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Nov 7, 2024 | 
tsl.news | Annabelle Ink
On Wednesday morning, former president Donald Trump won the 2024 United States presidential election, beating Vice President Kamala Harris and securing a second term in office. Since then, students and faculty members at the Claremont Colleges have expressed mixed reactions. Trump’s win makes him one of only two chief executives in U.S. history to be elected in nonconsecutive terms. He was elected for the first time in 2016 when he beat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by 74 electoral votes.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
tsl.news | Ansley Washburn |Annabelle Ink
In the past few days, Pomona College has suspended and banned 5C students who were allegedly involved in the Oct. 7 demonstration at Pomona College’s Carnegie Building, according to emails obtained by TSL. Four days after the demonstration, at which over 400 students called for Pomona to divest from companies and manufacturers supporting the Israeli government, President G. Gabrielle Starr addressed the situation in an email to the Pomona community.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
tsl.news | Yuhang Xie |Annabelle Ink |Pro-Palestinian protests
At 10:07 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, over 400 5C students participated in a demonstration for Pomona College to divest from companies and manufacturers supporting the Israeli government. A group of protestors eventually moved to occupy Carnegie Hall, resulting in the building being closed and suffering extensive damage and vandalism. The day of the walkout marked the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ targeted attack in Southern Israel, where 1,200 Israeli people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
tsl.news | Ansley Washburn |Annabelle Ink
Scripps College’s Motley Coffeehouse has received backlash from administration for displaying a Palestinian flag on its wall. Despite repeated calls from administration to remove the flag, the Motley’s management team has refused to take it down in a show of solidarity with Palestine. On Wednesday, Sept.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
tsl.news | Annabelle Ink
On Sunday, Sept. 15, approximately 60 students gathered in front of Pomona College President Gina Gabrielle Starr’s house on N. College Avenue for a demonstration led by Pomona Divest from Apartheid (PDfA).
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
civilbeat.org | Annabelle Ink
Advocates say delays in updating tenants’ information can threaten their housing security and put them at risk of an eviction. The Hawaii Public Housing Authority has reduced the amount of time it can spend meeting with Honolulu tenants in the low-income housing program. That cutback combined with other changes across the state are frustrating tenants and their advocates over what they say is the agency’s increasingly slow and inconsistent communication efforts.
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Aug 4, 2024 | 
civilbeat.org | Annabelle Ink
Senior citizens are having a particularly hard time paying for safety upgrades mandated several years ago after a fatal high-rise fire on Oahu. Automatic fire sprinklers are great — but not, some condominium unit owners say, when installing them means uprooting their entire lives and spending thousands of dollars.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
civilbeat.org | Annabelle Ink
Residents say that the closure of Tantalus Drive leaves them in a dangerous situation, blocking their emergency access. A prolonged road blockage on Tantalus Drive has left some residents frustrated with the city and concerned about their safety. Up until last month, residents could take one of two roads up and down Tantalus: Tantalus Drive on one side of the mountain, or Round Top Drive on the other.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
civilbeat.org | Annabelle Ink
Subsistence farmers on the Big Island say recent changes to county agricultural laws threaten their ability to keep farming. Jeffrey Dias, a 71-year-old cattle rancher on the Big Island, has been working the same 7 acres of land for the past 40 years. According to his sister, Sheila Dias, the land has been in the family for generations. “Our father worked on that land,” she said. “Our father’s father worked on that land.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
civilbeat.org | Annabelle Ink
The sport’s popularity skyrocketed during the pandemic, but its noise is getting to some residents. Sande Lew was one of the first people to whip out a pickleball and paddle at the basketball courts across from her home in Princeville on Kauai. In fact, she was the one who bought the net for the game, which she said “exploded” during the height of the pandemic. Lew quickly realized her mistake. “It was never quiet,” she said.
