Plans to destroy Pomona College’s Oldenborg Center in the 2026-2027 academic school year could threaten operations at the Coop Fountain, according to student representatives familiar with the situation. As part of the college’s Global Pomona initiative, Oldenborg will be replaced with the Center for Global Engagement, a facility meant to encourage both global and local partnerships among students and faculty. But one detail in the building’s plans has alarmed students: unlike Oldenborg, the new center will not have an industrial kitchen.
Tag: Los Angeles
Inscriptions: Stuck in LA with “Invisible Cities”
Do you hate Los Angeles traffic as much as the next person?` Back with his weekly column, Liam Riley PO ‘26, frustrated after a day of wrong turns and stubborn dogs, turns to Italo Calvino’s, “Invisible Cities,” in an effort to debunk the monster that is LA.
OPINION: LA can’t keep neglecting downtown; Convention Center expansion isn’t the answer
Why is Downtown Los Angeles putting billions of dollars into making Olympics 2028 appearances, while the infrastructural malignancies that have existed for years continue to eat away at its culture and prosperity for its residents? Steinman believes that the local Los Angeles legislature needs to reprioritize the quality of living for its residents before making blingy investments in an attempt to show off when the Olympics roll around.
Freshman Files: An ode to the Metrolink train
After being abruptly woken up in the middle of the night by the Metrolink train, columnist Anna R. Naigeborin PO ‘28 reflects on how her feelings about the train have changed ever since she came to Claremont.
Pomona College moves commencement off campus during student encampment on Marston Quad
On Friday, May 10, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr emailed a statement to the Pomona community announcing Pomona’s commencement ceremony, scheduled for Sunday, May 12, would be moved off campus to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The announcement comes during an ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on Marston Quad.
A world beyond Division III: The importance of going to professional sports games in college
We all love the Sixth Street games — standing in the rain for the first quarter of P-P vs CMS football was a core first year memory for me. But sometimes I miss the allure of real stadium lights, the camaraderie with people you’ve never met, and the intense fandom of professional sports. Watching highlights of Colorado Rapids games (because who actually has an MLS-Apple TV package) from my dorm just doesn’t really cut it. When LA is so close, why not hop in someone’s car to make the trip and see your team? In my opinion, it’s the best way to spend time with friends and make new ones.
Ways of Seeing: Nicole Duennebier and painting decay
Nicole Duennebier’s solo exhibit Faint of Heart, at Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles, takes from the still life tradition of Dutch Old Masters to imagine a beautiful dreamscape of decay. Arts columnist Nadia Hsu PO ‘27 writes about these still life paintings and her experiences seeing them.
‘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
Prison reform activist and author Kelly Lytle Hernández speaks on incarceration in LA
On Tuesday, April 18, Pomona College’s Ena H. Thompson Lectureship hosted Kelly Lytle Hernández for a lecture titled “Million Dollar Hoods: The Costs of Incarceration in Los Angeles.” Lytle Hernández is a professor of history, African American studies and urban planning at UCLA. The MacArthur Fellow has written multiple award-winning
Breathe Out, Tune In: Whisked into a musical puppet palooza
Puppets, percussion and playfulness come together in Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s live music program.