Pomona College Top Questions

For me the most awesome student organization at Pomona is certainly the On The Loose - an outdoor center where you can check out backpack, sleeping bags, tents and all that you will ever need for a hiking trip for free. They also have a website where students can post trips for others to sign up, and the OTL will even reimburse the leader/driver for the gas cost! Life really doesn't get much better than this.

There are a lot of things to do at night at Pomona. If you choose to stay on campus, which most students do, Pomona hosts dance parties most nights of the week (with free beer!), but speakers, comedy shows, and Pomona Student Union panels are also super popular, as well as That Saturday Group events (my favorites have been laser tag in the SCC, tie dyeing, and a performance by a "psychic" who was once featured on Oprah).

Our outdoors club, On The Loose (OTL), is by far the most popular club. Students leave doors open all the time. Athletic events are fairly popular, especially our rival games since our rivals (Claremont Mudd Scripps) live across the street! There are lots of parties going on the five colleges. You could go to a college-sponsored party Tuesday-Saturday if you wanted to. We have underground fraternities, but they don't have houses or anything so it's not a big presence on campus.

Pomona students LOVE to talk about politics and about the events that happen around the world. Often times, speakers come through and debate or discuss different points of view on controversial topics, and a lot of students are a part of those efforts.

The people here are fun and friendly. I certainly know kids who go out every night of the week, hardly at all, and everything in between. I usually go out Thurs through Sat like many people do. Parties are school-sponsored dance parties, in dorm rooms, and occasionally off campus and there is always something going on whether you want to drink or not. The other colleges here are vital to the experience. They add people to hang out with, different cultures to experience, different classes to take, more parties and events, etc. I have friends at all the schools and they all have much to add to the consortium. One thing I miss from high school are house parties. There is not as much of that drink, play games, and chill atmosphere going on without many people living off campus and without legit frats (the frats here kind of just throw parties in random places on campus and don't have actualy houses). Still, there are some off-campus things and I've been on some great ski trips where we all head up to the mountains for a couple days and nights and pitch some money for a house to stay in. Those have actually been my favorite weekends of school so far!

Midnight Echo, a co-ed a capella group, performs "Demons" by Guster at the Southern California a capella Musical Festival (SCAMfest).

Men's Blue and White performs "Kiss From a Rose" at SCAMfest (Southern California A Capella Music Fest).

Daniel describes beautiful Zion park, where she spent a weekend with some friends--all made possible with the help of OTL.

Ross talks about his fun fall break trip to Joshua Tree National Park--made possible with the help of OTL.

Terry, a senior, is the head of Skeeze, Pomona's ski club, which works very closely with the outdoors club.