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Clear filtersA Pleasantly Surprising Pandemic Summer
October 31, 2020
Summer feels like a long time ago but was only a few months back.
![Aishwarya smiling with a beautiful scenic sunset behind in Hamburg, Germany Aishwarya smiling with a beautiful scenic sunset behind in Hamburg, Germany](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/img_2746.jpg?itok=b52TMgmd)
OctOberlin (AKA My Dorm Is Haunted)
October 31, 2020
A gorgeous dorm with incredible people that is actually a haunted Victorian mansion.
![Ilana looking off to the side with a blurry nature background](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ilana_mcnamara.jpg?itok=IHqyLzVN)
It’s Not the Facts, It’s the Feelings
October 27, 2020
Go to the college that is right for you, not the one that is right for others’ perception of you.
![Cora Hasegawa in a black and white shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/cora_hasegawa_headshot.jpg?itok=kkNOJ48h)
Field Hockey Family
October 25, 2020
As I prepared to go back to Oberlin for this fall semester, I was unsure about what practicing sports would look like in the middle of a pandemic.
![A photo of Meredith, a smiling young white woman with brown hair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/img_2010.jpeg?itok=kZZs7EU_)
1, 2, 3 … ACTION!
October 23, 2020
Performance major applicants! Read for some tips and tricks on self recording pre-screenings (and really any other performance videos) this fall!
![Ryan](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ryan-dearon.jpg?itok=mqyWRvFq)
Babble
October 19, 2020
At Oberlin College, we like to talk about the phenomenon of the “accidental minor.”
![Ruth Bieber-Stanley.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ruth-bieber-stanley.jpg?itok=k1X0VURR)
A bee or not a bee?
October 13, 2020
It took a fall afternoon and an impostor bumblebee to show me there’s more to campus than you might notice at first.
![Emily](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/emilyh.jpg?itok=ewcDUsPH)
One if by Plane and Two if by Zoom
October 13, 2020
This year, Zoom has changed how admissions counselors approach travel, and those changes are both good and bad.
![Cora Hasegawa in a black and white shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/cora_hasegawa_headshot.jpg?itok=kkNOJ48h)
![Ryan](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ryan-dearon.jpg?itok=mqyWRvFq)
How Did I End Up in Ohio (And Why'd I Stick Around)?
September 28, 2020
This is the story of how I found myself amongst the cornfields of Ohio, two miles from an alpaca farm.
![Ryan](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ryan-dearon.jpg?itok=mqyWRvFq)
Ode to Ohio Summer
September 23, 2020
I have a renewed appreciation for my surroundings and the green bubble that is Oberlin, Ohio.
![Ruth Bieber-Stanley.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/ruth-bieber-stanley.jpg?itok=k1X0VURR)
![Cora Hasegawa in a black and white shirt.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w300_h300/public/content/blogger-bio/image/cora_hasegawa_headshot.jpg?itok=kkNOJ48h)
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