In Claremont, Jewish students and organizations centered around Judaism on campus, as well as Palestinian students and groups supporting the Free Palestine movement, have expressed pain as they mourn those who have been killed by Hamas and the IDF. These groups have organized teach-ins, marches and vigils throughout the past week to express solidarity in painful times, even as tensions grow.
Seventeen days after three Pomona College contingent faculty members sent an open letter to faculty about their removal from college-owned residences, the situation — in which a total of nine contingent faculty have received an eviction letter — has yet to be resolved. Still, members of Pomona’s community have continued
On Thursday, April 20, Claremont McKenna College President Hiram Chodosh emailed the community with a response to an April 14 statement, authored by a collective of affinity groups including the Black Student Association (BSA), Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) and Asian Pacific American Mentoring Program (APAM). The statement calls on
On Monday, April 10, three Pomona College contingent faculty members sent an open letter to faculty sharing their removal from college-owned residences this summer, raising concerns about affording living in Los Angeles County on their current salaries. The letter was co-signed by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Li-Fang Lai, Rand Postdoctoral Fellow
Pomona-Pitzer (P-P) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) athletics programs both completed an Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) report outlining the spending totals of their respective programs that were made available to the public earlier this month. This report covered the 2021-2022 academic year as a result of the EADA of 1994,
Scripps College announced Amy Marcus-Newhall’s unanimous selection as the 11th president of the college on April 6. Marcus-Newhall has served as interim or acting president three times: once during the 2015-2016 academic year, and twice more prior to and following Keen’s tenure as president. Marcus-Newhall will serve as president for three years, leading up to the institution’s centennial anniversary.
At 12:47 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, voting closed for Pomona College’s 2023 ASPC elections. The winners were announced via email shortly after, announcing Pomona’s student body leaders for the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year. Current ASPC President Vera Berger PO ‘23 said the new student body will bring a combination
This March, the 5Cs sent offers of admission to thousands of students for the class of 2027. Harvey Mudd College was the first 5C to release its regular admission decisions on March 1, followed by Pomona and Scripps College, who announced their decisions on March 17. Pomona reported that of
Last Wednesday, March 15, AudienceView, a third party ticketing vendor used by colleges nationwide, was overwhelmed by excessive student traffic and completely crashed, marking its second technological collapse in just 30 days. On March 4, Pomona College in conjunction with Information Technology Services (ITS) released a statement on their website
As Black History Month came to a close this February, the Black Student Unions of Pitzer College and Scripps College called out their administrations for a lack of support for Black students on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and Wednesday, March 1, respectively. Pitzer’s Black Student Union (BSU) released a seven-page document
