Earlier this week, three all-Black student ‘die-ins’ were organized at Pomona College’s and Pitzer College’s dining halls. According to the protesters, the die-ins were a response to institutional violence committed against the Black community as a whole, sparked by recent grand jury decisions to not indict white police officers who
Author: Jazmin Ocampo
Students March to Protest Ferguson Verdict
Approximately 400 students, professors and staff members from the Claremont Colleges, along with members of the surrounding community, joined together Nov. 25 to march from Honnold/Mudd Library to Claremont City Hall. The march was part of the nationwide response to the Nov. 24 decision by a St. Louis County grand
Pomona Monitors Bike Theft Through Expanded Camera Network
Pomona College will be the last of the five Claremont Colleges to expand security camera surveillance to bike racks. According to Vice President of Facilities and Campus Services Bob Robinson, the college began adding 61 cameras around bike racks in August. Those cameras will be functional beginning Dec. 1. Interim
City of Claremont Places Second in California Energy Challenge
The city of Claremont placed second in the CoolCalifornia City Challenge, a five-month challenge that engaged 10 cities to compete for a portion of $100,000 in prize money. Claremont received $22,797, taking second place behind the city of Riverside. The challenge—a partnership between the California Air Resources Board, the University
A Year After Contract, Pomona Workers Note Benefits of Unionization
Nearly a year after Pomona College dining hall workers and college administrators ratified a union contract, employees tell of improved working conditions but note that there is still room for improvement. The three-year contract, which was ratified Dec. 17, 2013, represented a long-sought end to the unionization campaign that workers
CGU Professor William Crano Combats Ebola Through Education
As part of the effort to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa, one of Claremont’s own is turning to the project that underlies our institutions: education. Over the past 12 years, Claremont Graduate University psychology professor William Crano has been working with a volunteer-driven nonprofit health information organization
Scripps Introduces Diversity Initiative
Scripps College has introduced a comprehensive plan to align resources and programming to promote the goals of inclusion, diversity, equity and access within the Scripps community. College president Lori Bettison-Varga announced the IDEA Initiative by email Oct. 3. According to Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees Denise Nelson
Monsour Requests Increased Funding
Seeking to improve and expand its services, Monsour Counseling and Psychological Service has requested more funding from the Committee of Deans and is waiting for the request to be approved by the presidents of the Claremont Colleges. According to an email to TSL from Monsour Director Gary DeGroot, Monsour has
5C Divestment Campaign to Continue at Pomona and Scripps
The Claremont Colleges Divestment Campaign celebrated a key victory when Pitzer College’s Board of Trustees decided to divest from fossil fuels only 18 months after the campaign began organizing for the cause. However, for the students who are part of the campaign, this victory is simply one battle in a
ASPC Creates Sexual Assault Task Force
In an effort to address sexual violence at Pomona College, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate voted and approved the creation of a Sexual Violence Task Force on April 14. South Campus Representative Nico Kass PO ’16 presented the resolution, which stated that the task force is designed