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November 3, 2020
Part 2 of a conversation on fear, spiritual realms, and my friend's Latin American Folklore ExCo.

November 3, 2020
Even though times are weird, there are still so many fun events happening on Oberlin’s campus.

November 1, 2020
A conversation on fear, spiritual realms, and my friend's Latin American Folklore ExCo.

October 31, 2020
Summer feels like a long time ago but was only a few months back.

October 31, 2020
A gorgeous dorm with incredible people that is actually a haunted Victorian mansion.

October 27, 2020
Go to the college that is right for you, not the one that is right for others’ perception of you.

October 25, 2020
As I prepared to go back to Oberlin for this fall semester, I was unsure about what practicing sports would look like in the middle of a pandemic.

October 23, 2020
Performance major applicants! Read for some tips and tricks on self recording pre-screenings (and really any other performance videos) this fall!

October 19, 2020
At Oberlin College, we like to talk about the phenomenon of the “accidental minor.”

October 13, 2020
It took a fall afternoon and an impostor bumblebee to show me there’s more to campus than you might notice at first.