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Tales of a part-time student

February 11, 2011

Patrick Doherty

The only academic part of my semester is honors. No classes, no ExCos, no nothin'. Theoretically, this should make my honors process much less stressful to endure.

Requirement Blues

January 29, 2011

Prof. Sebastiaan Faber

What exactly should every Oberlin graduate know and be able to do by the time they walk up to the commencement stage? How do we know that she knows? And how do we make sure that her coursework allows her to actually learn it?

I've almost survived finals

December 20, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

So that's what I did for all of reading period, in between taking naps on the couch or the ground and briefly going to Stevenson or DeCafe to procure food.

Finals!?

December 19, 2010

Chinwe Okona

Just so you have a little taste of what we're all going through.

Thursday

December 4, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

Sometimes there's so much going on in a twenty-four hour period that it seems like I should just talk about my day because it gives a hint as to what's happening every day at Oberlin.

Work

October 24, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

So I read and I wrote and I did my problem set and I got nothing else accomplished, meaning that a lot of things from my to-do list have now been pushed onto my "to-do over Fall Break" list.

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