Cooper Crane PO‘24 explains the political and social structures that inform the response to protests and how protests factor in larger political conflicts.
Tag: April 5
ASCMC Senate approves student resolution on Pomona protests
On Monday, April 15, the ASCMC Senate voted to pass a student resolution written in response to the April 5 arrests of 20 5C students at Pomona College.
Pomona College hosts town hall to discuss calls for divestment; Starr announces plans to lift three of seven suspensions for arrested students
On Thursday, April 18, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr and Chair of the Board of Trustees Sam Glick hosted a town hall discussion in response to students’ calls for the administration to disclose their investments and to divest from “the apartheid system within the state of Israel.”
OPINION: Dear Pomona College administrators, masked protestors aren’t a danger to our community — but you are
One of President Gabrielle Starr’s primary concerns with the events of April 5, were the “masked, unidentified individuals.” Aria Wang PO ’27 addresses her concern and counters: how can students willingly show their identities to an administration that refuses to include them in their claims to community?
Pomona College faculty votes to pass resolution condemning college; over 250 7C community members walkout for divestment
On Thursday, April 11, Pomona College faculty passed a resolution criticizing the events of April 5 while hundreds of 7C members protested.
OPINION: I’m calling you in, President Starr: Pomona must support academic freedom and students’ right to free speech
Following the April 5 arrests on Pomona’s campus, Aaron Matsuoka PZ ’26 questions the implications of President Starr’s use of police force on students’ right to free speech and academic freedom.
7C and national organizations denounce Pomona College’s response to student arrests
Following the arrest of 20 students at Pomona College by the Claremont Police Department (CPD) on Friday, April 5, several 7C and national organizations have released statements condemning Pomona’s response, pointing to both the academic disciplinary and legal prosecutions sanctioned by its president, G. Gabrielle Starr.