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Clear filtersNew Year's - Pride and Resolution
New Year's with Obies, and a year-end list of things I am proud of from the past year (with related links) and resolutions for a new year.
On Study Breaks: Fun, Delicious, Necessary
During finals, study breaks are most necessary. Sometimes they're planned, sometimes they're surprises, but they're always welcome.
A Very Fierce Thanksgiving
A post and a toast to families away from families: Thanksgiving is what you make of it. Or make for it.
Yet Another Open Letter
Another open letter to my family: being a big kid is eye-opening and good. Much love-profession enclosed.Facing the Facebook Facts
Facebook isn't how college will be, but it'll still be your one of your favorite procrastination devices when you get there.
Tacky the Penguin and Other Stories
With this Oberlin story (with penguins!) in my possession, I had to share it with everyone. I put out an all-call on Twitter and Facebook whenever I was sitting in the library working and knew that people needed a distraction.The Hipster School?
On stereotypes, underlying truths, how college is different from high school, and why we are (and aren't) a hipster school.
The Kentucky Trek: A Post-Grad Tale of Repeats
When my dad graduated from Oberlin, he went to Kentucky with several recent alums and set up permanent camp on several tracts of farmland in Hart County, Kentucky. When I graduated from Oberlin, I went on a two-week trek with my family to my old Kentucky home. For me, memory lane is paved in green.
Scary Things, and why Fearlessness would probably suck.
On the truth behind Fearlessness, and why freshman year is not a fearless time. Also includes: Sex and The City 2 spoilers, chasing a hen, and the best American film scene ever.
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Learn about the Oberlin experience from a group of students, faculty, and staff who have a variety of perspectives about what it's like to be a part of the Oberlin community.
