OPINION: The limits of college activism

Do college students have political leverage? Guest writer Marcello Ursic PO ‘24 on why disrupting an institution’s cash flow is the most effective form of political action.

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5C Prison Abolition Collective campaigns against ‘inhumane conditions’ at California Institution for Women

After receiving reports of water contamination and lackluster COVID-19 response protocols at the California Institution for Women, the 5C Prison Abolition Collective helped organize a ‘blitz’ campaign earlier this month to raise awareness and call for action.

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Patrisse Cullors speaks on abolition, art, ‘creating new worlds’ at Pomona event

Prison abolitionist and Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation founder Patrisse Cullors spoke at an event hosted by Pomona College’s Humanities’ Studio on Oct. 21.

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Now in its second year, Nobody Fails at Scripps settles in for the long haul

NFAS began in response to a specific crisis: students wanted a universal pass grading policy for the spring semester of 2020 as a result of the then-nascent pandemic. Then, as student need became apparent, the group did a round of mutual aid fundraising before the fall 2020 semester, followed by another before spring 2021. Last semester, some organizers were unsure if NFAS would continue to exist past their graduation last spring.

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Film philosophy: ‘Love, Death & Robots’ values individual change over unrealistic goals

The episode “Pop Squad” from “Love, Death & Robots” asserts that we are responsible for individual-level change when societal change is unfeasible, argues TV columnist Simone Bogedal PO ’24.

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