by Adriana Gonzalez, Pomona College
February 16, 2017 This is fourth week studying abroad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The city is a beautiful quilt, vibrant with mismatching swatches of metropolitan virtue and tropical nature. I will admit that it is not an easy place to live in but perspective changes...
by Megan Cooke, Whitman College, '19
Finances in college are terrifying–you’re out of under your parents’ wings, what do you do? There’s so many things to do! Going out with friends, buying new clothes, binging on school attire from the college bookstore, along with all the other...
by Alexa Rodriguez, Wellesley College , '17
I don’t think I fully understood how college would change me. Prior to coming to Wellesley, I really had no clue about who I was. As cliché as that sounds, it’s true. I didn’t know if I was a follower or a leader, a shy person or an outgoing one. In high school, I...
by Dallas Simms, The University of Virginia , '17
Sometimes normal prose can’t convey the kind of emotion that poetry can so I decided to make this post a bit experimental in nature. After binging every episode of Black Mirror over winter break, I began thinking about how my relationship with digital technology is...
by Luis Espino, Pitzer College, '17
Fear is a perfectly valid response to the recent immigration raids across the country, especially in light of all the trauma that undocumented folks have had to endure to survive in this country. As is power. Our community is one of great resilience. They’ve survived...
by Luis Espino, Pitzer College, '17
Upon being admitted to Pomona College, I knew that studying at this institution carried a lot of weight. I did not understand just how much until applying to the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship. MMUF, for short, is an undergraduate fellowship program that is...
