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Clear filtersNovember 27, 2011
What happens when Architecture in Helsinki joins forces with Oberlin? I vomit happiness and bright colors all over my screen and call it a post of thanksgiving, that's what.
November 12, 2011
This is why they italicize the performer's instrument after their name: Alexa Still, flute.
October 18, 2011
A rather broken transcript of the open conversation portion of Salman Rushdie's visit.
October 18, 2011
The continuation of the transcript, covering the convocation.
September 17, 2011
Zombies, Nerf guns, and many pictures. What else could you want?
May 23, 2011
The tenth annual Big Parade: an afternoon of relaxation, ingenuity, and stilts.
May 16, 2011
A highlight: the dessert contest, with categories such as hottest dessert, coldest dessert, and most fractal (largest surface area to volume ratio) dessert.
April 30, 2011
A guest blog by my roommate David Fegley, covering things on Oberlin's campus that my knowledge simply doesn't cover.
April 19, 2011
Pizza cooking, folk music, contra dancing and farm working: this is your weekend on Oberlin.
April 10, 2011
There was an impressively multilingual pool of students, faculty, and visitors in King 106 last Thursday, for those who missed the amazing translation symposium. And if you did, come next year!
February 27, 2011
Excitingly enough, this year we purchased a second lion, so this year we were able to do really cool things like have the lions jump over one another. Plus, if you have more lions, everything just looks cooler.
January 26, 2011
Oberlin seems to be positioning itself as a destination city--a place people come to for dining, entertainment, and recreation.