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The Oberlin blogs are produced by a team of current students, faculty, and staff who offer a variety of unfiltered perspectives about the Oberlin experience. We encourage you to interact with us as we explore Oberlin and document our adventures.

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A Hard Day's Night

August 11, 2011

Ida Hoequist

The reason I was able to sleep like a baby every night, pay my bills, feed myself, and have money left over to plan for Winter Term: my summer job. Or, rather, jobs.

Summer Jobs

July 31, 2011

Tess Yanisch

As my mom recently pointed out to me, I've barely blogged at all this summer. It's not that I haven't been busy; rather, I have been too busy. For starters, I have my first-ever full-time job.

How to Use Your Summer Vacation

June 14, 2011

Tess Yanisch

This summer, I'm not just odd-jobbing: I'm also nannying, spinning poi, watching my brother play baseball, reading . . . And other people are doing other things!

Insanely busy(ier than usual)

November 20, 2010

Tess Yanisch

In which Tess raves about her social science classes, challenges the use of images of women in advertising, goes to a panel discussion, and learns how to sing (kind of).

On Blogging

November 2, 2010

Ma'ayan Plaut

A meta-post on blogging... a brief personal history, plus a shout-out to our new additions to the blogroll!

Getting Involved

August 13, 2010

Joe Dawson

If I know anything about Oberlin freshmen, you're not too preoccupied worrying about what to pack and what classes you want to take to worry about other activities at Oberlin.

Get a job!

September 20, 2009

Will Mason

Finding a job on campus is easy, and the jobs themselves are often valuable experiences and great fun.

Employment?

August 10, 2009

Zoe McLaughlin

Showing a little foresight for once, I started investigating jobs that would allow me to arrive early on campus, with somewhat minimal success.

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