A particular kind of love emerges when choice is suddenly revoked. Not violently, as if someone stormed in and took your options away, but politely — through circumstance.

I was somewhere on the edge of that “museum” when the spam musubi began to take hold. It hit like contraband adrenaline, that sugar-slick rice and salt-fat meat.

Welcome to the first installment of our new collaborative column from Housing and Dining Services! While the term is already in full swing, we wanted to take a moment to officially welcome everyone back to campus.

My name is Areeg Al-Dayni, and I am a rising sophomore majoring in bioengineering. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and lived in Bolu, Turkey for two years before eventually settling in Fort Worth, Texas. From an early age, my life across cultures taught me that the world is vast, diverse, and deeply interconnected.

The Caltech Longevity Club is hosting a meeting with the CEO and founder of the largest concierge clinic in the U.S., Private Medical. Meet Dr. Jordan Shlain and discuss the future of medicine, longevity and health tech.

Here’s something that’s going to blow your mind: you can’t become happy by chasing happiness. It’s like trying to fall asleep by trying really hard to fall asleep — the trying IS the problem. Philosophers call this “the paradox of hedonism,” and John Stuart Mill learned it the hard way.

It has come to our attention that there is wrong information going around about Mailbox assignments. Here are the rules.

Ricketts Hovse hosted a Norse-themed interhouse party Saturday night, transforming the space with decorated columns, runic wall designs, and DJ booth styled in Ricketts’ signature gothic aesthetic.

I am currently sitting in front of my computer, definitely too late considering that I have to wake up at 6… and it is already the a.m., with me staring at a problem set that I intuitively understand is unsolvable, much like the broader equation of my life.

I received this writing assignment some time ago, but while trying to leave graduate school in one piece, it took longer than expected to sit down and write it. This opinion piece is aimed primarily at fellow Caltech undergraduates who are considering or applying to Ph.D. programs. Junior graduate students in their first few years, especially those interested in an academic research path, may also find it relevant, or at least unsettling.