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November 8, 2011
November means many things for Oberlin: the typical college leaf piles, a strange flip-flopping in the weather from early-fall-crispness into Winter Is Coming ominousness. It also means that ExCo applications are due.
Teaching
October 22, 2011
One needs laser sights attached to their clown wigs. Am I trying to do too much?
Snow busy-ness
February 26, 2011
Things got a little hairier at this point, if I remember right, and I found new uses for my simple tools. The flat head screwdriver could be easily used as a pry bar, I found, pulling up pieces of the tape player whose screws wouldn't yield to my five year-old hands.
New Vistas and Tough Choices
February 22, 2011
Oberlin is an active, interesting place. For students, it is a great boon and a great tragedy: among all the wonderful opportunities we have, we must confront and accept the fact that we will never be able to explore them all.
An ExCo (Af)Fair to Remember
February 15, 2011
In which the tables are turned on my previous ExCo fair experiences: this time, I was sitting on the other side of the chaos.
On Teaching and Oberlin
January 12, 2011
Luckily, Oberlin gives us the opportunity to be on the other side of the podium, too: I'm teaching an ExCo this spring!
Synchronicity
November 13, 2010
Why to pay attention to M.M. Bakhtin readings (turns out he has quite a following in several classes), and why to take Korean ExCo (for sheer awesomeness).
You teach me and I'll teach you.
September 27, 2010
Pokémon! And ExCos! Specifically, ExCos about Pokémon!
Tacky the Penguin and Other Stories
August 11, 2010
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.
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