Postcards
Lawrence Biemiller visits America's college towns.
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For Claremont’s Female Presidents, ‘It’s Not Lonely at the Top’
Women who are college presidents, says one of them, “came up through a system that saw you as talented and ambitious, and didn’t understand why you would want to be that way.”
Lunch at Grove House: Sandwiches, Cookies, and a Taste of Philosophy
As the cafe’s cook and kitchen manager, Zenia Gutiérrez is fast becoming one of the most important people on Pitzer College’s campus.
Cal Poly Pomona’s Doomed Tower Awaits Its Fate
The university plans to tear down its most visible icon and replace it with something that will be safer in earthquakes and easier to maintain.
What Students Ask About Orozco’s Prometheus Is, Well, Obvious
The nude Prometheus is stretching skyward in his perpetual agony, and he is, you might say, all crotch and no glory.
Beneath a Pirate Flag, West Hall Offers Pranks and the Occasional Nightmare
West Hall is why Harvey Mudd College has a rule that flames can’t rise higher than the tops of buildings.
After 25 Years of Losses, Caltech Basketball Instills Fears in Presidents’ Hearts
The men’s basketball team at the California Institute of Technology last won a game in its conference in 1985.
The Fifth Dimension Brings a Touch of Magic to Kids’ Afternoons
At a Boys & Girls Club, Whittier College students help struggling students read and write using computer games.
A Tale of 2 Chickens, a President, and Her Mother
The president of Pitzer College shares a story about an ailing bird in the campus chicken coop.
Behind a Campus Chapel, a Place for the Ashes of the Dead
A columbarium—a resting place for the ashes of the deceased—is tucked away at the back of Chapman University’s Fish Interfaith Center.
In Whittier’s Library, a Politician Keeps Company With a Poet
The library at this college, named for the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, has become a storehouse of memorabilia for its alumnus Richard Nixon.
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