Can students really do anything about prison abolition? How do we organize for real change on campuses, and create lasting effects, despite everyone asking us to keep our heads in our studies? Did you know that the companies that provide the very food some university students eat (such as the French company Sodexo) are large contributors to the Prison-Industrial complex? Listen to “Drop Sodexo! An Interview” to hear Shanawar Zahoor Butt (Pitzer ‘21) in conversation with Sophie Peters (Scripps ‘20), Alex Hammond (Pomona ‘20), and Griffin Cloud Levine (Pomona ‘19), three members in the movement to drop the company Sodexo at the Claremont Colleges. Hear about the struggles and triumphs that came with the movement to drop the company, how to keep a movement going when students graduate, and about what students and activists face in our rapidly changing world.

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Drop Sodexo! An interview with student activists

Not all Zoom calls are created equal! We’re living so much of our lives online these days, but creative approaches can help make these meetings less strained and more engaging. The Hive's Shannon Randolph and Fred Leichter fill us in on some of the ways they’ve experimented with improving their remote interactions, like mixing the “virtual” and “real,” incorporating online tools and taking advantage of new opportunities. Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 7: Break the Screen

If you were to be cut off from the bulk of your music library — stranded on a desert island, say — what are the eight discs that might sustain you? Join Vassar professor and New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, and CSULB professor, DJ, and podcast host Oliver Wang, for a conversation about the long-running BBC Radio program “Desert Island Discs” (about which Hsu wrote for the New Yorker in March). Hsu and Wang will discuss the BBC series and talk about a few of their own “must-have” tracks as well. Hua Hsu is associate professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific (Harvard University Press) and has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2017, where he writes about culture and ideas. Oliver Wang is associate professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach. For more than 25 years he’s been an active DJ; his popular music criticism is available both in scholarly venues (Legions of Boom, Duke University Press) and more popular outlets, such as his work for NPR Music and his years of hosting podcasts — first “Pop Rocket” and, since 2017, “Heat Rocks.”

Pomona College Humanities Studio presents Desert Island Discs

Staying at home gives us a chance to reset some of our food habits and try new things — there’s no better time than the present to rethink how we eat! Pomona nutritionist Liz Ryan explains some principles of mindful eating from the shopping cart to the stove and the snack drawer. Plus, Pomona student Makeda Bullock Floyd recounts her own food learning experience in quarantine. Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 6: Loaf Story

Life is pretty different during the pandemic, and some of the new situations we face might be emotionally taxing or cause more anxiety than usual. It can be helpful to understand where these emotions come from, how they affect us and what we can do about them. Pitzer professor of psychology Marcus Rodriguez suggests some tips for responding more effectively to strong feelings and difficult moments. Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 5: Turn Down the Dial

Life is full of sound, and it's easy to tune most of it out — but taking some time to listen to the world around us can help us reflect on what we've been missing all along. Pomona music professor Alfred Cramer and student Benjamin Cote talk about exploring soundscapes and how you can presence yourself through a soundwalk or any kind of listening experience, right where you are.  Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 4: Surround Sound

Meditation and mindfulness practices don’t require you roll out the yoga mat or clear your mind perfectly every time — they’re about centering yourself in whatever ways work throughout the day. Pomona assistant dean Paola Ruiz-Beas talks about how she learned to incorporate mindfulness throughout her own life and leads us in a guided meditation. Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 3: Make Up Your Mindfulness

Creative, green reuses of your food can benefit your body, your mind and the earth. The farm managers at Pomona's Organic Farm explain how some of the techniques they use can work in your home, too – including regrowing vegetables, making a stock from scraps, composting and growing basil. Making It Work is KSPC's series to help you be at your physical and emotional best during the pandemic. Through conversations with members of the 5C community, we gather easy, user-friendly ways to make life better while staying at home, whether it's staying busy, getting creative, meditating or just keeping a positive outlook.

Making It Work Ep 2: Getting Scrappy

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