Milk & Honey reopened on Tuesday, Oct 6. Pomona Dining Services previously shut down the student-run boba shop on Sept. 10, sparking student outcry and renewed debate over Dining Services’ decisionmaking and labor practices.
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5C students connect at Mid-Autumn Festival with mooncakes, crafts and community
Across the 5Cs, students celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival by gathering for moon-viewing parties, making shiratama dango and mooncakes, playing mahjong, and drinking tea. This year, the celebrations carried another meaning. With Oldenborg’s closure scattering some of the cultural communities that once formed there, students are finding new ways to recreate spaces where people can gather naturally and feel at home.
5Cs After Dark: Summer situationship psychosis
New semester, same situationship trauma. In their first issue back, Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 tackle why summer flings hurt so badly in their lovechild “5Cs After Dark.”
5Cs After Dark: The algorithm ate my boyfriend
Do you ever get the feeling that your love interest is brain-rotted past the point of no return? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 examine the effect short-form media is having on our ability to meaningfully interact with each other in the semester’s final edition of 5Cs After Dark.
Office Hours for the Soul: Write like no one is watching
Eight months ago, Siena Giacoma PZ ‘27 got some shocking advice — “You don’t matter.” In her final edition of Office Hours for the Soul, Giacoma reflects on her series of professor interviews from this year, discussing how they taught her to write like no one is watching.
5Cs After Dark: Hot, horny, and hesitant
Does your “situationship” have a fear of commitment? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 have definitely been in your shoes, so they’re tackling everything from dating labels to casual flings this week in their column, “5Cs After Dark.”
5Cs after Dark: Men who date but hate women
Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 and Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 want you to know that you can’t resent women and expect good sex. From the manosphere to real-life dating dynamics, they’re unpacking the uncomfortable truth about attraction without respect.
Office Hours for the Soul: Professor Belinda Tang on pivoting
Three years ago, Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 planned to become a veterinarian. Now, she’s studying creative writing. In this week’s Office Hours for the Soul, Giacoma sits down with Professor Belinda Tang to talk about non-linear paths, KnitTok and the discipline of sitting with uncertainty.
5Cs After Dark: Valentine’s Day sucks. Let’s talk about it.
Valentine’s Day is coming alongside collisions of love, friendship and expectations. Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 and Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 take it on in their new column, 5C After Dark, unpacking the uncomfortable question many students ask every year: is spending Valentine’s Day alone empowering, or just plain sad?
Office Hours for the Soul: Professor Lisa Auerbach threw away her phone — and lived
Siena Giacoma PZ ’27 profiles Pomona professor Lisa Auerbach, whose work in the darkroom and on her front gate argues for a more focused, physically present creative life. Through her photography, textiles and political art, Giacoma shows how Auerbach’s practice is a model for creating space for curiosity, focus and real-world connection.