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Pomona Disputes Legal Liability Claims Over Student Suspensions

Emilio Bankier

Nov 27

Pomona Disputes Legal Liability Claims Over Student Suspensions

Protesters rally to overturn student suspensions. On Monday, November 25th, lawyers for Pomona College responded to a November 13th...

Pomona Sanctions Student Groups Involved in Oct. 7th Protests

Rachel Svoyskiy

Nov 26

Pomona Sanctions Student Groups Involved in Oct. 7th Protests

Student protesters inside Carnegie Hall. On November 1st, Pomona College’s Judicial Council (JBoard) issued sanctions against Claremont...

Baxter Brew

Nov 16

Mental Illness is Losing its Meaning

Image credit: Baxter Brew Thankfully, mental health has largely escaped the antiquated corner into which our parents’ generation pushed...

Civil Liberties Groups Warn Pomona of Possible Litigation Over Student Suspensions

Kendall White

Nov 14

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...

Student Protesters Should Embrace Suspensions

Violet Ramanathan

Nov 14

Student Protesters Should Embrace Suspensions

Posters set up outside Carnegie Hall. On October 23, a statement from Pomona College President Gabi Starr announced that ten students had...

Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Through the Lens of the Soviet Experience

Lenny Fukshansky

Nov 6

Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Through the Lens of the Soviet Experience

Student protesters on October 7th. Lenny Fukshansky is a professor of mathematics at Claremont McKenna. A version of this article was...

Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters

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...

5C Clubs Partnered with Organization Now Designated Terrorist Entity

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...

A Call for Persuasive Means In College Protests

Greta Long

Oct 15

A Call for Persuasive Means In College Protests

Protesters blocking the entrance to Carnegie Hall. I attended October 7th’s pro-Palestine protests as a reporter for the Independent ,...

Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to October 7th Protests

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...

Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of October 7th Attacks

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...

Protests Injure Four Staff Members at Harvey Mudd Career Fair

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”...

Protestors Vandalize, Disturb Pomona President’s House

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...

Pomona to Investigate Anti-Semitic Booklet Distributed at 5C Club Fair

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...

Charlie Hatcher

Sep 2

Pomona Is Right to Press Charges

Image via Flickr. Copyright of Carpathiar . In a 2016 essay titled How My Friends and I Wrecked Pomona College , alumnus Harry Stein...

Pomona Institutes Policy Changes as Activist Groups Begin Another Semester of Protests

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...

Pomona President Starr Announces Spring Sabbatical

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...

Pomona Students Vote to Divest from Israeli "Apartheid"

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...

Pitzer Student Senate Votes to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel

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...

Pro-Palestine Activists Call to Halt Pitzer's Study Abroad in Israel

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...