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The Claremont Independent
May 10, 2024
Pomona College Moves Graduation Off Campus
A sit in on College Ave last month. This morning, Pomona College moved its Sunday commencement to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles....

Violet Ramanathan
May 9, 2024
The ADL Files Federal Complaint Against Pomona
The Current Pro-Palestine Encampment On Marston Quad On Thursday, May 9, a complaint filed to the U.S. Department of Education Office for...


Emilio Bankier
May 6, 2024
Encampment at Site of Pomona Commencement
The encampment on Marston Quad. On Monday, May 6, students calling for divestment from Israel set up a new encampment under Pomona’s...


The Claremont Independent
Apr 15, 2024
CMC Students Pass Resolution Condemning Pomona’s Protest Response
Photograph from Element5. On Monday, Claremont McKenna's student senate passed a resolution responding to the arrests at Pomona College:...

The Claremont Independent
Apr 11, 2024
Pomona Faculty Condemn Use of Police and Punishment of Protesters
This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On April 11, more than two-thirds of voting Pomona College faculty supported a...

Trevor Klein and Nate Weisberg
Apr 6, 2024
UPDATE: Students Call for Pomona College President's Resignation After 20 Arrests
Pomona's Walker Wall the morning after the arrests. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On Friday, 20 students were...


Trevor Klein and Henry Long
Apr 5, 2024
Claremont Police Arrest 20 Pro-Palestine Activists at Pomona College
Police block College Ave. outside Pomona's Alexander Hall. This article was published in conjunction with The Forum. On Friday, Claremont...


Liam Bayer
Feb 23, 2024
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...


Jacob Smagula
Feb 18, 2024
CMC Alum Appointed Prime Minister of Kuwait
CMC Alum Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah meets the UK's William Hague. (Copyright of UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development...

Jameson Mitrovich
Feb 17, 2024
Pitzer Student Senate Votes to Suspend Study Abroad in Israel
Pitzer College's entrance. (Campus Grotto) On Sunday, February 11th, the Pitzer College Student Senate voted to suspend Pitzer’s study...

Charlie Hatcher
Feb 13, 2024
Pomona Professor Investigated for Discrimination, Takes College to Court
Professor Aaron Kunin in his office. Image Credit: Pomona College In December, Pomona College English professor Aaron Kunin began...


Charlie Hatcher
Feb 4, 2024
Pro-Palestine Activists Call to Halt Pitzer's Study Abroad in Israel
Pro-Palestine activsts at Scripps College in October. (Claremont Independent) On Friday, February 2nd, approximately 200 students from...


Jameson Mitrovich
Dec 13, 2023
Pomona College Goes Permanently Test Optional
Pomona College Pomona College no longer requires standardized test scores for first-year or transfer applicants. The faculty voted in...


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
Claremont Faculty Release Statement Supporting BDS
Pro-Palestinian Protesters march through Washington. ( AFSC ) A new Claremont College faculty statement on Gaza has garnered over 175...


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...


Nathanael Baumann
Oct 29, 2023
CMC Raises More Than $1 Billion
The forthcoming Robert Day Sciences Center. (CMC) Claremont McKenna College raised nearly $1.1 billion as a part of an alumni fundraising...


Jameson Mitrovich
Oct 29, 2023
CMC Refuses to Condemn Hamas Attacks; 65 Faculty Release Independent Statement
Last week, Claremont McKenna refused to condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israeli civilians. Administrators cited the college’s stated...


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...


Jameson Mitrovich
Sep 19, 2023
The End of Political Philosophy at Claremont Graduate University
An empty classroom in Claremont. (CGU) The administration of Claremont Graduate University has ended its graduate program in political...
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