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When Italian Echoes Found Me 6,000 Miles from Home: A Love Letter to La Bohème

When Italian Echoes Found Me 6,000 Miles from Home: A Love Letter to La Bohème

December 02, 2025
Camilla Fezzi
Culture
The November air was 50 degrees when we lined up outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. I adjusted my layers—comfortable but warm, as the email instructed—and felt my heart racing. It had been so long since I’d heard Italian sung like this.
2025 Pasadena Coffee Passport: Third Round of Reviews

2025 Pasadena Coffee Passport: Third Round of Reviews

November 18, 2025
Victoria Davis
Recurring Column
Time to review three more coffee shops featured in the 2025 Pasadena Coffee Passport! Last issue, I reviewed Mandarin Coffee Stand, the Boy & the Bear, and Lavender & Honey. This time, I have explored another three coffee shops of the fourteen shops in the passport.
A Letter to Future Generations: On the Philosophy of Happiness — Part I: Unhappiness

A Letter to Future Generations: On the Philosophy of Happiness — Part I: Unhappiness

November 18, 2025
Camilla Fezzi
Philosophy Column
I know you’re probably sitting in your dorm room right now, stressed about midterms, wondering if you picked the right major, scrolling through Instagram and feeling like everyone else is happy and has their life figured out except you. Spoiler alert: they don’t.
A Pinterhouse Fit for the End of the World

A Pinterhouse Fit for the End of the World

November 18, 2025
Damian R. Wilson
Campus
Page Hovse kicked off Interhouse season with a full-throttle throwback to the year 2000—back when the world braced for computer doom and dial-up tones counted as much.
A Talk with Bill Gates: On Innovation, Sacrifice, and What Really Matters

A Talk with Bill Gates: On Innovation, Sacrifice, and What Really Matters

November 18, 2025
Camilla Fezzi
Science & Tech
I sat in Beckman Auditorium last night, November 3rd, my iPad open, my pen ready. Around me, students whispered excitedly. Faculty members settled into their seats. The air felt heavy with anticipation—that particular Caltech energy when something important is about to happen.
An Overdue Conversation with Tom Mannion, Caltech’s Cornerstone of Student Life

An Overdue Conversation with Tom Mannion, Caltech’s Cornerstone of Student Life

November 18, 2025
Damian R. Wilson
Campus
Tom Mannion (left) and the much-beloved Davey (right).
ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: November 16, 2025

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting Minutes: November 16, 2025

November 18, 2025
ASCIT
Student Life
November 16th, 2025, 10pm – 11pm, Hameetman Conference Room
Behind Integrated Core, Caltech’s Grand Experiment in First-Year Teaching

Behind Integrated Core, Caltech’s Grand Experiment in First-Year Teaching

November 18, 2025
Damian R. Wilson
Campus
On a late September morning, a caravan of first-year students and faculty packed into SUVs and drove about 30 miles down Highway 101, windows down, the smell of salty ocean air rushing through the cars.
Gut Feelings: How Microbes Might Be Shaping the Mind—and More

Gut Feelings: How Microbes Might Be Shaping the Mind—and More

November 18, 2025
Ryan Ma
Science & Tech
One afternoon, a father gave his young son an antibiotic for a routine throat infection. Days later, something changed. The child became withdrawn, stopped making eye contact. Within weeks, doctors diagnosed him with autism.
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

November 18, 2025
Camilla Fezzi
Inner Voices
They call it the American Dream, but no one talks about the weight it places on your shoulders.
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