Plans to destroy Pomona College’s Oldenborg Center in the 2026-2027 academic school year could threaten operations at the Coop Fountain, according to student representatives familiar with the situation. As part of the college’s Global Pomona initiative, Oldenborg will be replaced with the Center for Global Engagement, a facility meant to encourage both global and local partnerships among students and faculty. But one detail in the building’s plans has alarmed students: unlike Oldenborg, the new center will not have an industrial kitchen.
Author: Annabelle Ink
5C community reacts to Trump’s victory
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Pitzer director of alumni programs fired, convicted of abusive sexual contact
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Starr issues campus bans to non-Pomona 5C students involved in Oct. 7 demonstration
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Scripps administration shuts down Motley Coffeehouse
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‘This is not a choice:’ Scripps administration demands Motley Coffeehouse remove Palestinian flag
Despite pressures from administration, Scripps College’s Motley Coffeehouse has refused to take down its Palestinian flag.
Students ‘channel rage,’ demonstrate outside Starr’s house amidst calls for divestment
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‘Mask Up’ zine at ASPC club fair table raises concerns of antisemitism
A zine distributed at last week’s 5C club fair is raising concerns among students for what some describe as antisemitic ideas and propaganda. Several copies of the zine, titled “Palestinian Solidarity, COVID-19, and the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation,” were laid out on an informational table run by the Associated Students