On Dec. 10, Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr announced a resolution agreement to a Title VI complaint received by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in April 2024, which alleged that Jewish students were experiencing antisemitism on campus.
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Pomona College bans two 5C students from campus following Oct. 7 memorial disturbance
Pomona College has identified and banned two 5C students from their campus as part of an ongoing investigation into a disruption at an Oct. 7 memorial hosted by Claremont Hillel.
Pomona College to investigate disruption at Hillel memorial event
Pomona’s President’s Office informed the school community via email this morning that four masked individuals disrupted a Hillel memorial.
5C organizations commemorate two years since Oct. 7 attacks
Several groups across the 5Cs hosted events this week to commemorate the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023.
Pluralism, progress, problems: 50 years of interfaith chaplaincy
At the intersection of Scripps College, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College stands the McAlister Center for Religious Activities (also called the McAlister Center for Spiritual Life), an institution many students pass every day. However, according to former Protestant Chaplain Naima Lett, 75% of the community she encountered during the 2021-2022 school year was unaware of the center’s chaplain services, which provide counseling for all students and faculty of the Claremont colleges regardless of religion. Even less known is the chaplaincy system’s fifty years of complex history, representing both the cutting edge of inclusive college campuses and archaic systems no longer relevant to student needs.
Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps Colleges receive failing grade in Anti-Defamation League rating
Pomona College, Pitzer College and Scripps College all received “failing” grades in the Anti-Defamation League’s Campus Antisemitism Report Card, sparking mixed reactions amongst Jewish groups on campus.
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.
5C students mourn, express fear over violence in Gaza and Israel
In Claremont, Jewish students and organizations centered around Judaism on campus, as well as Palestinian students and groups supporting the Free Palestine movement, have expressed pain as they mourn those who have been killed by Hamas and the IDF. These groups have organized teach-ins, marches and vigils throughout the past week to express solidarity in painful times, even as tensions grow.
Apparent Anti-Semitic, Racist Vandalism Riles Scripps
Scripps College is currently investigating two separate incidents of vandalism — one that seems to be anti-Semitic and one which involved racist language — directed at individual students, Dean of Students Charlotte Johnson announced in an email to students Thursday morning. In the first incident, someone posted a flyer for a