Author: Blake Plante

A Semester in Washington, D.C.

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By Blake Plante ‘19 I spent last spring interning with the National Endowment for the Humanities Research Division as part of Claremont McKenna College’s 5-College Washington Program in which students spend a semester in D.C. interning full-time and taking several classes. The program had been infiltrated by Pomona students this time, its roster comprised entirely of six of ...
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Lessons from a Community College Transfer Student

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By Blake Plante '19 It’s moments like sitting in front of a disheartened community college counselor when you realize how little is expected from you by this world. Don’t get me wrong. I met inspiring and encouraging people at community college, and it was their encouragement that gave me the confidence to aim high. But, like the motto of the TV show Community goes, if you g...
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The Over-Enrolled Student

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By Blake Plante '19 What started as a mission to diversify myself became an addiction. At first, excited by so many course offerings and disappointed that I was limited to only a few, I decided not to worry myself with limits and filled my schedule with an unwise quantity of courses. I’ve since taken 68 college classes. Here are a few things I’ve learned about over-enroll...
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The Sun Has Blue in It

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By Blake Plante ‘19 By the time I get home from our small family business in the evening, the swelling buds on the cactus are all shriveled and dead. I check Facebook briefly. Another friend is going to France. I'm going to write a damn book, I tell myself. In my second and last summer at Pomona, I'm home. I've left behind a life I'd made for myself during a semester in D...
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