TSL Articles
OPINION: Don’t be afraid to study what makes you passionate
October 23, 2023
Pomona College Ranked Fourth Private College For Financial Aid
September 21, 2023
OPINION: A message to first-generation Latine first-years
September 14, 2022
OPINION: Hey, Pomona admin — FLI students deserve textbooks, too
September 20, 2019
Money Matters Week supports first-gen, low-income students
February 28, 2019
Bridging Our Class Divide, Beyond the Virtual Realm
So reads
a post on Claremont Class Confessions, a popular Facebook page that was
created in early August of this year.A
collection of anonymous submissions about class issues at the 5Cs, the page
deeply unsettled me, an incoming Pomona first-year, at the time I discovered it.The rest
of the submissions, which spoke of low-income students’ struggles at the 5Cs,
created an image of a covertly classist environment that didn’t fit with the
progressive institutions I had envisioned. While the majority of the online
responses were supportive of low-income students, the page’s existence implied
a less-than-tolerant class atmosphere. I realized Pomona was not an oasis of
acceptance in the desert, which it was reported to be.
September 26, 2014