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The Claremont Independent
Jun 5, 2017
UPDATE: In Unprecedented Move, CMC Faculty Permits Seniors Who Violated Student Code to Graduate
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) told the Independent in a statement that its faculty voted in May to allow CMC seniors who violated the...
The Claremont Independent
May 20, 2017
College: Student Mentors With Drug, Mental Health Issues Can Keep Their Jobs
In a meeting with administrators at Pomona College in April, student “sponsors” called upon the college to end its alleged practice of...
The Claremont Independent
May 4, 2017
CMC Refuses to Back Down, Will “Hold Students Accountable”
In an official statement to the Independent, Claremont McKenna College resolved once more to “hold students accountable” for policy...

The Claremont Independent
May 4, 2017
After Breaking Rules During Protest, Students Demand Exoneration
In an open letter to top officials and the Board of Trustees at Claremont McKenna College, a group of students identified as the “CMCers...


The Claremont Independent
May 3, 2017
College Backs Prof. Advertising Race-Based Admission to Course
In an official statement, Pomona College has backed a geology professor who, in a flier advertising her permission-only course on...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 29, 2017
Pomona Student Senate Backs Student Activists on Campus
Update: The ASPC clarified its earlier statement, disclaiming support for the firing of incoming Pomona professor Alice Goffman, the...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 28, 2017
Rebuffed After Seeking Professor’s Firing, Students Try Boycott, New Demands
After Pomona College’s sociology department rejected students’ demands for the rescission of a hiring offer to Alice Goffman on account...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 26, 2017
Pomona Sociology Dept. Backs White Professor Despite Student Demands
In a letter sent Friday, Pomona College’s Sociology Department rejected student demands for the rescission of a hiring offer to Dr. Alice...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 24, 2017
Pomona Refuses to Rescind Job Offer to White Professor
Pomona College has decided to follow through with its hiring of Dr. Alice Goffman into the College as a visiting professor of sociology,...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 21, 2017
Students Demand Power Over Hiring After Job Offer To “Racist” White Professor
In an open letter to Pomona College’s Sociology Department, Dean of Academic Affairs, and President, an anonymous group of 128 students,...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 20, 2017
Pomona Professor to Admit Students to Geology Class On Basis of Race
In a flyer introducing her course on “Southern California Earthquakes and Water,” a geology professor at Pomona College sells her class...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 20, 2017
Taking Advantage of Holiday Absences, Pitzer Senate Boycotts Israeli Products
On April 16, a date marking Easter Sunday and the Jewish holiday of Passover, 22 of the 43 Pitzer College Student Senate members voted on...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 19, 2017
Students Who Said Truth Is ‘A Myth’ Demand Compensation
The authors of the open letter that called objective truth a “myth and white supremacy” and sought disciplinary action against...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 19, 2017
Scripps Alumnae Demand That College Submits to Student Demands
Alumnae of Scripps College are circulating a petition demanding that the college submit to the demands of resident advisors on campus,...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 17, 2017
Students Demand Administrators ‘Take Action’ Against Conservative Journalists
In an open letter to outgoing Pomona College President David Oxtoby, a group of students from the Claremont Colleges assail the president...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 14, 2017
Citing “Exploitation,” Scripps RAs Refuse to Work, Issue Demands
On Thursday, Scripps College students employed as resident advisors (RAs) on campus announced that they will refuse to work in protest of...

The Claremont Independent
Apr 8, 2017
Anti-Racism Protesters Segregated Themselves by Race
On Thursday night, protesters descended upon the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in order to prevent...

The Claremont Independent
Apr 7, 2017
CMC President Promises To Punish Policy Violators in Wake of Protest
After protesters at Claremont McKenna College shut down a scheduled lecture and Q&A with Heather Mac Donald, a critic of the Black Lives...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 6, 2017
Protesters Shut Down BLM Critic, Threaten Student Journalists
On Thursday, a raucous crowd of student protesters blocked the exits to Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, shutting...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 6, 2017
Claremont Students Plan to Protest ‘Anti-Black Fascist’ Heather Mac Donald
Students at the Claremont Colleges plan to protest and “shut down” a speech by prominent political commentator Heather Mac Donald...
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