I've known for a long time that I want to pursue some type of career in science. When I was in elementary school, I always told people I wanted to be a doctor. Sometime in high school, and especially during my first year at Pomona, that desire morphed into a desire to pursue a research-based career, specifically in neuroscience. That hasn't changed--my passion for neuroscienc...
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Author: lkershberg
Bad at Badminton and Other Revelations of the New Semester
Ahhh, so here we are again. Another semester has begun and with it comes new classes, new professors, new sleep schedules, and of course a stocked up pantry in my dorm (though I'll admit, it has only been a week and the amount of food in my room is already way less than a week ago). Even though the semester is still young, I have already learned several things.
First, to p...
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Finals, Finals, Finals!
Wow, I can't believe I'm writing my final blog post of the semester. I'm really having trouble fathoming that I am 1/2 of the way through my sophomore year already. How did this happen!? It honestly feels like a month ago that I came here for orientation committee. I still remember completely my first day of classes, my first trip to the village, and my first meal of the ye...
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Happy Hanukkah!
One thing about being Jewish is that our holidays follow a lunar calendar. This means that it is virtually impossible to predict when the holidays are going to fall. This year I was sad because Hanukkah started on December 8 and ends on the 16th and I wasn't going to be home to celebrate especially because finals week is right around the corner.
However, plans changed and ...
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It’s December!
Given that it is December 1st today, I thought I'd write a little bit about why I like the holiday season and why, specifically, December is one of my favorite months of the year.
First of all, nature knew how to welcome the new month by giving us a nice rain shower yesterday. It wasn't one of those annoying downpours that causes everything on campus to flood because nothin...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
This Thanksgiving weekend I am in Northern California spending time with my grandparents, cousins and my great grandma. Thursday night we had an amazing spread with everything from ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, and a stuffing recipe that has been in my family for five generations (my favorite!). Since Thursday night, I have been enjoying the company of my family and have eaten...
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Confessions of a Pomona College Tour Guide
I started as a Pomona College tour guide last semester. It was one of those things I had dreamed about doing since I started taking tours in my sophomore year of high school. I always took what the tour guides said to heart, and trusted their opinions more than what the college ratings said or what admissions officers claimed. Something about hearing from students directly al...
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SCAMFest!
Last night, the Claremont Shades hosted the 17th annual Southern California A Cappella Music Festival (SCAMFest) at Bridges Auditorium. Not only did it feature performances from eight 5-C A Cappella groups, but also from two groups from UCLA, "Bruin Harmony" and "Scattertones" as well as two from USC , "Reverse Osmosis" and "SoCal VoCals".
The performers sang to a sold out B...
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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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A Day at the Claremont Street Fair.
I don't know what it is about street fairs that makes me so happy and excited. It could be the crowds of people and the really cute puppies, or the aroma of food and fresh air, or the beautiful handmade jewelry and amazing smelling body lotions. I'm sure it is a combination of those and other things, but when I heard there was a street fair today I couldn't contain myself.
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