Oberlin Blogs

Or, I'm taking a dance class and I can't help but parallel lessons learned on the dance floor to my learning in the bigger world.

Marching forth on the fourth of March, for a cause that goes beyond Oberlin

Obies are continuing to have conversations about progress. But in order for these conversations to be productive we must all commit to open-mindedness. It will be difficult, but ultimately necessary.

In my last post, I talked a lot about the freedom of Winter Term, and how fun and fulfilling it can be. But I wholeheartedly believe that on the flip side of any freedom is discipline.

Everyone has an opinion and so do I.

I want to hear your Oberlin food stories. Share them in the comments!

The reading part of the course served as an introduction to American social support systems, while volunteering at Oberlin Community Services gave me an idea of what it might be like to be in a social services profession.

Booksbooksbooksbooksbooksbooks, or how I learned to stop worrying and do some good old-fashioned reading.

I arrived as this terrible realization: I'm going about college the absolute wrong way. I have failed as a freshman.

My first semester here, I wrote/drew a blog post about Thanksgiving. I'm building on that for my final semester.

Pretty much the whole student body cares about community service, and we got good stuff done. We still need a deeper discussion about "interfaith," but that's next on the list . . . Many Oberlin students have a tendency to be dismissive of religion or openly religious classmates. I think they're responding more to the political end of religion (as we know it) than to any actual beliefs.

The Interfaith Day of Service is this Friday, 3:30 - 5:30. "Interfaith," in this case, means both among people of different religions and between people who are religious and those who aren't--an important factor to consider when dealing with Oberlin students.