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Is College Hard?
What is "hard"? The pace is faster in college than in high school, but it's mostly notable in comparison. For example, in the first three weeks of Research Methods, we covered at least half of the material in my year-long A.P. Statistics course.Oberlin Secrets
Quick, name Oberlin's school colors. If you said crimson and gold, you owe me $5.
So we beat on, boats against the current
That, I suppose, is as fitting a metaphor as any for the end of my college time. We, in some small way, touch a place, it touches us, and then we move on.The Llama Proposal
The proposal llama is one of several esoteric hand symbols used during co-op discussions at Oberlin. Here is the story of how it originated.Chinese Students Association
I learned that storing freshly spray painted lanterns in your room is usually a bad idea and I learned how to eat chicken feet.The Big Parade Blog
The tenth annual Big Parade: an afternoon of relaxation, ingenuity, and stilts.On 20th-Century Oberlin History - Musically Speaking
Any questions you may have had about the musical studies major, the history of jazz at Oberlin, or original research can and will be answered in this post by the incomparable Anna Ernst '10!
A case-study in randomly-chosen roommate success
Alexandra Anemone is not a character from Finding Nemo. She's a badass.
Living with Strangers
Alumni - you'll remember, fondly, friends like these. Prospies, I guarantee that you will make some.