Campus Events – Page 4

TEDxClaremontColleges: Open to Interpretation

Posted on April 2, 2015September 21, 2022 by Sophia Sun

"Hi! Have you heard about TEDxClaremontColleges? It's a local TED conference held on March 7th!" As I was handing out palm cards for TEDxClaremontColleges, an event put on by volunteers from the 7C's (5 undergraduate schools and 2 graduate universites), I faced many hesitant hands. "Uh... yeah I think I've seen some posters around? Isn't that the videos and stuff?" ...

Freshwoman Year Pt. II: A Quick Reflection

Posted on March 25, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

’Tis Spring Break! My parents are here, visiting me from China. As we drive around the Golden State from SoCal to NorCal in the next few days, I (rather ambitiously) plan to read a few books, get my homework done, write some more blog entries, and get back to some of my friends (feeling guilty about not maintaing email chains during the busy academic year). A brief summa...

Hairitage: The Black Hair Conference

Posted on March 16, 2015September 21, 2022 by Ashley Land

Last week I got the chance to participate in the 3rd annual Black Hair Conference here at Pomona College. The event, sponsored by the Pan African Student Association (PASA), started as a space to start dialogue about the politics of Black hair amongst the Black community from the Claremont Colleges and beyond. This year, the dinner/conference was at full capacity as hosts C...

Reading, Locations, and Race

Posted on March 9, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

"America talks too much about race. America also talks too little about race." These are lines from award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel Americanah that echo in my head. I read Adichie’s book last summer, since it was the Pomona College summer reading assignment. As I read, I jolted down some questions, which I hoped to ask the author (who gave ...

Around the World in 90 Minutes

Posted on February 23, 2015September 21, 2022 by Sophia Sun

Have you ever wanted to sample cultural foods from around the world (fasnetsscherben, okonomiyaki salmorejo, bhajia za dengu, 烧卖(燒賣)... mmmm!), learn simple phrases in 10 different languages from native speakers, find out which German city suits you the best, receive a hand-written card in Spanish, and meet King Cyrus, all without worrying about travel expenses and taking too m...

The Stress of De-stressing: Events at Pomona

Posted on December 10, 2014September 21, 2022 by Sophia Sun

Finals week: when picking a de-stressing event is the most stressful aspect of trying to de-stress. The hardest part about finals isn't really those impending exams and assignments - it's all the beautiful creative performances and events that I'm missing out on when I stay in to finish a Computer Science test program (essentially a take-home midterm to program SpaceInvaders...

L.A. Museum Love

Posted on March 20, 2014September 21, 2022 by Emily Chittick

It's finally spring break! After a week of midterms + misery, I finally have some time to myself, and that means sitting outside enjoying the lovely SoCal weather and writing to you, dear reader, about the stuff I've been up to. As Daniel mentioned in his last post, Pomona does an awesome job subsi...