Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters
Protesters block the back door of Carnegie Hall. On Wednesday, October 25, Pomona President Gabi Starr issued a statement regarding the...
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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...
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 ,...
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”...
Will Chance
Sep 23
President Biden’s Student Loan Debacle
The average CMC graduate owes the federal government $13,962 in student loans . Though Washington provides only a portion of the...
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...
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...
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...
Emilio Bankier
Aug 28
Pomona Institutes Policy Changes as Activist Groups Begin Another Semester of Protest
Private property signage at Pomona College. On August 21st, Pomona College Treasurer Jeff Roth, Dean of Students Avis Hinkson, and...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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