Oberlin Blogs

Living with a host family is a difficult adjustment after two and a half years in Oberlin's dorms.

Drugs, thugs and racism: a smidgen of what I've learned so far on the border.

Tomorrow marks both the end of the Border Studies program orientation and the end of Bush's reign. Now the real work begins.

This ain't your momma's study abroad.

We also had an accidental four-hour stay in Bratislava, but hey, spontaneity and learning to roll with it is part of the adventure of traveling.

Yesterday, my friend Ezra and I put the finishing touches on our application to teach our ExCo (Experimental College) class on Experimental Typography for a second time. It was easier this time around; all we had to do was update the syllabus, update our budget request, and complete the short application from the ExCo committee. No faculty recommendations, no interviews this time. It really couldn't have been easier. That is, unless we were on the same continent.

Sorry for my hiatus from the Obieblogosphere, but I'm in Jerusalem, working at an internship and enjoying the Middle East. But Oberlin is never too far from my mind. Here's a quick update.