Oberlin Blogs

A weird layover/vacation. A layovacation, if you will. Or vacayover.

FINALS ARE FINISHED!! Now it's time to think about the rest of college...

And then, in unison: "What we want to know is, what is the value of a liberal arts degree?"

The admissions process can feel like it is never-ending, but I love the adventure of it: next year, who knows where you'll be and who your best friends will be, and which clubs you'll have joined or founded?

A reminder: solidarity and closure are mutually exclusive. Even when you have a lot of other stuff going on.

Collected advice from something like 50 people about how to tackle the overwhelming task of making friends in college.

I never imagined that returning to school could be a prospect that would scare my pants off. But here I am.

They always say you end up like your parents. I can't say I didn't try. To avoid this, during my junior year of high school I flipped through the Fiske Guide to Colleges with fervor, referenced it

An account of my involvement in, as well as my thoughts on, the current student activism taking place at Oberlin College and Conservatory.

My name is Aleena, and I am a Yalie... I spent my past week visiting Dara at Oberlin, and now I'd like to share my observations, because I truly believe that Oberlin is an incredible place, and it might be interesting hear about from a non-Obie perspective.

The past few weeks at Oberlin have been very hard, but they have reminded me why I care so much about this place and the work that we all do, on a variety of levels, on this campus.

Obies are continuing to have conversations about progress. But in order for these conversations to be productive we must all commit to open-mindedness. It will be difficult, but ultimately necessary.