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The Oberlin blogs are produced by a team of current students, faculty, and staff who offer a variety of unfiltered perspectives about the Oberlin experience. We encourage you to interact with us as we explore Oberlin and document our adventures.

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Postcards from Italy

August 31, 2011

Eli Goldberg

or, What I Did Over My Summer Vacation: archaeological fieldwork and an experiment in transatlantic blogging!

Move-in!

August 28, 2011

Joe Dawson

READ THIS IMMEDIATELY! TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL INSIDE!

I'm Waiting for the Day

August 23, 2011

Ida Hoequist

Vorfreude, n. f: German for the anticipation of future joy, as in the week preceding Christmas, or just before all of your friends return for another year in Oberlin.

Be More Than Social

August 17, 2011

Marsha Lynn Bragg

Uncertainty built in us varying degrees of anxiety, excitement, and anticipation about this tremendous life change we were about to undergo. The playing field was fairly level; none of us knew anything.

With a Little Help From My Friends

August 14, 2011

Ida Hoequist

How Oberlin helped me cope after an oil spill (the cooking kind, not the Gulf Coast kind) left me with serious burns splattered along my hand and leg. Pictures not included.

A Hard Day's Night

August 11, 2011

Ida Hoequist

The reason I was able to sleep like a baby every night, pay my bills, feed myself, and have money left over to plan for Winter Term: my summer job. Or, rather, jobs.

Summer Hobbies

August 7, 2011

Tess Yanisch

Last week, I wrote about the work I'm doing this summer. However, summer is also about fun, and I've been having lots of that. PLUS: My brother is a genius.

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