While Haverim’s action of painting over the Walker Wall and encouraging participants to keep designs apolitical and inclusive, pure intentions of bringing “unity and fun to the wall and to [the] schools,” Eric Lu PO ‘28 argues that painting over a free wall and encouraging apolitical responses is an inherently political action.
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Haverim paints over Walker Wall with ‘apolitical and inclusive’ designs
Haverim painted over Walker Wall on Oct. 19 with “apolitical and inclusive” designs in an attempt to help students feel more united on campus.
‘Mask Up’ zine at ASPC club fair table raises concerns of antisemitism
A zine distributed at last week’s 5C club fair is raising concerns among students for what some describe as antisemitic ideas and propaganda. Several copies of the zine, titled “Palestinian Solidarity, COVID-19, and the Struggle for Palestinian Liberation,” were laid out on an informational table run by the Associated Students
OPINION: Walker Wall and Pittsburgh: How can our community proceed?
Last week, two other Jewish students and I painted the words “Antisemitism exists. Acknowledge it” in big black letters, along with two blue Stars of David, on Pomona College’s Walker Wall, a space dedicated to free speech. Less than a day later, part of our message and one star were
Pomona Paints Over Walker Wall Message Calling CMC Profesor A ‘Nazi’
Two Pomona College students spray-painted “Charles Kesler is a Nazi” in large black capital letters April 19 on Walker Wall, which has served as the college’s free speech wall since the 1970s. Kesler is a Claremont McKenna College government professor and editor of the Claremont Review of Books, an