Student Gov’t Passes Israeli Boycott Without Club Divestment Clause
Earlier today, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), Pomona College’s student governing body, passed a modified version of...
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The Claremont Independent
Kara Hagler
Apr 29, 2021
Widespread Backlash to Student Gov’t Israel Boycott, Anti-Discrimination Petition Reaches 500 Signat
Last week, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) passed a resolution divesting from companies operating in Israel as listed by...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 14, 2021
Pomona To Bring Back Furloughed Workers, Require Vaccines For Students
Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to students today stating that Pomona is planning for “a limited campus...
The Claremont Independent
Mar 16, 2021
Pomona To Reopen Athletic Facilities
In an email sent to the student body earlier this evening, Miriam Merill, Chair of Physical Education and Director of Pomona-Pitzer...
The Claremont Independent
Nov 18, 2020
Majority of Furloughed Pomona Staff Receive Emergency Grants
Pomona College’s Sagehen Employee Support Fund, which the college started in October “to respond to some of the immediate needs of...
The Claremont Independent
Jun 18, 2020
New CMC Initiative Sweeps Changes Across Career Services, Faculty, And Curriculum To Support “
In an email to members of the student body sent earlier today, Hiram Chodosh, the President of Claremont McKenna College (CMC), announced...
The Claremont Independent
May 4, 2020
Pomona Enacts Salary Freeze, Potential Cuts, For Senior Administrators
At today’s College Finances and Coronavirus Crisis remote town hall, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr notified students of...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 22, 2020
CMC Donor Funds Job-Placement Fellowships For Graduating Seniors
To ease concerns about the current job market amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a first among the Claremont Colleges, Claremont McKenna...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 20, 2020
Pomona “Pass” Grade To Be At Professor Discretion
Just after Pomona College decided to switch to Pass/No Record Pandemic/Incomplete grading, the Independent reached out to Pomona’s...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 15, 2020
Harassment Cannot be a Substitute for Discourse
The last few days have proven divisive in the Pomona College community. In fact, as a senior, I can’t remember a time where students were...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 20, 2018
Conservative Prof. Called “Nazi”, Whites Weak-Minded on Free Speech Wall, Former Taken Down by Colle
This afternoon, Pomona College erased one anonymous message recently painted on Walker Wall—a wall dedicated to free speech—for being “an...
The Claremont Independent
Jan 31, 2017
College Presidents Spread False Anti-Trump Narrative to Student Body
Earlier this week, presidents of the five Claremont Colleges joined over thirty peer institutions of higher education in denouncing...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 5, 2016
Editorial: The Importance of Free Expression
Free speech on campus has become a growing issue in the US and internationally as traditionally freer countries place more and more...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 21, 2016
CLSA Response “Trumps” Claremont Administration and Students
The Chicano Latino Student Affairs Office (CLSA) released their monthly newspaper CHISPAS in April with a statement from the Associate...
The Claremont Independent
Apr 5, 2016
Social Justice Warriors Are the Reason Donald Trump Exists
Over the past couple weeks, students at colleges across the country have retreated into their safe spaces to protest the “hate speech”...
The Claremont Independent
Feb 29, 2016
President Oxtoby to Step Down
In an email sent this morning to the Pomona College community, David W. Oxtoby – thirteen year President of Pomona College – announced...
The Claremont Independent
Sep 13, 2015
Pomona College Faces Discrimination Lawsuit
Matt Harris, 18, is suing Pomona College for $20 million on charges of discrimination. Harris, of Portland, OR, claims that the school...
The Claremont Independent
Aug 28, 2015
News Flash, Pomona: We’re #1—And That’s a Good Thing
Pomona College was ranked #1 in Forbes magazine’s 2015 Best Colleges List, a fact that the college had proudly stated on its...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 31, 2014
A Free Market Defense of Plan B Vending Machines
By Chris Gaarder and Hannah Oh Here at the Claremont Independent, we aim to kindle meaningful discussion by introducing less commonly...
The Claremont Independent
Oct 30, 2014
An Uneven Playing Field
When I played soccer growing up, the coin toss was the most important part of the game. The coin toss determined which team shot on which...
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