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Campaign Bites

October 5, 2012

Ma'ayan Plaut

This year's alumni council weekend was kicked up about 10 notches, because it was the kickoff of Oberlin Illuminate, our seven-year comprehensive campaign to focus on the future of Oberlin.

Be Mesmerized

October 4, 2012

Marsha Lynn Bragg

She conducts extensive interviews with people across the country and uses their words verbatim to develop and tell their stories that address the larger commentary such as the race relations, discrimination, poverty, injustice.

Learning and Labor: My Classes

October 4, 2012

Tess Yanisch

My semesters usually end up organizing themselves around a few different themes or shared ideas. This semester, the themes seem to be bodies/physicality, communities, and, to a somewhat lesser degree, stories.

Family

September 29, 2012

Griff Radulski

My summer left me wanting a word that spans millennia. I need to talk about my brothers and sisters who populate the biosphere, who live lives beyond human knowing and become sediment when they die.

My To-Do List

September 18, 2012

Tess Yanisch

I love to make lists. My room is covered in them. Now my blog is too--a giant list of things to do before I graduate!

I'm Leaving Oberlin Early

September 12, 2012

Tess Yanisch

Like all the rest of the seniors, I have turned in my application to graduate. But, unlike most, I didn't check the box that says "May 2013." I'll be graduating in January.

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