“For a school that has been around for over a century, Pomona’s reactionary protocol to overt racism on campus is laughable. What does accountability mean when the administrative response to racial slurs is simply an invitation for dialogue?” Kaitlyn Ulalisa PO ’27 and Mujeebat Gbolahan PO ‘27 wrote. “Why are Black students responsible for healing themselves of the audacious nature of another’s words?”
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Claremont Mosaic: Monique Saigal-Escudero: How her grandmother’s courageous act saved her from the Nazis
Born in Paris, France in 1938, Monique Saigal-Escudero is an Emerita Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Pomona College. At just three years old, during the peak of Hitler’s reign in Europe, her grandmother threw her on a train headed for a small city in Southwestern France: an act that ultimately saved her life. Her passion for storytelling would soon bring her back to this history, and once again place her grandmother’s courageousness front and center in her life.
Claremont Mosaic: Blending the personal and political: Professor Sean Diament’s journey from homelessness and addiction to higher education
Politics professor Sean Diament tells his story of his journey to higher education, from overcoming homelessness and drug addiction to finding his passion for teaching.
Claremont Mosaic: Steve and Brenda Reynolds
Walk into the Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness (CARW) and you’re likely to find Steve and Brenda Reynolds engaged in lively conversation with students and staff. For the Reynoldses, the gym is not only emblematic of their love for sports but also of their love for the Sagehen community.
Sagehens track and field keep flying, fighting for national top rankings after dominant P-P invitational
Spikes on, feathers ruffled, and attacking the rubber on a national level, P-P women’s and men’s cross-country cemented their presence in the national top-ten rankings after dominant performances in the 36th annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Saturday, April 6.