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All Along Walker Wall: Pomona Wants to Be Original

The Campaign for Pomona College” is now public. The college’s most ambitious fundraising campaign ever, “Originals” is ripe with goals, well-choreographed promotional videos, and vague statements ...
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Harvey Mudd Has Too Many Climate Majors – And Not Enough Environmentalism

Since 2024, Harvey Mudd College has created four joint majors, all related to climate: Chemistry and Climate, Computer ...
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Pro-Hamas Scholar Addresses Claremont Students Virtually on Oct. 7

Pro-Hamas scholar Mohamed Abdou addressed Claremont Colleges students virtually on Wednesday, Oct. 7, as part of his “Death ...
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All Along Walker Wall: Pomona Plays with Your Food

“There must be some way out of here,” the joker tells the thief in Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” After over two years on the Claremont Colleges news beat, Emilio Bankier’s new column “All ...
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Pomona Dining Chief Abruptly Leaves After Series of Controversies

Pomona College has parted ways with Dining Services General Manager Jose Martinez after a series of controversial decisions and years of staffing woes. A spokesperson for the college confirmed to the ...
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FIRE's 2027 Free Speech Rankings: Claremont McKenna Takes Second, Pomona Scrapes in at 226th

The University of Chicago surpassed Claremont McKenna College in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s 2027 Free Speech Rankings released Wednesday. Claremont McKenna slid to second ...
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Jewish Ex-Employee Sued Pomona College, Former Bosses for $1 Million

DiDonato worked for the College’s IT department until May 2025, when she resigned “due to her extreme emotional distress, including PTSD,” which she claims was induced by the conduct of her ...
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Pomona and Campus Safety Chase Seniors Across Claremont to Stop Their Graduation Celebration

A final nighttime gathering of freshly graduated Pomona College seniors was met with swift response from Pomona staff, Campus Safety, and eventually the Claremont Police Department over graduation ...
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The Exit Interview: President Chodosh on Pre-Professionalism, Free Speech, and Administrative Bloat

President Hiram Chodosh is Claremont McKenna College’s fifth president, assuming the position after serving as Dean of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. After thirteen years in the ...
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Rideshare Software Developers Demand $10,000 from Pomona Student Government

Pomona College’s student government, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) Senate, is facing a sudden $10,000 demand from the student software developers behind its ridesharing service. The ...
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Fizz Goes Flat: The Mimetic Danger of Anonymous Social Media

Fizz is a mobile app that lets college students post anonymously to their campus community, verified only by a school email. The app sells itself to students as a fun, casual campus-exclusive feed to ...
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Angela Davis Entertained Tyrants and Border Guards Before Pitzer’s Class of 2026

Pitzer College is widely understood to be the most uniformly left-wing of the Claremont consortium. This morning, they announced a commencement speaker who celebrated border guards and shook hands ...