It’s been a little over three weeks since we’ve returned to school, and though the heyday of settling in and figuring out schedules has left little time for existential musings, I find myself reflecting on a conversation I had with a close high school friend over break. We were driving
Tag: Humanities
Struggling with creativity? Try Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards
I’m holding a small piece of white cardstock printed with a pithy instruction: “Give way to your worst impulse.” I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with that, so I turn the card over and read the next one. “Water,” it says. That’s helpful. I reach for another card.
Academy award-winning director Lonergan speaks at Pomona
“There are some exceptions –– but the general Hollywood process is to make scripts into mincemeat.” Kenneth Lonergan is a filmmaker with a distinct voice. He knows what he likes and he knows what he doesn’t; he knows what he’s capable of and what he isn’t; he tries to pursue
Increase In Pomona STEM Majors Prompts Concern From Humanities, Social Sciences
Science, technology, engineering, and math degrees have been all the rage at Pomona College the past several years. In 2005, STEM degrees made up less than 30 percent of all majors completed, and the arts and humanities was the most popular division at roughly 30 percent, according to Pomona’s Office