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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Nikhil Agarwal
Jun 12, 2023
The Court Must End Race-Based Affirmative Action
A man protests affirmative action policies that disadvantage Asian Americans. (PBS) In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court set...
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...
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...
José Najas
Apr 24, 2023
False History Drove Call for Removal of American Flag at Pitzer
A sculpture of Columbus beheaded in Boston's North End. (NBC Boston) The call for the removal of an American flag from the Pitzer College...
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