Tattoos, tooth gems and tarot readings: ASPC hosts first Market Friday

On Friday, Nov. 17, ASPC packed Pomona College’s Stover Walk with vendors, ranging from DJs to food trucks to a pop-up tattoo shop. The event, dubbed Market Friday, was the first of its kind hosted by ASPC. ASPC Commissioner of Campus Events Amarachi Aguwa PO ’24 and Vice President of

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‘The geneticist’s vanishing Indian’: Kim TallBear speaks on the genetic study of Indigenous peoples

On Thursday, Nov. 9, the Pomona College Anthropology Department and the Science, Technology and Society Program hosted Kim TallBear for a lecture titled “The Geneticist’s Vanishing Indian vs. Indigenous Collective Presence.” Over 50 people attended TallBear’s talk, which was hosted at Pomona’s Hahn Hall. TallBear is a professor of Native

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Scripps, Pomona search for replacements as Title IX coordinators step down

Following a series of recent administrative changes at Pomona College and Scripps College, the Title IX coordinators at both schools left their roles this month. On Oct. 13, Scripps Title IX Coordinator Sara Miller stepped down from her position. The following week, on Oct. 25, Pomona Title IX Coordinator Erica

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Coop Store lowers prices by 20 percent, plans for more sales

Pomona College’s Coop Store permanently lowered its food and beverage prices by 20 percent, Pomona Dean of Students Josh Eisenberg announced on Oct. 10. Coop Store manager Brenda Schmit and the ASPC implemented this price cut to encourage more student consumption on campus. The Coop Store, which operates like a

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Billion-dollar breakthrough: CMC soars to new fundraising heights

On Oct. 2, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) announced it had raised over $1 billion in an eight year fundraising campaign, making it the largest single fundraising campaign in the United States at a liberal arts college. Over 65 percent of alumni contributed to this campaign, with 89 supporters donating $1

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Scripps grant funding for undocumented and low-income students revoked

On Monday, Aug. 28, Scripps College President Amy Marcus-Newhall announced in an email to the community that the Schuler Initiative will no longer be donating $15 million to the college it had previously promised, due to the state of the financial market. Scripps announced the grant last September, accompanied by

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As CMC administration delays responding to demands, affinity groups escalate actions

As of Sunday, April 23, nearly 1,000 people from the 5C community have signed a petition for Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees to reconsider their rejection of the proposed Race and Ethnic Studies General Education (GE) Requirement. The petition was initially created by the Racial GE Group, which consists

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Prison reform activist and author Kelly Lytle Hernández speaks on incarceration in LA

On Tuesday, April 18, Pomona College’s Ena H. Thompson Lectureship hosted Kelly Lytle Hernández for a lecture titled “Million Dollar Hoods: The Costs of Incarceration in Los Angeles.”  Lytle Hernández is a professor of history, African American studies and urban planning at UCLA. The MacArthur Fellow has written multiple award-winning

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Code violations cause for ASPC revote, McNeely named new Vice President of Academic Affairs

On Wednesday, April 12, Elections Commissioner Devlin Orlin PO ’25 declared Bianca McNeely PO ’25 the new ASPC Vice President of Academic Affairs (VPAA). McNeely’s victory comes after a re-vote for the position announced to Pomona students in an email on Monday, April 10. Orlin initiated the re-vote after the

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Pomona, CMC release plans to address antisemitism on campus

On Monday, March 27, Pomona College students received an email from President G. Gabrielle Starr addressing two recent incidents of vandalism at Pomona and outlining Pomona’s plan to address antisemitism on campus.  These incidents come on the heels of a rise in antisemitism in the Claremont community this past January,

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