If you’ve ever shared an interesting article on the The Huffington Post, sat through a TED Talk or gawked at an opinion on Thought Catalog, you’re participating in one of the fastest growing genres in the world. This style of writing is known as ‘public writing,’ a term partially coined by award-winning
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Latino Speakers Discuss Art, Sexuality in World AIDS Panel
While the AIDS epidemic raged, Joey Terrill painted. Terrill’s painting, “Still Life with Zerit,” eclectically combines commercial aesthetics, representations of queerness and Chicano and New York culture. Terrill, a second-generation Chicano man who has devoted his life to art and activism, was HIV positive while working on the painting. Pitzer College’s World AIDS
Students Take a Byte Out of Coding at 5C Hackathon
The sound of a hundred clicking keyboards filled Pomona College’s Edmunds Ballroom Nov. 14 as students rushed to put the final touches on their work. The 6th Semiannual 5C Hackathon challenge took place from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m., with various teams of student computer programmers collaborating to design internet applications,
A Capella Groups Shine at 19th Annual SCAMFest
The pressure was on. As the ten members of the Claremont Shades prepared for their performance at SCAMFest 2014, they learned that they’d be singing in front of 2,000 people. SCAMFest, or the 19th Annual Southern California A Cappella Music Festival, took place Nov. 13 at Pomona College’s Bridges Auditorium,
The Show Must Go On; That’s the Bottom Line
The show must go on. Bottom Line Theatre, a 5C student-run theater organization, was more than prepared to perform Stage Blacks Nov. 1. That night, however, one cast member fell ill, and the group was forced to pull together an hilarious improvisational comedy show in its place in just a
Pomona Faculty Showcase Intricacies of Beethoven Sonatas
Pomona College’s Bridges Hall of Music was brought alive with the distinct sounds of Ludwig van Beethoven on Saturday, Oct. 25. Faculty cellist Roger Lebow, a member of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, was joined by faculty member and concert pianist Phillip Young in the first of two programs featuring
Improv Troupe Wows Walker
In a performance showcasing a mix of games and skits, from Mad-Libs scenes to musical numbers, a troupe of seven comedians kept audience members and actors alike on their toes. Without a Box, a 5C improvisational comedy troupe, performed at Walker Coffeehouse on Oct. 15. Sponsored by the Office of
Students Write, Produce 47 Hour Filmmaking Event
Participants in the 47 Hour Filmmaking Challenge, a contest sponsored by the 5C film and television production club Studio 47, wrote and produced their work Oct. 10 to Oct. 12, screening the finished short films in the Rose Hills Theatre on the final night of the competition. “The main goal
Pomona’s The Balcony Holds First Student Art Show of Year
Art is extraordinarily versatile, connecting seemingly dissonant elements and posing questions about the world. Members of the Balcony sought to explore this concept in their presentation of “Art in Conflict” Oct. 3, their first student art show of the year. The club organizes events in the Pomona College Student Art
Mojave Trio Performs Classical Set for the Ages
At a concert held Sept. 27 at Pomona College, the renowned Mojave Trio played through two centuries of music in two and a half hours. The Trio performed in a free concert at the college’s Bridges Hall of Music, part of the Department of Music’s Faculty and Guest Artist Recital. The set