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The “Free” Wall — How Procedure Strangles Expression at Pitzer
Pitzer Free Wall on March 6. The Free Wall’s History and Recent Controversy Pitzer College’s Free Wall has recently become the canvas...
Dhriti Jagadish
4 days ago
Pomona, Scripps, Pitzer, Harvey Mudd Presidents Join Over 200 College Leaders in Denouncing ‘Government Overreach’ in Higher Education
Photos via the Claremont Colleges. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published a statement on April 22...
Emilio Bankier
Apr 23
5 Hours in Carnegie Hall - A Full Account of the Oct. 7 Takeover
Six months on, an extensive investigation uncovers new details about the student occupation of Pomona College’s Carnegie Hall on Oct. 7,...
Emilio Bankier
Apr 7
Pomona President Responds to 'Misinformation' on Cooperation with Congressional Probe
Image via OpenVerse. Copyright Dave and Margie Hill . In an email Monday evening, Pomona College Acting President Bob Gaines responded...
Emilio Bankier
Apr 1
House Committee on Education and Workforce Probes Pomona for 'Antisemitic Incidents'
Representative Tim Walberg. Image via walberg.house.gov . On March 27, Pomona College was among five institutions to be sent a letter...
Dhriti Jagadish
Mar 30
Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into Scripps College
Margaret Fowler Garden at Scripps College. Image via Openverse . On March 18th, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil...
Naya Dermenjian
Mar 30
Department of Education Warns Pomona College of Title VI Noncompliance Penalties
Image via Flickr. Copyright Dave and Margie Hill . On March 10, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent...
Rachel Svoyskiy
Mar 10
Brandeis Center and ADL File Federal Title VI Complaint Against Scripps College
Image via Wikimedia Commons. On March 6, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that they had filed a federal...
Greta Long
Mar 6
New Dept. of Education Guidance Threatens Race-Based Programs at Claremont Colleges
Image via Flickr. Copyright Vicki Walker . On February 14, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a “Dear...
Violet Ramanathan
Feb 27
Bring Back Standardized Tests
Image Credit: Baxter Brew On Friday, January 24, CMC faculty voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees reinstate the school’s...
Baxter Brew and Violet Ramanathan
Feb 20
An Interview with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, Incoming Director of the Open Academy
Professor Ioannis Evrigenis. Last Tuesday, the Claremont Independent sat down with Professor Ioannis Evrigenis, the incoming faculty...
Kendall White
Feb 13
Pomona and CMC Advise International Students to Return to Campus Before Trump Inauguration
Image via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright Sdkb . In the final days of the fall semester, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College sent...
Emilio Bankier
Dec 31, 2024
Pomona Disputes Legal Liability Claims Over Student Suspensions
Protesters rally to overturn student suspensions. On Monday, November 25th, lawyers for Pomona College responded to a November 13th...
Emilio Bankier
Nov 27, 2024
Pomona Sanctions Student Groups Involved in Oct. 7th Protests
Student protesters inside Carnegie Hall. On November 1st, Pomona College’s Judicial Council (JBoard) issued sanctions against Claremont...
Rachel Svoyskiy
Nov 26, 2024
Mental Illness is Losing its Meaning
Image credit: Baxter Brew Thankfully, mental health has largely escaped the antiquated corner into which our parents’ generation pushed...
Baxter Brew
Nov 16, 2024
Civil Liberties Groups Warn Pomona of Possible Litigation Over Student Suspensions
Student protesters on October 7. On November 13, the ACLU of Southern California, Asian Law Caucus, Center for Protest Law and...
Kendall White
Nov 14, 2024
Student Protesters Should Embrace Suspensions
Posters set up outside Carnegie Hall. On October 23, a statement from Pomona College President Gabi Starr announced that ten students had...
Violet Ramanathan
Nov 14, 2024
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism Through the Lens of the Soviet Experience
Student protesters on October 7th. Lenny Fukshansky is a professor of mathematics at Claremont McKenna. A version of this article was...
Lenny Fukshansky
Nov 6, 2024
Starr Bypasses Judicial Council to Issue Full Suspensions to Oct. 7th Protesters
Protesters block the back door of Carnegie Hall. On Wednesday, October 23, Pomona President Gabi Starr issued a statement regarding the...
Greta Long
Oct 26, 2024
5C Clubs Partnered with Organization Now Designated Terrorist Entity
A banner at Carnegie Hall. On October 15th, the US Department of the Treasury announced that Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity...
Emilio Bankier
Oct 19, 2024
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