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Clear filtersDecember 27, 2008
When I was at college, back in the Pleistocene era, I always wondered what happened to my small college town outside of Boston when I wasn't there.
November 28, 2008
I'm keeping the coat, of course. There's a lot of life there.
November 21, 2008
One truly fantastic aspect of Oberlin and the surrounding area is that, small as it may be, there are always new corners of it to explore.
November 13, 2008
On those runs, I reflected a lot on the love that's developed in me over the last three years for the town of Oberlin, and I began working out ideas in my head about how to connect more with the local community.
October 25, 2008
From one Obie to another: if you really want to take a break from life during a school break, the easiest way to do it is to stay put.
October 15, 2008
Last night I visited the United World College in Costa Rica and had the pleasure of speaking with a prospective student from Spain. Xiana is a native speaker, not of Spanish, but of Galacian. This got me thinking about differences in language diversity within countries.
May 5, 2008
I received a request to elaborate on my experience going from a big, urban California environment to Oberlin, Ohio...so here goes!
April 17, 2008
For some reason, people seem obsessed by the image of cornfields. Yes, it's true that in the countryside of Lorain County there are lots of small farms, but there are no cornfields visible from the campus, no cows grazing on Tappan Square.