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Add/Dropping into a good situation

September 19, 2010

Tess Yanisch

By Tuesday, I came to the realization that the combined course load was, to use a technical Oberlinian term, a shit-ton of work. A shit-ton, by the way, is a highly accurate and precise unit measuring the overwhelmingness of a given task (roughly equivalent to 17.5 shitloads, or 0.86 metric shit-tonnes).

Add/Drop Fun, As Usual

September 12, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

At the start of last week, I was registered for International Politics, Archaeology, and Sociology. By yesterday, I'd dropped all but one of them, leaving me with my schedule for this semester.

No Regrets

June 13, 2010

Alice Ollstein

My goal was to graduate without any lingering "I should have done X, Y and Z!" I (almost) succeeded.

Semester Review, Part II

May 15, 2010

Tess Yanisch

I love having conversations in which half-completed (because it is not necessary to repeat the entire line) allusions are made to Firefly and Narnia and Lord of the Rings and jokes about The Wheel of Time and Star Trek are tossed around as freely as . . . actually, I don't know any other group that references so many things so frequently and with such great delight. Maybe indie music fans.

Semester Review, Part I: With Doodles

May 8, 2010

Tess Yanisch

I gave my first impressions of my classes at the beginning of the semester, but I never really came back and described them more fully. So now I'm going to give a more detailed view of what I've been up to.

Creative Writing, Hopes, and Dreams.

April 26, 2010

Abby Ryder-Huth

Applications for 300-level creative writing classes are coming up, and I am biting my fingernails. So rather than work on my actual application, here is a look at the gruff world of major-choosing, plus a declaration of love for my professors.

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