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I have always had mixed feelings about composition. I suppose that's why I am a double degree student.

Why do so many Oberlin students double or triple major? I really want to know.

I've been reviewing applications since November, with a couple of months still to go before we mail our decision letters....

Remember those "Ernest" movies from the late 80's...

My colleagues and I looked at each other in astonishment. No, we mumbled almost apologetically, we're sorry, but that is not a problem we tend to have.

During Add/Drop, we overcommit. This is inevitable.

There is, in fact, only one magical way to schedule all the performances (AND hit every single "Welcome back to a new semester! We missed you!" activity AND manage to see all your friends who you missed all of winter term... which can all coincide sometimes).

I got my grades for my first ever semester in college back a few weeks ago, and I'm...pretty pleased, actually....

There we were, plodding along side by side on the icy streets of Oberlin, snow soaking in through the mesh of our running shoes, brisk wind turning our limbs rosy red, winter sun on our faces.

To learn the routes of migration, we did in a couple of easy hours what takes most migrants four excruciating days.

What if good intentions and a strong desire to "make a difference" aren't enough?

Not impressed? Well, I bet you won't believe what arrived in my mailbox this morning.