Pomona College Suspends Students Who Occupied Building While Demanding Divestment From Israel
“Last spring, protesters occupied President Starr’s office, which ended with Pomona’s administration calling in law enforcement.”
Suspension is probably not a strong enough punishment. Watch these students return and keep up the same behavior.
BREAKING: Even the faculty at Pomona College have had enough.
“Rules without consequences are just suggestions.”
The Faculty Executive Committee has condemned the protestors.
The building occupied on Oct 7 remains closed for repairs, forcing classes to be held online. pic.twitter.com/FxaGGHX32d
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) October 13, 2024
The Claremont Independent reports:
Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to October 7th Protests
Pomona College issued interim suspensions to twelve students involved in the October 7th takeover of Carnegie Hall. Protesters occupied the building for nearly five hours, demanding that Pomona divest from Israeli affiliated companies.
A joint post by the dissenting groups declared: “We disrupted business as usual for this genocidal war machine college, which has refused to divest from the zionist entity which has martyred over 200k+ Palestinians and 2000+ Lebanese people.”
This disruption included extensive vandalization and property damage, resulting in dozens of students and professors being forced to vacate their classrooms and offices. Carnegie remains indefinitely closed as staff work to repair the damage. Classes have been moved online and to other buildings. Faculty with offices in Carnegie have been relocated to temporary arrangements.
At the regularly scheduled faculty meeting on October 10th, discussion centered around the Carnegie takeover. Divisions among the faculty were apparent. One faculty member commended the administration’s decision to refrain from calling the police. Others raised concerns about the failure to transfer policy into action, observing that “Rules without consequences are just suggestions.” Some, including President Gabi Starr, were visibly emotional.
Last spring, protesters occupied President Starr’s office, which ended with Pomona’s administration calling in law enforcement. Twenty students were arrested, only seven of whom were enrolled at Pomona. The administration faced immediate backlash in the aftermath of this decision. Several groups, including the Associated Students of Pomona College, the school’s student government, condemned the administration through emails to the entire student body. Additionally, Pomona faculty voted to censure the administration for the “present and future militarization and use of police on the campus.”
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the zionist entity which has martyred over 200k+ Palestinians and 2000+ Lebanese people.”
200,000 Palis?
Let’s hope this time there is a college administration doesn’t back down.
A college administrator with cojones? I don’t believe it.
Years ago, a group of “students” (probably including agitators) took over the Pres. office of a small university. The Pres had some Student Services people come in and photograph and identify the students (and prepare to file trespass charges on the non-students). Then each student was given a summons for a hearing the following day. They were told that if they didn’t appear for the hearing, they would be expelled and would lose their scholarships. That broke up the sit-in, and the non-students were arrested as they left.
Twenty students were arrested, only seven of whom were enrolled at Pomona.
Bad reporting. How many of the thirteen remainder were professional leftist rent-a-thugs? What made them students?