Oberlin Blogs

Why am I back in Oberlin? Because it's fun to feed leftover tater tots to the albino squirrels.

Things about the first-year experience dorm in which I experienced my first year: how I got there, how my friends got there, and what it was like while we were all there.

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.

First off, we became an unofficial SexCo...

Turns out even the pickiest eater can chow down co-op style.

I'm cyber-wallowing in tearful joy at the new crop of Oberlin grads. Lots of metaphorical drinking in this one.

The ExCo that taught me how to do it right.

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas any more."

Quick, name Oberlin's school colors. If you said crimson and gold, you owe me $5.

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.

There's no place like home...

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.