The Pomona College Board of Trustees made some mistakes related to communication and oversight of the investigation that led to the firing of 17 staff members last year, but the comprehensive audit of work authorization documents for all Pomona employees was necessary, according...

In the middle of general budget constraints and a long search for a director, the Honnold/Mudd Library of the Claremont Colleges is rapidly removing books from its shelves to make space for new items.  "We are currently faced with a situation of 'no growth' for collections because of the lack of...

Aaran Patel

When Workers for Justice (WFJ) members and supporters gathered Thursday to announce that they had complained to a federal agency about allegedly poor workplace safety conditions at Pomona College, it looked like their demonstration would follow a familiar procedure. Workers, students and union...

"Do one thing every day that scares you.” Sound familiar?     How about this one? “Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.”     Although sometimes attributed to Kurt Vonnegut, these phrases...

Yuqiao Guo

 Scripps College drew objections from some of its seniors when it changed the campus move-out deadline from Monday, May 14 to Sunday, May 13. The administration originally made the deadline 12 p.m. May 13 after moving the Commencement ceremony to 5 p.m. May 12. After receiving complaints from...

David Leathers

The Queer Resource Center (QRC) of the Claremont Colleges has hired Ebony Williams as Programming Director, a new position that will involve organizing events and acting as a liaison between the QRC and student groups at the 5Cs. Williams was selected by a committee of students from the 5Cs,...

Pomona College faculty weighed in on whether or not to increase the size of the student body at a forum in Frank Dining Hall's Blue Room Tuesday. The forum was hosted by the Faculty Executive Committee, which holds a faculty forum roughly once a month to discuss timely and relevant issues.      ...

Kulsum Ebrahim

Pomona College’s Class Day student speaker will be Andre Pegeron PO ’12, and Ben Tumin PO ’12 will speak at Commencement.     Class Day is a Pomona tradition, during which graduating seniors walk through the college gates together. Compared to Commencement, Class Day is less formal and more...

Molly Horgan PO '14 won $4,000 by completing the inaugural 47 Challenge, a competition that rewards any Pomona or Pitzer College student able to do the most activities on the "47 Things Every Sagehen Should Do Before Graduating" list. Some participants questioned the accessibility of the...

The Queer Resource Center (QRC) celebrated Gaypril this year with more events than ever before—over 30 performances, lectures, discussions, socials, parties and the like, all highlighting queer issues, broadly defined. The broad definition of what a “queer issue”...

After reading the opinion piece "Discuss Race Issues," I thought I would take a stab at voicing my own opinion on race issues on the campuses because for some of us race never stops being "front page news." Since some seem to believe that racial tension is unusually high at the moment I feel it...

This has been a trying and dramatic year for the Claremont Colleges. TSL would like to take this opportunity to reflect upon the common thread that links together most of the incidents that have arisen: a need for increased openness across the 5Cs. The semester began with the...

So since the recent worker rally that was epically successful—at least in terms of turnout—there has been a lot of chalking done on Pomona College’s campus. I trace it back to the rally because I remember seeing the northern door of Frary Dining Hall covered with the...