Oberlin Blogs

Do you have the pre-orientation jitters? Are you at all anxious to leave home and come live in a place you've probably never spent a formidable amount of time at before? Do not fear! I am here to try and alleviate some of that anxiety.

A tour of my top (mostly food) destinations. Hope you're hungry.

The past few weeks at Oberlin have been very hard, but they have reminded me why I care so much about this place and the work that we all do, on a variety of levels, on this campus.

So yesterday was a pretty big deal. After a few weeks of increased anonymous racism and homophobia on our campus,...

The reading part of the course served as an introduction to American social support systems, while volunteering at Oberlin Community Services gave me an idea of what it might be like to be in a social services profession.

"Family" at Oberlin is a fluid term... it can mean the people who are related to you to as well as the people who are not.

A virtual tour of my favorite places in Oberlin.

Much fluff.

There are kittens. Kittens that you can touch. A FIVE MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM CAMPUS. How awesome is that? Upon learning this past summer that there were kittens right near campus that were being taken...

Featuring a very cool rock!

I've been taking lovely Shorty for walks on the weekends. He is insane.

Every summer, Oberlin has a citywide "Chalk Walk," a civic day of doodling on the sidewalk. Though most of the art is done by average citizens--including plenty of enthusiastic kids--the event also attracts stunningly good artists. Among this year's coolest pieces were a giant cupcake, the Beatles, and George Washington riding a walrus into space carrying broccoli.