On Tuesday, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine led a march to Claremont City Hall to attend a vote on a ceasefire resolution in Gaza.
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Interfaith challah-making event braids together Muslim and Jewish students
There are few feelings as universal as ripping into freshly baked bread, warm and fluffy right out of the oven. On the evening of Feb. 23, two dozen Muslim and Jewish students savored that pleasure together at an interfaith challah-making event co-hosted by Nishmat and the 7C Muslim Student Association (MSA). Nishmat and MSA organizers emphasized the importance of Jewish-Muslim solidarity amidst Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza.
OPINION: Why a referendum ‘yes’ vote actually matters
Ben Brady PO ’25 argues that Pomona College’s upcoming ASPC referendum gauging student opinion on Pomona College’s investments in Israel is an opportunity for students to take part in galvanizing a broader societal shift.
OPINION: What Pomona’s referendum will do wrong
Emilio N. Bankier PO ’27, Leo Kalb Bourke PO ’25 and Noah Rinsler PO ’26 argue that Pomona College’s upcoming referendum vote on whether Pomona should divest from “the apartheid system in the state of Israel” has been unfairly presented to students through biased language and a loosening of ASPC senate rules.
Anonymous email calls for removal of ASPC officer regarding pro-Palestine Instagram story; Claremont Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapter announced
The name of the ASPC VP of Finance has been omitted for safety concerns. As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 28,000 as a result of Israel’s escalating attacks, tensions at the Claremont Colleges have heightened in response. Rafah, a city on the Southern Gaza strip, was once designated a
‘War in Gaza’: At CMC, professors discuss Israel-Palestine conflict
On Jan. 27, Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Open Academy and Keck Center Institute for International and Strategic Studies hosted a discussion facilitated by professors Heather Ferguson, Jon Shields and Hilary Appel titled “The War in Gaza.” The conversation, which was initially held at the Kravis Center, continued at Appel’s home
Starr receives criticism after response to Dec. 8 student demonstrations
On Saturday, Dec. 9, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr sent an email to the Pomona student body condemning what she described as “two unacceptable incidents involving intimidation and conduct intended to physically restrain a student” that occurred the previous day. The incidents she referenced took place on Friday, Dec.
‘Laboratory for policing’: IDAAS talk discusses racialized surveillance
On Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Claremont Colleges Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies (IDAAS) held a teach-in hosted by the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. The event, titled “From Los Angeles to Gaza: Charting the Global Struggle Against Racialized Surveillance,” featured guest speakers Matyos Kidane, Shakeer Rahman and Hamid Khan. It
7C community members continue to organize, release statements regarding violence in Gaza
As tensions surrounding violence in Gaza continue to rise across the nation, community members at the Claremont Colleges speak out.
OPINION: In the face of a genocide, Palestine deserves more from Pomona College
Sarah Burch PO ’22, a Pomona College alumna, argues that the college is inadequately supporting Palestine.