I was the president of my high school environmental club. When I said I wouldn’t be attending an anti-fracking march we had been invited to because I was pro-local fracking, half of the club members refused to speak to me for the rest of the month. I’m aware of the
Tag: Protest
OPINION: Peaceful protests won’t save marginalized groups
I am tired of calls for peaceful protests. I want to make it clear: I am not advocating for violence. I don’t think violence is an answer, nor do I think peaceful protest is. When it comes to marginalized students being confronted with those who seek to harm or outright
Students counter Westboro Baptist Church picketers with ‘Celebration of Diversity’
About 100 students gathered at Pomona College’s Marston Quadrangle for a “Celebration of Diversity” event the morning of Nov. 12 in response to the Westboro Baptist Church’s planned picketing on Pomona’s campus, according to Marylou Ferry, Pomona’s spokesperson. One of the “Celebration of Diversity” organizers, Rowan Macy PO ’22, said
5C students protest confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh, march through campuses
CW: sexual assault “Who will vote? We will vote!” Chants like this erupted from a group of around 100 Claremont Colleges students Tuesday afternoon, as they marched over 1.2 miles across the 5Cs, protesting the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Oct. 6. The protest lasted for approximately
Sexual Assault Letter Sparks Student Protests
An anonymous letter to the 5C community detailing an alleged gross mishandling of a sexual assault case by Pomona College’s Title IX office was published in a Scripps student publication Dec. 4, triggering a protest at Pomona’s Alexander Hall three days later. The letter described how the author was threatened
Students Blockade Athenaeum to Protest Conservative Speaker
A crowd of approximately 300 protesters surrounded the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College in an attempt to block conservative political commentator Heather Mac Donald from entering the building and delivering a talk on the evening of Thursday, April 6. Mac Donald, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and
CMC Students of Color Protest Administration’s Lack of Support, Force Dean of Students to Resign
Following protests, statements and hunger strikes from student activists, Claremont McKenna College Dean of Students Mary Spellman announced that she would be stepping down from her position effective immediately, in an email to the CMC community yesterday, Nov. 12. Spellman’s resignation followed a Nov. 11 protest, where students presented a
5C Students March in Solidarity With Black Students Across the Nation
Over 1,000 members of the Claremont community, including students, faculty, staff, and city residents, participated in the Black Out Student March on Thursday, Nov. 12. The event was a part of a national day of action, #MillionStudentMarch, in which hundreds of colleges organized “to stand in solidarity with the students
15 Arrested in Protests Over Documentation Firings
In a show of opposition to Pomona College’s decision to terminate 17 employees who could not verify their employment documentation before yesterday’s 5 p.m. deadline, 15 supporters of the terminated employees were arrested for refusing to move from the middle of an intersection this morning. The arrests were part of