CMS Track Teams Suspended Indefinitely After Naked Athletes Allegedly Assault Pomona Student

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s and women’s track and field teams have been suspended indefinitely pending an investigation into transgressions committed by team members last weekend. The investigation is believed to be centered on an incident in which six male athletes — some of them naked — allegedly assaulted a student employee

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Crime Logs: September 2017

The Claremont Police Department deployed pedestrian enforcement details to catch motorists who do not yield to pedestrians at crosswalks on Sept. 29. One deployment was on Pomona College’s campus at College Avenue and 4th Street. According to CPD Traffic Supervisor Lt. Jason Walters, eight of the 195 vehicles that passed through the intersection

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Uncovering Campus Safety’s Lack of Transparency

In 1990, the United States Congress unanimously passed the Jeane Clery Act, requiring universities to disclose statistics about crime on and around campus so students could properly evaluate their school’s safety. The intent of the law is clear: colleges ought to make information about crime on and around campus publicly

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Campus Safety Focuses on Decreasing Bike Thefts

About a month ago, Frank Bedoya, Pomona College's senior associate dean of campus life, witnessed a bike theft.  “I observed a car drive up by the bike racks over by Pomona Hall,” Bedoya said. Bedoya then saw two people with backpacks leave the cars and approach the bike racks. Suspicious, he called campus

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