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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.
Relief
April 5, 2010
I started out this semester with the idea that I would declare Biology or Engineering as my major and get cracking on the classes I needed to fulfill the major requirements. This was to be my buckling down semester, full of sciences and maths of various shapes and flavors.
Finals in Perpetual Motion
December 20, 2009
If you've heard the song "We Will All Go Together When We Go," by Tom Lehrer, it encapsulates the joyful fatalism of finals. This is why we have gender-bending, gravity-smashing swing dances.
It's the (ExCo) Final(s) Countdown!
December 14, 2009
Our final for this ExCo was to make our own picture book, the four of us creating a fabulous story. Picture book enclosed for your reading pleasure!
Hello again, world!
October 12, 2009
I love the idea of ExCos--it's part of the reason I came here. I signed up for a bunch of them but only one really worked out with my schedule. (One of my sophomore friends told me that it's funny how first-years try to do everything, but the truth is, there's so much interesting stuff going on, it's impossible not to at least try it.)
Go West
May 7, 2009
Dan stood in front of the bulldozers and blocked the construction for hours before they hauled him away. Why weren't there hundreds of people with him? Thousands?
"Translation is not a matter of words only..."
March 19, 2009
I went into the first lesson armed with ten years of violin lessons, one year of music theory, and a textbook.
I'm cool, too!
February 12, 2009
And one more interesting thing. This is my thirteenth post here. I figured publishing it tomorrow would be a little much.
Hieronymus Bosch in a Hot Air Balloon
February 10, 2009
During Add/Drop, we overcommit. This is inevitable.
ExCo Madness
February 8, 2009
Since I first sat back down at my desk last Saturday, I had this whole blog perfectly planned out.
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