I can sum up the essence of my senior year routine in three words: “thesis, beer, thesis.” (Rinse, lather, repeat.) Maybe “beer, thesis, beer”
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Author: John Thomason
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I love first-years. (I think freshmen is not the, uh, preferred nomenclature.) I say this for two reasons. First, they’re so bubbly and enthusiastic
Browsing the Course Catalog as a Second-Semester Senior
I feel only the slightest perverse pleasure, only the slightest longing, as I follow through on this purely ceremonious act. I’ve taken classes with
Gates Cautions Against US Military Intervention in Ath Talk
“Usually the Washington book is ‘If Only They’d Listened to Me,’” said former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner
Senior Column: The Liberal Arts College Won’t Die Unless We Let It
Most people I know respond to the Claremont “bubble” in one of two ways: They either devour their free New York Times every morning
Senior Column: Rehearsing for Real Life
Being David W. Oxtoby has got to be exhausting. On your left you’re deflecting charges that you are a stooge for 1 percent power
Cracks in the Meritocracy
Let’s be clear about one thing: the recent uproar about Claremont McKenna College’s fabricated SAT scores is no reflection on the quality of its
Senior Column: The Not-Quite-47 Things List
My final fall semester at Pomona has been plagued with hysterical bouts of regret: Why didn’t I take an art class? Why didn’t I
Former U.S. Secretary of State Addresses Bush, Obama Policies at CMC Speech
Despite the protests that greeted Condoleeza Rice and the students that attended her talk on Nov. 30 in Claremont McKenna College’s (CMC) Ducey Gymnasium,
On Disrupting the Peace
We talk a lot about community at Pomona. As a residential liberal arts college, we’re in a unique position to build a democratic political