Pomona College Suspends 10 Anti-Israel Students for a Year Over Building Takeover
“forced end of classes and the disruption of our academic mission”
Imagine being suspended for a year, completely messing up your life over a protest that has nothing to do with your college education.
The College Fix reports:
Citing danger, ‘egregious’ damage, Pomona suspends 10 anti-Israel students for building takeover
Pomona College administrators have suspended 10 anti-Israel student activists for a year for occupying Carnegie Hall, citing severe danger and “egregious” damage.
The suspended students decried the decision, calling it a “tyrannical abuse of power,” alleging the college has no direct proof they damaged the building, and arguing they are being used as scapegoats and deterrents.
President Gabrielle Starr announced in a memo Wednesday the decision, noting that as “a result of their actions, several students have been fully suspended for the remainder of the 2024-2025 academic year.” The memo also states:
The damage to Carnegie, including to teaching infrastructure, was egregious and is being separately adjudicated; however, the most far-reaching violation of the individuals thus sanctioned by the College was their involvement in the takeover of a building, the forced end of classes and the disruption of our academic mission. This takeover created an environment that was fundamentally dangerous, restricting entrance and exit for Carnegie, and even leading to students leaving the building by the windows.
The president stated that because of the “severity of the circumstances,” the students’ “cases are not subject to discipline by the Judicial Council.”
As a result, the students cannot return to campus or participate in any school activities or services until the fall 2025 semester. However, the students can request a review of the decision.
“We cannot move forward, let alone aim to strengthen our community, when safety is at risk and actions lead us away from the foundational value of respect and threaten our ability to be together,” Starr stated.
“More students will be issued conduct notifications in the coming weeks,” she stated.
On Oct. 7, protesters obstructed entrances, zip-tied doors, graffitied the building, classrooms and offices and destroyed AV equipment. One employee was injured in the building takeover, as previously reported by The College Fix.
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I would expect an escalation from the thugs.
then why werent they ALSO prosecuted ??
and hate crime enhancements tacked on!!!??
why are certain institutions ALLOWED to skirt the law(s) and decide what the punishment should be when those campuses are also/public sectors
Good.
I must admit I am shocked. I attended many classes at Pomona as one of my degrees centered on its courses of study, the majority of my classes being at CMC where my degrees were conferred. Pomona was a hot bed of over-intellectualizing students who seemed either destined for success, or many such as these, destined to be parasites of left-wing financiers and their expedient acolytes, to wit, crony capitalists and already fattened left-wing ticks.. I was stunned when Starr demanded identification.
BTW, CMC demanded the same when students shut down a speaker a couple years before. That was less of a surprise. CMC students tend to be far more serious and discerning of the rights of others.
Gives a whole new meaning to the perennial question “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”
Or as my roommate from Pgh perpetually corrected everyone, CarNEGie.
That’s RACIST!!!!1!!11!!!