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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...

91% of 2024 CMC-Affiliated Political Donations Go to Democrats

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...

California Bans Legacy Admissions at Private Colleges and Universities

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,...

ASCMC Cancels Snowglobe Citing Budget and Scheduling Concerns

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...

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”...

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...

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...

Claremont McKenna Rises to 6th Place in Free Speech Rankings

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...