Oberlin Blogs

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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  • Food

    Joe Dawson

    Contents: Everything you ever need to know.

  • A Thanksgiving First

    Simbarashe Runyowa

    Unsurprisingly, it turned out that sometime last week was Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I really should have been aware of this, given that my obsession with the festivities surrounding this November supper run astonishingly deep for someone who grew up in Zimbabwe where turkeys, if they ever existed there, had probably long buckled under societal pressure and just converted themselves into either chickens or cows or zebras in order to fit in.

    Simba
  • On Fine Dining in Oberlin

    Simbarashe Runyowa

    While this is by far not the classiest thesis to have picked for my second blog post, one cannot deny that food is a subject about which blog posts ought to be written. So, ladies and gentleman, look forward to a passion-charged ramble about my favourite dining spots in and around Oberlin.
    Simba
  • Cooperative Shenanigans

    Griff Radulski

    Tales of head cooking in Keep Co-op's kitchen, plus the answers to all the questions you never thought to ask. What does a CLEC do? How many parades has the Keep Parade Master led? And just what is that cutout of Captain Picard doing in the walk-in?
  • Keep-ing it Real

    Tess Yanisch

    Winter Term co-ops and cinnamon rolls! Includes lots and lots of process pictures, a la Ma'ayan.