Author: Janet Ma

Julia Gomez Salazar still remembers a time in Claremont when Mexican and white children were segregated, the colleges were all dry campuses, and Claremont Blvd was just a long stretch of brush. Born in Claremont in 1923, Salazar has lived all her life in “El Barrio”—officially know as the Arbol

Margaret Ramirez Dean, 77, has lived in the house her father built off of Claremont Blvd. and 6th Street since she was 10 years old. Now residing with her husband and daughter, Dean speaks fondly of her house as a home full of rich and happy memories. So when she

Negotiations between pro-union dining hall workers and college administrators took on a new tone when the two sides met Jan. 27. Both workers and administrators came out of the meeting more hopeful than in past negotiations, while still acknowledging the work ahead of them. Dining hall cook Rolando Araiza attended

Lending academic expertise to the Workers for Justice movement, Gordon Lafer, associate professor at the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center and former Senior Policy Advisor on Labor in the U.S. House of Representatives, contextualized some of the key issues that have severely hindered progress of the unionization

Harvey Mudd Assistant Professor of Chemistry David Vosburg spoke at the Veritas forum, hosted by the Pomona-Pitzer Christian Fellowship in Rose Hills Theatre on Tuesday.As both an organic chemist and a Christian, Vosburg aimed to dispel the notion that faith and science are incompatible.“Many times I have felt alienated by

On Wednesday at about 3:10 p.m., a 79-year-old Claremont female resident was struck by a Metrolink train at the Indian Hill Boulevard crossing, where she died on the scene from her injuries.The train was headed eastbound from Los Angeles Union Station to its final destination in San Bernardino.The speed of

Amid the climate of economic uncertainty, the Pomona College community has begun to reexamine the position of staff on campus. Student groups and faculty committees have voiced concerns over the treatment and representation of staff at the college, while the administration is in the process of adjusting to a smaller

Robert Bell HM ’72 is a member of an international team that recently won the $1 million Netflix prize for creating the best recommendation software to predict trends in Netflix customer movie preferences.Three years ago, Netflix issued a worldwide challenge to engineers, scientists, and statisticians, asking them to improve Netflix’s

Five 5-C graduating seniors were granted prestigious Watson fellowships by the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. Anoush Suni PO ’09, Irene Toro Martinez PO’09, Brian Dolphin PI ’09, Kyle Delbyck SC ’09, and Brandon Horn HM ’09 are five of 40 students nationwide who will each receive a $28,000 grant for