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Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart
By 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Orientation had come to a close, teary-eyed parents were long gone, and the freshmen finally finished setting up their bunks at...
The Temptations of Gamespace
Looking back on my four years of college, there are few things I can say for certain. I’ve started to realize how lucky I’ve been to be able to spew nonsense...
Catching the Wave: A Beginner’s Guide to Surfing at the 5Cs
As a recent transfer student who grew up in a landlocked state, I really wanted to learn how to surf. In the last semester, with wetsuit on and board in hand, I’ve...
Are We Still Mad Men?
I’ve been watching a ton of Mad Men lately. If you don’t watch it, the show is about the 1960s office and home life of a Madison Avenue advertising...
Randomizing Democracy in the Golden State
The Constitutional Convention movement seems sadly to be coalescing around selecting delegates by lot from the jury pool.(1) This idea seems stupid on its face....
California’s Political Horizon
Leaving Sacramento for the first time last weekend, my initial suspicion was confirmed: this is just a small blip in the vast expanse of the Central Valley. As...
California’s Sisyphean Storm
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the UC system is one of California State Government’s few remaining bright spots. California’s Universities...
Voting in Claremont
The deadline for registering to vote in the California primary was January 22nd, 15 days before the election. Hopefully, you either registered to vote or are registered...
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- Carl Peaslee on Summer Stories Series: "The form is fixed now. It is at the bottom of the post...."
- Kelsey Brown on Letters to Freshmen: The High School Sweetheart: "I believe what she meant was that if you are consumed by your relation..."