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7C and national organizations denounce Pomona College’s response to student arrests
Following the arrest of 20 students at Pomona College by the Claremont Police Department (CPD) on Friday, April 5, several 7C and national organizations have released statements condemning Pomona’s response, pointing to both the academic disciplinary and legal prosecutions sanctioned by its president, G. Gabrielle Starr.
‘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
Angela Davis at Pomona: ‘It’s always been about collaborations, communities, and collectives’
Renowned activist and scholar Angela Davis drew crowds of students, faculty and staff to Bridges Auditorium Tuesday and Thursday evening as she delivered the 2021 Ena H. Thompson lectureship.
OPINION: Save lives by keeping AB 988 alive
Assembly Bill 988 will save lives by providing funding for California’s mental health crisis response system, but we need to advocate for it now so it will pass, argues Porter Reyes PO ’25.
Front of house: Cop shows perpetuate the myth of the ‘bad apple’
Beneath the lighthearted humor of popular cop shows such as Brooklyn Nine-Nine lies insidious “copaganda,” pop culture columnist Caelan Reeves CM ’24 argues.
Regional multi-agency SWAT team conducts routine training on CMC grounds
Members of a regional multi-agency SWAT team were on campus from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday for routine training for emergency preparedness.
Claremont residents turn out to condemn police outsourcing proposal
Claremont residents opposed a proposal to dissolve the city’s police department and contract with the L.A. County sheriff instead.
Couch potato: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ is a fresh take on the iconic comic book series
TV columnist Gabriella Del Greco SC ’21 dives into the premiere of the “Watchmen” reboot and its supposed “wokeness.” “The first two episodes cast doubt on whether “Watchmen” truly has social justice in mind,” she writes.
Kohoutek catastrophe: Lively music festival stifled by noise complaint
Kohoutek, an annual music festival hosted by Pitzer College, was quieted and forced indoors by a noise complaint April 20.