Upcoming Student Opportunities

DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST

CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest.  Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public affairs, broadly defined, domestic or international.  This site offers useful advice on how to write an op-ed: https://www.theopedproject.org/resources

Eligibility

The competition is open to Claremont McKenna College students and 5C undergraduates currently taking courses at CMC.

Length

Op-eds should be no longer than 750 words.

Awards:

  • First Prize – $300
  • Second Prize – $ 200
  • Third Prize – $ 100
  • Honorable Mentions – $50

Submission and deadline

Students should submit entries by email as attached pdfs or Word files (please, no Google docs) to Professor Pitney (jpitney@cmc.edu) by Friday, December 13.  Announcement of awards will take place during the spring semester.

 

Upcoming Events

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Past Student Events

The State of Student Journalism on College Campuses  —  February 22, 2024

Moderator: John J. Pitney

Panelists: Jameson Mitrovich ’24, Nate Weisberg ’24, Ben Lauren PZ ’25

CMC Student Debate: Should All Drugs Be Legalized?  —  October 12, 2023

Affirmative Team: Tanzila Jamal ‘26 & Elizabeth Barry ‘26 

Negative Team: Eliza Gunter ‘27 & Viviana Alvarez de la Cadena Garza ‘27

CMC Student debate – Resolution: The United States Should Maintain Current Levels of Immigration.

Deadline to Register: Wednesday, September 18 at Midnight

Debate: Wednesday, October 2nd

 

Dreier Roundtable Op-ed Contest — Fall 2023

First place

Aina Yukawa ’27 — Biden’s ‘Smart’ Border is Not Humane nor Effective

Second place (tie)

Kenya Nuñez ’24 — Media’s Blind Spot: Overlooking U.S. Complicity in Forced Latin American Migration

Claire Moore ’26 — Let’s remember why Ukraine is fighting: Why the EU should not rush membership and accession for Ukraine

Third place 

Pieter van Wingerden ’24 — Why We Need a Reagan-era Navy Build-Up