Civil Liberties Groups Warn Pomona of Possible Litigation Over Student Suspensions
Student protesters on October 7th. On November 13, the ACLU of Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, Center for Protest Law and...
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Charlie Hatcher
Nov 3
91% of 2024 CMC-Affiliated Political Donations Go to Democrats
CMC-affiliated donations over time. According to the nonprofit OpenSecrets, over 91% of the $22,782 in political donations made by...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 3
California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges and Universities
Image via Flickr. Copyright Gavin Newsom . On September 30th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1780 into law,...
Violet Ramanathan
Oct 31
ASCMC Cancels Snowglobe Citing Budget and Scheduling Concerns
Image via Flickr. Copyright cmcforum . On Tuesday, October 29th, the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) Vice...
Greta Long
Oct 26
Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters
Protesters block the back door of Carnegie Hall. On Wednesday, October 23, Pomona President Gabi Starr issued a statement regarding the...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 19
5C Clubs Partnered with Organization Now Designated Terrorist Entity
A banner at Carnegie Hall. On October 15th, the US Department of the Treasury announced that Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity...
Kendall White
Oct 12
Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to October 7th Protests
Protesters inside Carnegie Hall. Pomona College issued interim suspensions to twelve students involved in the October 7th takeover of...
Kendall White and Charlie Hatcher
Oct 7
Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of October 7th Attacks
Protesters on Sixth Street. On Monday, October 7th, hundreds of students across the Claremont Colleges participated in a walkout to...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 5
Protests Injure Four Staff Members at Harvey Mudd Career Fair
Image credit: Harvey Mudd College On Wednesday, September 25, protests at Harvey Mudd College’s fall career fair turned “unpeaceful”...
Emilio Bankier
Sep 16
Protestors Vandalize, Disturb Pomona President’s House
Red paint spilled at Gabi Starr's home. At 11:30 P.M. on Sunday, September 15, a group of approximately 60 demonstrators gathered on...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 15
Pomona to Investigate Anti-Semitic Booklet Distributed at 5C Club Fair
Image via Flickr. Copyright CampusGrotto . On Thursday, September 5th, a booklet featuring anti-semitic tropes appeared at the table of...
Violet Ramanathan
Sep 9
Dean of Students Office Initiates Shift in Alcohol Policy at ASCMC Events
On Sunday, September 8th, the Executive Board of Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) announced a new policy...
Jacob Smagula
Sep 5
Claremont McKenna Rises to 6th Place in Free Speech Rankings
Claremont McKenna College. On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College leapt from 73rd to sixth place in the Foundation for Individual Rights...
Emilio Bankier
Aug 28
Pomona Institutes Policy Changes as Activist Groups Begin Another Semester of Protests
Private property signage at Pomona College. On August 21st, Pomona College Treasurer Jeff Roth, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson, and...
Jacob Smagula
Aug 23
Fire Damages Walter’s Restaurant in Claremont Village
Caution tape across Walter's Restaurant Friday morning. A large fire blazed through the roof of the historic Walter’s Restaurant early...
Emilio Bankier
Aug 22
Pomona President Starr Announces Spring Sabbatical
Image Credit: Pomona College On August 20th, Pomona College president Gabi Starr announced her decision to take a sabbatical during the...
The Claremont Independent
May 10
Pomona College Moves Graduation Off Campus
A sit in on College Ave last month. This morning, Pomona College moved its Sunday commencement to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles....
Violet Ramanathan
May 9
The ADL Files Federal Complaint Against Pomona
The Current Pro-Palestine Encampment On Marston Quad On Thursday, May 9, a complaint filed to the U.S. Department of Education Office for...
Emilio Bankier
May 6
Encampment at Site of Pomona Commencement
The encampment on Marston Quad. On Monday, May 6, students calling for divestment from Israel set up a new encampment under Pomona’s...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 15
CMC Students Pass Resolution Condemning Pomona’s Protest Response
Photograph from Element5. On Monday, Claremont McKenna's student senate passed a resolution responding to the arrests at Pomona College:...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 11
Pomona Faculty Condemn Use of Police and Punishment of Protesters
This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On April 11, more than two-thirds of voting Pomona College faculty supported a...
Trevor Klein and Nate Weisberg
Apr 6
UPDATE: Students Call for Pomona College President's Resignation After 20 Arrests
Pomona's Walker Wall the morning after the arrests. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On Friday, 20 students were...
Trevor Klein and Henry Long
Apr 5
Claremont Police Arrest 20 Pro-Palestine Activists at Pomona College
Police block College Ave. outside Pomona's Alexander Hall. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On Friday, Claremont...
Liam Bayer
Feb 23
Pomona Students Vote to Divest from Israeli "Apartheid"
Copyright of Dave and Margie Hill. On Thursday, February 22, Pomona College's student government, released the results from the...
Jacob Smagula
Feb 18
CMC Alum Appointed Prime Minister of Kuwait
CMC Alum Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah meets the UK's William Hague. (Copyright of UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development...
Jameson Mitrovich
Feb 17
Pitzer Student Senate Votes to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel
Pitzer College's entrance. (Campus Grotto) On Sunday, February 11th, the Pitzer College Student Senate voted to suspend Pitzer’s study...
Charlie Hatcher
Feb 13
Pomona Professor Investigated for Discrimination, Takes College to Court
Professor Aaron Kunin in his office. (Pomona College) In December, Pomona College English professor Aaron Kunin began publishing excerpts...
Charlie Hatcher
Feb 4
Pro-Palestine Activists Call to Halt Pitzer's Study Abroad in Israel
Pro-Palestine activsts at Scripps College in October. (Claremont Independent) On Friday, February 2nd, approximately 200 students from...
Jameson Mitrovich
Dec 13, 2023
Pomona College Goes Permanently Test Optional
Pomona College Pomona College no longer requires standardized test scores for first-year or transfer applicants. The faculty voted in...
Liam Bayer
Nov 13, 2023
Palestine Protesters Block Entry to Pomona College Building
Students protest Pomona's financial ties to Israel. On Thursday, November 9th, students from across the Claremont Colleges protested at...
Charlie Hatcher
Nov 5, 2023
Claremont Faculty Release Statement Supporting BDS
Pro-Palestinian Protesters march through Washington. ( AFSC ) A new Claremont College faculty statement on Gaza has garnered over 175...
Charlie Hatcher
Nov 5, 2023
Divest Claremont Submits Legal Complaint Against Pomona College
Students march through Pomona's campus. (TSL) On Monday, October 30th, the student group Divest Claremont Colleges, in collaboration with...
Nathanael Baumann
Oct 29, 2023
CMC Raises More Than $1 Billion
The forthcoming Robert Day Sciences Center. (CMC) Claremont McKenna College raised nearly $1.1 billion as a part of an alumni fundraising...
Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 29, 2023
CMC Refuses to Condemn Hamas Attacks; 65 Faculty Release Independent Statement
Last week, Claremont McKenna refused to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli civilians. Administrators cited the college’s stated...
Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 14, 2023
Claremont SJP Blames Israel for Hamas Attacks
Walker Wall at Pomona College. (Claremont JVP) In a statement released on October 8, the Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine and...
Jameson Mitrovich
Sep 19, 2023
The End of Political Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University
An empty classroom in Claremont. (CGU) The administration of Claremont Graduate University has ended its graduate program in political...
Charlie Hatcher
Sep 6, 2023
Claremont McKenna Plummets to 73rd in Free Speech Rankings
Heather Ferguson and Jon Shields run Claremont McKenna's Open Academy initiative. (CMC) On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna College fell from...
Austin Andersen
Jun 1, 2023
CMC Administration Ballooned in Years Since Spellman Resignation
Outside Claremont McKenna's Kravis Center. (ThoughtCo) While college administrations have been expanding for decades, their growth rate...
Trevor Klein
Jun 1, 2023
Chodosh to Take Sabbatical, Basso to Serve as Acting President of CMC
President Chodosh addresses the Athenaeum crowd. (CMC) On Thursday morning, the Claremont McKenna Board of Trustees announced that...
Will Zhou
Apr 25, 2023
Bobby's Room: Inside Claremont's Largest Poker Game
Adam Koszut's felt poker table in Crown B317. (Will Zhou) If you've ever walked by the third floor of Crown Hall at 4 a.m. on a Friday...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 27, 2023
Israel-Palestine Dominates ASCMC Agenda for Fourth Week
via E-International Relations At the March 26 Claremont McKenna Executive Board meeting, the newly sworn-in board chose a chairperson for...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 21, 2023
ASCMC Will Not Adopt IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
Debate between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students raged on at Associated Students of Claremont McKenna Executive Board meetings in...
Pieter van Wingerden
Mar 7, 2023
NATO Expert Visits Claremont Colleges
Image via Radio ZET Ian Brzezinski, the former Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy, spoke at...
Richard Cordero
Mar 6, 2023
Ward Elliott: A Pillar of Claremont McKenna
Image via CMC Professor Ward Elliott passed away in Claremont on December 6. He was 85. He was one of the few professors to serve under...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 6, 2023
Israeli Flag Torn in Half at Pomona College
Image taken by Solomon Oshin This fall, Solomon Olshin, a Senior at Pomona, hung three flags from his dorm window: an Israeli Flag, a...
Margot Rosenblatt
Mar 3, 2023
Pomona Map Vandalized Over Israel-Palestine Conflict
On Feb 17th, a Claremont student visiting the Oldenborg Center, Pomona’s international residence hall, found a hallway’s painted map of...
Jameson Mitrovich
Jan 31, 2023
ASCMC Introduces Resolution Addressing Decline of CMC Party Culture
At the Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College Senate meeting this past Monday, senators moved to introduce a resolution...
Richard Cordero
Dec 8, 2022
Claremont McKenna Names Chief Diversity and Financial Officers
On Wednesday, Claremont McKenna announced that the Board of Trustees approved the promotion of two members of the administration, Nyree...
José Najas
Dec 8, 2022
Pitzer Students Call for Removal of American Flag
Earlier this fall, a Pitzer student, who serves as events coordinator, raised concerns about an American flag hung from a student's...
Nathanael Baumann
Nov 28, 2022
Pomona College No Longer Allowing CMC Students at Yule Ball
In a break with longstanding policy, the Pomona Events Committee (PEC) announced that the upcoming Yule Ball event will be open to all...
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