Today is Wednesday which means back to classes. Time to prepare ourselves for the next wave of papers, exams, etc we will have to face within the next few days. Unfortunately, I overslept today, so I missed one class and was late for another. Best way to start the week right?
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Month: October 2012
(More) Fall Break
As you have seen from the last few posts, it's fall break! And while I very much appreciate the extra few days off to recoup and just breathe (until I realise that we're already halfway through our first semester at Pomona...), the break has thrown off my sense of time a bit. It feels much more like a Sunday than a Tuesday, and it's a bit hard convincing my brain that I need to...
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Fall Break Fun Fact
As we are all enjoying our Fall Breaks, either at home, on campus, or somewhere else exciting, it’s interesting to think the concept of Fall Break (so meta). Yesterday at dinner I had a conversation with friend and fellow senior Ben De Winkle, who explained that one of his professors told them at math lunch about the origins of Fall Break. Apparently, Pomona used to be on a d...
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Fall Break Day 1
Ahhh! Fall Break is finally here and it couldn't have come fast enough. After a stressful two weeks of midterms and essays, an extra long weekend is exactly what I needed. I came back home yesterday afternoon after taking a midterm at 8 am, but I consider today (Saturday) my first official day of Fall Break 2012, and I'm loving every minute of it. (more…)
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They Came From Notre Dame
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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Sagehens Abroad: More Edinburgh Updates
Last night, I stayed up late finishing a paper (which I didn’t actually finish,) and wrote “write BLOG trip faucets classes food hiking” on a greasy sandwich bag that I left on my desk as a reminder to update this thing with all my Scottish-happenings instead of just my feelings. I will listen to its demands because day-by-day travel accounts are boring, but probably not in mo...
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Volunteering Around Claremont
Freshman year I started volunteering with LINC, a program through the Draper Center designed to help elementary school kids improve their reading skills. I never imagined myself going into education or teaching, but the more I hear about issues with our education system and how so many kids are disadvantaged for various reasons, the more active I tend to want to become in thes...
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Pomona Day Trip to Linlithgow and Stirling!
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T-Swizz
I realise that my recent posts have had very little to do with actual school work, and neither does this one, so I feel the need to reassure my parents anyone reading that I am, in fact, doing a lot of school work as well. It just so happens that I often find myself doing bloggable, non-school-related things on Mondays and Tuesdays that I feel the need to share. Now that that's...
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Feeling Little in the Big Sur
This past weekend, I took a slight reprise from my usual weekend busyness and went up to Big Sur for a PE class, PE 012: Beginning Backpacking. I highly recommend this PE class; it's an awesome way to get that 0.25 credits for PE, and the only requirements are five class meetings, a day hike and this awesome trip! On top of this, it is a great way to make new friends, as ever...
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