Suspension is probably not a strong enough punishment. Watch these students return and keep up the same behavior.
The Claremont Independent reports:
Twelve Students Issued Interim Suspensions as Pomona Responds to October 7th ProtestsPomona 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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