On Saturday afternoon, I saw my friend’s room for the first time this year. “This is a little weird,” I told him. “I’ve never seen your room before.”
“What?” He looked shocked. “Sorry you’re seeing it like this.” We entered his room, which, though a little messy, was no worse than many other students’ rooms. After hanging out for a while, I left for a short siesta. I returne...
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Month: September 2013
“Dear Junior: According to our records, you have not declared a major.”
We’d always been told that attending a liberal arts college meant that we’d be faced with an abundance of enticing classes, go to classes with too many overeager aspiring academics, and be exposed to an overflowing wealth of knowledge spanning every imaginable discipline. My inability to buckle down in one discipline during my first two years is proof that such buzzwords as “li...
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Falling in Love with Pomona
I’ve officially been at Pomona College for more than a month now, and I can hardly believe it. In some ways, it feels like I just got here yesterday. But at the same time, I feel like I’ve been here forever. Even though the campus is entirely new to me (as is the constant SoCal sunshine), it has a distinct homey-ness to it that, until just now, I couldn’t quite put my finger on...
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The Fair, Be There!
Let me start off by saying that I am a huge fan of fairs. Huge. So of course, when I heard that the LA County Fair was close by, I had to go! I didn't get into the 47 Things trip, so a few of my spiblings and one of my sponsors decided to rent a Zipcar and go together. I ended up going with my spibs Zach, Rali, and Matthew and my sponsor Bryan.
When we got there, we establis...
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Professional Photography in a Digital Age
Douglas McCulloh, Southern Californian photographer, spoke recently at LeBus Court about his artistic endeavors. Emphasizing chaos and chance, McCulloh photographs a variety of subjects and focuses on myriad social and cultural concepts. McCulloh is best known for his photos of Los Angeles neighborhood scenes, his creation of the World’s Largest Photograph and his exhibitio...
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Escape to the High Sierras
This past weekend, students and faculty of the Geology Department took the opportunity afforded by the pre-midterm lull (let's not talk about how I have three in one day next week) to embark on the annual department trip. We departed early Friday morning for Mineral King (located in Sequoia National Park) and watched out the windows as the urban landscape faded into open farmla...
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Facebook Interactions and Future Blogging
If you follow of this blog, you probably have read my amazing posts. Also, you’re probably pretty cool. Finally, you probably know that I have a thing for pop music.
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Résumé Woes
How is Pomona’s Career Development Office useful to its students?
My résumé should, hypothetically, be the pinnacle of my professional life. Organized into neat subsections about my previous employment endeavors and activities and skills, I have a vision of my ideal résumé pleasantly filling a page without threatening crowdedness. I imagine it with a minimalist design and ...
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A New Year
A new school year is particularly exciting because of its pristine promise. Untouched, it isn’t tarnished with a pile of papers or some looming exam. Instead, I peer at it, somehow distanced, and it is beautiful, comprised of Frary cookies and finished problem sets and warm Claremont nights.
Moments after Labor Day, this portrait is abolished and the school year is clo...
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Getting my Kicks on Route 66!
On August 22nd, I packed my bags after being home for less than two weeks and headed to the Windy City to visit Jonathan Starzyk PO’13, check out the city, and road trip to Claremont! Although Chicago was slightly disappointing at first, the city ultimately surpassed my expectations. We walked along the Magnificent Mile, and I was taken back by the number of floors that Burberr...
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