Students Organize ‘Die-In’ Protests at Dining Halls

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

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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

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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

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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

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