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Go West

May 7, 2009

Alice Ollstein

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?

A foot in each world

April 19, 2009

Alice Ollstein

I can't decide if I'm excited to go back to a traditional academic setting--to actually read novels again and discuss theories in the safe confines of a classroom--or apprehensive that I'll be frustrated not to be learning by doing, not to be out on the frontlines of the issue that moves me the most.

Why my blog is still about Oberlin

April 7, 2009

Alice Ollstein

Some seem to think I've strayed from the original purpose of the blog--giving prospies an unmediated account of Obie life--yet here are the ways my experiences here in Arizona have a great deal to do with far-off Oberlin.

Intolerance is the new black

April 4, 2009

Alice Ollstein

"The people who come here illegally across the border are not educated people," Ms. Richardson said. "They don't have any culture or any respect for ours."

Desert Dynamics

April 2, 2009

Alice Ollstein

A few things I learned on yesterday's patrol with the Samaritans, a group that sends a group out to the desert every day looking for migrants in need of water, food, medicine or simply a friendly face.

Attacking the Chain

March 30, 2009

Alice Ollstein

Amnesty International just released a pretty horrifying report on immigrant detention in the U.S. calling the system "broken." What can we do about it?

Let it Snow!

February 4, 2009

Prof. Steve Volk

There's much to be said about adverse conditions, turmoil, and challenges. They have a way of cutting right across a number of boundaries which previously seemed unalterable.

Injusticia

February 3, 2009

Alice Ollstein

Today my program spent the afternoon in court. It's not what it sounds like.

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