Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr’s decision to suspend 10 Pomona students for the 2024-2025 academic year and ban dozens more non-Pomona students from the college’s campus has sparked outcry, namely over a lack of traditional judicial processes.
Starr distributed the punishments in response to an October 7 demonstration, where more than 100 students took over Pomona’s Carnegie Hall to mark one year protesting the Israeli government and Pomona’s investment in weapons manufacturers.
The protest began at approximately 10 a.m., with more than 400 students rallying outside Carnegie; the controversy surrounds action taken by protesters who entered the building around 11 a.m…