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April 11, 2017
Student-athlete, North-South, and other intersections of identity.

March 17, 2017
I'm telling everyone I know lately: this is the hardest group of classes I've ever taken at Oberlin. And I LOVE them.

February 8, 2017
I take on an Oberlin semester without my sidekick and roommate.

January 20, 2017
As I settle back into a community I will be with for the next 1.5 years, I want to pay homage to the places and people who have hosted me this past year.

February 29, 2016
While I am certainly cognizant of respecting my floor mates here in Asia House, I no longer have to conduct my life at the volume of a mouse (until quiet hours commence at 11 PM each week night).
January 25, 2016
fine food, janky elevators, comfortable communities, and lots and lots of cooperation

November 29, 2015
Why living in the 'worst' First-Year dorm isn't as bad as you'd think...

October 30, 2015
It's normal to be anxious about leaving home for college. It's also normal to be excited. I see leaving home as an opportunity.

October 7, 2015
Where I live: what was expected and what was realized.
October 4, 2015
The start of the semester in two very different locales.