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Helpful Hintz, Yo!

August 5, 2009

Joe Dawson

There is no required reading for freshmen at Oberlin, but a quick flip through Lord of the Flies could be real helpful.

Dining hall conversations

July 21, 2009

Zoe McLaughlin

Once we'd finished eating, we parted ways, and I expected not to see her again, unless we wound up in a class together somewhere down the road.

Parallel Universes

June 10, 2009

Ma'ayan Plaut

I have just passed the two week point of being home for the summer. And since this is an Oberlin blog, this is about what's different at my summer home and my Oberlin home.

I Disagree

June 4, 2009

John West

In this post: potentially job ending disagreement, politics at Oberlin, liberal ironists vs. liberal revolutionaries, debates to stay up late for, Fox News, and please don't fire me .

We Are the Hand Claps

May 21, 2009

Ma'ayan Plaut

If there is one thing I learned how to do better at Oberlin that wasn't advertised at first was that I am now very good at applause.

Done.

May 18, 2009

Zoe McLaughlin

Really, the only solution was to stay up until around 3:00 AM, listening to hit songs from the nineties, reading picture books, and learning the proper way to put on bangles.

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