Oberlin Blogs

If you applied Early Decision for the class of 2015, here's a small distraction from the long, painful wait by the mailbox! And if you're working frenetically on your Regular Decision essays, hopefully this will serve as inspiration ... or maybe a model of what not to do ...

During finals, study breaks are most necessary. Sometimes they're planned, sometimes they're surprises, but they're always welcome.

In which I explain Oberlin birthdays and share a recipe for chocolate cake for a crowd.

I am beginning to think of Oberlin as a secret society, or a religion, some bizarre underground cult. Once you discover that it exists, you can't go anywhere without running into fellow initiates.

I am happy to say that this Thanksgiving I am thankful for my wonderful Oberlin friends and my Oberlin family. I don't know what I would do without them. Let Fiercegiving endure forever!

You should read this, especially if you don't like people.

A post and a toast to families away from families: Thanksgiving is what you make of it. Or make for it.

My first time in snow EVER! I think I'm entitled to be obnoxiously excited.

The fourth and final part of my four-part series on visiting Oberlin.

A sampling of Thanksgiving, in which my senses are assaulted, a friend's family welcomes, feeds, and houses some Obies, and I despise buses.

My friend Ali is having an art show... and I'm close enough to the process to inhale the paint fumes and clay dust.

...specifically my cultural and artistic worlds. And yes, that is the motto for Oberlin Shansi. Am I hinting at something?