The Student Life

{{Short description|Student newspaper of the Claremont Colleges}} {{For|the student newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis|Student Life (newspaper) }} {{use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{use American English|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox newspaper | image = Student life newspaper calif logo.png | image_alt = See caption | caption = | name = The Student Life | type = Weekly newspaper, during the academic year<ref name="Engage at Claremont">{{cite web |title=The Student Life |url=https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/tsl |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020092034/https://claremont.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/tsl |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=9 February 2018 |website=Engage @ Claremont}}</ref> | school = Claremont Colleges | format = Broadsheet | staff_writers = ≈ 130<ref name="Engage at Claremont" /> | founded = {{Start date and age|1889|11}}<ref name="FindingAid">{{cite web |title=Finding Aid for The Student Life |url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f76fpk/entire_text/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522045302/http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f76fpk/entire_text/ |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Online Archive of California}}</ref> | circulation = 1000 print copies, plus digital readership<ref name="Fall 2018 Ad Info">{{cite web |title=The Student Life Fall 2018 Advertising Information |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOCSc1pBCJtYU9oRWhVdEE4c2FDU0taNVF2Y1pKNjJxVFBN/preview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802233506/https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByOCSc1pBCJtYU9oRWhVdEE4c2FDU0taNVF2Y1pKNjJxVFBN/preview |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=29 October 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> | language = English | founders = | chief_editor = Jada Shavers<ref name="TSL Staff">{{cite web |title=TSL Staff |url=http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211185936/http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=The Student Life}}</ref>{{Update after|2025|1}} | headquarters = Room 101, Walker Hall, Pomona College, Claremont, California | oclc = 27659818 | website = {{URL|tsl.news}} }}

'''''The Student Life''''' (abbreviated '''''TSL''''')<ref>{{cite web |title=What does TSL stand for? |url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/The-Student-Life-(Pomona-College%3B-Claremont%2C-CA)-(TSL).html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190008/https://www.acronymfinder.com/The-Student-Life-(Pomona-College%3B-Claremont%2C-CA)-(TSL).html |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Acronym Finder}}</ref> is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges (7Cs, or 5Cs when referring only to the undergraduate colleges), a consortium of liberal arts colleges in Claremont, California. It is published weekly each Friday during the academic year, typically spans roughly ten pages per issue, and is primarily funded by the student governments of the colleges.<ref name="Engage at Claremont" />

The paper is the oldest college newspaper in Southern California, having been published since 1889.<ref name="FindingAid" /><ref name="AboutTSL">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://tsl.news/page/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328125143/http://tsl.news/page/about/ |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |access-date=9 February 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> It is also the largest and most widely distributed campus newspaper at the 5Cs, with a significant readership among students, staff, faculty, alumni, and members of the Claremont community.<ref name="Engage at Claremont" /> It maintains a staff of around 130 students, including writers, columnists, photographers, videographers, designers, copy specialists, business associates, and editors.<ref name="TSL Staff" /><ref name="LinkedIn">{{cite web |title=The Student Life |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-student-life-newspaper/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020221647/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-student-life-newspaper/ |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=16 November 2021 |website=LinkedIn}}</ref>

''TSL'' operates out of Room 101 in Walker Hall on the northern portion of Pomona College's campus.<ref name="AboutTSL" />

== Operations == ''TSL'' is primarily funded by the student governments of the colleges.{{Efn|These are the Associated Students of Pomona College, the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College, Scripps Associated Students, the Associated Students of Harvey Mudd College, and the Pitzer Student Senate}}<ref name="Engage at Claremont" />

It is published weekly each Friday during the academic year.<ref name="Engage at Claremont" />

==History== thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=See caption|Cover of ''TSL''{{'}}s first edition, 1889

''TSL'' (historically abbreviated as "the '''''SL'''''") was founded in November 1889 (two years after the founding of Pomona College) as a four-page monthly called the ''Pomona Student''.<ref name="1889 timeline">{{cite web |title=1889 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1889 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803014702/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1880s/1889 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="Story Sumner">{{cite book |last=Sumner |first=Charles Burt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJkaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA356 |title=The Story of Pomona College |date=1914 |publisher=Pilgrim Press |isbn=1-355-59904-0 |location=Boston |pages=356–358 |language=en |access-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119231752/https://books.google.com/books?id=aJkaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA356 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |url-status=live |authorlink1=Charles Burt Sumner}}</ref>{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=38}} Initially an informal bulletin for campus happenings, it adopted its current name and moved to weekly publication in 1893.<ref name="1893 timeline">{{cite web |date=September 15, 2020 |title=1893 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1893 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104150053/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1890s/1893 |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref><ref name="History 1922" />

By 1926, it was publishing five issues a week; many were filled largely with advertisements.<ref>{{cite web |title=1926 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1926 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173313/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1920s/1926 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> In 1939, this was reduced to two issues per week to save money,<ref>{{cite web |date=September 15, 2020 |title=1939 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1939 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215050906/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1930s/1939 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and in 1944, these issues became only two pages long to conserve paper during World War II.<ref>{{cite web |title=1944 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1944 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173702/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1940s/1944 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> After the war, it gradually expanded, and in 1956, it returned to weekly publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=1956 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1956 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173809/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1950s/1956 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

thumb|''TSL'' editors, {{circa|1950}} In 1965, it merged with other Claremont Colleges newspapers to form the ''Claremont Collegian'', which covered all 5Cs, but it was revived two years later as a Pomona-only publication (except for a two-page weekly insert focusing on newly established Pitzer College).<ref>{{cite web |title=1965 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803173952/https://www.pomona.edu/timeline/1960s/1965 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |website=Pomona College Timeline |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref>

Like other publications, ''TSL'' developed an increasingly robust digital presence in the 2000s and 2010s.<ref name="PCM 2009">{{cite news |last=Hua |first=Vanessa |date=Spring 2009 |title=TSL |url=http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/PCMsp09/FStsl.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528031709/http://www.pomona.edu/magazine/PCMsp09/FStsl.shtml |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=Pomona College Magazine |publisher=Pomona College |volume=45 |issue=3}}</ref>

''TSL'' used to be closely linked with the Associated Students of Pomona College, but moved to become increasingly independent.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} In 2008, it began shifting its focus to cover the entire consortium,{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} and its coverage and staff makeup today reflect all 5Cs.

==Sections== thumb|left|alt=See caption|Front page of ''The Student Life'' (April 6, 2012) ''TSL'' has four primary sections that appear in each issue: News, Arts & Culture, Opinions, and Sports.

The News section appears at the front of the paper, and covers a range of campus politics, issues, and current events, and often includes investigative pieces. The content specifically focuses on the 5Cs and life on campus, and does not usually include coverage of national or international stories.

The Arts & Culture section includes feature stories on campus life, as well as a number of weekly or bi-weekly columns. ''TSL'' is well known for its sex column, which appears regularly and is credited to an anonymous author or pseudonym.<ref name="Sex">{{cite news |last=Song |first=Jason |date=November 19, 2014 |title=Fading elsewhere, sex columns thrive at Claremont Colleges paper |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-sex-column-20141119-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615043952/http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-sex-column-20141119-story.html |archive-date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

The Opinions section includes opinions pieces by columnists and guest columnists, as well as editorials. The content in this section reflects a broad range of the ideological views found at the 5Cs.

The Sports section covers the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas, as well as national sports.

Once a year, typically on the Friday nearest to April Fools' Day, ''TSL'' releases a mock edition of the newspaper with funny articles and satirical news stories.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fall 2017 Joke Issue Insert |url=http://tsl.news/media/archives/March_31_2017_Joke_Issue_Insert.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025142405/http://tsl.news/media/archives/March_31_2017_Joke_Issue_Insert.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2017 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref>

==Notable coverage== {{multiple image|direction=vertical|total_width=230 |image1=The Student Life Office.jpg |alt1=Interior of ''TSL''{{'}}s office, featuring tables, chairs, and computers |image2=Walker Hall, Pomona College.jpg |alt2=Exterior of ''TSL''{{'}}s office in Walker Hall, a Spanish Colonial Revival-style building |footer=''TSL''{{'}}s office is located inside Walker Hall at Pomona College. }} As the Claremont Colleges' paper of record, ''TSL'' has provided much of the original reporting for major events at the 5Cs throughout their history. In recent years, ''TSL''{{'}}s reporting has been frequently referenced by national media outlets reporting on campus controversies.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dureya |first=Bill |date=June 6, 2004 |title=An education in hate |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/06/Floridian/An_education_in_hate.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826071233/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/06/Floridian/An_education_in_hate.shtml |archive-date=August 26, 2017 |access-date=11 February 2018 |website=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2016-04-04 |title=California college students object to 'white feminist' Madeleine Albright as commencement speaker |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-college-students-object-to-white-feminist-madeleine-albright-as-commencement-speaker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005010/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/04/california-college-students-object-to-white-feminist-madeleine-albright-as-commencement-speaker.html |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dean-Bailey |first=Yvonne |title=All-women's school lets students choose between 10 different gender identities |url=https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6326 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131703/https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6326 |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=11 February 2018 |work=Campus Reform}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jaschik |first=Scott |title=Hoop Earrings and Hate |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/15/pitzer-students-debate-free-speech-student-safety-and-cultural-appropriation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131702/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/15/pitzer-students-debate-free-speech-student-safety-and-cultural-appropriation |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Richman |first=Jackson |date=March 1, 2018 |title=Student newspaper protects anti-Israel students' identities so they won't get 'banned from entering Israel' |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/student-newspaper-protects-anti-israel-students-identities-so-they-wont-get-banned-from-entering-israel/article/2650413 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307161110/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/student-newspaper-protects-anti-israel-students-identities-so-they-wont-get-banned-from-entering-israel/article/2650413 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |access-date=7 March 2018 |work=Washington Examiner}}</ref>

In November 2015, ''TSL''{{'}}s reporting on racial tensions at Claremont McKenna College that led to the resignation of a dean of students was widely cited by national media outlets covering the episode.<ref>{{cite web |last=Watanabe |first=Theresa |last2=Rivera |first2=Carla |date=2015-11-13 |title=Amid racial bias protests, Claremont McKenna dean resigns |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-claremont-marches-20151112-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212004949/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-claremont-marches-20151112-story.html |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=New |first=Jake |title=Protests Spur Another Resignation |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/13/claremont-mckenna-dean-resigns-amid-protests-over-race |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131417/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/13/claremont-mckenna-dean-resigns-amid-protests-over-race |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref>

In March 2017, ''TSL'' leaked an internal Harvey Mudd College report which criticized the severe workload at the school.<ref>{{cite web |last=Browning |first=Kellen |last2=Breslow |first2=Samuel |date=March 24, 2017 |title=Harvey Mudd Addresses Workload: Leaked Report Advocates Reform |url=http://tsl.news/news/6611/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190021/http://tsl.news/news/6611/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> The leak triggered widespread protests which led the college to cancel classes for two days.<ref>{{cite web |last=Baur-Wolf |first=Jeremy |date=April 18, 2017 |title=Ground to a Halt |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/18/harvey-mudd-cancels-classes-after-student-protests-over-issues-race-workload-and |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211185926/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/04/18/harvey-mudd-cancels-classes-after-student-protests-over-issues-race-workload-and |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Inside Higher Ed}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kamenetz |first=Anya |date=August 2, 2017 |title=A College President On Her School's Worst Year Ever |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/02/540603927/a-college-president-on-her-schools-worst-year-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210221148/https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/02/540603927/a-college-president-on-her-schools-worst-year-ever |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=National Public Radio}}</ref>

In April 2017, ''TSL''{{'}}s coverage of a blockade of a speech by conservative pundit Heather Mac Donald (as well as the sanctions subsequently imposed on some blockaders) was widely cited by national media outlets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Breslow |first=Samuel |date=April 7, 2017 |title=Students Blockade Athenaeum to Protest Conservative Speaker |url=http://tsl.news/news/6695/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190005/http://tsl.news/news/6695/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mac Donald |first=Heather |date=2017-04-09 |title=Get Up, Stand Up |url=https://www.city-journal.org/html/get-up-stand-up-15109.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131433/https://www.city-journal.org/html/get-up-stand-up-15109.html |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=City Journal}}</ref>

''TSL''{{'}}s coverage has sometimes drawn criticism from conservative national media outlets, many of whom are fed stories by the conservative 5C ''Claremont Independent'' publication.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rod |first=Marc |date=2017-04-07 |title=Claremont Independent Funded, Republished by National Conservative Groups |url=http://tsl.news/news/6685 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005000/http://tsl.news/news/6685/ |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=11 February 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Editorial Board |date=2017-03-09 |title=Do No Harm: Sensational Stories Endanger Students |url=http://tsl.news/opinions/6582/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211190007/http://tsl.news/opinions/6582/ |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=The Student Life}}</ref><ref name="Phoenix reflections">{{cite news |last=Glickman |first=Willa |date=7 December 2017 |title=The Art of the Scoop: Reflections on Student Journalism |url=https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/12/07/the-art-of-the-scoop-reflections-on-student-journalism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113125738/https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/12/07/the-art-of-the-scoop-reflections-on-student-journalism/ |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=The Phoenix}}</ref><ref name="Courier Independent">{{cite news |last=Torribio |first=Sarah |date=5 May 2017 |title=College journalists navigate political climate, freedom of speech |url=https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/t23059-first-32980/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524224053/https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/t23059-first-32980/ |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=Claremont Courier}}</ref> Following the 2015 racial tensions protest, Fox News criticized ''TSL'' for providing a space specifically for students of color in an issue.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 22, 2015 |title=California college newspaper creating 'safe space' for minority students |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-college-newspaper-creating-safe-space-for-minority-students/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212005052/http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/22/safe-spaces-come-to-california-college-newspaper.html |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |access-date=February 11, 2018 |website=Fox News}}</ref>

==Staff== thumb|''TSL'' staff photo, February 23, 1925 ''TSL'' maintains a staff of around 120 students, including writers, columnists, photographers, videographers, designers, copy specialists, business associates, and editors.<ref name="TSL Staff" /><ref name="LinkedIn" /> The Claremont Colleges do not have a journalism major, so staff members come from a variety of academic backgrounds.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rhodes |first=Mick |date=2018-02-09 |title=Dynamic journalism duo follow each others footsteps |url=https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/t26733-couple-32026/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722184556/https://claremont-courier.com/latest-news/t26733-couple-32026/ |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |access-date=2021-07-22 |work=Claremont Courier |language=en-US}}</ref>

The newspaper's editorial board is composed of an editor-in-chief and two managing editors.<ref name="TSL Staff" /> All three positions have a semester term. The editor-in-chief is selected by a committee generally composed of senior staff members.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Many ''TSL'' alumni have gone on to have prominent journalism careers. Andrew Jaffe from Pomona's class of 1960, who traveled to Nashville to cover the sit-in movement for ''TSL'',{{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=556}} later became an executive at ''Adweek'' and oversaw the Clio Awards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Stuart |date=6 March 2010 |title=Andrew Jaffe, Who Brought Clios to Adweek, Is Dead at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/media/06jaffe.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821174450/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/06/business/media/06jaffe.html |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |access-date=15 October 2021 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Mary Schmich from Pomona's class of 1975, who co-edited the paper, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary for her columns in the ''Chicago Tribune''.<ref name="Schmich interview TSL">{{cite news |last=Paine |first=Emma |date=27 April 2012 |title=Pomona Alumna Wins Pulitzer for Newspaper Column |url=https://tsl.news/news2292/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027152531/https://tsl.news/news2292/ |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=The Student Life}}</ref><ref name="YouTube Schmich">{{cite web |date=2 December 2015 |title=Pomona's Daring Minds: Mary Schmich '75 in conversation with TSL Editor-in-Chief Julia Thomas SC'16 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgjYCc1Jq0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-vgjYCc1Jq0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=Pomona College |publisher=YouTube |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Former ''New York Times'' executive editor and Pulitzer winner Bill Keller from Pomona's class of 1970 edited the ''Collegian'' when he was in college<ref name="Sagecast Keller">{{cite web |last=Vest |first=Patty |last2=Wood |first2=Mark |last3=Hing |first3=Jeff |date=27 May 2020 |title=Backstories: Bill Keller '70 |url=https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-billkeller-052720.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112045602/https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-billkeller-052720.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=Pomona College Sagecast |publisher=Pomona College}}</ref> and maintains close ties with ''TSL''{{'}}s current staff.<ref name="Keller TSL profile">{{cite news |last=Canter |first=Leslie |date=12 November 2010 |title=Trustee Profile: Bill Keller, N.Y. Times Executive Editor |url=https://tsl.news/news1728/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922205914/https://tsl.news/news1728/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=The Student Life}}</ref><ref name="Keller visit Twitter">{{cite tweet |number=1062588964802940928 |user=TSLnews |title=@billkeller2014 visited TSL's office today and spoke with staff members about his career |author=''The Student Life'' |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=26 August 2020}}</ref>

===Editors-in-chief=== {{Incomplete list|date=December 2019}} [[File:David P. Barrows LCCN2014714775 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|''TSL''{{'}}s founding editor, anthropologist David P. Barrows, went on to become a two-star general in the California National Guard and president of the University of California system.<ref name="1889 timeline" />]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Name !! Term !! College !! {{abbr|Grad.|Graduation}} year !! {{ref heading}}

|<ref>{{cite news |last=Washburn |first=Ansley |date=13 September 2024 |title=Meet TSL's fall 2024 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-fall-2024-editorial-board/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Jada Shavers |Fall 2025 |Scripps |2025 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Shavers |first=Jada |date=13 September 2025 |title=Meet TSL's fall 2025 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-fall-2025-editorial-board/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |June Hsu |Spring 2025 |Pomona |2025 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Hsu |first=June |date=13 September 2025 |title=Meet TSL's spring 2025 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-spring-2025-editorial-board/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Ansley Washburn |Fall 2024 |Scripps |2026 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Washburn |first=Lauren |date=13 September 2025 |title=Meet TSL's fall 2024 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-fall-2024-editorial-board/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Ben Lauren |Spring 2024 |Pitzer |2025 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Ink |first=Annabelle |date=2 February 2024 |title=Meet TSL's spring 2024 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-spring-2024-editorial-board/ |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Maxine Davey |Fall 2023 |Pomona |2025 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Cawley |first=Sara |date=15 September 2023 |title=Meet TSL's fall 2023 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-the-ed-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205233736/https://tsl.news/meet-the-ed-board/ |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |access-date=5 February 2024 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Hannah Weaver |Spring 2023 |Scripps |2024 |<ref name="Spring 2023 board">{{cite news |last=Bova |first=Mena |date=2023-01-21 |title=TSL announces spring 2023 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/ed-board-spring-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502024211/https://tsl.news/ed-board-spring-2023/ |archive-date=May 2, 2023 |access-date=May 2, 2023 |work=The Student Life |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" |Jenna McMurtry |Fall 2022 |Pomona |2024 |<ref>{{cite news |last=Lofgren |first=Zoey |date=2022-06-22 |title=Meet TSL's fall 2022 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/fall-2022-editorial-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126083000/https://tsl.news/fall-2022-editorial-board/ |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-26 |work=The Student Life |language=en-US}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Jasper Davidoff || Spring 2022 || Pomona || 2023 || <ref name="Spring 2022 board">{{cite news |last=Lingappa |first=Elina |date=2 February 2022 |title=Davidoff, Engineer, Reeves will lead TSL this spring |url=https://tsl.news/spring-2022-editorial-board// |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124023812/https://tsl.news/spring-2022-editorial-board/ |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Kayla Alcorcha || Fall 2021 || Scripps || 2024 || <ref name="Alcorcha">{{cite news |last=Bova |first=Mena |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Kayla Alcorcha named The Student Life's editor-in-chief for fall 2021 semester |url=https://tsl.news/editorial-board-fall-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713010424/https://tsl.news/editorial-board-fall-2021/ |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=20 May 2021 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Yasmin Elqutami || Spring 2021 || Pomona || 2022 || <ref name="Spring 2021 board">{{cite news |last=Bobrowsky |first=Meghan |date=20 November 2020 |title=Yasmin Elqutami named The Student Life's editor-in-chief for spring 2021 semester |url=https://tsl.news/editorial-board-spring-2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120153132/https://tsl.news/editorial-board-spring-2021/ |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |access-date=21 November 2020 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Maria Heeter || Fall 2020 || Scripps || 2022 || <ref name="Heeter staff">{{cite web |title=Fall 2020 Staff |url=https://tsl.news/fall-2020-staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031215733/https://tsl.news/fall-2020-staff/ |archive-date=31 October 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref><ref name="HeeterTwitter">{{cite tweet |number=1259509975698866179 |user=HeeterMaria |title=Very excited to announce that today marks my first day as the newest editor-in-chief of @TSLnews |first=Maria |last=Heeter |date=10 May 2020 |access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Hank Snowdon || Spring 2020 || {{abbr|CMC|Claremont McKenna College}} || 2021 || <ref name="Snowdon staff">{{cite web |title=Spring 2020 staff |url=https://tsl.news/staff-spring-2020/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424143129/https://tsl.news/staff-spring-2020/ |archive-date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Meghan Bobrowsky || Fall 2019 || Scripps || 2021 || <ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lOGIxYTEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/ZGYyMjBhYmEtMDhiMi02MzVmLWEwZTktZTE3YTJjNTk2MWIy |title=Episode 1 |website=The Weekly |publisher=The Student Life |date=21 September 2019 |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020221653/https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lOGIxYTEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz/episode/ZGYyMjBhYmEtMDhiMi02MzVmLWEwZTktZTE3YTJjNTk2MWIy |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Kellen Browning || Spring 2019 || Pomona || 2020 || <ref name="Spring 2019 EIC">{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Schuyler |date=13 February 2019 |title=Meet TSL's spring 2019 editorial board |url=https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-spring-2019-editorial-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022005457/https://tsl.news/meet-tsls-spring-2019-editorial-board/ |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |work=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ariel So || Fall 2018 || Scripps || 2020 || <ref name="So staff">{{cite web |title=Staff |url=https://tsl.news/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128094232/https://tsl.news/staff/ |archive-date=28 November 2018 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Meghan Joyce || Spring 2018 || Scripps || 2020 || <ref name="Joyce staff">{{cite web |title=Spring 2018 Staff |url=http://tsl.news/page/staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418142918/http://tsl.news/page/staff |archive-date=18 April 2018 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Liam Brooks || Fall 2017 || Pitzer || 2018 || <ref name="Phoenix reflections" /> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lauren Ison || Spring 2017 || Pomona || 2018 || <ref name="Ison staff">{{cite web |title=Staff |url=http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325080300/http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |archive-date=25 March 2017 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alexa Strabuk || Fall 2016 || Pitzer || 2017 || <ref name="Bowman Staff">{{cite web |title=Staff |url=http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121135841/http://tsl.news/page/staff/ |archive-date=21 November 2016 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Carlos Ballesteros || Spring 2016 || {{abbr|CMC|Claremont McKenna College}} || 2016 || <ref name="Ballesteros Staff">{{cite web |title=Staff |url=http://tsl.news/other/staff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310124426/http://tsl.news/other/staff/ |archive-date=10 March 2016 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Kevin Tidmarsh || Fall 2015 || Pomona || 2016 || <ref name="Staff Kidmarsh">{{cite web |title=Staff |url=http://tsl.pomona.edu/other/staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022164255/http://tsl.pomona.edu/other/staff |archive-date=22 October 2015 |access-date=7 April 2020 |website=The Student Life}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Julia Thomas || Spring 2015 || Scripps || 2017 || <ref>{{cite web |last=Fu |first=Julianne |date=April 22, 2015 |title=News Above the Fold: This Semester 'The Student Life' Named First Scripps College Student Editor-in-Chief |url=http://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/features/news-above-the-fold-the-student-life-names-first-scripps-college-editor-in-chief |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131522/http://www.scrippscollege.edu/news/features/news-above-the-fold-the-student-life-names-first-scripps-college-editor-in-chief |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |access-date=11 February 2018 |website=Scripps College}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Caroline Bowman || Fall 2014 || {{abbr|CMC|Claremont McKenna College}} || 2014 || <ref name="Sex" /> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Zoë Jameson || Spring 2014 || Pomona || 2015 || |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paul Jay Fukushima || 1970-1971 || Pomona || 1972 || |- | style="text-align:left;" | John McCumber || 1967? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=41}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Charles Jefferson || Fall 1966 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=40}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alan Hayes || 1965? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=37}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Rob Cooley || Spring 1965 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=36}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Alice Higman || Fall 1964 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=36}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Lew Phelps || Fall 1963–Spring 1964 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=34}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Ann Walker || Fall 1956–Spring 1957 || Pomona || 1957 || <ref>{{cite news |date=15 May 1956 |title=Fallbrook Girl Editor of College Newspaper |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/567457080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020221649/https://www.newspapers.com/image/567457080 |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=Times-Advocate |language=en}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Thomas E. Small || Spring 1953 || Pomona || 1954 || <ref name="Denver">{{cite news |date=5 February 1953 |title=Denverite Follows Denverite in Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/623680258/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113022320/https://www.newspapers.com/image/623680258/ |archive-date=November 13, 2020 |access-date=13 November 2020 |work=Progress-Bulletin |language=en}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Elizabeth Letts || Fall 1952 || Pomona || 1954 || <ref name="Denver" /> |- | style="text-align:left;" | John Phillips || 1941? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || <ref name="Thrives 1941">{{cite news |date=25 February 1941 |title=College Paper Thrives Again by Doubling Advertising Rate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-college-paper-thri/125259765/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524220214/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-college-paper-thri/125259765/ |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=16}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Mark Ginsbourg || Fall 1932–Spring 1933 || Pomona || 1933 || <ref>{{cite news |date=14 January 1933 |title=Ginsbourg to Head Student Life Staff For Another Term |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pomona-progress-bulletin-ginsbourg-t/133401260/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020221651/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pomona-progress-bulletin-ginsbourg-t/133401260/ |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=The Progress-Bulletin |pages=5}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | William E. Gould || Fall 1926–Spring 1927 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=26}}<ref>{{cite news |date=5 June 1926 |title=City Papers Initiated: Staff for the 'Student Life,' Pomona College Publication, Chosen Under New Plans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105485647/city-papers-initiated/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712214528/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105485647/city-papers-initiated/ |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=12 July 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |pages=11}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Kenneth Williamson || 1926? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=21}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Margaret Martin || 1924? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=19}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Hoyt R. Curtiss || 1922? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || <ref name="History 1922">{{cite news |date=7 November 1922 |title=History of Pomona College Paper of Absorbing Interest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-history-of-pomona-college-p/125258882/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524214858/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-history-of-pomona-college-p/125258882/ |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=The Bulletin |pages=10}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Paul Davis || 1913? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || <ref name="1913 elections">{{cite news |date=17 May 1913 |title=Officers Chosen by the Student College Ass'n |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/622587918/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215051800/https://www.newspapers.com/image/622587918/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=5 November 2020 |work=The Pomona Progress}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Philip S. Bird || 1909? || Pomona || 1909 || {{sfn|Lyon|1977|p=111}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | Robert Clogher Owens || Fall 1898–Spring 1899 || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=9}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | David Prescott Barrows || Spring 1894 || Pomona || 1894 || <ref name="1889 timeline" /> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Guenevere Metkiff || Fall 1893 || Pomona || 1894 || <ref name="1893 timeline" /> |- | style="text-align:left;" | Carl Gould || 1890? || Pomona || {{dunno}} || {{sfn|Henderson|1967|p=8}} |- | style="text-align:left;" | David Prescott Barrows || 1889 || Pomona || 1894 || <ref name="1889 timeline" /> |}

==See also== *KSPC{{snd}} Claremont Colleges' radio station *{{section link|Claremont Colleges|Clubs and organizations}}{{snd}} other 7C news organizations *''Claremont Courier''{{snd}} City of Claremont's newspaper of record *{{section link|List of Pomona College people|Journalism and non-fiction writing}} (includes many ''TSL'' alums) *List of college and university student newspapers in the United States

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Henderson |first=Richard |title=The Student Life: 77 Years of Journalism at Pomona College |date=1967 |oclc=25309941}} * {{Cite book |last=Lyon |first=E. Wilson |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpomonac0000lyon |title=The History of Pomona College, 1887-1969 |date=1977 |publisher=The Castle Press |oclc=4114776 |authorlink1=E. Wilson Lyon}} {{refend}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{official website}} * [https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll22 Periodicals of the Claremont Colleges] collection at the Claremont Colleges library

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