Last night, I sat in the middle of a semi-circle of books and shut them one-by-one like dominos. Goodnight Kripke, goodnight Putnam, goodnight Frege, goodnight Russell. I flipped through my notes one final time before shoving them to the side, grabbing my keys, shutting off the light, and bouncing over to my roommate. We hopped out the door and down the stairs behind our dorm a...
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Month: April 2013
Registration!
Having to register for classes is a sign that the semester is almost over. This coming week is registration week. For the last two weeks, students have been spending time on the course catalog meticulously planning out next semester. One of my classmates referred to the day that the Fall 2013 classes came out as Christmas morning. It's always so exciting to scroll throug...
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IT IS DONE
For the past several weeks, my thesis has consumed most of my life. It has been present since the beginning of the school year, but as I neared the deadline, it increasingly became the only thing that I could afford to worry about. I gradually gave up evening activities, socializing, and sanity as I sacrificed more and more to the altar of thesis-ness. My thesis also beca...
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FOUNTAINED DESPITE PROTESTS: Is This Morally Correct?
Above, you can see poor lucky Lexi being fountained at the front of Frank Dining Hall for her birthday. I have never seen anybody get fountained here before, except for Lexi; and even then, my sponsors regretted letting that happen because the fountain here is usually dirty.
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SURP
Last week, I was granted funding for an eight-week summer research project through Pomona’s SURP! SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) is a means to allow students to conduct focused, long-term undergraduate projects to help heighten students’ understandings of their academic interests. This is a wonderful and accessible program in that it makes it possible for studen...
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A Fun and Relaxing Weekend
The weekend is always a wonderful thing, but this weekend has been particularly awesome. For one thing, I had a lot of tests and essays last week and am finally done. This alone is reason to celebrate. I can't tell you how great it feels to be able to take that last test on a Friday, knowing that the weekend is just hours away.
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I-Fest: The World Comes to Claremont
I have been waiting for today for literally three years. Why? The annual International Festival, of course! International Festival (a.k.a. I-Fest) is one of my absolute favorite events at the Claremont Colleges. Put on by the 5C's International Place, it is a day for the community to come together and celebrate international cultural diversity through food, dance, song,...
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Room Draw
Oldenborg (the language dorm) room draw was yesterday and our normal room draw numbers came out today. This was my first room draw, which was kind of exciting, and a bit sad because I'm almost not a freshman... Also, my very decent regular room draw number is going to waste because I've already committed to living in Oldenborg next year. But anyway, here are a few things I lear...
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Alternabreak in Los Angeles
This entry is cross-posted from the Draper Center for Community Partnerships blog. The Draper Center fosters relationships and exchanges among community members, students, faculty and staff. Their many programs include the Pomona College Academy for Youth Success, Food Rescue, many volunteer and mentoring opportunities for students, and Alternabreak, a week-long community e...
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Work and Food
I’m a strong believer in the prevalence of tide-like semesters, and I feel as though I’m (once again) experiencing its effects. It begins with my workload like a sliver of sea far on the horizon, only just visible through the syllabi, which comes rushing toward my unwilling feet in a pre-spring-break surge. It then ebbs briefly before permanently settling back around my knees...
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