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There's something to be said for a small liberal-arts college in a backwater hamlet a charming slice of small-town America that has two newspapers. And there's something more to be said a college that has two newspapers ( The Oberlin Review , The Oberlin Grape --for which I am a copy editor), three non-fiction magazines ( Wilder Voice , Vox , In Solidarity ), a literary journal (formerly The Plum Creek Review , formerly Enchiridion , now The Plum Creek Review --again), a genre-fiction magazine ( Spiral ) and doesn't have a journalism department.
November 23, 2008
It's been over a week since the final performance of the Johnson Family Circus. I'm in an extraordinary position to continue reliving the show for days, weeks, even months after.
November 9, 2008
There's nothing quite like the Oberlin College Marching Band.
September 29, 2008
The Storytelling Exco has been the pillar of my college experience -- performance on the outside and therapy on the inside.
August 16, 2008
The bike coop at Oberlin is a community project that promotes environmental responsibility.