Another anchor event of Spring Fling will be “Under the 5Cs,” a 5-College party on Saturday, April 26th. There will be a tent on Bowling Green lawn decked out in the cooling colors of the ocean, and

filled with the music of a live band.

So spend your next Saturday night under the sea with SAS! The final anchor event of Spring Fling is a day at the pool. SAS is teaming up with the Residential Life staff to bring you the Spring Regatta!

If you are interested in participating in the Spring Regatta, please look out for more information in one of the upcoming Weekend or Snack updates.

Following the regatta, there will be a barbeque and pool party, complete with a DJ! So come soak up some sun and take a break from all of your work this Spring Fling.

If you are interested in either planning an event for Spring Fling, or would like to have your event included in the Spring Fling line up, please email me at fsimmons1454@ scrippscollege.edu.

Stay SASsy Scripps!

CMS WOMEN’S SPORTS SCHEDULE APRIL 18 APRIL 19 APRIL 23

Business Manager Rosario Bennett Webmaster Emily Morris Multimedia Director Laurel Schwartz

Softball @Cal Lutheran, 2:00 p.m., 4 p.m.

Columnists and Staff Writers Ashley Achee Lucy Altman-Newell Tamar Kaplar Natalie Camrud Nancy Herrera Stephanie Huang Kayon James Elizabeth Lee Meagan McIntyre Caroline Nelson Kara Odum Bailee Pelham Julia Thomas Christina Whalen Nicole Zwiener

APRIL 24

Tennis @ The Ojai, all day

Track & Field v. Chapman/Occidental/ Redlands/Whittier @ Chapman, 11:00 a.m.

Tennis @ La Verne, 2:00 p.m.

Water Polo v. Pomona-Pitzer @ Home, 11:00 a.m.

Softball v. Pomona-Pitzer @ Home, 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. Senior Day Women’s Lacrosse @ Chapman, 7:00 p.m.

APRIL 25

Tennis @ The Ojai, all day Water Polo v. TBD @ Whittier, SCIAC Championships

Staff Photographers Tianna Sheih Nicole Zwiener

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Women’s Lacrosse, SCIAC Quarterfinals

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Tennis @ The Ojai, all day Lacrosse, SCIAC Semifinals Water Polo @ Whittier, SCIAC Championships Softball @ Occidental, 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.

4 • Opinions & Editorials

Heartbleed virus affects internet user audience

By Kara Odum ‘17 Economics Columnist

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his past month, researchers publicly announced a major security flaw that affects over 66 percent of the internet.

The bug, commonly referred to as the Heartbleed bug, is potentially devastating because it could affect nearly any website using one particular method of encryption, including websites that are usually deemed secure, like Yahoo!. This security flaw stems from a problem with the widely-used OpenSSL method of data encryption.

The problem with OpenSSL is that it contains a heartbeat option, which means that while a person is on a website that encrypts data by OpenSSL, her computer sends messages to the server and the server responds to indicate that both are connected. To take advantage of this arrangement, the Heartbleed bug allows hackers to send fake messages to the server. In response, the server sends back information stored in its RAM, which can include sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, et cetera. RAM stands for “random access memory,” which is the main working memory in a computer targeted by hackers with this security flaw to divulge private information.

To take advantage of this arrangement, the Heartbleed bug allows hackers to send fake messages to the server.

In response, the server sends back information stored in its RAM, which can include sensitive information like passwords, credit card numbers, etc.

OpenSSL is a free set of encryption tools managed by four European programmers and the open source community, meaning anyone can submit code to improve it or customize it for their own website. The SSL stands for “secure sockets layer,” which causes a lock to appear with the Web address when used by a website. About two years ago, a software developer contributed code with a basic programming mistake that could be exploited, resulting in the Heartbleed bug.

What is so shocking about this is that it was entirely preventable but, due to a lack of resource allocation to auditing the code, researchers and users didn’t notice the bug for years. While it makes financial sense for many businesses to use open source software since it is fairly reliable and cheap, users have to be responsible for the security of their applications. The problem with security flaws is that they don’t appear naturally during the use of the code; instead, they appear only when someone is looking for them by testing the software or actively looking for weaknesses. This work comes down to two interested groups: security professionals and malicious hackers.

Security researchers work to find these kinds of bugs first and come up with solutions before they can be exploited by the less virtuous. However, if hackers find these flaws first then they could have access to passwords and other private information indefinitely.

In the past few weeks, firms have been responding to this security flaw by testing their websites and updating security features. Large banks’ websites have been run through a Heartbleed bug “checker” and the following have declared that they are not vulnerable: Bank of America, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, and PNC Financial Services Group. Major websites like Google and Yahoo! have installed patches to correct for their vulnerability but security experts suggest changing all of your passwords to be safe. Major institutions such as the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security use OpenSSL but have reported zero attacks as a result of the bug. YouTube and Amazon were also affected but both have fixed any issues users might have with the Heartbleed bug. Bloomberg has reported that the NSA has known about this flaw since 2012, which would mean the spy agency could have had access to passwords, emails, and other vulnerable data. However, an NSA spokesperson denied awareness in an interview with TIME of Heartbleed saying, “reports that say otherwise are wrong.”

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Student Life • 5

off-campus places to hang out­ sans car or transporation

By Jessica Lin ‘16 Design Editor

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t a relatively small school like the 5Cs, it’s not surprising when students start looking for places to hang out off-campus. Those who own cars often frequent the beach, Los Angeles, and even San Francisco— some seven or eight hours away. But without a car, many find themselves limited to the same restaurants and stores in the Claremont Village.

Fortunately, Claremont houses its share of secret gems. In this article, I will cover three events or places relevant to this month, with plans for a follow-up in the subsequent, and final issue, of The Scripps Voice. Email us at scrippsvoice@gmail. com with suggestions and ideas.

(Occasionally, the gardens host nightly events.)

Second, the garden charges an admittance fee, which may deter some visitors. Last, it’s easy to get lost in the gardens. This sounds silly, but will make sense if you visit and try to make it back to your car before the gate closes at 5 p.m.

Photo Courtesy of thevillageclaremont.com Photo Courtesy of folkmusiccenter.com

2) Open Mic Night at the Folk Music Center:

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1) The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden: Located across the street from the 5Cs, the botanic garden offers free admission every first Sunday of the month, September through June. The rest of the year, students can pay a discounted price of $6 for a one-day pass. I’ve enjoyed going alone, as well as with friends or family. I usually bring fruit, trail mix, or some other snack to munch on while I walk around — and water, of course. This is a great choice if you enjoy nature or just need some peace and quiet.

Although minimal, the botanic garden does present a number of downsides. First, it’s only open regular business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.), which doesn’t allow for nighttime plans.

depend on the person. And as a final note... This might just be me, but the seats seem extremely uncomfortable: cold and hard. I really should bring my own chair.

Guests are invited to perform for up to five minutes or watch the show for a $2 entrance fee. Shows are held every last Sunday of the month; sign-ups begin at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 6:30 p.m.

I recommend eating dinner beforehand, as the intermission does not provide ample time to chow down. Because this event is limited in seating, it’s best for small groups. The event is generally family-friendly, and often includes people from within the Claremont community, with visitors from surrounding cities. You can buy professional recordings of every performance at the store a few weeks after the show. Personally, I’ve been disappointed to find these offered as DVDs, rather than as CDs, as the former are not compatible with my car nor my laptop.

Like any open mic event, the line-up varies every single time. This means you may have to sit through performances you don’t quite enjoy.

Luckily, each performance is only five minutes long, max. As well, you might see other Claremont people you know, either from school or within the community. Whether or not this is pleasurable may

3) Art Mart and First Friday ArtWalk: Both Art Mart and Friday ArtWalk take place every Friday evening from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. in the Packing House.

For those unfamilar, the Packing House lives next door to 21 Choices, and houses Eureka! Burger and ZPizza, to name a few. Vendors set up their tables inside the Packing House, down the middle of the downstairs walkway. Even so, there’s plenty of room to meander around and the place is generally not too crowded. The atmosphere feels casual, yet animated­— loud enough, but not too noisy. The event can be fun on one’s own or with a group of friends. The main differene between these two events lies in the fact that the ArtWalk occurs only monthly, and features live music and tends to draw a larger crowd.

For those who have been to either the Art Mart or the First Friday ArtWalk, you already know that the events run quite similarly, and often exhibit the same vendors. In addition, the place tends to draw older adults out on date-night or family night. Wine and cheese make their appearance every time, so take advantage of that if you’re over 21. After a few visits, the excitement wears off. I recommend spacing your visits with several months in between, for the best chance of finding new vendors and products for sale. Enjoy!

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6 • Student Life We asked your new SAS representatives some questions. Read their answers here!

1. What do you think students’ biggest concerns are, and how do you seek to address them?

2. Each representative has their individual roles, but also serve as part of a larger team. How do you hope to serve students through your specific position? As a part of SAS generally?

3. How do you intend to engage students more with their student government?

4. What is one impact you’d like to have on Scripps during your term? Put another way, for what would you like to be remembered after your term?

5. What is the best way for students to hold you accountable for the promises you made in your campaign platform?

nereida montes diversity & inclusivity chair

1. My biggest concern for Scripps is the lack of diversity on campus and the supposedly big commitment to it. Although Scripps does a good job in providing means of support for its underrepresented communities it can always do better. I want to see more administrative action around issues of diversity and inclusivity and look forward to see this institution walk the walk and not just talk about commitment. I hope that becoming a liason between students of these underrepresented communities and administration that I can build a community that really is committed to addressing and changing these problems.

2. [I have] a big role that requires a lot of communication with the underrepresented communities at here at Scripps.

Although I realize it is my job to represent and to be a liaison between those communities, SAS and Administration, I also believe that this is a team effort. The job of Diversity and Inclusivity is not only my job as future chair, but everyone’s collective and mutual job. Due to that fact it is my responsibility to build community and relationship with all the underrepresented communities at Scripps so that together we can work on Diversity and Inclusivity.

3. [T]his job is not only my job but a community effort, which is why I plan on building community with the various CLORGs at Scripps and other 5C organizations. I want to build healthy and inclusive conversations with CLORG leaders so that I best know how to bring their voices o the table and make sure that they are heard.

4. I hope to continue the great work that has already been done around issues of Diversity and Inclusivity. I want to see a Native American and Indigenous Studies Program finally available for our community. I want to see a scholarship for undocumented students, I want to see undocumented students at Scripps! And a LASPA Center that is representative and inclusive of all the communities at Scripps. I hope that working with the documents like Strategic Plan, Faculty, Administration and students we can all make this happen.

5. I hope to be accountable through various ways, if that means having office hours or contacting me via email or phone, I will always be available to talk to students. I am [also] open for criticism and advice from students. One of the principles I live by is “teach and be teachable” and I definitely want to be teachable and will allow for students to rill me into a direction that can best fit their needs of representation.

minjoo kim

alex frumkin Cherish Molezion

president secretary

1. I think that students are concerned about how SAS is working to representing the student body, and how we are advocating for their views to the administration.

As President, the most important thing for me is to keep the lines of dialogue open so that I better understand student concerns. I plan to listen, to communicate those issues to the administration, and regularly report back to the student body about SAS’ work.

2. I hope to serve students by being accessible and honest about the work that I am doing. I believe it’s imperative for students on campus to view me, and all of SAS, as a resource. I plan on staying active within the community. As the head of the Executive Board it is critical for me to be supportive of those members in anyway that I can be. I will work with them to establish goals, and follow up with them outside of the meetings to make sure they are staying on track and achieving those goals.

3. I will continue to hold office hours, and I will also be sending more emails to the student body about what has been happening on SAS. I plan on reaching out to encourage more voices to be apart of SAS discussions. I hope that the community continues to attend the BeHeard forums, and weekly SAS meetings.

4. I would love to be remembered as someone who really helped rebuild SAS to be a great governing body that is representative of all students, and enacted changes that made a real difference in our community.

5. I’m confident that SAS, especially Tori, will do a great job of holding me accountable to the promises that I made, but if any student feels as though I am not fulfilling those promises I encourage them to just come talk to me. I will be holding office hours so I welcome anyone to come talk to me about anything.

jewels tambone 5c events chair 1. Although I do not think students have many concerns with my job specifically, I will continue creating fun events that are inclusive of everyone. Some examples of ways I will do this include providing wine as a gluten-free option and making sure that all parties are wheelchair accessible. It is important that I create events that students want to attend and feel comfortable attending, and will be open to any and all suggestions or ideas that people have regarding ways to ensure this.

2. I hope to serve students by being as accessible as possible since it is important for SAS to represent the views of the student body as a whole. I plan on having an active role on campus by attending as many events as possible so that I am aware of students concerns and wishes in order to plan fun events that address these issues.

3. I plan on encouraging students to attend BeHeard forums as well as meetings so that SAS has a better sense of student’s concerns and so there is more transparency and students have a better understanding of the role of SAS and what we are doing.

4. This year, I met so many students across the 5C’s through 5C parties and events. I hope to continue creating events that encourage this interaction.

5. The best way for students to hold me accountable for the promises I made in my campaign is to contact me regarding any concerns they have. Although the 5C Events Chair does not hold office hours, I will try to make myself as accessible as possible by attending a wide range of events across campus. Feel free to contact me at JTambone0185@SCR.

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1. There aren’t necessarily any large concerns with my role, but I’d like to maintain transparency that has already been established.

Students will continue to be updated on what SAS is doing by maintaining an upto-date website and weekly minutes. As a whole, I want to address students issues by being readily available to listen and convey whatever is necessary to SAS and vice-versa.

2. Ultimately, I hope to serve students by acting as a liaison between SAS and the student body. I want to ensure that students are updated on what’s going on within SAS, so they feel certain that SAS is an accessible and accurately representative group. Generally speaking, I want to facilitate effective communication between the Programming and Executive boards so they’re informed of what’s going on amongst each other. I will work with both boards to ensure that what they’re doing is also accurately represented to the student body.

3. To engage students, I plan to maintain the accessibility of the website so there is pertinent and timely information available to the student body. Also, by being present and accessible, at various events, like BeHeard forums, students will hopefully feel that I’m accessible and that they’re welcome to approach me with any issues.

4. I’d like to be remembered as a responsible and open liaison between SAS and the student body. SAS is moving in a great direction, in terms of establishing transparency and accessibility, and I hope to be remembered as someone who maintained that.

ALISON KIBE MEDIA RELATIONS CHAIR

1. Transparency. Before I had the opportunity to serve on SAS, I didn’t feel all that connected to it – I didn’t know how much SAS did for our campus or how to become more engaged with it. This year I started shooting 60 Seconds of SAS, the idea being that students could take around a minute out of their week to get a glimpse of what SAS is doing.

Transparency has been a specific goal SAS has had for the past few years and I think that this involves finding more ways to get students to engage and become interested with what we are doing. We’ve gotten a positive response to the video updates, and I will be making more!

2. This year I had the chance to give a basics workshop in Photoshop and InDesign for SAS Senators and I want to extend this opportunity to other parts of our community. Being able to make good advertising is a useful skill and can improve visibility. I already get to work with other SAS members, but I would also like to work with other representatives to start making blogs and to continue to build up our website.

3. I want to cut the cost of engaging with SAS. I attend two hours of SAS meetings, so to me it seems like it would be easy to spend five minutes a week to look up the meeting minutes, but as I’ve found, not a lot of people interact with information that way. I think that this means we need to continue to establish the website as a useful resource and find new ways to reach out to students.

4. I want all Scripps students to know what SAS is, what we do, and know that they can reach out to us.

5. The best way to hold me accountable would be to have students seek out information about SAS and contact me or another representative if there is information that they think is missing. Watch our videos, look for our articles in The Voice, and check our Facebook page. I’m do work behind all of these things, and am open to doing more. I will continue to explore new ways to engage students, but your input is important.

caroline hu & michelle guan

stu u chair

1. More recently, we’ve seen and experienced multiple issues of our community — transparency, representation, fairness, and inclusivity. I think the best way to go about addressing these sources of concerns is to first understand the students’ needs, listen, and then open up the discussion for meaningful dialogue so we can create fair resolutions together.

2. As for my position, my primary goal is to have more students familiar with SAS through the use of the Student Union. There is still a significant portion of the student body that does not recognize that this space exists specifically for our students, and run solely by the students. I hope to continue working closely with various SAS officers to hold more events in the Student Union and to bring more people into the area. In addition to sitting on the Facilities Planning Committee, I also plan on attending maintenance meetings so I am better updated with what is happening on campus.

3. After this year, I hope to see more students taking advantage of all the resources SAS continues to provide them with and to see them further engaging with SAS and the Student Union. I plan on reaching out to more students and talking to them about SAS so they become engaged and interested with the work of the student government.

4. The Student Union has only had 2 previous Student Union Chairs before me. One of the reasons I decided to run again this year for the same position was to finish the work I started, which was to firmly establish the Student Union as a safe space where all students are welcome and excited to be in. I hope to be remembered as the Student Union Chair that really transformed the Student Union to be a more student friendly space.

5. The best way students can hold me accountable is if they come and communicate their concerns or comments. I plan on reaching out to the students with monthly polls of what resources they want to see in the Student Union, so I can better serve the needs of the students.

I also plan on being more accessible by attending more events and meetings so I can remain updated about student issues on campus.

alex april jarc

1. I think that the students’ biggest concerns are transparency within the JARC position as well as not knowing about many of the opportunitites judicially and academically on campus. To address these issues, I plan to hold more open office hours, offer more individual meetings, as well as create different info sessions and programs to help students learn about these different opportunities on campus.

2. In addition to performing the roles of JARC and widening student involvement, I look forward to participating in the greater legislative body and discussing issues about Scripps as they arise throughout the school year.

3. Within my own position, I plan to make many events for students to not only receive academic and judicial information, but also to know more about their student government. Even though I think just the creation of events is important, it becomes clear that the only way these students will attend these events and forums will be if they even know about that. Communication and advertising around Scripps will be vital next year so that all students have the opportunity to know and become excited about programs and SAS! 4. Something I heard over and over again while running for JARC and talking to students was the fact that they just didn’t know about academic choices on campus (such as petitions & self designed majors). For me next year, I really, really want to be able to talk oneon-one through some sort of communication with every first year and sophomore so that as they move forward with their Scripps education, they can gain access to so many more options and opportunitites.

5. Throughout my time as JARC, I will always hold office hours and will have my dorm room available to knock on for questions or concerns.

I consider myself an open and honest person, so I want students to know that they can always contact me about anything going forward.

co-treasurers

1. We believe that Scripps students have a strong desire to be involved in key decisions about Scripps’ future. We see the need for more transparency in terms of student leadership and communication with the administration. As treasurers, we will keep all channels of communication open and accessible to every student group on campus.

2. As treasurers, we hope to break down financial jargon and make the budgeting process more understandable for all students. Next year, we seek to be proactive in helping students become more financially literate. As a part of SAS, we will be voices for traditionally underrepresented and marginalized students in our board meetings.

3. Both of us are a part of different communities, and we recognize the value of engaging with various groups on campus. Therefore, we will continue to be accessible and friendly student leaders.

4. We want to be remembered as leaders who served our community. As we emphasized in our campaign, we are here to serve and be a resource to the student body.

5. We will hold office hours to engage with the student body.

We welcome any and all feedback in writing or in person.

Additionally, we are willing to help students learn more about budgeting and finance.

6. Is there anything else you’d like to add?

We’re very excited to be on SAS!

victoria sepand

sac

1. Regarding my role, I don’t think students have major concerns, but I will continue to send out the weekly emails on time and help PB plan events that are fun for everyone. In terms of campus wide concerns, I think SAS will continue to work on being representative of a lot of different voices. I also think we need to make sure that we have conversations that result in creating concrete plans of action for us to follow throughout the year.

2. As a part of SAS generally? I hope to serve students by being accessible and attending a wide range of events so that I can stay updated on the topics being discussed and conversations happening around Scripps and the 5Cs. For my job as SAC, it’s important to me that I am supportive of the members of PB in anyway I can be. Whether that means helping them set up for events, discussing ideas, or connecting them with the right people, I want to make sure our events are successful and fun for the whole student body.

3. I intend to engage students in SAS more by being present in the community and inviting students to come to SAS meetings and BeHeard forums. As a community, we need to come up with solutions to issues that most people will be happy about, and SAS can’t do that alone. We have to work with lots of different people and invite all of Scripps to join us in those discussions.

4. I’d like to be remembered for always being accessible, approachable, and accountable for my actions. I’d also like to help SAS be a better reflection of the diverse Scripps student body.

5. The best way for students to hold me accountable to the promises I made is to come talk to me. If a student feels that I am not fulfilling a promise, let’s talk about it and work out the issue. I will be holding office hours and showing up to a range of events throughout the year so that I can keep myself updated on current issues and be knowledgable in SAS meeting about what is going on around campus.

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anna cechony

rebecca millberg campus activities chair 1. In terms of my position as

faculty-staff relations chair 1. I think that this year has shown

that Scripps students want to be a part of conversations that are happening regarding the procedures of the college. I know that SAS has learned a lot this year about how to create more transparency and discussions and I know that will only continue next year!

2. As faculty staff relations chair I want to create a greater sense of community between all members of the college. I want to send invitations to student events to the faculty and staff to help them understand the work we are doing and have better communication with the faculty and staff student representatives. As a greater part of SAS I will continue to go to every event that I can, SAS or otherwise, to remain informed and representative of our student body.

3. I want to work with the rest of SAS to reach out to people that aren’t just our best friends who already come to SAS events in order to include a diverse group of people in SAS discussions. I think working and partnering with other student groups will also increase the people involved and working with out student government.

4. In the coming year I am going to work very hard to increase communication with the students, faculty and staff. I know that faculty staff relations chair is not the most recognized or important position on SAS, but I would love my term to be known for the hard work myself and the rest of SAS put into making the faculty and staff more accessible next year.

5. Next year since my position will be on both boards, I will be accountable to Alex and Tori and I know they will do a great job of making sure that myself and the other SAS members are held accountable for our actions. Also, I would like to have a page on the SAS website where I post updates of my meetings with Dean of Faculty and the Student/ Faculty Relations Chair staff member. I am also very willing to hear any comments the student body has about my job!

Campus Activities Chair, I think students are concerned about a lack of awareness about dietary restrictions at SAS snack and are also frustrated by how difficult it can be to find snack. To remedy these problems, I will serve gluten free and vegan options at every snack and publish a semesterlong snack location schedule on the SAS website for everyone to see. In terms of SAS in general, I think students are concerned about a lack of transparency when SAS is discussing issues that affect the whole student body and that SAS members can seem inaccessible to other Scripps students. While my position won’t necessarily deal directly with these issues, I will encourage discussion with many different constituencies and will make sure to personally talk to as many students as possible!

2.I will serve student by creating accessible and delicious SAS snacks and will create new events such as monthly gallery nights in the motley or student union that showcase student work! As a general SAS member, I will make sure to be in constant conversation with students so that they can use me as a resource and I can connect them with other helpful SAS resources/members.

3. I think SAS snack is a great way to get students thinking about what SAS has to offer. That’s why getting more students to come to snack by posting a semester-long location schedule is so important! I will also be at the entirety of snack every week for students to come talk to me about snacks they want to see, event ideas, and concerns.

4. Like I said, I will be at snack for the full hour every week for anyone to come with suggestions, questions, or concerns. Also, since part of my job is partnering with CLORGS to sponsor SAS snack, I am planning on attending one meeting per semester of every co-sponsoring CLORG.

jessica ng

haley godtfredsen

dorm activities chair 1. Right now I would say student’s biggest concerns are transparency and getting more from SAS. I am going to try and change Senate to be more effective and efficient and I hope to be incredibly transparent about what goes on, and hopefully get more people involved.

2. My specific position is in charge of senate as well as dorm activities. I hope to create a stronger connection between RAs, peer mentors, and senate to help facilitate dorm activities. I want to start senate earlier and increase visibility and attendance as well. I hope to be apart of more decision making as well because this position is becoming EB as well as PB this year. This will allow me to be informed about more things happening on campus and bring those to the senators to hear their opinion and vote on.

3. I hope to get a lot more students involved in senate. Senate is a great stepping stone to being on SAS. It also is a fantastic way to get involved.

You get to plan dorm programing and events as well as be aware or things happening on campus and have your opinions heard.

4. I would like to totally reform senate, and be remembered for this. I think Scripps could really benefit from a strong senate that works with other organizations on campus, and I hope to work to make this happen.

5. I will use the website as well as have senate meetings twice a month that are open to everyone!

s u s ta i n a b i l i t y chair 1. Students want to get everything out of Scripps that Scripps has promised them. I will move Scripps towards the sustainability I--and, I hope, others--expect from my college.

2. Through the Sustainability Chair position, I hope to provide students with tools and information to be more sustainable in their daily habits. On SAS in general, I hope to bring student concerns I’ve heard to the discussion--and I’ll be actively listening for concerns around campus.

3. I will bring up SAS in casual conversations with students who aren’t actively engaged in SAS. 4. I want to set a precedence for an active, effective Sustainability Chair.

I want students to have adopted less environmentally damaging habits, and I want the campus to use less resources because of my term as Chair.

5. I would like to table in Seal Court regularly with an engaging sustainability-related activity, and I will provide a feedback/suggestions box on the side. I’m considering holding a weekly office hour, but I think tabling would be more convenient and get broader, more frequent feedback.

for more information and interviews with other candidates, check out our website thescrippsvoice.com!

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inside the bubble: free events QRC’s Let There be Prom Gaypril Party Saturday, April 26 9:30 - 12:30 a.m.

Sontag Greek Theatre Coloring Beauty Photo Exhibit Thursday, May 1 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Scripps SCORE

We’re All Somebody’s Type: A Demonstration about Blood Drive Policy Tuesday, April 22 12 p.m.

Smith Campus Center (SCC), Pomona The Brown Boi Project by QRC Friday, April 25 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

QRC, Pomona College

Choice USA’s Spring Egg Hunt Sunday, April 20 11 a.m.

Jaqua Quad, Scripps

Berlioz Requiem- in Two Concerts Fri, April 18: 8 p.m.

Sun, April 20: 3 p.m.

Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College

Former VP of Taiwan Guest Speaks Thursday, April 17 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.

Blue Room, Frank Dining Hall, Pomona College

Laguna Beach Trip Saturday, April 19 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sign up in SARLO.

BLT Presents: The Fantasticks April 25 - 27 8 p.m. - 2 p.m.

SCC Social Room/ the Motley Coffeehouse

Community Ally Training Monday, April 21 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

International Place of the Claremont Colleges

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The Marauder’s Son: A New Ballet Saturday, April 19 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Pendleton Dance Center, Pomona College

Kohoutek Music and Arts Festival Fri- Sat, April 25 - 27 3 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Pitzer Mounds

(Re) Organize Walmart: Organizing for Respect 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 24 Pomona College Women’s Union

Hijabi Monologues at the 5Cs Friday, April 18 7 p.m.

Rose Hills Theatre, Pomona College

BLT Presents: The Fantasticks April 25 - 27 Fri-Sat, Apr. 25-26: 7 p.m.

Sun, April 27: 2 p.m.

SCC Social Room/ the Motley Coffeehouse

Take Back the Night 2014 Thursday, April 24 8 p.m.

Marston QuadPomona College

5C TASA Benefit Night Market Friday, April 18 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

McKenna Auditorium

Claremont Zinefest Saturday, April 19 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Claremont Packing House, Claremont Village

Anatolia’s Senior Recital Friday, April 25 8-9:30 p.m.

Little Bridges Hall of Music, PO

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What the Aussies brought to MBFWA Stephanie Huang ’16 Fashion Columnist

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n the midst of applying to study abroad programs, I highly considered Australia simply because of Fashion Week Australia, one of the four Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks along with New York, Berlin, and Istanbul. When I say that MBFWA is a reason to study abroad in Australia, I am only half-joking. In a sense, MBFWA embodies the inherent effortless and fun approach to aesthetics and style that the Australian fashion sphere has. Without as much of the overhype of NYFW, MBFWA is refreshing and a space where fashion exists as its own entity.

MBFWA embodies the inherent effortless and fun approach to aesthetics and style that the Australian fashion sphere has.

In early April, the fashion industry gathered in Sydney to witness the likes of established talent such as Dion Lee and Zimmerman. Yet in addition to the usual stars, a few new designers made debuts with new silhouettes, sleek minimalism, and fresh prints—all of which are a testament to modernity.

Having only just graduated in 2012 yet already earning praise from Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, prodigy Leroy Nguyen impressed yet again with his collection Blue Rose—a juxtaposition of the starkness of cities against the innate desire for nature. The result?

Masculine lines and shapes paired with feminine hues that reflect the balance and tension between the city and nature.

Alongside the rising successes of the runways, the Aussie street style game this month proved to be innovative and quirky, as per usual.

From unexpected color pairings to unconventional layering, bloggers and editors alike provided for inspiration off the runways. Take bloggers Zanita Whittington and Jessica Stein for instance, who both managed to pull off pale pink in very different ways, all the while retaining some hardness that offsets the girlishness of the color.

Leroy Nguyen MBFWA, Photo courtesy of Fashion Search Online

Leroy Nguyen MBFWA, Photo courtesy of Fashion Search Online

Zanita Whitington and Jessica Stein, Photo courtesy of PopSugar

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discovering The Rules of the Game

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Caroline Nelson ‘16 TV Columnist

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Recently I began watching “Game of Thrones,” finally ending a conscious effort on my part to avoid it. This was for a variety of reasons, but I think chief among them was that I didn’t want to pick a side in the kinds of debates it’s been raising. If I watched it and didn’t like it, I would have to say I didn’t like it to friends who were huge fans by aligning myself with the kinds of people who think that it’s a tasteless mix of “Dungeons and Dragons” and pornography that should have been left in the basement with twelve-sided dice and the rest of the genre. On the other side are those who believe that this opinion stems only from anti-fantasy bigotry and that “Game of Thrones” is one of the best TV shows of all time, some people calling it the best HBO show ever made, and just from what I read, all this struck me as highly dubious. Also, if I ended up really liking the show I knew I was in for some unpleasant experiences (we should have all gotten used to seeing Sean Bean die by now but somehow it still hurts).

I do think “Game of Thrones” is a good show and would caution anyone to dismiss it because it is fantasy. This is because, unlike most of the self-important derivative ridiculousness that makes up modern high fantasy, “Game of Thrones” manages to give audiences the sword fights and dragons while carving out its own territory. Instead of playing around with the same old tropes, Martin and the creators of the show have brought this story out of the mists and down to a solid ground of alternate history complete with complex dynamic characters instead of worn out archetypes. This is less “Beowulf” and more the Wars of the Roses, where you don’t know who will come out on top.

It is this preoccupation with history (real and imagined) that helps to add depth to the story and balance some of the more tawdry and forced elements that serve to create a decidedly un-Medieval feeling, especially in the earlier episodes— in particular, the elements that seem like they are trying to hard to remind the viewers that this show is serious and gritty and for adults damn it! Specifically, the sporadic use of profanity that feels like it’s there when the writers remember it and the large amount of prostitutes that make it look like anything in the Middle Ages lacking an Y chromosome was either a would-be queen or a sex worker. And yes, like everyone else on the internet I find the insertion of female nudity into scenes that were interesting enough on their own, thank you very much, to be patronizing, exploitative, and just plain irritating.

Now where do I stand in relation to the two camps I described earlier? I don’t ascribe to either view. This show shouldn’t be written off as trash but I certainly wouldn’t call it the best series ever made. So going with the “two camps” metaphor, I’m wandering around looking for somewhere to pitch a tent.

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Sustainability Art contest

The Scripps Environmental Club hosted an art contest during the Sustainability Fair on Friday, April 11, inviting people to make a piece of art to express what sustainability means to them.

The Scripps Voice is excited to present the winners of the contest. Congratulations to Laura Hernandez, Carolyn Lasch-Buckley, and our anonymous contributor.

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Artist: Laura Hernandez

Artist: Carolyn Lasch-Buckley

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Artist: Anonymous