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Clear filtersMarch 27, 2009
Spring break in Mammoth Cave! Featuring: flutes, food, camping, kodama, hiking and super-cool people.
March 14, 2009
I love warm weather. Everything feels better when you can walk out the front door and realize you're wearing too many layers.
March 6, 2009
Some people speak Spanish, French, Chinese. My friends speak Science. If I didn't speak at least some pidgin Science, I couldn't understand them at all.
March 3, 2009
Personally, I was completely terrified of the concept of office hours my freshman year. The professors were amazing and awesome and being in the same room as them one-on-one just seemed like a god-given experience, something not worthy of a lowly freshman. So, baby steps.
March 3, 2009
A rather esoteric blog post in which I discuss postmodernism, historiography, the Middle East, new professors, great professors, and the true beauty of a liberal arts education.
February 12, 2009
Why do so many Oberlin students double or triple major? I really want to know.
February 10, 2009
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.
January 27, 2009
Tomorrow will be my first opportunity to listen to my completed mix, The Long Road Home. That last leg that seems to last oh-so-long will be much quicker this time.
January 6, 2009
So, when everyone started talking about their plans for winter term in that "I'm really trying to avoid my finals work so I'm going to talk to many people I haven't talked to much this semester" time in December, I had a great name to toss into conversation, even if I didn't really know what I'd be doing yet.
January 5, 2009
I've been running this entire last year on pure adrenaline. I know why, though, and it's because the life of an artist is a long and penniless road.
December 30, 2008
I don't know what it is about giving a speech that makes it so affecting, its ability to connect with and instill hope and pride in the hearts of listeners. All I knew at the time was that it was something I had to experience doing.
December 28, 2008
I know your parents don't want to hear this, but Oberlin students use a bunch of dirty language. One of our favorites is work .