Oberlin Blogs

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.

Most recent posts

  • Pranks, Pottery, and Hiding Places

    Aries Indenbaum

    Since freshman year, I've known we have a Pottery Co-op. I've seen the bowls; I've had tea in their mugs. But until now, I've had no idea where it is. (Warning: entry includes pranking photos, ray guns, and violence to bicycles.)

  • Finals in Perpetual Motion

    Aries Indenbaum

    If you've heard the song "We Will All Go Together When We Go," by Tom Lehrer, it encapsulates the joyful fatalism of finals. This is why we have gender-bending, gravity-smashing swing dances.

  • A Post about Posters

    Ma'ayan Plaut

    I will try and contain my excitement within the post, but I need to note that haven't really stopped grinning for the last few weeks, and I'm just smiling at my computer while I write this. Because Oberlin makes me happy. And so does this poster.
  • Re: Newt Trim

    Joe Dawson

    Interest piqued? The title is an anagram for something pretty awesome at Oberlin.

  • The nature of long music

    Chris Gollmar

    I'm not one of those folks who has some sort of otherworldly emotional or psychic connection to music, but there is something about especially long pieces of music that gets to me.
  • Just (Swing) Dance

    Aries Indenbaum

    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.

  • Finals Week Woes

    Alice Ollstein

    Why is it that the one time of year we're too busy to do anything we are presented with a plethora of incredible performances and events?