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Scripps Juniors Compelled To Live Off-Campus By Overenrollment, COVID-19 Restrictions

Sophia Frye — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:38:38 +0000

In the Scripps College Class of 2023 Facebook group, rising Scripps College junior and outgoing Judicial and Academic Review Chair Maddy Levine announced that rising juniors will have the last priority for housing in “room draw” and that “up to 120 juniors will be forced to live off-campus in the Claremont Collegiate Apartments (“CCA”),” following […]

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Student Gov’t Passes Israeli Boycott Without Club Divestment Clause

Liam MacDonald — Fri, 07 May 2021 01:11:47 +0000

Earlier today, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC), Pomona College’s student governing body, passed a modified version of its previous resolution to boycott companies listed by the United Nations as active in Israeli West Bank settlements. The version of the resolution passed by ASPC today removed the hotly contested final clause that was the […]

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Rebuttal: We Shouldn’t Embrace All Cancel Culture

Kara Hagler — Thu, 06 May 2021 01:18:26 +0000

In recent years, cancel culture has gained notoriety for high-profile “cancellations” of prominent figures for harmful actions. The #MeToo movement saw people like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby rightly exposed and brought down for instances of sexual assault. In these and other cases, cancel culture has effectively held people accountable for evil actions by giving […]

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Student Gov’t Tables Israeli Boycott Resolution For Further Discussion On Mandatory Club Divestment

Liam MacDonald — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:05:50 +0000

In a Zoom meeting held yesterday afternoon, members of the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) fielded questions and concerns about the recently passed resolution “divesting all ASPC funds from companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, and banning future use of funds towards such companies.” The senators were particularly focused on the final clause […]

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Widespread Backlash to Student Gov’t Israel Boycott, Anti-Discrimination Petition Reaches 500 Signatures

Kara Hagler — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:44:11 +0000

Last week, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) passed a resolution divesting from companies operating in Israel as listed by the United Nations. The decision prompted outrage among many prominent Jewish groups and on social media nationwide. A petition circulated by Pomona students that called for Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr to “condemn this […]

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