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August 10, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

Including, but not limited to: ramen, canned soup, graham crackers, apple sauce, bread making materials, peanut butter and honey, cereal, rice, and assorted pastas.

Real Life Begins

August 6, 2010

Alice Ollstein

From job hunting to house hunting to cheap cultural activity hunting, I don't think I'm in Kansas (or Oberlin) anymore.

Cooking with Grandma

August 1, 2010

Kriti Godey

I'm unexpectedly spending my summer at home in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), India, and I'm certainly making the most of it.

Getting a House

July 31, 2010

Zoe McLaughlin

By the time we signed the lease, the one thing that I really remembered about the house we were going to rent was that it had a huge bathroom.

Some habits die hard. Like being a student.

July 28, 2010

Brandi Ferrebee

I still get to hang out with many of my friends and chat with professors about our shared academic interests. It is necessary, however, that when looking at classes in the course catalog I limit myself to drooling, like a diabetic child through the double-paned glass window of a chocolate shop might.

"Dating" and other tricky words

July 26, 2010

Tess Yanisch

"Is there such a thing as playing the field anymore? Is there a middle ground between a couple and a hookup? Because it sure doesn't look like it." I think that there should be.

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