Oberlin Blogs

Travel stories from Oberlin and Kunming.

Sometimes college is hard. Sometimes you don't want to wake up at nine or go to the gym after class or drag yourself to Stevie/the co-op for a meal. Sometimes being a student is too much. Sometimes Oberlin is too much. This is a blog post for when you're there.

My first thought when I opened the email saying that my show had been picked for the fall program was "Oh my god, I'm going to play the Jurassic Park theme song so many times."

I've always been told "only go into music if you can't imagine doing anything else." But without an imagination, how could I ever be a musician?

Multiple airplanes, bus rides, subway adventures, and train trips made for an awesome fall break.

Exploring the big ole country of Argentina.

It's normal to be anxious about leaving home for college. It's also normal to be excited. I see leaving home as an opportunity.

You'll be having the time of your life.... And then it hits you.

This is not so much a reminder to be good to yourself as it is a call to action: go read Fangirl! (With a side of pie.)

I was officially sold when the tour guide described Oberlin as a place where being weird is celebrated and loved.

On reading, writing, arithmetic, and interviewing strangers in Chinese.

Beginning with a "listening party" that leapt swiftly from Buck Owens to Kendrick Lamar, this fall's residency was RAD.