Unlike many students, I never had the opportunity to visit Caltech before enrolling. I had visited California once in elementary school, and the first time...

…Or, How a Disciple of Bethany Ehlmann, a Former Desert Militiaman, Moore Lab Subbasement Dwellers, Roblox's Newest Intern, a Florida Man, and a Luminous Plasma...

Every midterm week and final week, Page House Peer Advocates (PAs) put on a de-stressing event. This term for midterms, the PAs hosted a painting...

On the weekend of April 16th, my friends and I participated in the first ever Southern California College Poker Tournament! The tournament was for college...

One of Caltech’s many clubs is the RISE tutoring program, where undergraduate students connect with local high schoolers and provide tutoring in various STEM subjects....

Usually, while writing this post, I would be at Caltech playing volleyball. I begin school with preseason, which for those unfamiliar (or are planning on...

Every year, the Caltech Society of Women Engineers attends the National SWE conference to network with other SWE Chapters and to hustle for jobs. Last...

It’s truly Autumn in Scotland now. It reached 0 degrees Celsius today, or 32 Fahrenheit for you yanks. They’re setting up the Christmas market downtown...

Hey fronds. Anemones. Other oceanly characters who have made the trip out to the Caltech blogs for a brief respite of fun under the sun...

Almost every house at Caltech runs their own ski trip. The members of social teams choose a weekend to reserve a cabin at resorts like...

The Snow Lake trail is a 6.4 mile with an elevation gain of 1700 ft. It’s about a hour drive east from Seattle, near the...

In an old abandoned church in San Francisco, there’s a blast to the past in the form of a roller rink. The Church of 8...

One of my friends from Seattle recommended that I hike Rattlesnake Lake and Snow Lake while I was in Seattle, so here I am, Rattlesnake...

Facebook gives their interns so many opportunities to have fun. A really big event they hold is called Intern Field Day. Facebook had the same...

Facebook treats employees extremely well – and I do mean treats in the literal sense! The team I am on, Messenger Growth, had their offsite...

At Caltech, there are 4 different a cappella groups: Out of Context, a mixed gender group; Fluid Dynamics, another mixed gender group (and the oldest...

For this Fourth of July, I met up with another Caltech senior in Bellevue, which is located on the opposite side of Lake Washington from...

At the end of third term, Caltech hosts the Techstock music festival, where multiple bands perform to compete for a prize. There’s usually also an...

If you were following my previous post, you know that I went to the Galapagos as part of the Evolution class I took last term....

Every now and then, ASCIT puts on small social events for students to go and do something off-campus. Last term there was a Color-Me-Mine excursion;...

For Chinese New Year, all of the Chinatowns that I know of put on a parade at some point in time. I heard from my...

While I was home in Chicago, my dad wanted to visit and exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center. At the time they were holding a...

My cousin was in town for a few days, and she wanted to go shopping at a kristkindle market. We have one in downtown Chicago...

After our first outing together with the seniors, we started training on the ergs (rowing machines) and with weights. We started going on weekly novice...