It's the first weekend of the school year, and I'm already procrastinating by writing a blog post. No, seriously though, it's a bit of a problem. As I sit down to write a paper on Machiavelli for one of my Politics courses, I find myself drifting onto Voices to talk about my feelings. This form of expression is becoming a bit habitual, but that's fine - there's something cathar...
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Hobbies
Mystically, my class schedule aligned in such a way that my Thursdays and Fridays are perpetually free. Because I’m deluded, a notion has settled into my mind that I’ll have less work this semester solely because my courses are distributed differently. And because I’m inclined to cling to this hope, I’ve begun to plan how I’ll divide this pseudo-free time.
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Forward Thinking!
So the New Year happened and I suddenly realized that the number I was writing on papers and calendars and events was the same number that would appear on my diploma:
2014.
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Considering the Spogro Pt. II
Happy New Year (again)! This is a continuation of the previous post.
My spogro is a strange bunch of people. On the surface we don't seem like a great match for each other – we're a pretty eclectic mismash of personalities, backgrounds, and plans – but in fact, most of my closest friends are in my sponsor group.
One very valuable (and fun!) function of the sponsor gro...
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Considering the Spogro Pt. I
Happy New Year!
As the holidays come to a close, I've been contemplating my first semester at Pomona and more specifically, inspired by my biological family, my adopted Pomona family. For the most part, at least for me, this boils down to the sponsor group.
Before I came to Pomona, I didn't even realize sponsor groups were a thing. Don't ask me how, in all the resear...
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First Semester Reflections
So, here we are, at the end of the semester and, in my case, the end of my first semester here at college. I have to admit I've had a pretty tough semester, not academically, but emotionally. That's not to say I had no academic troubles! I had papers and papers to write that I put off because I didn't know how to go about them or because I was just plain lazy. I had exams...wel...
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Pre-Christmas Break
I am fortunate this semester--very fortunate--because I only have two finals and an ID paper. Now, that doesn't mean that I have no stress at the end of the semester; it only means that I have much less than a lot of people I know.
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The Final Ascent
Winter is coming.
Indeed, if you're an avid Game of Thrones fan like myself, the eagerly anticipated Season 4 will be upon us in just a few months. Unfortunately, I have more pressing matters on my hands at the moment. I have to survive the actual blizzard of finals week (more like a week-and-a-half) just to make it to winter break when I can sleep. And sleep. And sleep ...
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The Epidemic Known as Finals
One thing I've always been proud of is my ability to be on top of my work at any given moment and not be overwhelmed. However, I have come to accept the fact that no one is immune to the fever that comes with Finals Season. Yes, dear readers, it is time. Maybe you could have denied it in early November, or even right until Thanksgiving, but now it's undeniable: finals are loomi...
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The 2013 Acapocalypse!
As a member of an a cappella group here at the Claremont Colleges, I get the chance to perform across all of our campuses throughout the year, whether it’s a casual snack concert at CMC, some admissions event at Scripps, or a performance on the lawn of the Smith Campus Center. It’s always exciting to perform for the 5C community because let’s face it – as much as we love making...
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