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Scripps Summer Interns Struggle To Find Proper Housing
By Amy Jayasuriya ‘26
Copy Editor
As students pack their suitcases in eager anticipation of returning to Scripps after a three-month-long break, a certain group of students never left, choosing to spend their summer on-campus working as researchers, events assistants, and interns. A specific group of interns working at Denison Library, however, found that their overall experience was tainted by their difficulties in securing housing arrangements both on and off-campus over the summer.
Scripps did not offer summer housing this year, and housing on other 5C campuses was not open to Scripps students. Most of the Denison interns lived at the Claremont Collegiate Apartments (CCA) for the duration of their internships. Despite securing housing there, the interns expressed dissatisfaction with CCA’s communication and overall organization.
Grace Gitau ’25, an archival intern at Denison, recounted how CCA initially refused to allow her roommate to move into their assigned apartment. “I assumed that by the time [my roommate] would arrive, that she would be moving into our [shared] room,” Gitau said. “But then when she picked up the keys, it was for a different room. When we told [CCA] that, they said someone else has been assigned to our room. They didn't let us know when we signed up that it wasn't possible for us to live together.”
After days of communicating with CCA, Gitau and her roommate were finally able to move into their apartment together. This didn’t come without any difficulties, however, as Gitau often had to communicate with CCA about the mix-up while she was working.
“It was a lot of going back and forth with CCA,” Gitau said. “I'd have to leave work early to get to the office in time to talk to them. Then I had to call them while I was at work and ask them if they were going to let us in. It was just a lot of fuss over what seems like nothing.”
Housing mix-ups weren’t the only inconvenience of living at CCA. Helen Poggi ’25, the recipient of the Rogers Needlework Internship at Denison, emphasized the inconvenience of
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walking back from Denison during the scorching summer heat in Claremont.
Both Poggi and Gitau expressed that rather than deal with the difficulties of living at CCA, they would have much preferred to live on-campus in the dorms.
When asked about the possibility of interns living on campus, another Denison intern who requested to remain anonymous recalled that Denison librarian Jennifer MartinezWormser's requests for Denison to subsidize on-campus housing for interns were denied by the Scripps administration.
“What Res Life told me was that anyone who has any sort of a direct connection with the college or is in a position where [they are] serving the college directly gets on-campus housing,” the anonymous intern said.
“So if you are a RC or [a student] working with an events coordination group, you got [subsidized] Scripps housing.”
The Denison interns were not granted on-campus housing and were separated from other student
workers living on-campus.
“It would've been better if we could have stayed on campus, because then we also could have had community with other Scripps students who were staying on campus,” Gitau said.
While the Scripps administration refused to allow the Denison interns on-campus housing throughout their internship, they also refused to allow any of the summer interns staying on campus to remain on campus until August move-in.
Another summer intern at Denison, who has requested to remain anonymous, lived at CCA during June and July. The student, who had to leave campus for a family event during the first week of classes, decided to continue working at Denison through August. However, since CCA housing wasn't extended through August, they had to find another place to live.
“I initially asked [Res Life] if I could move into my [on-campus] housing early after CCA ended,” the anonymous student said. “I wanted to move my stuff in before I had to leave, which would've only been a difference of a few days before returning
students move-in. But they weren't willing to let me do any of that.”
After being denied the option to move into their housing on the 21st, only three days before returning student move in, the anonymous student found housing in a private Airbnb room near campus. However, their experience there was not also not ideal.
“[The Airbnb] is a house shared with essentially strangers, which makes me a little bit uncomfortable,” the student said. “The kitchen is not very usable, so I haven't been able to make my own food and I'm spending a lot more on buying pre-made food than I was spending on groceries.”
The anonymous student expressed appreciation for their work at Denison and the other interns, only listing their ongoing issues with housing as the one disappointment in what otherwise would have been a positive experience.
“I’ve moved around like three times this summer,” the student said. “And then I'll have to move in and out for school. So it's just a situation that has created a lot of unnecessary stress.”
Frances Walton '26 • Scripps Voice
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2 • Back to School
A Warm Welcome to Scripps Science’s New Home!
By Juliette Des Rosiers ’26 Editor-In-Chief
STEM-focused Scrippsies and Revelle residents alike will be grateful to hear construction on The Nucleus is hereby complete! The new Spanish Mission-style building will open right on schedule with the fall 2024 semester and house the newly minted Scripps-Pitzer Science Department.
In May 2022, following the exit of Claremont McKenna from the W. M. Keck Science Department, Scripps and Pitzer Colleges broke ground on the $70 million project that aimed to enhance scientific opportunities for their students.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science Dr. Colin R. Robins shared enthusiasm for the new space and the academic potential it promises.
“That moment in the movie when the superhero realizes she’s been fighting with one hand tied behind her back, finds her full strength, and becomes even more amazing?” Rob-
ins said via email. “That’s now, as old Keck becomes a brand new, vibrant Department of Natural Sciences.”
The 65,000-square-foot building boasts new teaching labs, lounges, computer labs, and even a rooftop greenhouse. Both Scripps and Pitzer promise that the multiple courtyards, study nooks, and collaboration spaces will facilitate learning and be more equipped to accommodate the increasing enrollment trends.
Robins explained how, for the first time in decades, spaces customized to the needs of each program within the department were incorporated into the design of The Nucleus. The building allowed not only expansion but also improved efficiency of the already existing tools within the old building. Robins described his own program as an example.
“With the Nucleus, the environmental science program is gaining its first ever discipline-specific, designated classroom and also a state-of-theart prep, storage, and analytical instrument room,” Robins said. “These
spaces were custom-designed with flexibility, collaboration, accessibility, and the interdisciplinarity needs of environmental science in mind. I’m told I’ve never looked so happy. Rocks, maps, chemicals, hot plates, microscopes, spectrometers, sediment traps, sieves, blenders - it’s all there, organized, in one place!”
However, students need not mourn the old Keck Science Department building, as it is still only a beaker throw away, connected by a bridge to The Nucleus. Robins’ comments reinforce how this bridge can be viewed as symbolic as well.
“The Nucleus should catalyze and make more visible what Pitzer and Scripps have already been doing –and not just in the sciences,” Robins said. “With new analytical equipment, more visible labs, new conference rooms, new break-out spaces and the like, the building is a perfect bridge and pathway between Pitzer and Scripps.”
The initiation of the Scripps-Pitzer Science Department marks a growth of resources in addition to physical
space. Returning students can remember the opportunity to provide feedback on candidate talks and teaching demos, and they should look forward to welcoming the handful of new faculty members to the science department.
“Our students are now better resourced than ever for exploring, testing, and sharing ideas, while simultaneously gaining some fantastic new faculty mentors,” Robins said. “I think the Nucleus will facilitate and inspire students and faculty alike to be our best – individually and collectively. We have more space and excitement to try new things, and that’s what science is all about.”
Irene Ruiz ’25, a neuroscience student who participates in biological research, shared her excitement for the opening of the new facility. “I am really excited about it, especially after watching it grow over the past two years,” Ruiz said. “It looks amazing, and the facilities look incredible. As someone who loves academic spaces and thrives where it is creative, I cannot wait to go in.”
Natural science majors are consistently among the most popular majors at Scripps College. Historically, Scripps students accounted for approximately 40 percent of enrollment at the Keck Science Department, and, according to the College’s website, Scripps grants “a higher percentage of STEM degrees than any other women’s college in the country.” Therefore, the creation of the Scripps-Pitzer Science Department and the unveiling of The Nucleus hold the promise of nurturing Scripps’ rich history of science scholarship and expanding possibilities for every Scripps student.
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Back to School • 3
How New CLORGs are Reviving Scripps
By Ashley Ta ’27 Staff Writer
We’ll soon find a revival brewing within the heart of student life, starting with the new CLORGs. All the CLORGs in this article aren’t brand new, but are actually old CLORGs that are returning in a new way. Sometimes you have to bring Scripps forward by building from the past.
La Semeuse
“I have every yearbook going back 100 years, except for the past three years.” This is what Jennifer Martinez-Wormser, the librarian at Denison Library, told Ella Piersma ’27 and Katie Jenkins ’27 when they were browsing old Scripps yearbooks. They looked up stories of their friend’s grandmother, a Scripps alum. Very rarely does one come out of the library intending to create the very books they cannot find. But that’s what Piersma and Jenkins decided to do.
They tried to salvage as much as they could from Scripps’ historical yearbook club, like the name and symbol of La Semeuse, when starting it up again post-Covid. But the project ahead of them was nothing short of a total reconstruction. The club’s last yearbook in 2021 wasn’t a physical book but a digital PDF, and they couldn’t figure out how students ran the club. Piersma said they’ve been trying to find answers in the club’s “old documents and old files.” They couldn’t figure out who ran the club, let alone how to contact them. All the information left was shells of social media accounts, inactive and inaccessible.
“All the students who were running it graduated and the lead advisor had left the school…so it just kind of disappeared,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins and Piersma had to be forward thinkers to tackle all these problems and create an ambitious vision. But what struck me about our interview was just how much reverence they had for La Semeuse’s history. Inspired by the more recent yearbooks, they wanted to capture more student events like the ones the RCs and CCs ran “so students in the future can look at them and future CCs [can use them] for ideas,” Jenkins said. They also wanted to “honor how the tra -
ditional books have been made.” They plan to bring back “more photos of dorms, like dorm pages, [with] everyone’s names,” Piersma said. Instead of using silent black and white photos, they plan to make their pages more journalistic and modern-style. As a result, our yearbook will be the best it’s ever been at capturing and storing student life for years to come.
La Semeuse needs a team of students with experience in yearbooks, publications, magazines, newspapers, and photography to publish their ambitious vision. They need seniors to share their experiences to create something that properly celebrates their graduating year. They need people who “are excited or feel strongly about the archival aspect,” Piersma said. Mostly, they need students who care about having a college yearbook, so Scripps’ history will include our lives in the Denison Library and be in our hands.
Follow La Semeuse on Instagram @lasemeuseyearbook, join them on Engage, and connect via lasemeuseyearbook24@gmail.com!
Food Recovery Network
Almost every meal of a 5C student’s life is from a buffet. But we disregard how much we discard while our Inland Empire neighbors go hungry. So when Scripps students created a Food Recovery Network (FRN) to rescue the dining
hall’s edible food waste, it quickly became a sensation with “lots of committed volunteers,” FRN said in an interview. “FRN has also historically had a stronghold at the 5Cs. Pomona, Harvey Mudd, CMC, and Pitzer all have or had FRN as well.”
Then COVID-19 hit, and many of the leaders graduated, putting a great halt to their work.
Feeling the absence of the FRN and the communities’ growing concern for food waste, Malott started donating their leftovers to Chefs to End Hunger. But, as FRN explains, they only accept certain food items.
So FRN became determined to recover their club and rescue the remaining food. They’re off to a great start. They’ve already spoken with the community they want to serve, who are eager to accept the food. They have a strong leadership team of experienced students who volunteered at the FRN at Pomona.
“The food from Scripps [will go] to Cotorreo Community Center in Pomona,” FRN said. “It is a community-run operation and embedded within the community … They directly provide meals to Pomona residents on a daily basis and are constantly serving more families. We hope that the connections we make through FRN can grow and increase our engagement with the community.” The club leaders hope “[more students] leave the Claremont bubble and get a better understanding of the place we live.”
FRN isn’t just looking for more members to restore the club. The leaders voiced a hope to expand to serve more than one center and build long-term relationships with them, involving the broader 7Cs.
Follow FRN on Instagram at @frnscripps for updates, join them on Engage, and connect via frnscripps@gmail.com!
Sustainabiliteam
Perhaps you’ve always cared deeply for the world’s environment but never thought you could do much about it. Perhaps you separate your trash at home, use a capsule wardrobe, or even fit all your waste into mason jars but never thought about influencing a com -
munity to do the same. Now is your chance to act! Meet Marin Plut ’25 and Raka Mukherjee ’25, leaders of the one and only Sustainabiliteam club!
Fun fact: it used to be a SAS committee, but its ambitions quickly outgrew the capacities of a committee. The Sustainabiliteam wanted to involve the most people possible and make their members more proactive in making change happen. They also wanted to make more systemic changes.
“Over the last couple years, our projects have mostly focused on reducing energy use, reducing water use, food waste and just waste in general,” said Plut. “Those are important things to tackle but have limited scope and limited impact.” Mukherjee added, “By switching to a club, we could focus less on conventional environmental issues and more on environmental justice.”
Above all, Plut explained their desire to encourage students to come up with creative environmental solutions that “are good in the environment that are also actually good for people and good for the community and good at building relationships.”
Finally, as their year-long dream of becoming a club bears fruit in the fall, Plut concluded, “I would just like to see a lot of people join the club. [I hope] we’re able to effectively run it so that it’s a community space that people would like to come to and stay in and a place where they feel like they’re doing something.” Mukherjee looks forward to “establish[ing] a lineage for sure.”
Follow Sustainabiliteam on Instagram @sc.sustainabiliteam, join them on Engage, and connect via sc.sustainabiliteam@gmail.com!
What an experience it was to interview these clubs! I quickly realized that becoming a club was only the vessel for their much greater mission: reviving Scripps’ yearbook tradition, the FRN powerhouse, or student’s involvement with sustainability. Every club truly has its own unique story. I hope we can all find the story we want to be a part of.
Ashley Ta ’27 • The Scripps Voice
Ashley Ta ’27 • The Scripps Voice
• Back to School
Affinity Groups: Preserving POC Identities at a PWI
By Ishita Jayadev ’26
Copy Editor
Being a first-year at Scripps is strange, novel, and exciting in every way. You find yourself wandering through campus before everyone else moves in, feeling like you’re at a weird summer resort, only to realize that this is now your everyday life. Soon enough, you’ll be walking through Bowling Green and standing in the winding Malott lines at noon as you take a look at the other Scrippsies around you. Scattered around campus, Scrippsies are dressed in impeccable outfits even in the heat, tote bags slung on their shoulders…but wait. Why is everyone here white?
As a South Asian American, I knew going to a tiny, primarily white institution (PWI) after a large public high school would be difficult. However, I didn’t anticipate how isolating being at Scripps as a person of color could be until a couple of months in after the initial fervor of trying to meet every freshman on campus died down. Since then, I’ve watched many friends transfer (the
infamous Scripps POC experience) and debated whether to stay at Scripps myself.
However, one of the reasons I’ve always felt welcome here is the affinity groups that Scripps and the broader 5Cs have to offer.
From my own experience, the Asian American Sponsor Program (AASP) and the Asian American Student Union (AASU) have been really great ways to meet other APIDA-identifying students at Scripps, eat yummy Asian snacks, and attend events that are both educational and fun. I still remember going to the AASP retreat in Big Bear as a first year and staying up until midnight learning how to make friendship bracelets, as if I was in summer camp for the weekend. While the sponsor program is only for first years, there are still many events hosted by both CLORGs for students of all years to join.
Other 5C CLORGs I’ve been a part of are the South Asian Mentorship Program (SAMP), which provides mentorship groups and community for first-year South Asians, and the South Asian Student Association (SASA).
As for other Scripps affinity groups, Wata Weusi is a collective supporting all Black-identifying students; Blend is for any students who identify as mixed race/ethnicity, transracial adoptees, and/or third culture; and Café Con Leche (CCL) is a space for students of Latinx descent.
While these CLORGs operate separately, all of them (including AASP and AASU) got together at the end of the last school year to co-host POC Dinner, an evening of community bonding, fun games, and delicious multicultural food.
Other Scripps affinity CLORGs include Family, which was revived recently in 2022, and aims to celebrate queer identity and community. I was able to go to one of the early meetings of Family last semester and have gone to a few of the events they’ve hosted, including Sapphic Soirée, a music-filled evening featuring crafts tables, a photo booth, snacks, and, of course, a dance floor.
Scripps Kehillah is another affinity CLORG that functions as a Jewish Student Union and a space for Jews and non-Jews to come together in open dialogue and discussion.
They’ve hosted events in the past semester, such as movie nights, slime-making, and Jewish Jeopardy.
Many of these groups function dually, fostering community and encouraging political advocacy and organizing, both equally important aspects of being on a college campus where your voice can be uniquely amplified and heard.
Scripps International Community (SIC) is another identity-based CLORG for any foreign passport/visa-holding students, cross-cultural/third culture kids, and anyone who has lived abroad.
Additionally, the Scripps Questbridge Chapter is for all firstgeneration and/or low-income students to help them navigate and graduate college.
While the transition to Scripps is always difficult, hopefully, joining some of these groups or even just being aware of their existence can ease your tumultuous first year, help you get more involved on campus, and reassure you that there is a place for everyone at Scripps.
Ellen Wang ’25 • The Scripps Voice
Core Mythbusting and Demystifying: A First Year’s Guide
By Frances Walton ’26 Editor-in-Chief
During your first year at Scripps, one thing is certain: you will be in a Core 1 class. This class (and the subsequent program) is a topic on every Scrippsie’s lips, leading to swirling rumors and a lack of clarity on what to expect. This list of common misconceptions hopefully clarifies some potential questions or concerns facing new arrivals!
Books
This message may disappoint some prepared students, but don’t buy your Core 1 books (or even subsequent Core books, for that matter)! They are everywhere on this campus. And thanks to a studentstarted initiative, this year NSPO will feature a Core 1 book pick-up while the supply of previous students’ Core books lasts! You could also ask almost any older student if they still have theirs. Even if you are a book annotator and saver (like me), you can still find copies you can keep for free. If you listen to one thing, do not buy your books!
Class experience Scripps designed Core 1 to be an introduction to the humanities and a small liberal arts college classroom. This is, on the whole, true. The course (currently) requires all Core 1 students across all sections to read the same books and watch the same lectures. However, class experience varies depending on the professor. For most, Core is a discussionbased course with a professor who
guides and encourages discussion on the aforementioned lectures and readings.
Participation will probably be required, and that can be really scary. Even for students who have led discussions in high school, college discussions can feel much more intimidating and serious. Try to find comfort in knowing that no one will remember or care if you say something dumb and that everyone else is also doing this for the first time. Perhaps some students have more preparation for college-level discussions, but they don’t know everything, and you shouldn’t expect that from yourself. Don’t let another classmate’s big words and intellectual tone intimidate you; quality college discussions can build nuanced ideas even without niche vocabulary. Chatting with and getting to know your classmates outside of class can be surprisingly helpful for feeling comfortable speaking in class. If you are super concerned, speak with your professor about it. I have never met a professor at the 5Cs who didn’t listen and care about where students were coming from, especially in a first-year class.
Professors
Each Core professor has their own style and discipline that they bring to Core 1. To plan for yourself, look up Core 1 professors on Rate My Professor and read reviews from their Core 1 students. This website will give you great insight into the specific class you may choose. If you have an earlier registration time,
you will probably be able to select a Core professor without too much thought. You can go by the ratings on Rate My Professor and choose one of the higher ones. If you have a later registration time, rank professors based on your reading. When you register, you should probably have a list ready, as slots change quickly during the registration times.
Another piece of advice is to look into the discipline that the professor typically specializes in. Despite the identical reading lists and lectures, your professor will bring their unique insight and subject into the classroom. Attempt to factor your interest in their subject into your decision, but don’t let it weigh on you too heavily.
If you can’t find enough reviews or insight on your own, ask your NSPO leader or an older Scripps student. Even if they haven’t taken your professor, they probably know someone who has and will have insight into who you should choose.
Course Rigor
The course, for most, is not the most challenging you will have in the first semester. From my memory (two years ago), there are around three larger writing assignments; the rest of the work is small assignments and readings before class.
Workload, as with everything about Core, is professor-dependent. So, lean on other Scripps students who have taken Core before to find the most accurate information on how demanding your class may be. Most professors run Core in a discussionheavy manner, with minimal writing
comparatively.
If you are worried about the writing aspect of Core, go to the Writing Center! Everyone will tell you to do this, but most ignore it. The Writing Center is a magical place where paper ideas come to fruition, and even the most problematic assignment becomes much more manageable. If you need help with other CORErelated work, there are even dedicated Core Mentors who hold office hours periodically to help you run through assignments! I wish I had used these resources more in my first year because it would have saved me so much grief. Do not fear the Writing Center!
Don’t write it off!
You will soon learn that many Scripps students don’t have entirely positive things to say about Core. Most complaints are valid, and Core is still evolving to this day. However, don’t write it off completely. While some readings may be uninteresting or certain discussions may be disappointing, Core is how most Scripps students begin their college academic journey. Try to keep an open mind and enjoy what you can, whether that be making friends, getting to know your professor, improving your writing, or familiarizing yourself with college classes and students. Core gave me a new favorite book in My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, so do not skim that book! Whether students like it or not, Core will be a part of your college experience, so try to find the meaning and value you can. Good luck!
Frances Walton ’26 • The Scripps Voice
Which Scripps Study Space Is Right For You?
By Juliette Des Rosiers ’26 Editor-In-Chief
So You Want to Be A Scrippsie?
By Juliette Des Rosiers ’26 Editor-In-Chief
The transition into college is exciting, intimidating, and brand new for everyone. Sometimes, you may not know what to do or where to go next, both figuratively and literally. To assist with this transition and better familiarize our new readers with what it is like to attend Scripps, we have developed a tool for you.
The following are 50 generally shared Scripps first-year experiences collated into The Official TSV FirstYear Bucket List (or Guide). Though everyone’s first year is unique regarding who they are and where they came from, much of it is composed of similar highs and lows.
You can cut out this list as inspiration for activities and goals, a good laugh, or, simply put it somewhere safe to return to at the end of the year. You may scoff or furrow your brow at some of these now, but you just might find that come May, you can tick off more than you originally thought. Regardless of how you choose to interact with The Bucket List, I hope it can help you enjoy your first year and find your place in our beautiful community. Good luck, and enjoy it!
☐ Sign The Book in Denison at Matriculation
☐ Sing “California Gurls” or “Life is a Highway” at the Matriculation dance
☐ Go to Wednesday Tea
☐ Join a Scripps CLORG
☐ Become friends with your roommates
☐ Have a dramatic falling out with your roommates
☐ Watch the sunset from the Schow roof
☐ Meet someone from the Bay Area
☐ Meet someone from New York
☐ Realize that your Core1 experience is vastly different from your friend’s, either for good or for worse
☐ Avoid the creep senior men who only go for first-years
☐ Wait in the Sunday Malott avocado toast line for more than ten minutes
☐ Transition to using a tote bag instead of a backpack
☐ Fall victim to the Claremont Crawl (trademarked)
☐ Hook up with someone in the Browning tower
☐ Take a weird random class that will help you in no way (let’s be honest here)
☐ Get jump scared by a man in Tiernan (and then work on deconstructing internalized cisheteronormative gender essentialism)
☐ Go to a party that has less than five people
☐ Go to SHS
☐ Decide you never want to go to SHS again
☐ Start a fight in the dorm GroupMe
☐ Find Professor Adam Novy’s Instagram devoted to his cats
☐ Go to the Writing Center!
☐ Make a shrine to your favorite campus celebrity
☐ Eat pasta at McConnell for dinner on Saturday
☐ Have a drunk interaction with your NSPO leader
☐ Go to Frank Sunday brunch for sushi
☐ Go back for seconds when Malott has acai on Saturdays
☐ Clean (someone’s? your?) hair out of the shower drain
☐ Read all the books for Core 1 cover to cover (or don’t)
☐ Spend a whole day at the pool when you “should” be studying (it is good to take a break sometimes)
☐ Cry from homesickness/a bad grade/a bad day (It happens! It will be okay!)
☐ Go to the Sixth Street “rivalry” football game
☐ Poop in a single-stall, genderneutral dorm bathroom
☐ Take someone’s laundry out of
the machine less than five minutes after the timer goes off
☐ Catch someone taking YOUR laundry out of the machine less than five minutes after the timer goes off
☐ Have a nervous breakdown selecting your room for next year
☐ Get assigned a terrible class registration time and watch the classes you want fill up
☐ Submit a PERM
☐ Have your PERM accepted (congrats!)
☐ Have your PERM ignored
☐ Have your PERM not simply ignored but rejected (how dare they!)
☐ Take a class that reorganizes how you think about the world
☐ Almost step on a Scripps squirrel as it runs across the path in front of you
☐ Pick fresh fruit from the trees around campus
☐ Run into an ex-something in a dining hall
☐ Make a friend from another 5C!
☐ Go down the Browning slide
☐ Go to a Quegger
☐ Finish your first year of college!
Elita Kutateli ’26
• The Scripps Voice
8 • Back to School
Perming 101: Class Registration Tips
By Ellen Wang ’25 Editor-in-Chief
This article was first published online in August 2022.
Welcome to The Claremont Colleges! As if you’re not overwhelmed enough already, our wonderful cross-campus class registration system is pretty confusing to navigate.
Luckily, your resident big sister is here to hopefully clear things up for you and help you succeed.
What is a PERM?
A PERM refers to permission to register for a class; some classes offered at the 5Cs require PERMission from the instructor through the student portal from the get-go in order to register. For other classes, an option to PERM becomes available once registration has started and a class has filled up; in that case, it functions much like a waitlist.
Sometimes, certain students have to get PERMs approved by the instructor while others can register for a class as long as there are open seats — usually this is to prioritize either underclassmen, upperclassmen, or home campus students.
PERMs are required by instructors due to a variety of factors, including: the class is very popular, the professor would like to hand-pick students for their small class, the class is restricted to students from certain campuses, and/or the class prioritizes certain students (e.g. those who want to major in the subject field or those who have/haven’t taken certain classes before).
The number of PERMs already submitted for each course are visible when you look through courses on the student portal. Do not be too discouraged when you see a class with 200 PERMs – it is always worth submitting one if you’re interested in a class. Plenty of students change schedules during the registration period, and you may get lucky.
How to PERM
If you have to PERM for a class to register, you’ll see the option to request a PERM when you click into the course. (Shown below)
If you are eligible to register for a class and registration is currently open for you, you should be able to see an “Add Course” button when you click into the course. Everyone gets 24 hours after their assigned registration time to add and drop classes, and then add/drop opens again for everyone a few days later.
You have an optional 256 characters to add a message to your PERM request — this request sends an automated email to the instructor teaching the course. It doesn’t hurt to include a couple of sentences (or sentence fragments because of the character limit) about why you want to take their course as this could help your chances.
Unless you’re a senior who desperately needs the credit, you might not want to include that you only want to take this class to fulfill
a graduation requirement. Instead, maybe focus on your interest in the class. Though, outright lying may get your PERM approved at the expense of someone who was genuine, so maybe don’t do that either.
Here is a basic PERM template: [Interested or current major?] [Past involvement/engagement with the class’s subject] [Blurb about why you want to take this class, and/or specifically with this instructor]
Here are a couple examples of PERMs I submitted:
SOC189J: Global Environmental Sociology
Never taken socio class before, passionate about interconnected processes behind climate change, resource management, etc. Would be grateful to dive into socio & contextualize current enviro events with systemic workings and repercussions. Thank you! [ended up taking and loved!]
PSYC140: The Social Brain CogSci major & adore teaching & soc-psych! Fascinated & inspired by enduring social nature of humanity. Researched how youth cope through COVID with video games + edu takeaways. Would love to cont. explore to apply to social-emo learning. Thank you! [was not approved but it was full already anyway!]
You can view all your PERMs and their statuses on the portal. If your PERM was approved, you should be free to register as long as your registration period is open, unless the instructor also indicates that there must be seats available for the course.
An automated email is usually sent to you if your PERM has been approved or denied, but check your active PERMs regularly just in case. Sometimes instructors place expiration times on your PERM approval, so you don’t want to miss it. If a class is no longer in consideration for you, you can cancel your PERM request to make it easier for professors sifting through PERMs and other students still trying to get into the class.
Going the extra mile
So, yes, your chances of getting into the class as the 231st person to PERM are low. To get ahead of this, figuring out the approximate time course schedules are going to be released on the portal and/ or submitting your PERMs the day courses are live can guarantee you’re at the top of the waitlist — but move quickly!
How to be even more ahead of the curve? If you have an idea of what classes are offered the next term and you know which ones you want to take (pull up that beautiful 4-year plan), you can write your PERMs in advance so when the courses go live, you just have to click a few buttons to get your PERMs in.
Even after submitting the PERM, you’re not going to be limited by that 256-character box. If you’re really intent on taking a class that you’ve PERMed for — say you need
it for your prospective major or it’s only offered every blue moon and it’s right down your alley — it’s often beneficial to send the instructor an email. The worst thing that can happen is the professor does not read your email, usually not because they are ignoring it but because they simply have too much going on.
Your email should expand on the basic elements of your PERM, but now you have more flexibility to let your personality, background, and interest shine. I’ve featured two lovely real emails from Nina Howe-Goldstein ’25 at the end of this article. There is no correct way to email, or write PERMs. The point is to convey to the instructor the value you would gain from their course, and in turn what you would contribute to their class.
In the time between registering and the semester’s start, you can also drop by the instructor’s office if they have open office hours and send occasional followup emails if you’re still waiting for updates on a class. After sending a PERM and then an email or two, you can also attempt the tried and true method of showing up to class on the first day, where professors may let in additional students as they see fit.
Conclusion
Class registration may seem like a bloodbath, or perhaps a dentist’s waiting room, but there are numerous ways we can make the most of what’s in our control.
When it comes down to it, things don’t always work out the way we plan for them to and even instructors only have so much say; drafting elaborate schedules and PERMs in advance, being the first PERM submitted, sending followup emails, and showing up to class may not result in enrollment.
As someone who has gone through the entire list of course offerings, creates at least 10 draft schedules every registration, and spends an unhealthy amount of time on hyperschedule.io, 5scheduler. io, ClaremontCourses, and the Pomona student government course planner, I’ve had to throw my carefully curated, color-coded course schedules out the window and pivot multiple times, then find the light in what’s left. And things turned out okay.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the wide breadth of perks at the 5Cs. The bureaucracy isn’t here for nothing: check out the numerous offices and centers for advising, community care, affinity spaces, and making your college experience worthwhile.
Say hello to your new institutional @, with which you’ve unlocked: New York Times (and NYT Games) access, college student discounts, scholarly publications, and the ability to receive and send emails with slightly better response rates. It’s a blessing and a curse (every day I get emails), and you decide how to wield it.
There are resources and support to help you through this process — approach with grace and you may find yourself pleasantly surprised by a class or instructor. Try something
you have no prior experience with. Hidden gems are abound, and what is this liberal arts education for if not to let you explore?
Email examples, courtesy of Nina Howe-Goldstein: Dear Professor Matz, My name is Nina Howe-Goldstein, I’m an incoming Scripps Freshman from Washington, D.C.. Your class on the Victorian novel caught my eye while I was looking through the course catalogue yesterday. I haven’t decided on a major yet, but I’ve been fascinated with the Victorian era for a long time, and would love to expand my study of it into literature.
(I know this is technically Edwardian, and disturbing portrayal of colonial India aside, but a novel I’ve always loved from around that era is The Secret Garden. I was reading an article about gender roles in the book a few years back, and the author pointed out how the “rightness” of gender roles was restored at the end of the book by focusing on the male characters after the female lead saves the day. It’s stuck with me ever since. The musical also has some pretty good songs.)
All is to say, I would love to take this class. I’m sorry if I’ve gotten the PERM system wrong somehow—I’m still trying to figure it out—but please let me know if you would need anything else from me.
Thank you for your consideration, Nina
[This PERM was approved!]
Dear Professor Teixido and Professor Auerbach,
My name is Nina Howe-Goldstein, I’m an incoming Scripps freshman from Washington, D.C.. I’m writing to elaborate on my PERM request to enroll in Fiber Studio this semester. I’ve been embroidering since I was in 6th grade, entirely self-taught from books and the internet. In 2019, I won “Young Needlecrafter of the Year” at the National Needlecraft Awards in London, England. (How they allowed me to win a British award with an American address, I do not know, but I was honored.) Since then, I’ve been trying to dabble in more expansive projects, including crochet and sewing—more and less successfully, respectively— and challenge myself more.
Taking Fiber Studio would give me the opportunity to expand my horizons and receive formal training in the fiber arts for the first time, which I would be excited to do.
While I’m not quite sure about art as a major, and completely understand if you would rather prioritize fine arts majors or Pomona students, I’d really love to take this class.
I’ve also attached some samples of my recent/ongoing work. Please let me know if there would be anything else you would need for me.
Thank you for your consideration, Nina Howe-Goldstein [Nina did not hear back but it had 83 PERMs so you take what you can get]
How to Keep Dancing at the Pink Pony Club: Dorm Life Do’s and Don’ts
By Belén Yudes ’25 Copy Editor
Greetings Class of 2028! And congratulations on making it through the most trying and tumultuous time of your college career thus far: move-in day! You have successfully located your room, accepted your fate as a top bunker, and bested the Froutt stairs. Part one of your residential journey is complete; Revelle in that accomplishment. Now that you’re all moved in, here are a few dorm life do’s and don’ts (from an RC) to support you in finding success as a first-time Scripps resident!
Don’t: Leave the dorms messier than you found them.
Do: Be respectful of your room and shared spaces.
As Sabrina Carpenter said, “please, please, please,” be cognizant of how you treat your room and shared spaces. Everybody’s definition of clean differs. Personally, I categorize my room as clean when my clothes, books, and stuffed animals are stacked semi-organized in their assigned places rather than spread out across the floor. Everyone has their own style and way of living and that’s alright! But, it’s important to keep in mind, especially for those of you in doubles and triples, that communal living requires compromise.
Make sure to have conversations with your roommates about what maintaining your space looks like for both of you! Does it mean living dust free since ‘93? Washing dishes immediately? Or simply agreeing to keep your mess to your side of the room? Talk about these things because although it may not seem
that dire now, understanding how to respect your room is also learning how to respect your roommate; and respecting your dorm is also respecting facilities staff. Every dorm comes equipped with housekeeping supplies such as a vacuum, surface cleaner, towels, etc. Take note of where those are in your building and don’t be afraid to ask your peers if you need help finding them!
Each dorm contains absolutely gorgeous communal spaces: a living room, rec room, browsing room, laundry room, and kitchen. They are there for your use and enjoyment; to make the dorms feel more like home. (I can’t count the number of times I have fallen asleep on a living room couch over the last three years.) And just as you would want others to respect your home and personal space, you are responsible for respecting this one as well.
Additionally, if you notice someone leaving a slight mess, it is okay to kindly remind them to clean up after themselves. We are all adults and it’s alright to hold others accountable. But, if you feel uncomfortable doing this or notice that this type of behavior is habitual, don’t be afraid to talk to your residential coordinator (RC) so they can address the issue.
The facilities staff are nothing short of angels on earth, and they are the glue that holds the dorms together. They work hard to ensure that everything is kept in the best shape so it is vital that we do our part as well!
Don’t: Take dorm decorations for your own room
Do: Develop your own sense
of style and decorate your room accordingly
Those cute character cutouts on the walls and nifty name plates on your door are labors of absolute love (and 11:00 p.m. delirium). Your RCs and CCs spend many a night drawing, painting, gluing, and cutting endless sheets of butcher paper to add an extra dash of whimsy to your residential experience. Decorating a Res hall with a team of 1-4 students is no casual feat, so please respect your Campus Life team by appreciating the decor on the halls and not on your bedroom walls.
With that being said, college is meant to empower you to explore new avenues of creative expression! As you choose your bedding and acquire your poster collection, don’t be afraid to try out that flashy, neon pillow case or proudly display your La La Land tapestry! This is your time to find out what colors, themes, interests and designs bring you joy! And if you want handcrafted decor, there is always a plethora of crafty OSE or dorm events offered at the beginning of the year to cultivate your artistic persona and room aesthetic!
Don’t: Damage or disrespect someone’s personal items
Do: Be mindful of other people’s property
Don’t be the reason somebody’s day goes from hero to zero by dumping their clean clothes onto the floor or taking their Cuisinart pan from the kitchen. For a lot of your peers, this is their first time away from home and that can be a huge adjustment! Make sure to allow people periods of grace. This can entail not immediately taking someone’s clothes out of the
laundry machines the second their cycle is done. If you are waiting to use a machine and you notice somebody’s clothes have been in there for a while, send a gentle reminder in your dorm group chat. If more than 15 minutes go by, feel free to kindly place their clothes on a nearby surface. Just remember to treat others, and their clothes, the way you want to be treated.
Also, if somebody’s washed dining ware is left in the kitchen, please leave it there or ask for permission before using it! Most kitchens come equipped with communal cooking and baking supplies (labelled with ‘SAS’) to awaken your inner Remy the rat!
Before we tap out, just want to throw out a few additional do’s and don’ts! If you decide to bake a sweet treat that also results in a sweet amount of dirty dishes, please make sure to wash those as soon as you’re done. After a late night study session accompanied by handfuls of Trader Joe’s snacks, make sure to clean up your trash before you head to bed. Communicate with your roommates about lights out time and noise rules for your room. And most importantly, if you live in a dorm with communal bathrooms, double check that the toilet flushes and that you remove all hair from the shower drains. There is nothing scarier than mistaking a clumped pile of hair for a mouse during your Monday morning rinse.
These are just a handful of tips and the rest you’ll learn along the way! If you ever need additional support, please feel free to reach out to an older student or your RCs and CCs; we are here to help you excel!
Juliette Des Rosiers ’26 • The Scripps Voice
How Getting Lost at Roberts Altered My College Experience: Some Advice for First-Years
By Belén Yudess ’25 Copy Editor
For about a week after moving in for my first year in August 2021, I thought McConnell (Pitzer’s dining hall) was Roberts Pavilion (CMC’s gym). Google Maps did me so dirty. I remember running around more frenzied than a Scripps squirrel trying to find the real Roberts the day I met with the head track coach about joining the team (as a thrower, not a runner).
As I sprinted down the CMC hill with a half-open backpack, semi-tied shoes, and a sense of dread about asking someone with a clue for directions, it hit me how lost I truly felt. Literally and figuratively. I was in way over my head. If I couldn’t even tell the difference between a gym and a dining hall, let alone one campus from the other, how was I supposed to navigate the impending adulthood and independence college offered?
But I did eventually stumble my way through the plexi-glass galore that is Roberts Pavilion. After several wrong misdirects and a really sweet interaction with a head coach who told me to turn right at the end of the hall, I shuffled my way into Coach Glenn Stewart’s cubicle. And I even managed to find my way back to GJW by myself after the meeting. One small step for my first-year confidence, one giant leap in revealing how directionally challenged I would remain for months to come.
Three years later, I have made the trek from GJW and Froutt to Roberts more times than I can count. I have walked down there at
5:30 on Friday nights ready to work volleyball games with co-workers who never fail to make me laugh. I’ve flown down the CMC hill on my Tiernan green bike at 11 p.m. to sit on the terrace steps with a friend who taught me there are just some moments you’ll remember forever for their simplicity. Most recently, I’ve begun driving down the block and parking behind Roberts for practice and track meets with teammates who are the epitome of joy and acceptance.
College is filled with moments like this. Moments of helplessness and confusion that are followed by teachable, nostalgic, or sometimes life-changing experiences. Embrace that. It is okay to not have it all figured out. It is okay to take a left instead of a right. It is okay to be and feel lost. Sometimes it is hard not to be overwhelmed by the promise that college is supposed to be the “best four years of your life.” What does that even mean?! It can be so easy to get swept up in trying to live other people’s – whether that’s a friend, family member, or even television character’s – version of the quintessential college life that you forget to live your own. If you want to go to that random CMC party on a Thursday night, do it! But if you rather stay in, watch a Disney movie, and snack on some Trader Joe’s mini pretzels, that is okay too! And one of the most magical parts about college is that you’ll meet people who both compliment and challenge your comforts. Some of my favorite memories are the evenings spent curled up on bouches (bed-couches) with my friends on a Friday night
crocheting and chatting about Keck lore. But, I am also grateful for the weekends my freshmen roommates and junior year suitemates encouraged me to get out of bed and go dancing with them at Mudd. You are allowed to have days when you destress by yourself, blast boygenius, and drink warm tea. And you are allowed to have bursts of energy where all you want is to surround yourself with people and talk until the sun goes down. You are allowed to experience peaks and valleys – both are equally rewarding in their own way. You need both to paint a holistic landscape. College can be a lot at times; physically, emotionally, and mentally. Crying and smiling are not mutually exclusive. Valleys need water to strengthen the roots of their flowers and those flowers need the sun to nourish their core. Give yourself permission to go through the process of finding out what makes you feel fulfilled in the moment. And remember that it is okay if what that looks like varies from day to day.
Change is inevitable. I know how cliche that sounds, but there is nothing that rings truer as I enter my senior year. The person you are today will not be the person you are when you move in for your final year. And that is really cool. Although this will look different for everyone, you are going to learn so many niche, complicated, and interesting things about yourself as you realize your passions and dislikes. Do your best to keep an open mind and bask in that change.
Everyone around you is going to go through their own metamorphosis.
You are not alone in that journey. Sometimes change occurs when a random, impersonable building you couldn’t find becomes a sanctuary filled with people who you adore. And on other occasions, change is slowly realizing that you have limits and that establishing those boundaries is a sign of strength, not a weakness. The person you are right now and the person you will become are magnificent. And even if the process isn’t the prettiest at times, going through the process itself is beautiful.
Everything is a balancing act. That’s one of my advisor’s favorite reminders, and she’s right. Push yourself to knock on your neighbor’s door (especially when you need a praying mantis evacuated from your room). They may become one of the most important people in your life. But also learn how to cultivate places of comfort and familiarity. Sometimes all you need is your little sliver of alone time to re-energize and it is okay to have that even when you feel pressured to socialize. Try new subjects and clubs that pique your interests but enjoy diving headfirst into what you already know makes you feel alive. The scale may never meet equilibrium, but you don’t need perfect to find balance. As you begin your first year, I want you to know that your peers are rooting for you. We want you to succeed, and I mean that. Don’t be scared to ask for directions, you’ll probably find things a lot faster if you do. You are capable of so many incredible things and if you do get lost, you have the power to create your own path to find your way home.
Belén Yudess ’25 • The Scripps Voice
Unpopular Opinion? Best Dining Halls (No, not McConnell)
By Charlotte Korer ’27 Copy Editor Intern
Returning Scripps students are familiar with the joy of not having to cook meals or wash dishes with the 5C meal plan. While many of us have been looking forward to that luxury all summer, first-years and transfers have yet to learn of the magnificence of the dining halls. One of the benefits of being a part of a close-knit consortium is access to all seven dining halls across the colleges.
Scripps’ dining hall, Malott, is a central point of activity around campus, located near the Humanities Building and Seal Court. Being relatively small, Malott can get pretty packed on the right nights as 5C students flock for sushi or tacos. To help you avoid the hustle and bustle and make the most of your dinner experience, I am sharing my opinions on the best dining halls. Take this advice with a grain of salt, as I have still never visited Collins (CMC’s dining hall) or Oldenborg (one of Pomona’s dining halls).
Although it is heavily debated, there is no official right answer. A common icebreaker for a class is to share your favorite dining hall, but choose carefully because you might need to meet there for a group project. In my opinion, the best dining halls, in no particular order, are Malott (Scripps), The Hoch (Harvey Mudd), and Frary (Pomona). I have curated this list based on ambiance, food, and wait times. If you have the patience, I might be able to convince you to give up your strange loyalty to McConnell (Pitzer’s dining hall).
Malott, although cramped and crowded at times, is worth it for the food. With no statistics to back
me up, Malott has the most weekly regulars repeatedly returning for Monday Taco Night or Friday Night Sushi. At Malott, you can always find a well-cooked vegetable and a solid slice of pizza to even it out for you. Where Malott falls short, and I’m sure everyone can agree with me, is dessert. The cakes and cookies are nothing special and the coffee machine is out of order more often
than not. While it may feel as if I’ve only mentioned the negatives of Malott, the ambiance is excellent, and the lines aren’t too bad.
Where Malott lacks in the dessert category, the Hoch makes up for it a thousand times over. With cakes, cookies, jello, and the famous soft serve, the Hoch always has your sweet treat fix after dinner. Dinner is usually a variation of comfort food
with pasta, chicken, sushi, and other bready items. There are always places to sit, and the circular table style never lets anyone feel left out of a group. This might sound strange, but the Hoch has the best water of any dining hall. So, make sure you bring your water bottle when you stop by.
As every college tour will tell you, Frary is the Harry Potter-style dining hall. With a giant mural of Prometheus from 1930, hanging lighting, and long tables, Frary screams want-to-be Ivy League, and not necessarily in a bad way. Frary’s Mainline Station is always ready to customize the bowl of the day for you, so it is hard not to enjoy your meal. For my fellow vegetarians out there, more days than not, Frary has a delicious black bean burger with shoestring fries that will always hit the spot. My personal favorite is BBQ night (yes, I am vegetarian) with delicious mac and cheese. An added bonus: you will never have to wait for more than a couple of minutes at Frary.
My number one tip for dining hall eats is not to be afraid to try new things. Whether that is sitting with new people, trying a salad for once, or exploring a new dining hall, a new experience will always be rewarding. In a rush to head to do an assignment or meet with a group? With most self-serve stations and dish racks, being in and out for a quick meal is easy. The dining hall staff are always welcoming and make the 5C community feel at home. So, with this new school year, make sure you are extra kind to the staff of all dining halls and clean up after yourself!
“The Bear” Season 3: More Style than Substance?
By Amy Jayasuriya ’26 Copy Editor
The Bear has never been a show that shies away from taking risks. From season one’s 17-minutelong take of an episode to season two’s character-focused episode structure, The Bear ’s two seasons established the show as a brilliant comedy-drama series deserving of its numerous Emmys. Riding off the high of this praise, The Bear dropped its third season on June 26. But where its first two seasons easily balanced the show’s innovative and unique style with a cohesive narrative, this newest season falters by prioritizing style over substance. Season three wastes no time with its first episode, “Tomorrow,” taking place the day after the events of the season two finale, where the main character Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) successfully launched the opening of his new high- class restaurant, The Bear . The episode is a glorified montage with little dialogue and abrupt cuts, all tied together beautifully through the show’s score. The episode forces you to remain stuck inside Carmy’s headspace as events from his past, present, and future cut back and forth, leading to a disorienting viewing experience.
While episode one is a strong start, its disorienting nature isn’t something contained to just those first 27 minutes. The second episode is similarly chaotic, as each character takes their turn having a heated oneon-one discussion with Carmy. The episode’s structure sets up each character’s individual conflict for the season. Syd (Ayo Edebri), the chef de cuisine, struggles with Carmy’s incessant need for perfection and control, causing her to wonder if she’s an equal partner in the restaurant or not. Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), the show’s main comic relief screwup turned front-of-house gentleman, continually butts heads with Carmy after their intense fight in the season two finale. Meanwhile, pastry chef Marcus (Lionel Boyce) struggles to find passion in baking after the death of his mother.
While this episode beautifully sets up the inner turmoils of each of the show’s ensemble cast members, none of these conflicts are ever resolved over the course of the season, leaving an unsatisfied taste in the viewers’ mouths. Season three of The Bear functions as a test of its audience’s patience, continually building up tension and conflict with no ultimate payoff. The show itself seems to acknowledge this as the season ends with the ambiguous “to
be continued.”
However, season three’s lack of plot fulfillment is not entirely to its detriment. The season’s two best episodes, “Napkins” and “Ice Chips,” are character-focused episodes that do little to further the season’s main story arc. “Ice Chips” focuses on Carmy’s sister Natalie (Abby Elliott), who goes into labor and is forced to rely upon her unreliable mother, Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis). The show set up their dysfunctional relationship in the season two episode “Fishes,” but “Ice Chips” looks deeper into their relationship, culminating in a fragile understanding between the two characters, exemplified by the final look Donna shares with Natalie as the episode comes to a close.
“Napkins” focuses on the character of Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas) as we journey into her past, where she was laid off from her office job after decades of working there. With no other place to go, she stumbles upon The Beef, the restaurant that eventually becomes The Bear . The episode ends with Tina confiding in Carmy’s late brother Michael (Jon Bernthal), who empathizes with her situation and gives her a job. Tina’s story reflects the much-needed reminder that while work exists as a way to survive and pay the bills, it’s also equally important and much
more fulfilling to find passion and purpose in your work as well.
The show’s entire ethos is finding pleasure while striving for perfection and denounces the idea that in order to be truly “great” one must suffer for their art. And while season three does attempt to further that message through Carmy’s character arc, it unwittingly plays into the same trope the show attempts to deconstruct. While Carmy’s overall descent into self-destruction is an interesting one on paper, The Bear doesn’t quite pull off the execution, as watching Carmy make the same mistakes repeatedly and fall into the same toxic patterns becomes increasingly tiresome.
Ultimately, season three falters because it lacks the heart of seasons one and two. The Bear is at its best when it balances its unique story structures and cinematography to service its characters and its overall message.
Much like the fictional restaurant itself, The Bear has become too stylish for its own good; by focusing too much on neatly cut montages and excessive use of flashbacks, season three demonstrates that the show desperately needs to return to its roots.
Charlotte Korer ’27 • The Scripps Voice
Horoscopes to Help You Kick Off the Year Femininomenom-ally
By Belén Yudess ’25 Copy Editor
Just Another Memory
By Belén Yudess ’25 Copy Editor
You led me down a monotonous, mundane hallway while I was drunk on exhaustion and I could have sworn we were on the path to heaven.
You brought me to your room and I traced your initials on the worn out paper spine of your favorite children’s book. I wanted to know what it would feel like to write you into existence, to memorialize your name in words I could understand.
I followed you downstairs and we sat on a couch no doubt imbued with sweat and sex, but you made it feel like home. When you fell asleep, your head rolled back onto the brim of the sofa as the thin strands of your bob framed your face like a window to some inexplicable beauty.
Your hand grasped firmly within my own.
I fell asleep wondering how old you were when you learned how to brush your hair, how to care for something so delicate
