Rediscovering the Joy of Music
By Serena Lin ‘25 “You cannot count the beats. You must simply feel the music.” As someone who is very numbers-based and methodical, this was quite a challenge. There was something stressful about not...
View ArticleMy Favorite Study Tools
By Hayeon Lee ‘23 If you ever catch me studying in the library basement or having a study sesh with my friends at the Coop, you would immediately notice my highlighters, planner, and stationery strewn...
View ArticleClaremont FC: Building Community Through 5C’s Club Soccer
By Emma Grace Howlett ‘25 There is perhaps no greater view on campus of the San Gabriel Mountains than from Pomona’s turf soccer field. During late spring nights, the snow-dusted mountains glow a dusky...
View ArticleSenior Thoughts: Upon Fourther Reflection
By Oluyemisi Bolonduro ’23 Salutations! It’s been two years since I’ve written a Voices blog post, but it’s good to be back. A lot has changed since my fun lil’ celebration of finals week, whether it’s...
View ArticleA Letter to Hayeon
By Hayeon Lee ‘23 Recently, as a senior at Pomona College, there have been moments when I pause and recognize that my college adventures are already and slowly coming to an end. Whether it be my walks...
View ArticleSummits and S’mores
By Emma Grace Howlett ‘25 Sweeping mountain slopes glistening with snow, cascading waterfalls, and towering, flowering yucca plants. Bright orange Indian paintbrush flowers, majestic ponderosa trees,...
View ArticleFour Unexpected Joys of Going to a Liberal Arts College
By Serena Lin ’25 If you’re a high school senior trying to decide which college to attend, you’ve probably heard the conventional Pomona sales pitch: small class sizes, “liberal arts experience,” being...
View ArticleCombatting an Erasure of My Identity: Feeling Unforeign in Oldenborg
By Vids Hingad ‘25 A ticket from Terminal 2, Chattrapatti Shivaji Terminal in Mumbai to LAX. A 26-hour journey. Four oceans in the middle. Before boarding the flight from Mumbai to LAX, my dadi...
View ArticleEnjoyment > Perfection
By Hayeon Lee ’23 The extent of my drawing is sketching nice Kirbys or Pokemon; if you told me to draw a hand, I would most gladly produce a stick figure drawing. However, one of my New Year’s...
View ArticleSnow in Paradise
By Emma Grace Howlett ‘25 I was reading the dictionary the other day, and beside the word “paradise” was a picture of Pomona College. I saw Marston Quad’s expanse of emerald green lawn, dappled with...
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