The Benton Museum of Art held an opening reception for two of their new exhibits, “Jonathan Lethem’s Parallel Play” and “One Last Thing Again,” on Feb. 15. Both shows map a web of artistic relationships and explore the intersections between writing and visual art.
Author: Sage Harper
Expressing identity and memory: Pitzer’s Lenzner Gallery presents Valeria Tizol Vivas’ ”Aurora”
“Aurora,” a new body of work by Pitzer Ceramic Artist-in-Residence Valeria Tizol Vivas, opened at the Lenzer Gallery on Feb. 1. The exhibition takes inspiration from the artist’s childhood memories of Puerto Rico and of her grandmother, for whom the show is named. Working in a variety of forms, including ceramic vessels and installation, Tizol Vivas transforms the gallery space into an intimate encounter with embodied memory.
Three cars stolen on Pomona campus; latest in string of Grand Theft Autos
Three car thefts occurred between Monday, April 15 and Tuesday, April 16, on Pomona College’s campus. According to Campus Safety, they and the Claremont Police Department have identified a subject and are currently investigating. The vehicles in question remain missing. On Monday evening, two unidentified individuals stole a 2005 gold
Black queer spirituality as sacred epistemology: Pomona alumnus, Don Abram gives this year’s Lorn S. Foster Lecture
The Pomona Politics department hosted Rev. Don Abram, PO ’16, a public theologian and LGBTQ+ community advocate, on Wednesday, March 27.
Reproductive medicine and policy: Abortion and the Supreme Court with Jaclyn Serpico
On Thursday, March 7, Jaclyn Serpico spoke at Pomona College about the intricacies of reproductive healthcare and her research on reproductive rights.
Pomona students to vote on divestment from the ‘apartheid system within the state of Israel’ via ASPC referendum
Between Monday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) will host a vote on a student-led referendum regarding Pomona’s investments in Israel and whether Pomona should disclose their holdings and divest — sell their holdings — from “the apartheid system in the state of Israel.” The referendum, which was proposed by Divest Claremont Colleges and endorsed by 34 other on-campus student organizations, will be held via a confidential ballot system sent to students’ email addresses.
A wet start to the school year, flooding at the Claremont Colleges
The heavy rainstorms that hit California came down heavily on the 5C area on Sunday, Feb. 4 and stayed through Tuesday, Feb. 6. During this period, Claremont received an uncharacteristically high 7.93 inches of rain that resulted in significant consequences for the 5Cs. From Mount Baldy temporarily closing its ski
Sexual Assault Campus Climate: A summary of student demographics
On Jan. 24, students at the 5Cs received an email from their respective college presidents announcing the results of the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium’s 2023 Sexual Assault Campus Climate Survey (SACCS). These results were presented alongside an analysis of the results by the 5C HEDS SACCS working group,