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December 3, 2023 8:53 pmApril 9, 2024 10:32 pm

Pomona dean addresses faculty on arrest, college to look into campus policies

By Jenna McMurtry 11864 Views Campus Safety, Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, Claremont Police Department, CPD, Gabbi Starr, Melanie Wu, Pomona College

Approximately 48 hours after the arrest of a Pomona College faculty member on charges of trespassing, Dean of the College Melanie Wu issued the college’s first statement to faculty on Friday, according to an email obtained by TSL. In the statement, Wu said the college “does not consider trespassing to

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March 31, 2022 11:13 pmApril 5, 2022 9:00 am

In memoriam: Ronald Lopez Sr., pioneer of the 5Cs’ Chicano Studies Program

By Ava Francis-Hall and Maxine Davey 4131 Views Activist, Chicano Latino Student Affairs, Chicano Studies Center, Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, History professor, Latin America, Latinx, Los Angeles, Mexican American Studies Center, Pitzer College, Professor, Rita Dearborn, Ronald Lopez Sr., Sacramento, Tomás Summers Sandoval

Ronald Lopez Sr., who played a key role in creating the 5C program in Chicano/a Latino/a Studies, died in Sacramento March 10. He was 83. Lopez helped establish what was then called the Mexican American Studies Center in 1969, in what would become the second program of its type in the country. He served as the executive director of the center for four years and helped oversee the department’s renaming to Chicano Studies Center.

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