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Victory

April 20, 2009

Joe Dawson

My team T-Spain feat. Young Portugueezy, formerly Urethra Franklin, formerly Hurricane Kathleena and the Mansoon, really turned up the heat.

The Beginning of the End

March 10, 2009

Elizabeth Houston

I am still here. Though I entered Oberlin with an expected graduation date of May 2016, my taking a semester off has delayed that until this upcoming semester. This reality took me a long time to accept and I have a lot of feelings about what "not graduating on time" means for me.

Mail Call!

January 8, 2009

Jesse Hernandez

Leslie's not lying, we have been inundated with mail (and I've got the photo evidence to prove it)

College Essay Advice

December 12, 2008

Will Mason

Unqualified and unsolicited advice on the college essay from someone who went about it the wrong way.

Choosing our future Obies

December 1, 2008

Leslie Braat

Every year at this time I wonder how time flies so quickly. This weekend I began reading early decision applications. I will be reading applications for the next 5 months of my life.

Like a College Visit with Less Clothing

November 18, 2008

Daniel Tam-Claiborne

Over this past weekend, I decided to make a trip out to Tufts University in Medford, MA to see a group of friends perform in a Burlesque Troupe that they helped to found on campus. Little did I know that I would get the added bonus of recreating the lore of my junior year college trips.

Early decisions with an Ecuadorian Twist

October 16, 2008

Charles Grim

To assure that we have great diversity when we are done with the final crafting of our international class and that we have also chosen the individual applicants who are most likely to thrive, we use a three-decision process for early decision applicants.

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