Zara Seldon PO ’29 recalls her experience with Pomona College’s Housing and Residence Life (HRL) office in her forced double as she attempted to remove an extra wardrobe. The new Center for Global Engagement (CGE), replacing Oldenborg, has caused a housing crisis evident through many residents’ experiences, but one that HRL was neither prepared to handle nor receive blame for.
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Claremont Police Department called on senior graduation party, raising questions around college police protocol
The Pomona College class of 2026’s final celebration the night of their graduation ended in confrontations with Campus Safety and, eventually, the Claremont Police Department (CPD). Officers followed the group from Pomona to Harvey Mudd College and ultimately called the CPD on students. What multiple students and HRL student employees described as an excessive and abnormal response prompted TSL to investigate protocols surrounding HRL and Campus Safety’s relationship to the CPD.
Heavy rains sweep through Claremont, damaging Pomona, CMC, Scripps facilities and residence halls
Heavy rain showered the Claremont Colleges this Tuesday, causing student displacement and damage to facilities, including residence halls.


