Oberlin Blogs

If you’re anything like high school me, you might be a chronic over-worrier.

I am welcoming my second year at Oberlin, COVID-19 pandemic edition, with open arms!

A glimpse into what traveling during this pandemic is like.

Oberlin students are innovators that not only adapt to situations but also change them for the better.

In tumultuous times, there is one source I consistently turn to for comfort: podcasts.

Being sick in college is no fun. It's pretty lonely and there's no parental figure to wait on you hand and foot. But I promise, given a few tricks and a really good friend or two, you'll be better in no time. Or just in time for the cool Cat show on Friday.

I believe that my depression has shaped me into a different person, a stronger person. Depression is not a weakness, and I don't think enduring it is anything but a testament to your own strength.

Over the past week, a plague has stricken Oberlin Campus.

In which I strive to make my body the best place for my mind to be.

Last week was a week full of words.

As our Director of Athletics, William Roth, puts it: "'Learning and Labor' is just a rephrasing of 'sound mind, sound body.'"

How Oberlin helped me cope after an oil spill (the cooking kind, not the Gulf Coast kind) left me with serious burns splattered along my hand and leg. Pictures not included.