PHOTOS: A month after suspending him, Pomona gives Francisco Villaseñor two hours to move everything out of his dorm

On Nov. 15, dozens of students gathered around Pomona’s Clark 3 courtyard to support Francisco Villaseñor PO ’25 as he moved out of his dorm.

Villaseñor, who has been suspended and banned from campus since Oct. 11, called Campus Safety around 3:40 p.m. to be escorted to move out. Earlier in the day, 110 students gathered at El Barrio Park for the suspended students’ press conference, which followed Palestine Legal and four other civil rights groups announcing a potential lawsuit against Pomona College for free speech and fair process violations on Wednesday.

Dozens of students marched down Sixth Street towards Villaseñor’s dorm as he called Campus Safety. Pomona gave Villaseñor two hours to move all his belongings out of his dorm. As Villaseñor moved out with several of his friends’ help, hurriedly packing posters and items into boxes and carrying a fridge and carpet down the stairs, the students played Palestinian music in the courtyard below and wrote letters to administration demanding that they revoke the suspensions.

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At least four Campus Safety officers and two Housing and Resident Life staff members, including Villaseñor’s former manager as an RA, stood near his room as he moved out. At one point, Pomona College Associate Treasurer Mary Lou Woods also came to the courtyard and appeared to take photos on her phone.

At 5:45 p.m., with his belongings loaded into three of his friends’ cars, Villaseñor finally left his room for the year. Before leaving campus, Villaseñor addressed the crowd in the courtyard.

“You all are so powerful. Each and every single one of you, every time that you use your voice and every time you go to a protest, these fuckers are scared,” Villaseñor said. “They would not be doing this to me if not for the fact that they think we can win. And we can fucking win.”