The Student Life

Students walking to walker beach to rally

7C community rallies against sexual assault in solidarity with Cornell’s Jane Doe

October 9, 2026 3:01 am Caprice Bielby 0

About 150 community members across the 7Cs gathered at Scripps College’s Elm Tree Lawn Thursday at 1 p.m. and marched to Pomona College’s Walker Beach to rally against sexual violence in the wake of drugging and sexual assault allegations at Cornell University. Co-organizers Don James (DJ) Posillico PO ’27 and Stephanie Li PZ ’28 brought together several student organizations, advocacy groups and Title IX Coordinators to spread awareness about sexual violence on college campuses and to protest the Cornell Administration. Li said she organized the rally to stand with the Cornell plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe in a lawsuit filed last month, and every survivor of sexual violence.

ACLU, Amnesty International report on repression cites Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps; Pomona disputes claims

October 2, 2026 4:09 am Ava Fleisher 0

Dinning hall worker smiles while holding a large print out of lawsuit filed against Pomona College as he walks near Alexander Hall

Pomona and UNITE HERE begin negotiations for a new contract amid ULP filing, delegation

September 25, 2026 2:44 am Patrick McDowell 0

Large group of students gather in a circle in front of Alexander Hall

Milk & Honey delegates to Pomona admin with Local 11 and dining workers, demands fair labor practices and reopening plan

September 23, 2026 1:54 am Bianca Mirica 0

7C leftist organizations host “Week of Action” to commemorate third anniversary of Oct. 7

October 9, 2026 5:27 am Madeleine Farr 0

Multiple leftist student groups across the 7Cs collaborated on a “Week of Action” from Oct. 5 to 9, organizing a series of events including teach-ins, poetry readings, a 10:07 a.m. walkout and additional programming. The events marked three years since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, with student organizers protesting Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, as declared by the UN.

Amid tensions between the college administrations and certain student organizations advocating for Palestinian liberation, students raised concerns over some of the programming and questioned its choice of timing.

Claremont Hillel hosts Oct. 7 survivor at memorial service

October 9, 2026 4:05 am Charlotte Renner 0

Claremont Hillel hosted Rom El-Hai, a survivor of the Hamas-led attack on the Nova Music Festival, for a memorial service on Thursday to mark the three-year anniversary of Oct. 7. El-Hai spoke about his experience during and after the attacks to a group of around 30 5C students and community members on Oct. 8 at the Hillel house.

New visa and CPT restrictions threaten international students’ off-campus jobs

October 9, 2026 1:41 am Ava Fleisher 0

After the Trump administration placed new restrictions on Curricular Practical Training (CPT), a program that has historically allowed F-1 international students to work off campus, some international students have had to turn down jobs, while others expressed uncertainty about future opportunities.
In August, ICE sent a memo to colleges and universities directing them to issue CPT only when an internship or practical training experience is necessary for graduation, a stricter interpretation of the existing policy. The memo states that “improper CPT authorization” could result in “administrative or legal consequences,” such as a college losing its ability to enroll international students.

Speaking of change: Oldenborg’s demolition reshapes 5C multilingual community

October 9, 2026 12:29 am Charlotte Preuss 0

Following the demolition of the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations over the summer, Pomona College relocated its language and residential programming across campus while construction began on the new Center for Global Engagement (CGE). Students and Language Residents said the move changed the close-knit residential community and informal interactions that developed when language housing, dining and language operated in the same building.

Ruth Ozeki: Writing as play and spiritual practice

October 9, 2026 1:17 am Ananya Vinay 0

On Sept. 29 at Rose Hills Theatre, the renowned author sat down with Northwestern University professor Michelle Huang to discuss Buddhism, reinvention and her creative process — from “My Year of Meats” to her new short-story collection, “The Typing Lady.”

Rooted and Restless: Chinese cats on the margins

October 9, 2026 1:16 am Rochelle Lu 0

Rochelle Lu SC ’28 returns with her cultural column, “Rooted and Restless,” to explore what China’s stray cats reveal about the society around them.

Milk & Honey makes a sweet comeback

October 9, 2026 1:11 am Siena Giacoma 0

Milk & Honey reopened on Tuesday, Oct 6. Pomona Dining Services previously shut down the student-run boba shop on Sept. 10, sparking student outcry and renewed debate over Dining Services’ decisionmaking and labor practices.

Graft plasma la vida multilingüe de Claremont en papel

October 9, 2026 1:11 am Dianne Chevez Hernandez 0

En un campus donde estudiantes hablan y estudian idiomas de todo el mundo regularmente, Bowen Xu PO ’29 notó algo: la falta de lugares para estudiantes para escribir en estos idiomas. Esa brecha eventualmente se convirtió en Graft, la multilingual review of Claremont (revista multilingüe de Claremont), una revista literaria que publica obras creativas y académicas de diferentes idiomas y culturas.

OPINION: Let’s talk about politics (again)

October 9, 2026 4:23 am Makayla Tracy 0

Makayla Tracy PZ ’30 argues that amid the 5Cs’ culture of deep political engagement, choosing to stay neutral in some political conversations should always be justified. Without the ability to step back from often-heated political discourse, one can fall into the trap of taking a side before having time to form a nuanced thought.

OPINION: EA policy should have a writing and rhetoric learning objective

October 9, 2026 2:37 am Luca Davis 0

Luca Davis PZ ‘27 is an Environmental Analysis major on the policy track who proposes a new curriculum change: a writing and rhetoric learning objective. For an interdisciplinary major at a liberal arts college, Davis thought writing would come naturally, but for a field that requires rhetorical scrutiny and articulate argumentation, the lack of intense writing has been puzzling and hindering.

OPINION: Did yesterday’s march truly support Jane Doe?

October 9, 2026 2:18 am Aria Wang 0

In light of a lawsuit filed by former Cornell University student identified as Jane Doe against seven fraternity students, Aria Wang PO ’27 writes about the rally against sexual assault on Oct. 8, which attempted to display solidarity with Jane Doe. She situates the rally within institutional constraints, arguing that demandless action without adequate input from survivors on future care and resistance can often fall short.

In response to Elena Gutierrez’ Oct. 1 OPINION: Holding a grudge is a sign of maturity

October 9, 2026 1:36 am Dustin Tran 0

In “Holding a grudge is a sign of maturity” (October 1, 2026), Elena Gutierrez makes a fair point: students should not feel pressured to hide their hurt or forgive someone who has made no effort to repair a relationship. I also appreciate her clarification that she is defending boundaries rather than unnecessary resentment.

‘A Long Talk’ trainings headline new P-P athletic anti-racism reform

October 9, 2026 3:34 am Zachary LeBlanc 0

This fall, Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) athletics implemented new trainings titled “A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth” aimed at cultivating an anti-racist culture and strengthening department-wide community. A Long Talk focuses on the simple formula that “information plus empathy equals action.”

Womxn’s Flag Football touch-down in new league

October 9, 2026 3:06 am Irikaa Mehrotra 0

As the fall comes into full swing, infographics and flyers are plastered around the 5cs, each pitching clubs and events to students passing by. One club’s tagline: “Do you ever watch football and wonder what it would be like to play it yourself?” The Womxn’s Flag Football team, founded in fall of 2024, is gearing up for their first year of play in the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association Women’s Club Flag Football League.

Keeping score all year: The case for a Sixth Street Cup

October 9, 2026 2:11 am Jake Creelan 0

Imagine Michigan Quarterback Bryce Underwood in a lab with the Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith just two days after a game. Anywhere else, most would call that absurd and even fight-worthy. In Claremont, that is just a normal Monday. This is because Claremont has something those rivalries cannot match: We live, study, and party with the opposing side. A rivalry that runs from classrooms to courts all year long deserves a restructured trophy that does too: a year-long Sixth Street Cup.

Claremont turns violet: Valkyries fans find each other across the 5Cs

October 9, 2026 12:42 am Lena Bibbler Parker 0

The WNBA’s Valkyries exhilarating second season saw them make the playoffs for the second year in a row and advance to the semifinals for the first time in team history. At the 5Cs, wearing Valkyries merch, especially in the Valkyries’ signature violet, has become a signal of Bay Area identity, an expression of support for women’s sports, and an invitation to form community 400 miles from Balhalla.

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