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Empty-Nest Anxiety

May 9, 2011

Prof. Sebastiaan Faber

The end of the academic year always brings a sense of loss, a kind of annual attack of empty-nest anxiety. We think about the graduating seniors and heave a sigh. "What are we going to do?" we ask each other. "We'll never get a bunch of kids as good as these ones..."

The Land of Fire: The Adventures of Patrick and Jordan

May 2, 2011

Patrick Doherty

Our intern lunches became a regular occurrence - we would swap stories about the craziest things that had happened to us that day (so many crazy things, all the time), gossip about whatever was going on on the Hill, and, on one special occasion, Jordan nearly ran into and almost knocked over Dennis Kucinich in the cafeteria in the Rayburn Building.

A word from David.

April 30, 2011

Karl Orozco

A guest blog by my roommate David Fegley, covering things on Oberlin's campus that my knowledge simply doesn't cover.

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