Oberlin Blogs

My adjustment disorder was something unforeseeable, but the experience of overcoming it has only made me hardier and better experienced. More importantly, it gave me an incredibly powerful motivation to succeed in everything that I do.

In a way, I'm glad I didn't get what I wanted right away last semester. I ended up getting to see more of Oberlin outside of my "expected" path.

Finals are really tough. This is how I got through them.

This winter break, I had the wonderful opportunity of being able to host my fellow Oberlin friend, Jenny, from China.

To me kindness is an important thing to exercise because it's an expression of mindfulness, mindfulness in the sense that it's the recognition of another's personhood.

Why I'm a blogger, why I'm a climber - and how I know that you'll find your community at Oberlin.

Talking about my icky feelings in a pretty personal blog post may not make for a fun read, but I hope I can shed some light on the realities of being a student here.

Why living in the 'worst' First-Year dorm isn't as bad as you'd think...

A semester abroad is not a semester away from life--and that's okay.

As Oberlin prides itself on its activist history, today we used our agency as activists on this campus.

Every time I encounter a prospective student visiting campus I am asked the inevitable question, "What is your least favorite thing about Oberlin?" Here's a post about how I think through that question.

Travel stories from Oberlin and Kunming.