Teague Harvey ’19

This is it, isn’t it?

I just finished my last day of classes. Forever.

As my time at Oberlin comes to a close, I wanted to start a new weekly blog series (which I’ll stick to!) in which I outline some of the things I’ve been most grateful for at Oberlin. Let’s start with ExCos.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and I take some time to reflect. My first semester of Senior year has been the most eventful three months of my college career, and despite the bumps along the road, I find myself feeling more resilient, capable, and grateful than ever before.

On everything from backflips to falling, to the fear of missing out and Graduation anxiety – I’ve learned that there’s one unifying thread on how to overcome your fears.

For the past two months, I've been living my dream of studying abroad in Budapest. It's been everything that I hoped it would be, and nothing like I expected.

After only just discovering dance, I dived right in this summer and attended ADF, one of the largest summer dance intensives in the country. What resulted was one of the most empowering, exhausting and transformative experiences of my life.

For the start of my glorious Summer of Movement™, I headed to Brooklyn, New York, couch hopped for three weeks, and took just about every single class offered at the Brooklyn Zoo Gym: Parkour, Tricking, Breakdancing, Bar Conditioning, Contortion, etc.

After finally finishing my shaky sophomore year, I say goodbye to Oberlin for the next 8 months, and prepare for my most audacious adventures yet.

My summer in Oberlin: a wonderland of busy.

This past semester, I 'sophomore slumped' hard. I struggled with intense feelings of depression, disconnection, and nihilism, and I critically questioned who I am, who I want to be, and where my place is in the world.

This year, I spent the month of January living in a completely new country, learning Spanish from scratch.

Reflections on my most emotionally charged semester yet.

I just put in the last puzzle piece, and I feel complete.

Reflections on the 2016 Election results.

The journey to finding equilibrium.

Here ya go froshbabies. This is the definitive guide.

OSwing, OCircus!, and Legacies.

In the past two weeks, I've been in the amazing OCircus! Spring Show, had finals, and had to say my goodbyes to friends.

I may have declared my CS Major, but I remain committed to the broad liberal arts education that Oberlin is all about.

Somehow, it's already almost time to register my courses for next semester. Third time's the charm, right?

Run away and join the Circus? Check.

Time marches on, circumstances change, and suddenly home isn't home anymore...

Why I'm a blogger, why I'm a climber - and how I know that you'll find your community at Oberlin.

Why living in the 'worst' First-Year dorm isn't as bad as you'd think...