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The Claremont Independent
Oct 16, 2017
Students Asked to Donate to Terror-Affiliated Organization
In its email response to “anti-Muslim” comments by attendees of a lecture at Scripps College last week, the Claremont Colleges’ Muslim...


The Claremont Independent
Oct 11, 2017
“Anti-Muslim” Dissenters Disrupt Scripps Open Lecture
On Tuesday afternoon, during an open lecture at Scripps College, several attendees unaffiliated with the college challenged the lecturer...


The Claremont Independent
Oct 10, 2017
Student Senate Seeks to Erase Columbus Day
On Saturday, Pomona College’s student government—the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC)—and its president Maria Vides...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 3, 2017
No Sanctions for Offensive Memes, College Says
After a two-week investigation, Pomona College’s Incident Response Team has concluded that the offensive memes posted in an anti-PC meme...


The Claremont Independent
Oct 2, 2017
MEMEGATE: Pomona’s Disciplinary Options Limited by California Law
After discovering a student-run meme page that contained “deplorable” and “deeply offensive” pictures and text, Pomona College launched a...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 25, 2017
MEMEGATE: Pomona Declares Anti-PC Meme Group “Bias-Related Incident”
This afternoon, in an email to the Pomona College community, Dean Ric Townes reported that Pomona College is investigating an anti-PC...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 25, 2017
Statement Regarding Dismissal of Ross Steinberg
We are committed to thoughtful, independent journalism, and we stand by the right of Mr. Steinberg to be heard. When Mr. Steinberg...


The Claremont Independent
Sep 20, 2017
Student Wants to Tear Down German Composer Frieze
Last week, in an opinion article for The Student Life (TSL)—the student-government funded newspaper of the Claremont Colleges—a Pomona...


The Claremont Independent
Sep 18, 2017
Pomona Refuses to Punish Students for Illicit Blockade of Conservative Speaker
In an email sent this evening, Pomona College administrators characterized policy violations by Pomona students who blockaded the...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 6, 2017
Claremont College Administrators Respond to Trump DACA Decision
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program, administrators at the Claremont Colleges—a consortium of five...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 28, 2017
Pitzer Dean of Students Concealed Material Evidence in Title IX Investigation
In her former job as a director of judicial affairs at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Pitzer College’s newly hired dean of...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 6, 2017
ASPC Debuts Free Ride Shares For Marginalized Students
The Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), the student government at the college, is funding and launching an airport rideshare...


The Claremont Independent
Jul 18, 2017
Students Seek Apology, Explanations for QRC Director’s Ouster
In an open letter released this evening—the second this week on the matter—a group of students at the Claremont Colleges have demanded...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 17, 2017
CMC Suspends Multiple Students for Policy Violations at April Protest
In a statement this morning, Claremont McKenna College announced sanctions placed on ten CMC students for violating college policy during...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 13, 2017
College Saw Controversial Tweets Before Hiring QRC Director
Pomona College Dean of Students Miriam Feldblum released an email statement this morning affirming that the college was aware of former...
The Claremont Independent
Jul 12, 2017
Open Letter: Firing Controversial LGBTQ Director Is An “Act of Violence”
In an open letter, hundreds of “Outraged Student Affairs Professionals” have issued demands for the resignation of a Pomona College dean...


The Claremont Independent
Jul 8, 2017
After Tweet Controversy, Dean Launches Search for New QRC Director
Only a day after the College Fix uncovered tweets from the newly-appointed director of the Claremont Colleges’ LGBTQ center announcing...


The Claremont Independent
Jul 8, 2017
I’m “Wary of White Gays,” “Women,” Says New LGBTQ Director
The new director of the Claremont Colleges’ LGBTQ center has drawn concern from some students upset over his tweets saying he’s “wary of...

The Claremont Independent
Jun 23, 2017
CMC May Expel Student Policy Violators
Six students from Claremont McKenna College may face expulsion for violating the student code during an April protest of the appearance...


The Claremont Independent
Jun 16, 2017
Pitzer Trustees Trump Student Senate BDS Amendment
On the morning of June 16, the Pitzer College Board of Trustees announced that it nullified a recent budget amendment passed by the...
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