12/15 The Slate
The Single-Sex Trick
It sounds like great news! Children and teachers like their all-boys and all-girls classrooms, according to a recent survey of some 7,000 students by the South Carolina Department of Education, the nation's leader in single-gender public schooling.
12/14 DailyMe
Laser tag, karaoke keep finals from being a test of nerves
LOS ANGELES -- It was just before midnight and hundreds of students in the Caltech cafeteria were digging into plates piled high with eggs, bacon, doughnuts, french toast and...
...the student-organized event. Adam Griffith, a freshman at Claremont McKenna College, which is also a member of the Claremont University...
12/13 Redding.com (AP)
Dan Walters: Inland California and GOP could gain under redistricting
Drawing new legislative and congressional districts whether done by the Legislature, the courts or Californias new independent redistricting commission is a zero-sum...
...the same, how would the political landscape change? The Rose Institute at Claremont McKenna College, which has advised Republicans on...
12/12 CNN Transcripts
Obama's Tax Cut Compromise; Interview With Ehud Barak
FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST: This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria. The best that can be said about Obama's compromise with the Republican Party on taxes is that it might not cause too much...
...director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. And Elizabeth Economy is a senior fellow for...
12/12 Pasadena Star-News (AP)
Claremont election race could have 11 candidates
CLAREMONT - While there is still time to run for the March 3 General Election in this city, the hourglass is almost empty. The city has had 11 people pull nomination papers as of Friday, but only two candidates have returned...
...is a big group," said Doug Johnson, a research fellow with Claremont McKenna College's Rose Institute. "It definitely makes it hard to stand...
12/12 Fresno Bee
EDITORIAL: Redistricting start is solid
Citizens commission will redraw...
...will redraw boundaries. A study released Wednesday by the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College...
12/11 Chronicle of Higher Education
Among the Evangelicals
Inside a fractured...
...different cities, Shields, an assistant professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, calls for a reassessment of the Christian right's...
12/11 The Straits Times
China's state media joins Nobel-bashing
Award of Peace Prize to jailed dissident labelled a political farce Beijing - China's state media yesterday lashed out at the Nobel Peace Prize committee for the 'political farce' of recognising Liu Xiaobo, after an empty chair stood in for the jailed dissident during the award ceremony in...
...laugh, say analysts. Dr Minxin Pei, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College in California, said the only opinions that matter are those...
12/11 Marin Independent Journal (AP)
College notebook: Maine event -- Marin soccer duo bolstered Bowdoin's playoff run
BEN Denton-Schneider and Call Nichols may be on the opposite coast from where their soccer lives first took root, but the duo has done an excellent job carving out a reputation for themselves and their school in the New England Small College Athletic...
...grad Lizzie Van Buskirk, who plays college soccer at Claremont McKenna College, was selected for the 2010 Southern California Intercollegiate...
12/11 Press-Telegram (AP)
Sacramento power shift has already begun
SACRAMENTO -- Three weeks remain before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hands over the reins of power to Gov.-elect Jerry Brown, but Brown proved last week that the shift has already taken...
...a helpful exercise," said Jack Pitney, politics professor at Claremont McKenna College. "It was an opportunity to reintroduce himself to the...
12/10 NY Times
Tirades Against Nobel Aim at Audience in China
As much of the world on Friday focused their eyes on the empty seat in Oslo that starkly represented the absence of the Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, a lone Chinese blogger posted the image of a chair on the countrys most popular microblogging site.
12/09 Pasadena Star-News (AP)
SB County to pick up seats
San Bernardino County will have more representation in Sacramento and Washington over the coming 10 years than it has had in the past 10. That's one finding of a new report looking at the likely outcome of next year's redistricting...
...year's redistricting process. The report, published by the Claremont McKenna College-based Rose Institute of State and Local Government,.
12/09 Scottrade
Miramax today
Miramax today announced that Michael Lang has been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Lang will be based at the new Miramax headquarters in Santa Monica and will oversee the renowned Miramax film library, which was acquired by Filmyard Holdings on December 3,...
...Harvard Business School and he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College. About Miramax The Miramax library is a collection of...
12/08 Christian Science Monitor (AP)
Jerry Brown gives California lawmakers budget warning: brace yourself
Gov.-elect Jerry Brown serves notice that he is serious about addressing California's chronic budget crisis, gathering state lawmakers to impress upon them the depth of the...
...the state and federal levels, says John Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College, via e-mail. It's unlikely that the economic...
12/08 KPBS
San Diego County To Keep Firm Hand On Redistricting
Like the State of California and the City of San Diego, the County must consider district boundary lines every 10 years, after the latest census. San Diego Countys Board of Supervisors has decided to keep a firm hand on the process, in spite of signs that the voters prefer redistricting to be more...
...Santa Fe for his North County district. Doug Johnson, of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College,..
12/07 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (AP)
Obama urges action on Medicare
Cuts loom for doctor...
...in public policy, said Jack Pitney, a political- science professor at Claremont McKenna College. "A lot of public-policy issues are zero-sum...
12/07 Pasadena Star-News (AP)
Donnelly seeks to bring Arizona-style immigration law to California
Freshman Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Claremont, wasted no time in making good on one of his top campaign promises. In his first act after being sworn in to office this week, the Tea Party-backed lawmaker introduced legislation aimed at curbing illegal immigration in California with provisions similar to...
...bill in a Democratic legislature," said political scientist Jack Pitney of Claremont McKenna College. Still, Donnelly isn't giving up. "That...
12/06 Southeast Green
Sustainability Rankings
Written by Jeff Gowdy As a sustainability consultant, I often get asked some version of the question "What company is the most sustainabie?" It is a good question and there is no definitive answer.
...(e.g. Forbes 100 Most Sustainable Companies) to academic institutes (Claremont-McKenna's Environmental and Sustainability Reporting Scores) to nonprofits...
12/06 PR-USA.net
IGEN Networks Corp continues to build a world class advisory board, with the appointment of three ne
Mr. Robert Nealon reports: IGEN is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to the Advisory Board, who will assist the Board of Directors for IGEN Networks Corp.
...Alexander. Mr. Casselman holds a B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna College and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law...
12/04 Redlands Daily Facts
School reform at risk
Democrats' plans may face GOP...
...conflict over education," said Jack Pitney, a professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College. "Both in California and the country as a...
12/04 Press-Telegram (AP)
With divided Congress, tough road for Obama's education reform
The Obama administration has pushed an ambitious education agenda in the past two years, sending $100 billion to states through the stimulus package and spurring reform through the Race to the Top competition.
...conflict over education," said Jack Pitney, a professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College. "Both in California and the country as a...
12/03 Star-Telegram
It's time to turn off everything and go back to sleep
McClatchy Newspapers We all know that not getting enough shut-eye can cause all sorts of health and behavioral problems, but we're pushing back bedtime to get in more work It's midnight and Carolyn Donaldson is clacking away on her keyboard.
..."People look at sleep as expendable," says psychologist Diane Halpern of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., and author of Women at...
12/03 Yahoo! Finance US
Greenberg Traurig Expands Bay Area Corporate & Securities and Litigation Practices by Adding Craig Lilly and Jeff Lokey to the Silicon Valley Office
EAST PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Silicon Valley office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues to grow its Corporate & Securities and Litigation Practices.
...San Francisco School of Law (1998) and B.A. from Claremont McKenna College (1993). Greenberg Traurig s Corporate & Securities Group has more...
12/02 National Public Radio
On Hill, A Game Of 'Chicken' Over Tax Cuts
Now that House Democrats have pushed through an extension of tax cuts for the middle class sending the bill to a certain death in the Senate they can only hope their symbolic act pays off with voters in 2012.
...breaks for middle-class Americans,' " political scientist Jack Pitney, of Claremont McKenna College in California, says. "It's a standard...
12/01 San Francisco Sentinel.com
AMERICANS DONT HATE THE RICH
Commentary Magazine The liberal-opinion industry spoke with one voice: President Obamas tax plan was his partys best hope to avert a midterm disaster.
...America s Limitless Welfare State (Encounter 2010) and a visiting scholar at Claremont McKenna College s Salvatori Center.