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Clear filtersAugust 7, 2014
In the vast dark sea: a few bright fish.
August 4, 2014
All life is an adventure, and moving to a new city, building/finding a new community, and scrambling to make it in a uncertain field definitely qualifies.
July 30, 2014
Reflections on friendship, Canada, the Oberlin experience, and wearing socks on your hands.
July 20, 2014
“Biology? What are you going to do with that?” Here’s what I'm doing so far.
July 16, 2014
Note from Ma'ayan : following our first 5th cluster reunion in May 2014, I reached out to all the veteran bloggers who graduated in the classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010 to solicit "Where are...
June 23, 2014
For the first time, perhaps, you come to understand the permanence of your departure.
May 16, 2014
...with emotions, never-ending rain, smatterings of advice, and the overwhelmingness of the commencement/reunion weekend to end all commencement/reunion weekends.
October 23, 2013
a.k.a. post-college life with a liberal arts major
May 2, 2013
I asked four of my friends why they took a gap year, what they did during their gap year, and what personal value it has had to them. Here is what they had to say...