In honor of Pomona launching its own awesome, interactive timeline, I’m going to share with you a timeline of my own. This is the timeline of the visit of my cousin (and best friend) Laura and friend Vincent from Notre Dame.
It got awfully confusing to explain them to people, because Vincent and I went to high school together in Washington, and now he’s a sophomore at Notre ...
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Founders Day
Founder’s Day: Marston Quad Gets a Makeover
As has been well documented already here on the blog, Sunday was the big 125th anniversary Founder’s Day celebration! Despite the many emails sent out to the student body about the event, I didn’t know exactly what was going to be there for the big shebang. It was quite delightful, then, on Thursday when all of the sudden a carousel was constructed in the middle of the qu...
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Journal 2- Founders Day
Ah,
Founders Day, Pomona College's "birthday," an event filled with fun, celebration, lots of older people visiting, a carousel, free stuff, and not me, because I went home to stay with family, as I do every Sunday.
I do admit, though, that I'd really have liked to have gone. I mean, Pomona becomes 125 years old only once, right? People keep posting pictures and quirky Fac...
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Pomona College Circa 1963 – Narrated by Ronald Reagan
Tomorrow, October 14th, Pomona College is celebrating Founders Day. But not only is it the anniversary of the founding of the school I have come to love so much, but it is its 125th anniversary, its quasiquicentennial. (I didn't know that was a word either.) It should be tons of fun with games performances and, most importantly, free food because let's be honest, who doesn't l...
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