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Clear filtersMarch 15, 2010
A series of talks, lectures, and performances discussing the role new media plays in Asian American society.
February 28, 2010
How exactly were we supposed to tape a tea light in a lantern? Did that even matter, since they wouldn't be able to see the tea light anyway?
January 25, 2010
After a semester of toiling to finish the Student Senate Referendum, Isaac and the other senators are relieved to have collected enough votes to reach quorum and make the results official.
December 15, 2009
How to get money at Oberlin to fund your meaningful ideas
December 7, 2009
I'm incredibly clumsy -- when I was a freshman, I actually fell on my face hard enough to give myself a black eye. But regardless, I love to dance. Especially swing dance.
November 17, 2009
I arrived early, because I still went early to things back then, and loitered around outside the door of the room in Wilder until I felt it was a proper time to enter.
November 14, 2009
In which our protagonist goes to Chicago with eight other Obies and they do seriously amazing stuff. And we have videos.
November 7, 2009
Why it's much easier to join organizations than quit them, and why quitting is sometimes the right move.
October 29, 2009
As it is this wonderful tradition to bring as much as possible of Oberlin to New York, I implemented a plan last fall to bring as much of OCircus! to New York as possible. In this post: Circus! Photos! Autumn!
October 18, 2009
I first heard about the SJI in the admissions packet I got at the beginning of the summer. It wasn't terribly clear about what exactly the SJI was going to be, but I filled out the application anyway and sent it in, figuring it would be interesting if I got in. I did, and I attended the first session of it today. I still wasn't very clear about what it was until it started. . .
October 6, 2009
If you've been following along with us, you'll know that this past weekend we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. I was mainly in charge of directing the skit. I took this very seriously.