Oberlin Blogs

This past semester, I 'sophomore slumped' hard. I struggled with intense feelings of depression, disconnection, and nihilism, and I critically questioned who I am, who I want to be, and where my place is in the world.

The part they don't tell you about... Retiring as a student-athlete.

Everything you need to know if you're a future yeoman or yeowoman.

I take on an Oberlin semester without my sidekick and roommate.

It's not all that they said it would be.

Reflections on my most emotionally charged semester yet.

To get those coveted tix, Obies aplenty nervously shook in their blundstones as they queued a massive single-file line across the first floor of Wilder.

Shattered, but I'm not broken.

How to MacGyver your way through 630 dining hall meals a year.

Bears, iodine tablets, tortillas, bruised hips, beautiful views, and good company.

Study abroad has made me think a lot about the word "home."

It's okay to ask a lot of questions, make mistakes, get lost, miss home, and meet a billion new people. You only get to be an Oberlin first-year once.