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February 17, 2013
My books, my clothes, my hair even, are scattered all over the place-- all over my room, my friends' rooms, my room in Tucson. It's hard not to be scatter-brained when everything else seemingly is.
NaStoTraMo
February 16, 2013
When I was in my end-of-semester-only-able-to-think-in-wordplay stage, National Story Translating Month (a nod to NaNoWriMo) was the title I almost gave my winter term project, which was translating a German short story into English. Luckily, a friend intervened and I ended up calling it "Winter Term German Translation Intensive." Alas, sometimes professionalism has to win out over cleverness.
Oberlin Unchained: On the recent incidents of hate speech on campus
February 15, 2013
Oberlin was supposed to exemplify the post racial, post discriminatory society we hope to converge to. Instead, we are served with piercing words that are so unspeakably prejudiced.
The World, Magnified
February 15, 2013
This is a place with an aura of calm, a history of progress. But Oberlin is a part of the rest of the world, which means that the world's problems are ours, too.
The Back of Steven Fry's Head
February 9, 2013
This is the primary view that I was afforded of the man behind the voice of the Harry Potter audiobooks, one night during Winter Term.
Photography is Easy, Photography is Difficult
February 7, 2013
Examining contemporary photography and the changes in my life since I came to Oberlin.
The Need To Feed
February 6, 2013
The unofficial winter term project name is The Need to Feed. The unofficial unofficial project name is OMG WTF (Wow, That Food!) WINTER TERM.
A Winter Among Friends
February 2, 2013
My new friends have paws, hooves, horns, and attitude. I wish you could meet them, but pictures will just have to do.
Wait, what? You have rock climbers in Ohio...?!
February 1, 2013
Includes lots and lots of photos. Get ready.
On Photography, Discipline, and the Lessons of Winter Term
January 28, 2013
In my last post, I talked a lot about the freedom of Winter Term, and how fun and fulfilling it can be. But I wholeheartedly believe that on the flip side of any freedom is discipline.
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