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Back to School
The Gaze, Part I
In Edinburgh, I took a course called Philosophy of Science and every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, I slinked into Auditorium B and sat behind 200 other students during lecture. I had a bird’s eye view of 100 facebook-ing laptop screens ahead of me. The back row’s faces became familiar, and although we never introduced ourselves, and never actually spoke to each other, we all...
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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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Back
Through my drafts and trials of the past week, I’ve found I have much more to say about Edinburgh than Pomona. I’ve arrived on campus, and nearly hyperventilated as we drove through the village for the first time, and again on Bonita, and again as I set foot on Claremont soil. But despite my excitement, and my near-sleepless nights before arriving on campus, and all of my ful...
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Journal 8- Back Here Again
As Spring Semester begins, I frantically try to get classes. I decided I wanted to take the introductory psychology class and this history-of-photography thing last-minute. Maybe it's because I had a few epiphanies over winter break---at any rate, I am going to continue showing up to these classes in the hopes of getting my PERMs approved so I may enroll. If all goes well, I'll...
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Post-Pre-Enrollment Period, and Vague Plans for Next Semester
I think my schedule is somewhat set for next semester.
Having finished registering for classes and whatnot, this is what it looks like I will be taking:
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A Week of Weird Nights
For one of the first times this semester, I’m having writer’s block. Let’s once again chronicle my nightly adventures. Maybe something interesting will come of it.
I returned from Thanksgiving break on Sunday night, and sat and talked with a few friends. I found it odd that when I asked others about their breaks, they said things like, “it was alright,” or, “yeah, good,” in ...
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Back at Pomona After Thanksgiving Break
I really miss break... but I am at school, so I'll have to deal with that somehow.
Thanksgiving break ends today, and classes resume tomorrow. As such, I have packed my belongings, my new clothes from Black Friday, and my homework that I may or may not have finished, and headed back for my prison dorm room.
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Reflections on Fall Break
They say insanity is doing the same thing more than once and expecting different results. I don’t usually think of myself as insane, but here I am at the end of yet another Fall Break in which I didn’t get done nearly as much as I thought I would. Some things I was supposed to do: make progress on thesis—um, well, I went to the library and now have a huge stack of books to rea...
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Free Tacos and Dancing with the Dean
All the Claremont Colleges enact a “substance-free opening” policy, meaning that any substance use by any students on the campuses will absolutely NOT be tolerated (even by those legally of age). Administration enacts this because studies have shown that a large number of sexual assaults happen during the first two weeks of the semester, and a high percentage of them involve su...
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