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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 13, 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 12, 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
Jul 8, 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 23, 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...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 16, 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
Jun 5, 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 20, 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 4, 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
May 3, 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 29, 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 28, 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 26, 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 24, 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 21, 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 20, 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 19, 2017
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