Author: Xiaoyin Qu

I am looking at my calendar, and it says I have 66 days until I graduate from Pomona College … seriously? First-years ask me how it feels to be a senior, after all this time at a small liberal arts college like Pomona. Or they ask me what I’ve learned

As a mathematical economics major, I often compare doing math to doing business. Doing math is a linear process: You calculate an answer, you check that answer, and you determine whether it’s correct or wrong. Doing business is a dynamic process. You want to sell me an apple for $10,

One year ago, if you were talking about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), many people would have thought that you were talking about some kind of chocolate cake, but now, who doesn’t know what a MOOC is? A MOOC, per the Wikipedia definition, is an online course aimed at unlimited participation

Every semester I get so excited at Margaret R. Adorno’s e-mail, because it means that the course schedule for the new semester is ready. The e-mail always comes at the exact moment when I am totally stressed out by those midterms or papers or assignments. So I forget about the

Silicon Valley is an awesome place. Having been at the Silicon Valley program since January, the most frequent word I have said has been “wow.” When your company is offering free beer and wine every single day (although I am not allowed to drink, since I am underage), when we

The debate over rebranding Pomona College is getting more and more intense. The pro side argues that it’s more important for Pomona to stress its challenging academic offerings, high education quality, well-connected internship programs, and more issues representing “success” while the other side stresses that the laid-back attitude, California climate,

Some people, after careful observation, reach the conclusion that Pomona College has a problem of GPA inflation. They believe that an A is easy to get simply because there are more people getting As. They think professors are easy graders because the cutoff GPA for the top 25 percent of

I have been in Silicon Valley for one month. That is to say, I have not been able to party at PUB, wait in line for stir-fry at Frank, or do my homework on the second floor of Lincoln for one month. Every day after work, I would sign into

I am a minority by any standard: Asian, female and international. When people asked me, “You are from China. Do you eat dog for lunch?” I was offended at the very beginning, but now I’d rather regard it as a question. In the past, I would be pissed and ignore