Halfway through term!
culture  

Halfway through term!

By Jenny Sheng

I have to say, any worries that I had about finding a suitable roommate had been dispelled completely. Now to make things even better, the second I stepped out of the room, I found a card outside my door. I opened it to find that there were many kind messages scrawled inside. Apparently, the night before, all the guys in Avery had a card signing session and had made cards for all the girls in Avery. My card was filled with kind words of encouragement and it left me smiling for the entire day.

The weekend only got better from there. The tennis team took on CMS (Claremont, Mudd, Scripps) as we took a short roadtrip down to Claremont. CMS is one of the top three NCAA Division III teams in the country so we were in for a tough battle. Though we lost, we had some very tough grinding matches. I played the longest match of the game. Unfortunately, because of my long drawn out match, the team was forced to wait for an additional hour. I played number two doubles with my partner and house-mate, Michelle Lee. I also played number three singles. We lost our doubles match 8-3. My singles match was also a great contest as I fell a bit short 7-6, 6-4. Nonetheless, there was a general feeling of pride and confidence as we put up a great fight. The pizza afterwards tasted all the better from our hard work on court.

This week Avery is preparing for our interhouse which is on Friday! I will keep you all up to date about exciting things to come this week!

Recommended Articles

My Friday Nights
culture

My Friday Nights

It was the Friday night of midterms during my first year at Caltech, and I was alone in the library. That weekend (week five of term, if you’re keeping count) also happens to coincide with Halloween. But as a bright-eyed frosh trudging my way through Ma 1a lecture notes, I was just baffled that no one else was studying alongside me. Spoiler alert: not all Caltech students spend Friday night—or every night—studying or grinding sets, even during midterms. And especially on Halloween weekend.

By
caltech q and a
culture

caltech q and a

In order to get a good sense of the Caltech community, there is no better way than to talk to the students themselves. To give a little bit of an inside perspective of Caltech, I asked some students a variety of questions. Questions ranged from conspiracy theories to Caltech-specific takes and other random topics.

By
What's on my desk?
culture

What's on my desk?

I’d like to think that I keep a tidy desk, but hey— entropy prevails for everyone. Here’s a breakdown of all the items you could find on my desk, circa February 2023.

By
Searching for snow
culture

Searching for snow

My grandma always says that it rains whenever Dragonssuperior zodiac sign travel, and sure enough, it was raining when I landed at LAX for my last calendar year at Caltech. It’s officially my graduation year—but between leaving campus just before spring term in my freshman year and returning, twenty-one years old, as a junior, it really does feel like my time here has flown by.

By