Where Rory Taylor Interviews Jack Buyske and Learns about Claremont Pizza Culture

Jack and Rory eating
by Rory Taylor '18 This week I sat down with Jack Buyske, a rising senior at Pomona, to talk about all manner of topics. A Public Policy Analysis major, Jack is on track to head off to medical school after he graduates. Our conversation ranged from the fierceness of the Sagehen mascot to his experience in the college process. Jack, first welcome, but just really quickly w...
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Organic Chemistry Lab Adventures

Having many hours of lab is a normal part of life for undergraduate science majors. Almost every science class has attached to it a four hour lab.  I have two lab classes and therefore I spend a large portion of my afternoons in lab. On Mondays I have organic chemistry lab from 1-5.  Call me nerdy, but I love o-chem lab.  It all has to do with my lab professor, Professor Tom Va...
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Help! Organic Chemistry Has Taken Over My Life!

Avid readers of the blog may notice I have been M.I.A this past week.  Ask any of my friends or family and they would have the same thoughts. I'm usually the loud bubbly one.  The one who lets everyone else know it's time to eat, time to leave, time to dance.  But this past week, I couldn't be heard, and I could barely be seen.  It wasn't time to do anything but study: My very ...
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Not a Fan of the Heat

For those of us in Claremont right now, we cannot wait for the weather to start to cool down.  It has been in the high 90's or even triple digits all week, and for the lucky ones who live on the third floor with no air conditioning (read: me), the heat can be beyond frustrating, let alone debilitating.  To most of my friends, I am known as the klutz.  Always tripping over my ow...
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My 19th Birthday!

It seems as though two of us bloggers share the same birthday! Yesterday, September 5th was my 19th birthday: arguably one of the most unexciting birthdays a young adult celebrates. So naturally, I wasn't expecting much, especially since it was the second day of classes.  At first it seemed like the universe wasn't going to disappoint and was going to give me that boring 19t...
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