Claremont Insider: Welcome Back

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Welcome Back

Enjoy the Labor Day weekend before another school year begins. The Claremont Colleges are back in session beginning next Tuesday, Sept. 4th, and the Claremont Unified School District starts classes the next day.

The Colleges' September events calendar is out, and there are plenty of things going next month:

Ginger Elliot from Claremont Heritage will be giving a lecturing on Tuesday, Sept. 11th, titled "Claremont: 100 Years in the Life of a Town." The lecture is from noon to 1pm at the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College, 345 E. 9th St. Call 607-9372 for information.

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Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina will be speaking on "Health Care in Los Angeles" on Wednesday, Sept. 13th, at the Marian Miner Cook Anthenaeum at Claremont McKenna College. The Anthenaeum is located at 385 E. 8th St. Call (909) 621-8244 for information.

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Scripps College's Humanities Institute is also hosting a Fall 2007 lecture series called "Unequal We Stand: What Future for the American Middle Class." The following two lectures are scheduled for next month:

  • Tuesday, Sept. 18th, 7:30pm
    Garrison Theater

    Poverty and Inequality in America - Why Care?

    Mark Rank,
    Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare
    George Warren Brown School of Social Work
    Washington University in St. Louis

  • Tuesday, Sept. 25th, 7:30pm
    Garrison Theater

    All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy

    Jared Bernstein,
    Director of the Living Standards Program,
    Economic Policy Institute
Garrison Theater is located at 231 E. 10th St. on the Scripps College campus. Call (909) 621-8326 for more information.