by Bhavana Bheem
“Just stop caring and stop trying and it won’t be as hard.” These are usually the words of a second-semester senior trying to coast through the last few weeks of classes. However, for far too many Harvey Mudd students, these words instead reflect a growing frustration and apathy toward the HMC administration. Continue reading OPINION: HMC Admin Must Do Better in Addressing Student Needs
by Michelle Lum
Robert “Bob” Keller, a longtime Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College, passed away on Sept. 13, after a battle with brain cancer. His family was by his side. Continue reading Remembering Prof. Keller
By Alina Saratova
Mudders use a lot of lingo to describe the things we love about campus. Learn some common terms and soon you’ll be throwing them around with ease! Continue reading Incoming Frosh’s Guide to Mudd Lingo
By Michelle Lum, Daniela Sechen, and Alina Saratova
November 15, 2019
4:30 p.m. Four Mudders enter the Seeley G. Mudd Building of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences at Caltech. They’ve been planted to let the rest of the pranksters into the building when they arrive in the wee hours of the night. Continue reading Harvey Mudd College Pasadena Campus
At noon on March 11, Mudders in the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons looked to each other in shock and confusion as they read two emails that promised to upend their lives and dash all hopes of what second semester of the 2019-2020 academic year might look like. The emails announced that Harvey Mudd College was strongly encouraging all students to move out for the remainder of the spring semester, due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, a coronavirus that first emerged in Wuhan, China, in Dec. 2019. For the next few days, there was only one topic of conversation around campus: coronavirus. Continue reading Life Upended: Coronavirus
Thank you, Muddraker seniors! Thank you for taking The Muddraker from being literally nonexistent when you were frosh to what it is today. We appreciate all you’ve done for The Muddraker and for us over the past few years, and … Continue reading Class of 2020, We Love You
By Hannah Larson & Rachel Schibler
In the 3.75 years that we have been at Harvey Mudd, a lot has changed and many things have gone in surprising and unexpected ways. The one thing we can always rely on is our need to use the bathroom and our desire to write an article sharing our knowledge of porcelain thrones with the rest of the Mudd community. As we graduate from Mudd, so too will these bathrooms*, and we would like to honor those friends and toilets that have always been there for us by granting them senior superlatives. Continue reading Top Toilets
By Skylar Gering
Students and staff at Harvey Mudd are working hard to bring sustainable practices to campus. ASHMC Sustainability and Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) have begun partnering with the offices of Division of Student Affairs (DSA), Facilities and Maintenance (F&M), and Dining Services to run events and projects relating to sustainability. Continue reading Sustainable Partnerships
By Mavis Stone
It’s nearing Spring, and you know what that means; it’s time to swap out your wardrobe and wave goodbye to good ol’ sweater weather! Below, you can find some feminine, masculine, and androgynous styles that I’ve personally taken a liking to. Continue reading Spring Fashion
By Austin Froelich
Check out what cafes across the 5Cs have to offer! Continue reading 5C Cafe Reviews
